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Lot Long
by Gary E. Andrews - 11/10/26 11:20 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
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OK, I hate to just sit on the Sidelines whenever there's a good Controversy a-Goin'.
So..I listened to all 5 & here goes some notes & nits:
1) "Love You This Big". Opening Line: "I know I'm still young". Guess we KNOW the Demographic this one's penned-for, don't we? This Big repeats the Hook like every successful Pop Song ever has. "I love you to the Moon & Back/Deeper than the ocean/Write your name in stars across the sky" are as cliche as all-get-out. Half-Step MOD UP for Closing Chorus is also a pretty-cliche device for Ending Strong. (Works tho, don't it?)
2) "Remind Me" felt more truly-Conversational than the first one did. The Guitar Intro kicked it off nicely...I liked the pairing of these 2 stars who can both Write as well as they Sing. "If you still love me, don't just assume I know"..now THERE'S a Killer Line that well-sets-up a Killer Two-Word Hook. There's some seemingly-genuine Chemistry Here/This'd be MY Choice for the One-In-5 Songs that'll Still Be Playin'..Years from Now.
3) "Wanna Take You Home": Enjoyed the Bitta Banjo on the way in. "You're the best I've ever seen/You should never be lonely"..."2 AM & the bar is closing"..etc: Cliche City, right down to the Title...but, hey, it IS a Bar Song/The "Thought"-Conveyed is as old as Time Itself/Sex STILL Sells.
4) "The House Rules": LOVED the line "We don't take kindly to serious"..some real-good rhyming here. The phrase "Rock-&-Roll Rodeo" seemed Prophetic for What's Happening To Country, all right... I've yet to hear this one on the radio...but would listen to more from this Artist. Good, but maybe too-brief, Guitar & Harp Solo in there.
5) "Dirt Road Anthem"...This one's ALL OVER the Airwaves lately, IS both Pleasant to Hear (Chorus-Wise) and Me, Personally, I kinda Hate the RAP Sections..in a "Country Song". Still, this one ranks as the "Most-Poetic" of the 5, & it TOO is aimed at a much Younger Country-Hood. The Chorus gets Repeated maybe Once-too-Often (& gets boring) by Song's-End. The lyrical-Mention of "George Jones" is "Formula-Formula" again...
Think this Last One..and "Remind Me"..are two you'll hear on Oldies Nights..years in The Future. (Me, I'll take "Red Dirt Road" over the Anthem one, any day..& that "Cold Beer sittin' on the Console" line shows a Total Disregard for Public Safety/SHAME onya, NashCity!)
All JMO--Best Wishes/Big Hugs, Stan
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