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I could only make it through about half of this song. Couldn’t take any more of her screaming. I generally like Lee Ann but I can’t imagine who the target audience is for this song. It’s horrible
F-
I can understand that this song isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and in all honesty, it’s not my favorite thing she’s ever done, either. I do, however, feel it was a decent effort. I would have preferred more restrained production in the second half. I don’t think I’ve ever rated anything an F- before. I”d reserve that grade for something that ranks among the very worst things I’ve ever heard: things like “Body Like a Back Road” or Walker Hayes’ “You Broke Up With Me” or anything by Florida Georgia Line. In all fairness, I don’t think this Lee Ann Womack record falls into that category.
Wow. Four sentences and each one manages to be more unhinged, more nasty, and more ignorant than the last one. Quite an accomplishment.
That was directed at the top comment.
I thought that you were referring to virtually every asinine comment made by luckyoldsun the official My Kind Of Country Troll. “Unhinged, nasty and ignorant” pretty much sums up your pathetic history on this board. I expressed an opinion. However you constantly make false assertions that you purport to be factual but have absolutely no basis in fact. Your ignorance of country music artists and history – and in many cases history in general – has been displayed comment after inane comment. As you’ve been told time and time again you are entitled to your own opinion but you are not entitled to your own facts.
I stated my honest opinion regarding this song. You only stated nonsense in a vindictive effort to try to insult me because I have repeatedly exposed your ignorance. Once again you have contributed NOTHING to this discussion. You could not even intellectually defend a contrary opinion about the song the way that Razor X did in his response. Nice job TROLL.
I like Lee Ann Womack but I hope this is not indicative of what the rest of the album . D+ or C-
Ken,
The “opinion” that you stated was more of an expression of pride in your own ignorance. “Couldn’t take any more of her screaming.” Lee Ann Womack is not screaming. She’s singing. You “can’t imagine who the target audience for this song is.” I’m sure you can’t. It’s beyond your comprehension or imagination that there’s are vast multitudes of music consumers beyond bitter septuagenarians from among which Lee Ann Womack may find an audience–that there are blues fans, younger people, et al who actually like hearing adventurous music from crack players and a skilled singer who’s stretching herself. “F-.” Sorry, can’t really respond to that sort of idiocy.
In case you haven’t noticed, I almost NEVER comment about your comments (unless they’re specifically addressed at me–and even those I tend to respond to selectively.) This particular comment was just so frikkin’ spiteful and arrogant that I made an exception.
Oh, but I do like how you suddenly feel wounded and mistreated after the stream of vitriol that you’ve directed at me for however long. Sorry, I have to laugh. It’s just too funny.
Lee Ann has always positioned herself as a country singer. Although she had some crossover success she has never announced that she has left the genre and focused on a new musical direction. Therefore the assumption is that she believes that this song fits somewhere within the broad bounds of country music.
This blog is titled “My Mind Of Country” not “My Kind Of Music Of Various Genres.” So the discussion of music on THIS site is from a country music perspective and is evaluated by that standard. It is not a blog specifically targeted to blues fans. You’ll need to go elsewhere for that.
Even taking into account the broad context of the extreme pop/rock direction that country music has taken I cannot understand where this song fits within the genre. If Lee Ann is directing this to a blues or some other audience that’s her choice but as a “country” recording it falls woefully short. Her wonderful emotional voice has been replaced by a screaming delivery that is more annoying than enjoyable. Maybe it’s great blues to you but it’s sure not great country. Doubtful that most of Lee Ann’s long-time fans will find this song appealing.
Do you ever read what you have written before hitting the “post comment” button? Once again you’ve completely missed the point as evidenced by your baseless argument and rambling narrative. As usual your misplaced comments earn an “F” grade. But at least you’re consistent.
To be clear as I stated in my initial post I generally like Lee Ann’s music. Loved her voice since her first single “Never Again, Again.” Now THAT’S a great song and a superb performance.
Since you’ve of taken on a revised personality for your latest comment and it actually qualifies as reasonably civil, I’ll refrain from escalating the vitriol. (Yeah there’s the rude next-to-last paragraph, but the rudeness seems reflexive–it’s so mild as to be practically polite. I mean, I received a higher grade from the great Kenneth than Lee Ann Womack did!)
I’ll just add that artists make music. They’re not responsible for sending out a notification to the media or fans or anyone else as to what direction their music is moving in and what “genre” it should be classified as. That’s for other people to obsess over. Lee Ann made a good record. I could care less whether it qualifies as country or blues. Will it do well? That’s all relative. I think she knows what she’s doing. The market for the “traditional” country music Lee Ann was making in the ’90s-early 2000s has dried up. There’s no radio format that even plays it. This record should bring her to more urban, maybe more sophisticated audiences. The only bet I would make is that Lee Ann Womack will enjoy greater success with this album–in terms of sales and concert venues–than any 50-year-old women peers who are making the kind of music that YOU want her to make.
Contrary to YOUR opinion there remains a vibrant market for traditional sounding country music. Although mainstream country radio has abandoned it the internet and satellite radio have provided huge platforms to expose new recordings as well as keeping heritage country recordings alive. Artists are no longer at the mercy of corporate-owned record labels and are free to independently make their music available via their own websites and digital outlets such as Amazon music or iTunes. Digital recording has made it possible to make professional recordings at a fraction of the cost from a couple of decades ago. Some veteran artists have stated that they actually make more money from the direct sale of their recordings in recent years than they did when attached to a major record label that deducted all of the costs of marketing, promotion and studio recordings from their royalties. So there is a viable business model available if an artist chooses to record and release traditional country music.
As usual you got it wrong again. Personally I don’t care what style of music an artist chooses to make. Ultimately it’s their career to run as they desire. But the purpose of this blog is to express opinions of the music selected and posted by the staff here. If an artist delivers a great song and a superb performance they deserve accolades. Conversely if they make a misstep they deserve criticism. Lee Ann receives the latter from me. She has the talent to recover and I don’t doubt that her next effort will be much better. She obviously received some extremely poor career and musical guidance.
Given your consistently proven lack of knowledge about the music business and your frequently stated oddball perceptions of music I don’t think the Lee Ann will get any comfort from your endorsement.