Carly Raete Jepsen: 15 Years Of Pop Perfection - Eliminations Resume!!! #55!!!

Music Is Life & Death

Music Is Life & Death

He/Him
#112 - Heavy Lifting: 6.067
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Highest: 3x9s (@Sprockrooster @unnameable @pop3blow2) 1x8.5 (@daninternational) 2x8s (@Maria @eddy2375)
Lowest: 2x3s (@LoveMachine @slaybellz) 1x3.5 (@2014) 3x4s (@popscene @MilesAngel @SyPOPhantic)
My Score: 7
Favorite Lyric: You kissed my mirror reflection when I looked at me today (It's a pretty interesting lyric. I like it.)
Trajectory
5 Voters: #120 (5.2)
10 Voters: #113 (5.08)
15 Voters: #112 (5.52)
20 Voters: #113 (5.185)
25 Voters: #112 (6.092)
30 Voters: #111 (6.16)
35 Voters: #112 (6.1086)
39 Voters: #112 (6.067)
Total Points: 236.6
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Heavy Lifting was written by - say it with me - Carly and Ryan Stewart and produced by the latter. It was included as track 5 on Carly's debut album Tug Of War and is our first song to break a 6 point average!

I'm sorry but I barely have anything to say about this song. It's good. It's cute. It's a nice, easy listen. But I'm also kinda bored by it and the chorus gets a little annoying by the end. I like the way it builds and I like her voice on the song but I just don't really care about it? Would probably be a 6 now and it should have been out sooner.

@daninternational (8.5) can only muster up energy for one word: Pretty Sure I guess. In a sleepy way ddd. @unnameable (9) considers this a pre-cursor: the prototype for sultry Carly, preparing us for “Warm Blood” and “Want you in my room” Both of which are much better than this ddd. @pop3blow2 (9) and I are at odds: A fave on this album for me. Interesting little melody. Hmmm maybe my ears aren't working but it seems pretty basic to me? And @SyPOPhantic (4) and I are (kinda) on the same page: I loathe loathe loathe a repeating chorus. Understandable.

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savilizabeths

savilizabeths

she/her
The last two eliminations hurt. Almost Said It is so underrated. I have a fond memory of listening to it on an island in Fiji. It's so sweet, and definitely has Taylor vibes. And, unlike our host, Heavy Lifting is one of my favourites from Tug of War. Can I explain it? Maybe not too well but I have loved it for years. It's a favourite of mine to sing too, always had a special place in my heart. I agree with @pop3blow2 that the melody is interesting and enjoyable to listen to. This was an expected placement for it but you're all wrong.
 
unnameable

unnameable

I love Almost Said It, but for me the crucial lyric is at the start of the last verse
You wrote me a song
I often play it
Depending on where I am with you
I either love it or I hate it

I firmly relate to the ups and downs of "depending on where I am with you" and the complexities of emotional ups and downs.
 
Music Is Life & Death

Music Is Life & Death

He/Him
unnameable said:
I love Almost Said It, but for me the crucial lyric is at the start of the last verse
You wrote me a song
I often play it
Depending on where I am with you
I either love it or I hate it

I firmly relate to the ups and downs of "depending on where I am with you" and the complexities of emotional ups and downs.
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Yesssss this part is so perfect!
(Probably) no eliminations tonight as I've been spending the day with my friend and sister, shopping, going out to eat and seeing Across the Spider Verse. Tomorrow I have the day off and have already scheduled 2 eliminations for it, as well as a couple other rate posts.
 
eddy2375

eddy2375

Music Is Life & Death said:
Oh they're counted. There's just...not a lot of you nn.
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Music Is Life & Death

Music Is Life & Death

He/Him
#111 - Bucket: 6.101
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Highest: 1x10 (@Sprockrooster) 1x9 (@eddy2375) 1x8.5 (@Music Is Life & Death)
Lowest: 1x1 (@cdd216) 1x2.5 (@klow) 2x3s (@LoveMachine @2014)
My Score: 8.5
Favorite Lyric: And I've been waiting to recognize that sparkle that's in your eye. Those two dimples on your cheeks, the joy that lights the fire. (The second verse in general has similar energy to Taylor's "You've got a smile that could light up this whole town. I haven't seen it in a while" albeit for different reasons, but I love it because of that.)
Trajectory
5 Voters: #86 (7.2)
10 Voters: #100 (6.18)
15 Voters: #96 (6.37)
20 Voters: #105 (6.228)
25 Voters: #109 (6.162)
30 Voters: #112 (6.09)
35 Voters: #109 (6.184)
39 Voters: #111 (6.101)
Total Points: 237.95
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And we lose another song from Tug Of War. The opening track on the album, Bucket was written by Carly and Ryan Stewart, and produced by the latter. It was released as the album's third single on April 4, 2009 and peaked at #32 on the Canadian Hot 100. We love a top 40 hit! It is our first song to have ever been in the top 100 and have a 7+ average.

