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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 23:23:57 GMT -5
If this belongs on country radio I don't know why Taylor doesn't put Bad Blood feat Kendrick on there too.. it'll be a huge smash
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Post by Dustin J. on Jul 27, 2015 7:46:16 GMT -5
This song is 10x more 'country' (whatever that is anymore) than half the stuff being forced down our throats today.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 27, 2015 7:48:55 GMT -5
I'll add this song to the 'future' country hits of 2015 (sarcasm)
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 27, 2015 7:57:30 GMT -5
I'll add this song to the 'future' country hits of 2015 (sarcasm) I respect your oppinion but what does this have to do with this song. I mean this sound nothing like Country and the remix of "honey I'm good" is decent and sounds way more country than " smile" did just saying.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 27, 2015 7:59:25 GMT -5
I'll add this song to the 'future' country hits of 2015 (sarcasm) I respect your oppinion but what does this have to do with this song. I mean this sound nothing like Country and the remix of "honey I'm good" is decent and sounds way more country than " smile" did just saying. I'm using sabre14's 'notion' that adding a banjo makes a song 'country'.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 27, 2015 9:53:07 GMT -5
I respect your oppinion but what does this have to do with this song. I mean this sound nothing like Country and the remix of "honey I'm good" is decent and sounds way more country than " smile" did just saying. I'm using sabre14's 'notion' that adding a banjo makes a song 'country'. Oh ok well I'd have to disagree with both of you then lol.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 27, 2015 9:54:37 GMT -5
^^^ you don't get it. We're trying to say that adding a banjo/country artist to a pop song does not make it country.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 27, 2015 10:02:39 GMT -5
^^^ you don't get it. We're trying to say that adding a banjo/country artist to a pop song does not make it country. I do get it and I agree that it doesn't but saying that some pop songs aren't innately country and wouldn't work on country radio is just wrong and ignorant. This is a perfect blend of pop and country to me
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 10:11:46 GMT -5
^^^ you don't get it. We're trying to say that adding a banjo/country artist to a pop song does not make it country. I do get it and I agree that it doesn't but saying that some pop songs aren't innately country and wouldn't work on country radio is just wrong and ignorant. This is a perfect blend of pop and country to me But here is the thing it's not country none of it is. It's getting shipped to country radio. This is why I applaud Taylor Swift for leaving country she was honest with her fans. Andy Grammar has no business being on country radio with a strait up pop song.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 27, 2015 10:14:21 GMT -5
I do get it and I agree that it doesn't but saying that some pop songs aren't innately country and wouldn't work on country radio is just wrong and ignorant. This is a perfect blend of pop and country to me But here is the thing it's not country none of it is. It's getting shipped to country radio. This is why I applaud Taylor Swift for leaving country she was honest with her fans. Andy Grammar has no business being on country radio with a strait up pop song. Here's the thing it's not country to you I hear this and it sounds very country to me way more country than like Steven Tyler's latest. It really just comes down to personal oppinion honestly
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 10:24:19 GMT -5
Ok what's country about this. I might not love Steven Tyler's latest but that has more country than this as the production has a decent pop country sound behind it. This has a banjo apparentley on it and is thrown in to trick people to believe it's country.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 27, 2015 10:25:45 GMT -5
Ok what's country about this. I might not love Steven Tyler's latest but that has more country than this as the production has a decent pop country sound behind it. This has a banjo apparentley on it and is thrown in to trick people to believe it's country. It's got a nice slow pop country beat and is very easy flowing. Like I said what is and isn't country is a matter of oppinion maybe you don't see it that way I do
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Post by drummerman2009 on Jul 27, 2015 11:01:22 GMT -5
There's also a banjo on Luke Bryan's "Kick the Dust Up" which sounds embarrassing to me and I would rather hear a fun song like "Honey I'm Good" than Luke singing to a banjo chorus of "Kick the Dust Up, Grab Your Cup Up" all the day long.
And who would have you asked to perform a country remix of the song? Keith Urban? Luke Bryan? Florida Georgia Line? Blake Shelton? Brad Paisley? Sam Hunt? Little Big Town? I could go all day with this but either way it would have been a bash all the way around.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 27, 2015 11:19:53 GMT -5
There's also a banjo on Luke Bryan's "Kick the Dust Up" which sounds embarrassing to me and I would rather hear a fun song like "Honey I'm Good" than Luke singing to a banjo chorus of "Kick the Dust Up, Grab Your Cup Up" all the day long. And who would have you asked to perform a country remix of the song? Keith Urban? Luke Bryan? Florida Georgia Line? Blake Shelton? Brad Paisley? Sam Hunt? Little Big Town? I could go all day with this but either way it would have been a bash all the way around. I totally agree people are fine with country songs crossing over to pop but when the latter happens and actually sounds like a decent country song they are bashed to no end.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 12:40:29 GMT -5
The only reason this sounds like a decent country song is because most country songs sound like pop songs.
