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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 25, 2014 20:11:58 GMT -5
I love that this is off to such a strong start. It's basically been on pace with Maddie & Tae's debut, but they have a lot more hype going for them right now, so this is great to see for RaeLynn's single to be moving up similarly.
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Post by someguy on Jul 25, 2014 23:54:27 GMT -5
I'm glad to see another female artist get a good initial reaction from country radio, but I really don't like this song. I find the lyrics to be cringe-worthy. For the sake of getting another female artist on the radio, I'll be rooting for it, but I hope her subsequent singles are better.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 26, 2014 9:07:00 GMT -5
I'm glad to see another female artist get a good initial reaction from country radio, but I really don't like this song. I find the lyrics to be cringe-worthy. For the sake of getting another female artist on the radio, I'll be rooting for it, but I hope her subsequent singles are better. I think the lyrics are far from cringeworthy. What makes it so bad to you? Just curious.
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Post by someguy on Jul 26, 2014 9:34:59 GMT -5
I'm glad to see another female artist get a good initial reaction from country radio, but I really don't like this song. I find the lyrics to be cringe-worthy. For the sake of getting another female artist on the radio, I'll be rooting for it, but I hope her subsequent singles are better. I think the lyrics are far from cringeworthy. What makes it so bad to you? Just curious. I just find them to be pretty simplimistic and demeaning. God made girls because "somebody's gotta wear a pretty skirt" and "somebody's gotta wanna hold his hand". And then, God made girls because a guy has to get dressed up, wash his truck, etc. I don't know, to me the song makes it sounds like God made girls to serve a guy's existence, and I don't really like that.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jul 26, 2014 9:57:35 GMT -5
I think the lyrics are far from cringeworthy. What makes it so bad to you? Just curious. I just find them to be pretty simplimistic and demeaning. God made girls because "somebody's gotta wear a pretty skirt" and "somebody's gotta wanna hold his hand". And then, God made girls because a guy has to get dressed up, wash his truck, etc. I don't know, to me the song makes it sounds like God made girls to serve a guy's existence, and I don't really like that. Same exact reaction here, someguy. I think there may have been similar objections raised to Carrie's "All-American Girl," but the difference for me there was that that song was centered on the idea of male-centric expectations being turned upside down by the girl, to the point that the next generation guy wanted a girl instead of a boy (we still didn't learn enough about the All-American Girl, and I wish the song had done more to question the validity of gender-based expectations -- why should "all those big dreams [have] changed" because the father had a girl instead of boy?). "God Made Girls" seems to accept that guys will be guys and their basic character won't change, so girls were made by God to complement them...it's too accepting of an outdated gender dynamic and outdated gender roles in which the male is always the driver. From what I remember of her from The Voice, Raelynn had the tendency to go for cutesy in a way that always struck me as affected, and that is at play in this song, too. I'm a big fan of Nicolle Galyon, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose, so I'm surprised and disappointed not to like this song more. On the other hand, "Love Triangle" (cowritten by Galyon, Jimmy Robbins and RaeLynn according to BMI) is an absolutely terrific and authentic song that convinces me that RaeLynn does deserve a place at country radio (thanks to fe_lipeoliveira for posting the video).
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Post by jesster on Jul 26, 2014 10:43:11 GMT -5
I can understand somewhat the question above about the lyrics, but to me this is more of a soft-edged girl power song.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 26, 2014 15:37:38 GMT -5
I can understand somewhat the question above about the lyrics, but to me this is more of a soft-edged girl power song. Which is how I feel. I remember RaeLynn saying how proud she was to have it be a mult-generational song with females in their 50s (Liz Rose), 40s (Lori McKenna), 30s (Nicolle Galyon), 20s (RaeLynn) having wrote the song. It really is about a girl being the motivations for why guys do what they do to get the girls.
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Post by fe_lipeoliveira on Jul 26, 2014 16:09:03 GMT -5
I wish the song had done more to question the validity of gender-based expectations -- why should "all those big dreams [have] changed" because the father had a girl instead of boy?) Don't you think the first verse explain your question? Someone he could take fishing Throw the football and be his pride and joy He could already see him holding that trophy Taking his team to state I agree with you when it comes to the lack of information about the "All-American Girl" and what she could've done to change the guy's mind, but to me it's pretty clear the plans the all-American girl's dad had and why they have changed. I mean, of course you can take your girl fishing and she can play sports, but that's not what you dream for a girl. No judgment, just common sense. As for God Made Girls, I see your point. I had never thought about it too deeply and you're right about the male/female roles and all, but I really like the lyrics and imagery of the song.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 26, 2014 17:05:43 GMT -5
Lyrically, this reminds me a little of "Waitin' on a Woman" (which I also LOVED), in the way that it kind of fleshes out the relationship between man and woman. I really like the lyrics to "God Made Girls" much the same as the Brad Paisley song, and they both even have nods to the girl taking too long getting ready and making the man wait downstairs, which are among my favorite parts of both songs. I also enjoy the line in this tune about "dragging his butt to church" very much, because it's comical and I can just instantly visualize it.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 27, 2014 3:05:16 GMT -5
I see both sides but I love the vivid yet simplistic imagery of the lyrics. Gender roles and dynamics aside, women were created to be a complement to men and I think the song underscores that basic truth. This does NOT mean that women were created to be inferior/subservient to men; they were created as equals. However, the song plays off the notion that reduced to the core, it is the sheer power of a girl being a girl that can and usually will influence a man to act in certain ways and do certain things for his own good.
