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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 24, 2021 20:02:47 GMT -5
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 24, 2021 20:07:12 GMT -5
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Beat of the Music Raymond Mean To Me Good Day Gabrielle It Ain't Gotta Be Love Love Someone The Long Way Wanna Be That Song Lose My Mind
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 24, 2021 20:08:51 GMT -5
"Somethin' I'm Good At," "Don't Ya," and "Drunk on Your Love" are all equally obnoxious and terrible songs. Nice to see them out one right after the other, and all of them shy of the top 10.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Jun 24, 2021 21:01:40 GMT -5
Based on the reaction some Brett Eldredge songs get I'm a little surprised that his Christmas songs were bottom 3 (and then there's "Under the Mistletoe" that made it all the way to #11) - like bboat mentioned his voice definitely suits the big band style on his Christmas albums. Maybe if this rankdown was done closer to Christmas time maybe we would've seen different results? The 3 non-Christmas songs that we lost so far aren't that great (although "Drunk On Your Love" has a soft spot in my heart) so I'm cool with these results so far!
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Post by bboat11 on Jun 24, 2021 23:40:41 GMT -5
Based on the reaction some Brett Eldredge songs get I'm a little surprised that his Christmas songs were bottom 3 (and then there's "Under the Mistletoe" that made it all the way to #11) - like bboat mentioned his voice definitely suits the big band style on his Christmas albums. Maybe if this rankdown was done closer to Christmas time maybe we would've seen different results? The 3 non-Christmas songs that we lost so far aren't that great (although "Drunk On Your Love" has a soft spot in my heart) so I'm cool with these results so far! Pulse hates Christmas songs even during the Christmas holiday, so I'm guessing probably not. Lmao
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Post by recordyear on Jun 24, 2021 23:48:36 GMT -5
Forgot to do pre-reveal questions, but whatever. Actually surprised Baby, It’s Cold Outside is last place. Thought Meghan Trainor’s name would make this slightly higher. This song becoming Christmas staple for both artists is cool to see. As for Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! And It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas, I think they are good versions, which is better than quite a few of his bad country singles. Should also be a few places higher. Somethin' I'm Good At is too chaotic and the fake ending is too much. Definitely not a single material let alone a lead single material. Don’t Ya and Drunk On Your Love have his unpleasant side of vocals. Seriously he is one of the best singers in modern country music but these singles make him look like a bad singer. I am not sure whether hearing “I'm dying to say” in a Christmas song like Under The Mistletoe is a good idea. Plus it just sounds like other new Christmas songs.
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Jun 25, 2021 2:35:19 GMT -5
Something I'm Good At is a catchy and fun song. I mean the fact that this kind of songs is coming from a singer of "Raymond" is indeed disappointing, but I still think it is a pleasant tune. I personally love Drunk On You Love, but I understand and expected the hate for it. And 100% agree with raylatch98 that both of the music videos are amazing!! I watched them so many times.
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Post by tim on Jun 25, 2021 8:34:13 GMT -5
Not too surprised to see “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” exit first as it’s never seemed like a Christmas favorite here on Pulse. If my memory serves me right, I think the song has been regarded as being rather creepy overall. Even still, Brett’s holiday album is pretty well-regarded as being one of his best so color me surprised that the other two tracks wound up exiting in the bottom 3 as well. Maybe we’re just not quite ready to think that far ahead yet lol. Anyways, Glow has turned into a must-listen for me during the holidays and I’ll for sure be revisiting it this season.
"Somethin' I'm Good At" exiting as the first single does make sense as it didn’t seem to have a lot of passion behind it during its initial release. It seemed like Brett had a lot of momentum coming off of the Illinois album era and this kind of derailed that I think.
“Don’t Ya” is pure ear candy to me as it’s so infectious and fun. I don’t listen to the radio much these days, but this is one of those songs I never skip over and rather enjoy hearing out while driving around. Never expected to place this in my top 2, but I have no regrets about that lol.
“Under the Mistletoe” was one of my favorite holiday releases from 2020 and I’ll for sure be revisiting it again this year! Brett and Kelly sound great together on this and I wouldn’t be surprised if she helped to boost this up a few spots.
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Post by bboat11 on Jun 25, 2021 12:05:38 GMT -5
Much like everybody else, I wasn't too sure about "Something I'm Good At" when it was first released. It's got such a wtf-worthy sound to it that leads to a super polarizing first impression. However, after sounding borderline comatose on his previous album era (especially "Drunk on Your Love" and "Wanna Be That Song"), this song started to sound admittedly quite fresh to me! There is so much personality here, and Brett actually sounds like he's into it! I can still understand why it is hated, but it fared way better on my own list than I expected it to, mostly because it is not boring.
"Drunk On Your Love" has such a horrific melody to my ears, and on top of that Brett sounds bored. I really had no idea what would be my last place going into this, but this one ended up taking the cake pretty easily.
I thought "Don't Ya" was pretty bad when it was current, but now that time has passed it's one of those songs that is full of nostalgia from my college days! And compared to how bland and sterile a lot of mainstream country has gotten the last couple years, this one is actually starting to sound pretty good by comparison....
