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Post by jamesmckee on Jul 10, 2014 8:23:37 GMT -5
New single debuted this morning on the Bobby Bones show.
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Post by mus1cr0w on Jul 10, 2014 8:34:58 GMT -5
Sounds exactly like Maddie & Tae's "Girl In A Country Song"
What the hell?
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Post by bigfan101 on Jul 10, 2014 9:39:18 GMT -5
Any body got a place to listen?
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Post by kanimal on Jul 10, 2014 9:47:06 GMT -5
Believe the title is actually "Girl In *Your* Truck Song," so it's slightly different from the Maddie & Tae release.
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-- It's significantly better musically. Maggie Rose's voice is also (obviously) leagues ahead of that of Maddie and Tae.
-- It's too similar lyrically though. It does the same thing of name-dropping songs (on first listen, I heard Tattoos On this Town, Cruise, Get Your Shine On, Chillin' It, Boys Round Here).
-- Did anyone hear how this was introduced on radio? While I'm assuming it's a sarcastic shot at bro-country, it technically stays positive the entire time ("I WANNA be the Girl In Your Truck Song"). There's no twist at the end, so I'm just making sure I'm right to interpret it as a diss.
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Post by bigfan101 on Jul 10, 2014 9:51:49 GMT -5
Sorry to double post - but this is the exact opposite of Maddie and Tae's song. She is saying she WANTS to be the girl in your truck song, not that she wants to end it. She wants to be the girl they are describing.
Oh, Maggie do you want airplay this bad :( So sad that this is what it has came too.
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Post by countrym12 on Jul 10, 2014 9:56:54 GMT -5
Any body got a place to listen? Doesn't work for me, but Windmills Country posted a link. "@windmillsmusic: Maggie Rose's 'Girl In Your Truck Song' is unexpectedly bro country friendly. Stream: mms://206.53.211.116/verifiedwma/2036423.wma"
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Post by kanimal on Jul 10, 2014 9:58:21 GMT -5
Any body got a place to listen? Doesn't work for me, but Windmills Country posted a link. "@windmillsmusic: Maggie Rose's 'Girl In Your Truck Song' is unexpectedly bro country friendly. Stream: mms://206.53.211.116/verifiedwma/2036423.wma" Link works through Windows Media player.
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Post by bigfan101 on Jul 10, 2014 10:01:19 GMT -5
You can here the chorus on the Bobby Bones Website
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Post by Lizl on Jul 10, 2014 10:24:15 GMT -5
I'm disappointed with this. She can do better with other themes. Nice voice tho.
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Post by mus1cr0w on Jul 10, 2014 12:22:57 GMT -5
Ok..so I listened again... this is lame and I cant believe people are saying THIS is the answer to bro country...
maggie is basically saying she wants to be the stereotypical, objectified girl in the truck... this does nothing to go against bro country... in fact it almost lends itself to helping it! Like "all of this misogyny is ok guys we love it! Are my shorts short enough? Can I get you another beer, o lord of backward ballcaps?"
Knock knock... maggie, its your self respect..might wanna answer the door.
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Post by Kurt on Jul 10, 2014 12:27:12 GMT -5
Here's audio: https%3A//soundcloud.com/the-shotgun-seat/girl-in-your-truck-song
Yeah, I was hoping that this would have a similar sentiment to Maddie & Tae's song, but it appears to be quite the opposite - sonically not bad, though.
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Post by kanimal on Jul 10, 2014 12:34:32 GMT -5
Ok..so I listened again... this is lame and I cant believe people are saying THIS is the answer to bro country... maggie is basically saying she wants to be the stereotypical, objectified girl in the truck... this does nothing to go against bro country... in fact it almost lends itself to helping it! Like "all of this misogyny is ok guys we love it! Are my shorts short enough? Can I get you another beer, o lord of backward ballcaps?" Knock knock... maggie, its your self respect..might wanna answer the door. Mus1cr0w To be fair, this is only true if you carry an inherent opposition to the portrayal of women in bro country. We saw from the polarizing reaction to M&T that many girls do not have a problem with the bro lyrics. They do not feel objectified or demeaned. They want to be the girl with whom Cole Swindell chills or with whom FGL gets its shine on. Who are we to tell them they have no self-respect?
