Comments on: Album Review: Toby Keith – ‘Bullets In The Gun’

By: Some hidden treasures of 2010 « My Kind Of Country

Some hidden treasures of 2010 « My Kind Of Country — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:03:23 +0000

[...] Toby Keith – ‘Sundown‘ (Bullets In The Gun, deluxe version) Toby is always a bit hit and miss for me, but this surprisingly restrained live [...]

By: idlewildsouth

idlewildsouth — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:34:52 +0000

Yea. I noticed when I bought it and listened. I honestly had to listen to it over and over, both “Been A Long Time Leavin’” and “Waymores Blues” because I couldn’t believe something like that slipped through the cracks.

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:45:24 +0000

Still embarrassing

By: Leeann

Leeann — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:39:26 +0000

Sorry, I meant to say that it’s mislabeled on my digital copy too, and this actually isn’t the first review to overlook the discrepancy.

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:32:27 +0000

Ouch – just checked and you’re right. It’s misascribed and it just skated past me every time I was listening. I will correct immediately.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:05:07 +0000

I’m confused, isn’t the Jennings song that Toby covers “Waymore’s Blues”?

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:40:20 +0000

Sundown is a lovely song. Deryl Dodd had a version of it about ten years ago, which I believe was a single but an un successful one.

By: Ken Johnson

Ken Johnson — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:20:28 +0000

I have seen several reviews of the live bonus tracks for this album and all (including this one) refer to “I’ve Been A Long Time Leaving (But I’ll Be A Long Time Gone)” as a Waylon Jennings song. Waylon did record the song as a track for his 1975 “Dreaming My Dreams” album. However I’ve always associated that song with it’s writer Roger Miller. Roger’s recording peaked at #13 in Billboard in mid-April 1966 as the “flip” side to his top five single “Husbands And Wives.” No question that Waylon did a fine job with his rendition but Roger had the much better known single hit.

“Sundown” was Gordon Lightfoot’s most successful country single and his only #1 pop hit. A #13 country chart hit, ‘Sundown” also topped the Billboard Hot 100 survey during the final week of June 1974. Seems like it would be a great remake candidate for a country single release by the right artist.

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:47:08 +0000

I hate Running Block; the others are okay, though. I do like the ending of get Out Of My Car, but it’s too offputting getting there for me.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:00:00 +0000

I’m not surprise that “Get Out of My Car” turns people off, but I think it’s pretty humorous. The fact that he doesn’t get the girl in the end and the corny chorus line echo makes it a song that I don’t take seriously. I tend to like Toby’s crass sense of humor though; “I Wanna Talk About Me”, “Getchya Some”, “Big Blue Note”, “Trailerhood” and even “Running Block” amuse me. I think he sings a mean ballad, but I like it when he doesn’t take himself too seriously the most. I think that’s what I’m enjoying about this album.