I've always thought this song is pretty divisive and I think the scores above prove that. It certainly had to grow on me. I used to really dislike it but now I think it's a pretty cute, fun, quirky little bop. It's a nice little openber and it's catchy. I like the groove of it all, and the clap-along rhythm and the way all the instruments work together. It's not one of her best singles or songs but it's not one of her worst and it does what it sets out to do and I respect it for that. I don't really have a lot to say about it besides that. Oh, I will say every time she sings "forget yourself" in the first verse it sounds like she's saying "fuck it yourself" to me ddddd.

@LoveMachine (3) says what a lot of you were probably thinking: This is kinda nice and summery and entirely forgettable. I'm sure some might find it blasphemous but I'm not really here for early Carly. This album has absolutely no impact on me. I'm sure you've noticed, but that's true for most people here ddd. @daninternational (4.75) is right: It's fine. Pretty much, yeah. @SyPOPhantic (5) is also correct: It’s a cute song, nothing I’d really go back to but it’s cute. Yeah I never really listen to this either ddd. @unnameable (5) has a point: the nursery rhyme-ness of it all grates a little Yeah that took me a bit to get used to it, but it works as a melody for me now. Still a little bit of an oof though. @slaybellz (7) pulls a pop3blow2: This sounds like a mix between The Tide Is High and like a Sugar Ray song which is making me laugh for some reason. I get what you mean to be honest ddd. And @pop3blow2 (8.4) himself crowns Carly: The sun goes down tag here is just an early sign of her genius in this regard. Taylor may be this queen of song bridges, but Carly is the queen of tags. Vocal is a tad shaky here, though… by Carly standards. The tag is cute yeah, and personally I don't really notice any shakiness but that could just be me.





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Music Is Life & Death

Music Is Life & Death

He/Him
THE TOP 110!

Tug Of War (4/11)
2. Tug Of War
3. Money & The Ego
6. Sunshine On My Shoulders
10. Sour Candy

Curiosity (5/5)
1. Curiosity
2. Picture
3. Talk To Me
4. Just A Step Away
5. Both Sides Now

Kiss (16/18)
1. Tiny Little Bows
2. This Kiss
3. Call Me Maybe
4. Curiosity (Remix)
5. Good Time (with Owl City)
6. More Than A Memory
7. Turn Me Up
8. Hurt So Good
10. Tonight I’m Getting Over You
11. Guitar String/Wedding Ring
12. Your Heart Is A Muscle
13. Drive
14. Wrong Feels So Right
15. Sweetie
16. I Know You Have A Girlfriend
18. Melt With You

E•MO•TION (17/17)
1. Run Away With Me
2. E•MO•TION
3. I Really Like You
4. Gimmie Love
5. All That
6. Boy Problems
7. Making The Most Of The Night
8. Your Type
9. Let’s Get Lost
10. LA Hallucinations
11. Warm Blood
12. When I Needed You
13. Black Heart
14. I Didn’t Just Come Here To Dance
15. Favourite Colour
16. Never Get To Hold You
17. Love Again

E•MO•TION Side B (9/9)
1. Cut To The Feeling
2. First Time
3. Higher
4. The One
5. Fever
6. Body Language
7. Cry
8. Store
9. Roses

Dedicated (15/15)
1. Julien
2. No Drug Like Me
3. Now That I Found You
4. Want You In My Room
5. Everything He Needs
6. Happy Not Knowing
7. I'll Be Your Girl
8. Too Much
9. The Sound
10. Automatically In Love
11. Feels Right (with Electric Guest)
12. Right Words Wrong Time
13. Real Love
14. For Sure
15. Party For One

Dedicated Side B (14/14)
1. This Love Isn't Crazy
2. Window
3. Felt This Way
4. Stay Away
5. This Is What They Say
6. Heartbeat
7. Summer Love
8. Fake Mona Lisa
9. Let's Sort The Whole Thing Out
10. Comeback
11. Solo
12. Now I Don't Hate California After All
13. Let's Be Friends
14. Always On My Mind

The Loneliest Time (16/16)
1. Surrender My Heart
2. Joshua Tree
3. Talking To Yourself
4Far Away
5. Sideways
6. Beach House
7. Bends
8. Western Wind
9. So Nice
10. Bad Thing Twice
11. Shooting Star
12. Go Find Yourself Or Whatever
13. The Loneliest Time (feat. Rufus Wainwright)
14. Anxious
15. No Thinking Over The Weekend
16. Keep Away

Extras (14/17)
Take A Picture
Last Christmas
Supernatural (with Danny L Harle)
Shadow (with Bleachers)
Runaways
Love Me Like That (with The Knocks)
Trouble In The Streets (with BC Unidos)
Better Than Me (with Blood Orange)
OMG (with Gryffin)
Backseat (with Charli XCX)
It's Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries
Me & The Boys In The Band
Ok on Your Own (with Mxmtoon)
Move Me (with Lewis OfMan)

Poor Tug Of War (and Dear You) dddd.​
 
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