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Post by mylifeback on Jul 10, 2014 12:37:23 GMT -5
Lyrics aside, this is a much better song/arrangement/vocal than the M&T song. Her voice is much more pleasing to my ear.
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Post by AP on Jul 10, 2014 12:59:08 GMT -5
Slightly disappointed this is the direction she feels she needs to go to get airplay (and it's true...she does). I can't help but think it's more strategic than that: owning up to the "bro-country" female stereotype to get that safe and easy hit...but it might bode well for her in the future when she follows it up with a better quality track. Like, "alright I'll be the girl in your truck song, but I've got more to say after that."
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Post by kanimal on Jul 10, 2014 13:18:12 GMT -5
Slightly disappointed this is the direction she feels she needs to go to get airplay (and it's true...she does). I can't help but think it's more strategic than that: owning up to the "bro-country" female stereotype to get that safe and easy hit...but it might bode well for her in the future when she follows it up with a better quality track. Like, "alright I'll be the girl in your truck song, but I've got more to say after that." The other element to consider is her audience. Is it better to score points with women who despise the bro country genre (which is a small but vocal and growing portion of the audience) or the women who love it (which is the default)? From all indications, far more women who listen to country bros indeed want to be the girl in their truck, so they're far more likely to gravitate towards this song. On the other hand, far more influential media types are going to latch onto the Maddie & Tae track. So it will be a battle between a song that skews to a small, yet influential audience or one that skews to the masses.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 10, 2014 13:19:00 GMT -5
Official single cover. This was officially sent to country radio this morning. The producers are Dallas Davidson (shocker), and Brian Kennedy. Source
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Post by tvoss20 on Jul 10, 2014 13:55:53 GMT -5
Pretty catchy song, I like it.
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Post by George Strait Junkie on Jul 10, 2014 14:51:08 GMT -5
this is bad sorry i'll stick with Maddie & Tae i never really liked Maggie's voice anyway
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 11, 2014 1:56:24 GMT -5
Audio for those looking for it:
First things first: What a beautiful single cover! As for the song, I like it. If this weren't coming out at the same time as Maddie & Tae's debut, I don't think people would be so quick to pit this one against that one. I'm not sure what exactly to make of this: I'm inclined to think it's just a clever tongue-in-cheek type song and not some sort of statement that Maggie Rose wants to be objectified or anything to that effect. After all, considering the content of her debut album, I'd be surprised if that was the case.
Overall, I think this is a nice, catchy number that should do at least as well as "I Ain't Your Mama," but hopefully better than that even. It's a total earworm, her vocal performance is enjoyable, and the production and melody are nice elements. It reminds me of "And the Radio Played" by Lady A with the way the lyrics are structured, and I loved that song.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 1:57:50 GMT -5
Neither the SoundCloud that Kurt posted nor the Mediabase link from Windmills appear to be working right now. I can listen at this link but it's only working on IE and not Chrome. As for the song...yikes. This is pretty terrible. First off, it doesn't really make sense to me. "I want to be the girl in your truck song". You want to be the song, and not the girl? That's...interesting. The lyrics of the song sure seem to suggest that you want to be the girl in all those songs, but not a song itself. And secondly, "Girl In Your Truck Song" is just...totally unmemorable. The production isn't terrible but it is a bit cluttered at times. I don't think that girls/women who like bro-country music and lyrics necessarily lack self-respect, but I think they need to wake up and realize that they are not just sex objects made for dressing up in super short shorts, riding shotgun and passing guys a couple beers. Not that there's anything wrong with just 'chillin it' or things of that sort...I'm just saying that women aren't here solely to appease men or look good for them, and that's largely what I get out of bro-country. In my opinion, the lyrics in many popular bro-country songs seem to pigeonhole and demean women...whether the writers meant to [demean women] or not I can't say.