That said, is this song a hit yet?
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 27, 2014 13:08:48 GMT -5
That said, is this song a hit yet? It's only been out for 4 weeks. But it is off to a very good start considering this is her official debut single at country radio. It will move up to #44 from #52 on Mediabase come tomorrow's published issue with three recurrents helping her out, and it was #44 last week on Billboard and by my guess will move to #42 tomorrow. There will be two recurrents (Jake and Tyler) and she should move past John King. But Jason's "Burnin' It Down" will officially debut, so that will knock her along with others back a spot. So far it's total audience is nearly 4 million on Mediabase and had a bullet of over 250 this week. It's off to a very good start, but only time will tell if this can maintain the pace.
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Post by josephmorgan on Jul 29, 2014 19:03:43 GMT -5
You probably already know this if you looked at this week's Billboard Country Monday Update, but, for those of you who don't, this is now her first top 40 hit.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 4, 2014 19:10:29 GMT -5
You probably already know this if you looked at this week's Billboard Country Monday Update, but, for those of you who don't, this is now her first top 40 hit. Awesome!
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Post by hosssulpizio on Aug 5, 2014 1:29:30 GMT -5
RaeLynn is going big with "God Made Girls" I just know it! It passed the Top 40 and is at number 36 on the Country Airplay charts now.
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Post by wonderstruck on Aug 7, 2014 11:08:13 GMT -5
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Post by shainabotwin on Aug 7, 2014 11:38:15 GMT -5
RaeLynn is hosting a God Made Girls video release party tonight where she will be live chatting with fans. Gonna be cool, sign up here! www.bit.ly/raelynnlivegmg
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Post by Zazie on Aug 7, 2014 22:37:34 GMT -5
Lyrically, this reminds me a little of "Waitin' on a Woman" (which I also LOVED), in the way that it kind of fleshes out the relationship between man and woman. I really like the lyrics to "God Made Girls" much the same as the Brad Paisley song, and they both even have nods to the girl taking too long getting ready and making the man wait downstairs, which are among my favorite parts of both songs. I also enjoy the line in this tune about "dragging his butt to church" very much, because it's comical and I can just instantly visualize it. What makes the Paisley song so good to me is that we have all the typical fluffy "humorous" stories about how women make men wait, and then all of a sudden you have the deep emotions associated with thinking about your inevitable death, and hoping generously that your beloved spends a bunch more years living her lifespan out because she's "not ready." The song is mining all the usual veins of humor, and then it isn't -- it's serious and thoughtful. God Made Girls never gets anywhere deeper than the surface clichés. I won't hold that against the songwriters -- they're free to write a shallow song whenever that approach suits them, and if you like this song then more power to you -- but I don't want to hear these sentiments on the radio ten times, let alone two hundred times as I would if there weren't a change-station button within easy reach. And I don't think the parallel between the Paisley song and this one holds up too well.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Aug 7, 2014 22:42:46 GMT -5
I want to like this song more than I do, I like the melody, production and lyrics, but her exaggerated twang is a tad much for me. That said, I'll be rooting for it because we need more females on radio.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 8, 2014 0:00:43 GMT -5
Lyrically, this reminds me a little of "Waitin' on a Woman" (which I also LOVED), in the way that it kind of fleshes out the relationship between man and woman. I really like the lyrics to "God Made Girls" much the same as the Brad Paisley song, and they both even have nods to the girl taking too long getting ready and making the man wait downstairs, which are among my favorite parts of both songs. I also enjoy the line in this tune about "dragging his butt to church" very much, because it's comical and I can just instantly visualize it. What makes the Paisley song so good to me is that we have all the typical fluffy "humorous" stories about how women make men wait, and then all of a sudden you have the deep emotions associated with thinking about your inevitable death, and hoping generously that your beloved spends a bunch more years living her lifespan out because she's "not ready." The song is mining all the usual veins of humor, and then it isn't -- it's serious and thoughtful. God Made Girls never gets anywhere deeper than the surface clichés. I won't hold that against the songwriters -- they're free to write a shallow song whenever that approach suits them, and if you like this song then more power to you -- but I don't want to hear these sentiments on the radio ten times, let alone two hundred times as I would if there weren't a change-station button within easy reach. And I don't think the parallel between the Paisley song and this one holds up too well. Valid points, but I think this song works for what it's going for because of the POV. Brad Paisley's song was sung from the perspective of a grown man and features additional insight because the story reflects the conversational comparison of one man's experiences to another, while RaeLynn's is more fittingly youthful and touches on what she would be going through in her age bracket. There's no older woman spinning yarn beside her on a park bench, and while that reason might be why the song is not as good to some compared to the Paisley tune, I do feel like it's a well-written and performed song and appropriate for the artist tasked with singing it. I find it kind of the opposite of say the problem many had with "The Heart of Dixie" being sung by Danielle Bradbery as her age seemed to be rather young for the mature subject matter, which was troublesome given that her rendition didn't deliver that punch it needed.