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 28, 2021 19:44:19 GMT -5
#10. "Lose My Mind"zaclord 🌈 - 2 ClevelandRox - 3 castleoblivion26 - 3 🌺CountryLineDancer - 5 HeyHeyHey - 5 bboat11 - 7 samo🦕 - 8 fearlessarrow - 9 dgarcia3377 - 12 .indulgecountry - 14 someguy - 15 Kanenrá:ke - 16 recordyear - 16 tim - 17 TOTAL: 132 "Lose My Mind" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in October of 2015. On the Brett Eldredge singles rankdown - it lands just inside the top 10. Five participants ranked this in their top 5 while four participants placed this in their bottom three. I have always really liked this one!! I remember listening to it a ton during the summer and fall of 2015 which was my first semester of college. I am going to try to do lots of reveals tonight because I was busy for 3 days in a row and haven't been on here much.
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Post by tim on Jun 28, 2021 19:50:07 GMT -5
"Lose My Mind" has long been my least favorite song from Brett, so it was an easy choice to put in last place. This song just sticks out like a sore thumb in his discography and I personally don't get the appeal of it at all.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 28, 2021 19:53:36 GMT -5
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 28, 2021 20:03:11 GMT -5
#8. "It Ain’t Gotta Be Love".indulgecountry - 2 bboat11 - 5 someguy - 6 castleoblivion26 - 6 zaclord 🌈 - 7 Kanenrá:ke - 8 recordyear - 8 fearlessarrow - 8 HeyHeyHey - 9 🌺CountryLineDancer - 9 ClevelandRox - 10 tim - 10 samo🦕 - 11 dgarcia3377 - 17 TOTAL: 116 We have made it to the top half of our rankdown!! At #8 is "It Ain't Gotta Be Love". Before I received any lists I was a bit worried that this one would place very low because it is not on Apple Music/Spotify and it would cause people not to revisit it. However, I am very glad that I was wrong there. This song is such a jam IMO and should've been a huge hit for Brett. On our list - this received two top 5 ranks and some others close to that region. On the other hand, this received a #17 rank which resulted in it's place at #8.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 28, 2021 20:13:17 GMT -5
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Jun 28, 2021 20:26:08 GMT -5
Lose My Mind is a fun catchy song. Lyrics are not standing out, but I like its positive mood.
I adore Love Someone!! It's one of my favs from 2018 for sure!! It's lyrically alright, but the melody and the production are really my thing!
Surprised that Wanna Be That Song is already out! Definitely my favourite ballad song by Mr. Eldredge. Love that intro guitar sound as well.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 28, 2021 20:26:46 GMT -5
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 28, 2021 20:28:02 GMT -5
TOP 5 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
Beat of the Music Raymond Good Day Gabrielle The Long Way
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Jun 28, 2021 21:24:25 GMT -5
Very surprised the two singles from his current album made the top 5, but it sounds like no one here really likes his output for the most part, so those two being fairly different sounding actually probably played to their favor. Anyway, "Raymond" is clearly winning this thing (rightfully so) since it is really the only song I actually love from Brett. "Lose My Mind" is fun and catchy though and deserved way better. The rest of his music is pretty meh with only "...Good At" and "Don't Ya" being awful in my book.
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Post by recordyear on Jun 29, 2021 10:18:13 GMT -5
I always find the music video for Lose My Mind too creepy and a bit too on the nose. The lack of melody doesn't do it favor either.
Love Someone is kinda there but if we are ranking music videos instead then this takes the cake.
It Ain’t Gotta Be Love is solid. It should be in his debut album.
I like Wanna Be That Song a lot even though it's cheesy. The chorus melody is earworm.
Mean To Me is also solid, a bit non-distinctive to be a single though.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 29, 2021 19:03:35 GMT -5
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 29, 2021 19:18:38 GMT -5
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 29, 2021 19:27:23 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 29, 2021 19:28:21 GMT -5
If "Raymond" didn't win this in a landslide, this RD is invalid.
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Post by recordyear on Jun 29, 2021 19:29:42 GMT -5
Almost have perfect top 8, only with my #7 and #3 switched.
Go Raymond.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 29, 2021 19:45:10 GMT -5
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 29, 2021 19:49:10 GMT -5
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Post by fearlessarrow on Jun 29, 2021 22:25:08 GMT -5
"Raymond" is so good. With songs like this one and "Signs" from his debut album, he showed that he had a ton of potential (which probably didn't come into full bloom until Sunday Drive) - I wish "Signs" was a single; I would've ranked it at #2 here had it been a single. "Beat of the Music" was the song that really got me into Brett and it still remains a summer country jam for me. Great to see it sneak into the top 5. Thanks for hosting HeyHeyHey!
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Jun 29, 2021 23:12:10 GMT -5
While I love most of the songs in the list, (unlike many of y'all), I found the lyrics of his materials to be relatively weak, and the top 2 songs are the ones with distinct lyrics for sure. Gabrielle is a really strong song. It took some time to get into it, especially because this sort of production was not something I was expecting from Eldredge at that time, but after a few listens, I started loving it. Definitely my fav from Sunday Drive album. Raymond is easily his best song lyrically, but the melody could have been a little better. Still deserves this spot. Thanks for hosting HeyHeyHey !!
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Post by recordyear on Jun 29, 2021 23:56:59 GMT -5
As far as summery songs go, Beat of the Music is a jam. The Long Way is quite smooth. Raymond has stellar lyrics. This as career debut single is bold. HeyHeyHey thanks for hosting.
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Post by someguy on Jun 30, 2021 0:09:01 GMT -5
I was rooting for "Gabrielle", but not surprised at all that "Raymond" took it. I was actually pleasantly surprised that "Gabrielle" made it as far as it did.
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