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Post by kanimal on Jul 11, 2014 8:34:16 GMT -5
Neither the SoundCloud that Kurt posted nor the Mediabase link from Windmills appear to be working right now. I can listen at this link but it's only working on IE and not Chrome. As for the song...yikes. This is pretty terrible . First off, it doesn't really make sense to me. "I want to be the girl in your truck song". You want to be the song, and not the girl? That's...interesting. The lyrics of the song sure seem to suggest that you want to be the girl in all those songs, but not a song itself. And secondly, "Girl In Your Truck Song" is just...totally unmemorable. The production isn't terrible but it is a bit cluttered at times. I don't think that girls/women who like bro-country music and lyrics necessarily lack self-respect, but I think they need to wake up and realize that they are not just sex objects made for dressing up in super short shorts, riding shotgun and passing guys a couple beers. Not that there's anything wrong with just 'chillin it' or things of that sort...I'm just saying that women aren't here solely to appease men or look good for them, and that's largely what I get out of bro-country. In my opinion, the lyrics in many popular bro-country songs seem to pigeonhole and demean women...whether the writers meant to [demean women] or not I can't say. I appreciate you trying to attack the syntax of a mainstream song since so many songwriters get away with linguistic stupidity, but I have no idea what this criticism is supposed to mean. She's not saying she wants to be a "girl in your truck" SONG, she's saying she wants to be the girl about whom you are singing in your truck song. Not really hard to follow, and there is no error in the structure of the clause. The category of songs she is referencing is "truck song." Not "girl in your truck song."
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 11, 2014 8:43:11 GMT -5
Yeah, I took the hook to be more like "I wanna be the girl, in your 'truck song'"
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Post by fe_lipeoliveira on Jul 11, 2014 8:44:15 GMT -5
I appreciate you trying to attack the syntax of a mainstream song since so many songwriters get away with linguistic stupidity, but I have no idea what this criticism is supposed to mean. She's not saying she wants to be a "girl in your truck" SONG, she's saying she wants to be the girl about whom you are singing in your truck song. Not really hard to follow, and there is no error in the structure of the clause. The category of songs she is referencing is "truck song." Not "girl in your truck song." Yeah, it came to me just like that, and English isn't even my first language lol But I get where it may have caused confusion.
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Post by rjz on Jul 11, 2014 9:00:34 GMT -5
I understand what J Holmes is saying. The lyrics really mean she wants to be that girl who is your shotgun personal waitress, model, later sex entertainment riding around opening your beers and admiring your cool self in your jacked up truck. But when you listen to the songs it really sounds like she wants to be the song-it is the inflection she puts on the word 'song' perhaps. When you think about it the phrase makes perfect sense, and is somewhat clever. But casually listening- I also get that some people will think she wants to be the song itself. I'd like to think this song is a parody also, but in my opinion it is meant to be taken at face value. I adore Maggie's voice and this song is catchy. Couldn't bring myself to buy it though But self respect? Yeah it is all escapism....but if my own daughter seriously would aspire to riding around in a truck with some guy telling her to slide her a$$ on over with the reward of getting drunk and getting laid, well um yeah-I'd tell her to get some self respect and aspire to something else Coincidence both of these songs coming out at the same time- Maddie and Tae vs Maggie? Looking for a little manufactured controversy for publicity? Hard to say. It will be interesting to see if either of these stylistically similar songs get radio play when (at least in Maggie's case) some songs of incredible quality haven't received their due.
