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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 4, 2022 20:13:29 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 4, 2022 20:23:29 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 4, 2022 20:26:19 GMT -5
I am really sad to see "Colour Blind" miss the Top 10 as I absolutely love this song.
That means our Top 10 is: "26 Cents" "Fly (The Angel Song)" "Boy Oh Boy" "Nothing but Love (Standing In The Way)"
"Shame On Me" "1999"
"L.A."
"Fast Car"
"No More Me and You"
"Living On The Outside"
Any guesses with how the Top 10 will be going?
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Post by austin on Oct 5, 2022 18:19:36 GMT -5
10 No More Me and You 9 Shame on Me 8 Living on the Outside 7 Fast Car 6 Nothing But Love 5 Boy oh Boy 4 LA 3 1999 2 Fly 1 26 Cents
My prediction, not how I want it to go.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 5, 2022 20:47:50 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 5, 2022 20:50:07 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 5, 2022 20:52:17 GMT -5
I thought some of you would like this one more, so I was a bit surprised to see it not be a bit more popular. I just love this song and think lyrically and vocally it is among their best. Happy it made the Top 10 but wish it had made the top 5, where I think it belongs.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 7, 2022 22:57:43 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 8, 2022 16:46:30 GMT -5
This Top 10 continues to see great songs leave as "Shame On Me" bows out at #9. I've long been a huge fan of this one and wish it could have been a little higher.
Coming up we have a tie and the winner of the tie has a #1 ranking...
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 8, 2022 17:10:59 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 8, 2022 17:38:32 GMT -5
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Post by austin on Oct 8, 2022 21:27:01 GMT -5
LA is way too low
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Oct 8, 2022 21:48:04 GMT -5
I found the verse melody of "Nothing but Love" to be kind of weak, but I underranked it, based on how much I enjoy the chorus, lyrically and melodically. Still, #7 is not a bad ending after all.
"Fly (The Angel Song)" is overstaying, imo. Not a fan of that one, despite being one of the iconic songs.
Pleasantly surprised that my #1 is still hanging on.
Prediction would be:
1. "26 Cents" 2. "1999" 3. "Fast Car" 4. "Fly (The Angel Song)" 5. "No More Me and You" 6. "Boy Oh Boy"
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 8, 2022 22:14:02 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 8, 2022 22:24:17 GMT -5
I expected this to be a lot worse than it was. Still, not as good as an original song.
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Oct 8, 2022 22:30:48 GMT -5
This was a great version of "Fast Car". I really like the instrument on it.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 9, 2022 15:32:59 GMT -5
After a long history of being underwhelmed by The Wilkinsons songs that had randomly showed up in rankdowns previously, "L.A." showing up in castle's random shuffle series was the first time I genuinely enjoyed a song by them! The fact that it only made it to #5 on my list here is a real testament to how much my opinion of them has improved since! The melody and overall energy level are both spot on, imo. Genuinely shocked to see "Nothing But Love" miss the top 5! The chorus hit me with a blast of nostalgia that I wasn't expecting. I think that the "There I was, the note was even written" line was stuck in my head from somewhere in my childhood, which is the sort of satisfying feeling that immediately made it a frontrunner for my #1 rank. (I'd criticize .indulgecountry for that janky ranking, but as far as I know this #18 might have been his highest rank remaining... ) "Fast Car" overstayed. This is a decent cover of a great song. I did enjoy it, but to be this close to the top 5?! I could see it being deserved in the album rankdown, for sure, but not so much against the hits.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 10, 2022 20:23:11 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 10, 2022 20:23:59 GMT -5
With this elimination the Top 4 features 3 songs from The Wilkinsons' debut album, and 1 from their second.
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Post by tim on Oct 11, 2022 2:39:42 GMT -5
I’m rather behind on commenting here, but I wanted to post a few thoughts before this officially wraps up.
As for the songs that left early on, there were few surprises along the way. Of those, “Highway” was such a favorite discovery of mine that I ended up seeking the album out on Amazon and bought a used cd that I could burn. While I’m not at all surprised that this was one of the first couple of songs to exit, it’s a testament to the influence rankdowns can have!
The same can be said for "Shame On Me" as I absolutely adored it from the very first listen. I loved it so much that it ended up being one of my all-time favorites from the group and ranked it inside my top 3.
Here are my predictions for the final four:
4. Boy Oh Boy 3, 1999 2. Fly (The Angel Song) 1. 26 Cents
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 11, 2022 18:42:27 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 11, 2022 20:28:44 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 11, 2022 20:53:26 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 11, 2022 21:23:50 GMT -5
Oh wow, an upset victory!!! I figured "26 Cents" was the shoe-in, since it's the one song of theirs that seems to generate any sort of conversation nowadays! Personally I have always found it a tad underwhelming though, so I'm actually kinda happy with this outcome. It's one of those songs where the entire appeal hinges around a hook that tries to feel clever but ends up wearing thin pretty quickly... "Fly" has such a catchy chorus, it almost rivaled "Nothing But Love" for my #1! That melody is so engaging So glad to see it hang on to the top 3! "1999" was a hard one for me to rank, but the more I listened to it the higher it got. There is something about it that just got better and better...
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Post by austin on Oct 12, 2022 6:38:33 GMT -5
OMG YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A SURPRISE WIN AND I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE IT!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 12, 2022 11:56:29 GMT -5
OMG OMG OMG!! Yes! I thought for sure "26 Cents" had it in the bag! I love that song but I am happy their best single took the top spot!!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 1, 2023 22:11:20 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 27, 2023 19:22:11 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 1, 2023 22:07:46 GMT -5
Sorry, I know that these were due yesterday, but I will try my best to get them done this weekend.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 4, 2023 21:08:36 GMT -5
Forgot about this due to the sparse reminders, but I'll try to do it sometime this week!
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