My most recent discovery: the hardbeats and chord progression of the "Love Me Like You Mean It" chorus show eerie throwback similarities to "Wide Awake" by Katy Perry.
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Post by SoMuchToSay on Jul 27, 2015 21:20:45 GMT -5
This sounds so much like the original, and Eli's voice kinda goes unnoticed to me. When was the last pop song to cross into country, was it Mr. Know it All?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 21:26:27 GMT -5
This sounds so much like the original, and Eli's voice kinda goes unnoticed to me. When was the last pop song to cross into country, was it Mr. Know it All? Yep but that one at least sounded significantly different from the original.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 27, 2015 21:43:47 GMT -5
This sounds so much like the original, and Eli's voice kinda goes unnoticed to me. When was the last pop song to cross into country, was it Mr. Know it All? Yep but that one at least sounded significantly different from the original. As does this one if you can't see the difference in melody and tempo then idk because I can.
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Post by trebor on Jul 28, 2015 7:17:18 GMT -5
There's also a banjo on Luke Bryan's "Kick the Dust Up" which sounds embarrassing to me and I would rather hear a fun song like "Honey I'm Good" than Luke singing to a banjo chorus of "Kick the Dust Up, Grab Your Cup Up" all the day long. And who would have you asked to perform a country remix of the song? Keith Urban? Luke Bryan? Florida Georgia Line? Blake Shelton? Brad Paisley? Sam Hunt? Little Big Town? I could go all day with this but either way it would have been a bash all the way around. I totally agree people are fine with country songs crossing over to pop but when the latter happens and actually sounds like a decent country song they are bashed to no end. Pop is a retention basin for all kind of sounds including country whereas country is a pop "as in popular music" sub-genre. The same commotion happens when a non-genre specific song charts in Rock or, more blatantly, in Latin. The country forum does not bash anybody; we are discussing trends and care for our core genre music. You have to understand that unfriendly "sneaking in through the back door" attempts to infiltrate the country play-lists will not be met with general applause. The radio PDs may be more than happy to air a safe and known song and the casual listener probably, too, but the majority of us aren't.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 28, 2015 7:25:18 GMT -5
I totally agree people are fine with country songs crossing over to pop but when the latter happens and actually sounds like a decent country song they are bashed to no end. Pop is a retention basin for all kind of sounds including country whereas country is a pop "as in popular music" sub-genre. The same commotion happens when a non-genre specific song charts in Rock or, more blatantly, in Latin. The country forum does not bash anybody; we are discussing trends and care for our core genre music. You have to understand that unfriendly "sneaking in through the back door" attempts to infiltrate the country play-lists will not be met with general applause. The radio PDs may be more than happy to air a safe and known song and the casual listener probably, too, but the majority of us aren't. Then you don't understand music has to evolve. We're not in the era of Johnny cash anymore people want to hear a different sound. Just because you may not agree with the sound doesn't make it less country. That very fact of what is country is up for debate.