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Post by kanimal on Jul 11, 2014 9:20:29 GMT -5
I understand what J Holmes is saying. The lyrics really mean she wants to be that girl who is your shotgun personal waitress, model, later sex entertainment riding around opening your beers and admiring your cool self in your jacked up truck. But when you listen to the songs it really sounds like she wants to be the song-it is the inflection she puts on the word 'song' perhaps. When you think about it the phrase makes perfect sense, and is somewhat clever. But casually listening- I also get that some people will think she wants to be the song itself. I'd like to think this song is a parody also, but in my opinion it is meant to be taken at face value. I adore Maggie's voice and this song is catchy. Couldn't bring myself to buy it though But self respect? Yeah it is all escapism....but if my own daughter seriously would aspire to riding around in a truck with some guy telling her to slide her a$$ on over with the reward of getting drunk and getting laid, well um yeah-I'd tell her to get some self respect and aspire to something else Coincidence both of these songs coming out at the same time- Maddie and Tae vs Maggie? Looking for a little manufactured controversy for publicity? Hard to say. It will be interesting to see if either of these stylistically songs get radio play when (at least in Maggie's case) some songs of incredible quality haven't received their due. So, in trying to be open-minded to the syntax issue, I also see another potential area of confusion: I can be the girl in your truck song/The one that makes you sing along/Makes you wanna cruise/Drink a little moonshine down/Leave a couple tattoos on this town/It is perfectly possible to interpret that as "I want to be the song that makes you sing along." But I guess I look at it as her wanting to be the girl in the kind of song that makes . Or, alternatively, maybe jhomes87 is right, and she's playing off the metaphorical "baby, you a song" line from Cruise. But either way, I think the ultimate takeaway is that all these guys sing about this tan, tight-jean-wearing girl who slides on over to give them some of that, and she wants to be that girl. -- As for your other point, I *DO* find it interesting that that the country female we typically view as a true artist - and the one we complain about getting overlooked by bros on the radio - is the one that released THIS version of the song. Meanwhile, the two cute teenagers who probably would better connect with the female fanbase that WANTS to be a girl in a country song are the ones that release the diss track.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 13:19:57 GMT -5
Um, I get what she's trying to say. I didn't seriously think she wanted to be the song instead of the girl. It just comes across as awkwardly-phrased to me. "I wanna be the girl in your truck song" just sounds very funny to me. If it was something more like "I wanna be the girl in all those truck songs" I wouldn't have any issue with the linguistics at all (although I still doubt I'd like this song).
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Post by ruben on Jul 11, 2014 14:48:38 GMT -5
I really love this song! It's catchy, infectious and definitely the hit that she deserves. And while I respect most of your opinions, I believe she's not trying to say that she's an object. I think some women do really enjoy being the "girl in the truck song", and there is nothing wrong with that as long as it's their choice. We can't expect all women to be like Miranda Lambert or Brandy Clark. And that doesn't mean the girls in the truck song are less women than the others. I love that Maggie decided to take this road, and it's perfect timing 'cause the comparisons with "Girl in a Country Song" are inevitable, and hopefully it'll bring a hit for both acts!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 11, 2014 16:06:18 GMT -5
The hook in this song reminds me of Keith Urban's "Put You in a Song." And as for thinking it comes off awkwardly-phrased, maybe it is in how she emphasizes the 'song' at the end of the line or something? I can't really find the fault in it myself when I listen though. It just makes sense to me, like she's speaking in first person to the guy and saying "Hey I wanna be the girl in your truck song."
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 11, 2014 17:16:38 GMT -5
Um, I get what she's trying to say. I didn't seriously think she wanted to be the song instead of the girl. It just comes across as awkwardly-phrased to me. "I wanna be the girl in your truck song" just sounds very funny to me. If it was something more like "I wanna be the girl in all those truck songs" I wouldn't have any issue with the linguistics at all (although I still doubt I'd like this song). I get it too, but I do agree that it sounds a little awkward. Anyway, as for the song, I actually really like it. Then again, I've always loved her voice. She definitely has songs I like better, but I was expecting this to be pretty bad based on some of the comments. But I was pleasantly surprised. The lyrics aren't that good and I can see where it's along the lines of bro-country, but I enjoy this more than the majority of bro-country tracks. And yes, I realize it might just be because I'm such a huge fan of her vocals.
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Post by ant on Jul 11, 2014 19:26:41 GMT -5
Listening now, and I'm not that impressed by this. It's pleasant, but nothing special to me.
I don't think she's demeaning herself or anything though, so people need to chill. She's basically singing about a guy that she likes and how she wants to be the girl that he sings about in his "truck song".
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