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Post by zjames on Aug 10, 2014 16:05:29 GMT -5
I disliked RaeLynn's vocals a lot when I first heard this song, but I've come to love this song now. Her "twang" might be a little forced, but this is a catchy song with a little more depth than the average country song today. I hope this becomes a big hit.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Aug 28, 2014 18:50:32 GMT -5
The lyrics are all right, but at first listen, I think her voice sounds way too young. She sounds like she's freaking 6 on this.
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Post by ethanhunt on Aug 28, 2014 19:17:44 GMT -5
I love this song. The lyrics make me smile and think “God knew what he was doing" every time I hear it
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Post by Zazie on Aug 29, 2014 8:29:53 GMT -5
The lyrics are all right, but at first listen, I think her voice sounds way too young. She sounds like she's freaking 6 on this. I do think she sounds young. That may be something physical about her singing, but what's even more of a trend applying to lots of women, and what drives me nuts, is that in order to chart well (not counting M Lambert), women have to sound girlish and they have to express ideas that are girlish. In the 90's we had Loveless and Tillis and Morgan and Carpenter and Oslin and Hill, for the most part singing songs with lyrics about adults and sounding like... women. I don't want to unleash a political screed here, so I won't go into all the reasons Underwood's All-American Girl epitomizes what I don't like about the change in songwriting. I'm not opposed to girlish songs any more than boyish ones, but it is striking that you just can't get on the radio singing like a woman. And I do understand why people root for Raelynn, but I can't. I don't think girls are underrepresented. I think women are underrepresented. It'll cycle back, given a decade or two, unless it doesn't. But this song isn't going to make it happen.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Aug 29, 2014 10:56:19 GMT -5
^ I haven't really noticed that girlishness, probably because at least some of the time it doesn't bother me. ("All American Girl" doesn't bother me in the slightest, for instance. Except when I try to hit the high E on the bridge.) I was trying to figure out why so many new female acts lately sounded the same, and I think you got it. Danielle Bradbery started off on the right foot with "The Heart of Dixie", but killed all her momentum by releasing the 100% girlish "Young in America".
It could be worse. It could be all the obscure independently signed girls I hear on WATZ, who think it's still ten years ago and that trying to emulate either Gretchen Wilson or Martina McBride is a good idea, even though they don't have the sass to be the former or the lungs to be the latter. Or the decent songwriting to be anyone.
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Post by zjames on Sept 2, 2014 14:06:47 GMT -5
I know YouTube comments aren't the best source for insightful and constructive commentary, but I was surprised at the overabundance of people calling this song sexist against women.
They claimed that RaeLynn is saying that girls were only created to please men and keep them in line.
I didn't interpret the lyrics like that at all; I see this song as a celebration of women. Does anyone find this song sexist?
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 2, 2014 14:42:04 GMT -5
I know YouTube comments aren't the best source for insightful and constructive commentary, but I was surprised at the overabundance of people calling this song sexist against women. They claimed that RaeLynn is saying that girls were only created to please men and keep them in line. I didn't interpret the lyrics like that at all; I see this song as a celebration of women. Does anyone find this song sexist? To be honest, the lyrics do convey that to an extent, but never once did I actually think RaeLynn or the writers (who are well respected female writers) wrote this song as a way to interpret that girls were only made to please men. To me the song is just a way to showcase how guys couldn't live or love without girls and to be, like you said, a celebration of woman. YouTube comments are becoming less meaningful to be as time goes on and I do not really use it as a major indicator. I do find the lyrics in this song to be pedestrian and narrow sited, similar to what someguy stated earlier, but I found it to be a light heartfelt way to describe why God made girls and nothing more.
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Post by AP on Sept 2, 2014 14:42:32 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Sept 2, 2014 17:38:56 GMT -5
In the past 4-5 years, country music has taken a big step backwards in terms of gender equality. This song is just one more example in a long list of things that exemplify that, imo (though things like diminished airplay, and Karen Daniels' recent comments are far worse. My thoughts regarding this song's lyrics, to borrow loosely from Maddie & Tae, "Oh no, Reba and Dolly never did it this way, back in the old days".
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Post by SHOOTER on Sept 2, 2014 17:56:18 GMT -5
GMG has peaked at #31 Hot Country Songs thus far (#33 last week).
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 2, 2014 19:08:19 GMT -5
I'm confused though because in the past the argument seemed to be that this song was selling women short, but that article above basically says the opposite: it seems to imply that it's painting women in a better light than men, who basically need women to help them with everything. Or at least that's what I got out of it.
.... and then I'm over here like, I think it's a good song and I don't have any problems with it, lol. To me it's a cute and pretty accurate look at the relationship between man and woman, viewed through an age-appropriate lens of the young woman singing it.
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