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Post by trebor on Jul 28, 2015 7:40:29 GMT -5
Pop is a retention basin for all kind of sounds including country whereas country is a pop "as in popular music" sub-genre. The same commotion happens when a non-genre specific song charts in Rock or, more blatantly, in Latin. The country forum does not bash anybody; we are discussing trends and care for our core genre music. You have to understand that unfriendly "sneaking in through the back door" attempts to infiltrate the country play-lists will not be met with general applause. The radio PDs may be more than happy to air a safe and known song and the casual listener probably, too, but the majority of us aren't. Then you don't understand music has to evolve. We're not in the era of Johnny cash anymore people want to hear a different sound. Just because you may not agree with the sound doesn't make it less country. That very fact of what is country is up for debate. If you had acquainted yourself with the main general opinion threads in the country forum first, you would not post such a completely unfounded drizzle. <steps up to take a minute to clear his head and recollect and calm down>
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 7:47:10 GMT -5
Pop is a retention basin for all kind of sounds including country whereas country is a pop "as in popular music" sub-genre. The same commotion happens when a non-genre specific song charts in Rock or, more blatantly, in Latin. The country forum does not bash anybody; we are discussing trends and care for our core genre music. You have to understand that unfriendly "sneaking in through the back door" attempts to infiltrate the country play-lists will not be met with general applause. The radio PDs may be more than happy to air a safe and known song and the casual listener probably, too, but the majority of us aren't. Then you don't understand music has to evolve. We're not in the era of Johnny cash anymore people want to hear a different sound. Just because you may not agree with the sound doesn't make it less country. That very fact of what is country is up for debate. Then how come when I listen to the bluegrass station on XM it sounds generally like bluegrass has always sounded? The problem with this "evolution" is that everyone just wants to make country less country and more anything else. We can ALL have our own opinions about what music we like to hear more. But I do not think we can all say that what is going on right now is good for the music.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 28, 2015 8:17:06 GMT -5
Then you don't understand music has to evolve. We're not in the era of Johnny cash anymore people want to hear a different sound. Just because you may not agree with the sound doesn't make it less country. That very fact of what is country is up for debate. Then how come when I listen to the bluegrass station on XM it sounds generally like bluegrass has always sounded? The problem with this "evolution" is that everyone just wants to make country less country and more anything else. We can ALL have our own opinions about what music we like to hear more. But I do not think we can all say that what is going on right now is good for the music. Again that's up for debate I do think it's good for music. But anyway as maybe bluegrass hasn't changed then go listen to it and stop complaining about mainstream country. The thing is it's evolving regardless of weather others want it or not. And the fact that acts that aren't traditional country are the biggest ticket sellers shows what fans generally think but let's stop before this verges away from the song discussion.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 8:26:38 GMT -5
Pop is a retention basin for all kind of sounds including country whereas country is a pop "as in popular music" sub-genre. The same commotion happens when a non-genre specific song charts in Rock or, more blatantly, in Latin. The country forum does not bash anybody; we are discussing trends and care for our core genre music. You have to understand that unfriendly "sneaking in through the back door" attempts to infiltrate the country play-lists will not be met with general applause. The radio PDs may be more than happy to air a safe and known song and the casual listener probably, too, but the majority of us aren't. Then you don't understand music has to evolve. We're not in the era of Johnny cash anymore people want to hear a different sound. Just because you may not agree with the sound doesn't make it less country. That very fact of what is country is up for debate. This old argument..... First off, you're right music does have to evolve. I don't want another Johnny Cash, or Merle Haggard or Waylon Jennings. We've had those artists. All I want is some good country music. But what's happening in the mainstream right now is HARDLY evolution. Today's "country" songs are just borrowing pop, rock, rap, edm...etc, elements and claiming it's country. That's the thing though, it's BORROWING. Country music has always been a genre that's honored its traditions, while rock has always been a genre that breaks traditions, and trebor already explained pop above. That's the thing, there's hardly any country sounds in the mainstream songs right now, or even anything that resembles it, like the mature story telling or the emotional deliveries. The thing is, is that we do thankfully have people who are rightfully evolving country. Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, Gretchen Peters, Will Hoge, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Kacey Musgraves, Ashley Monroe, Brandy Clark....The list goes on and on and on. And the thing is, as much as I complain about artists like Sam Hunt, or Thomas Rhett, it wouldn't be so bad if we just had some BALANCE. Granted, I wouldn't want to hear Sam Hunt's "Take Your Time" a whole lot, but I also don't want a steady diet of Alan Jackson's "Jim and Jack and Hank". You look at any trend that was popular in country music, and even though there were stuff that people gravitated more towards, there was also another side of performers for people who weren't happy with the current trends. The thing with today's radio is that it's all or nothing. We see FGL get popular with "Cruise", then we get a sh*t-ton of copycats. Then Sam Hunt gets a big hit with something different, and all of a sudden people copy his sound. And anyone who tries to approach it with a more country sound is damned to the 50's, 40's or 30's of the charts (or they don't chart at all). And what's worse is that like i said above, this song and other songs on the chart right now are NOT an evolution of country. They are pop/r&b songs masquerading as country songs all because the dudes who sing them would get ripped to shreds by the females in the pop genre. Edit: Also, please don't read into this as an attack as to what music you should like. I firmly believe that people should enjoy whatever music they like without fear of being taunted, but for the love of God, PLEASE don't say this song is an "evolution" of country music.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 28, 2015 8:35:40 GMT -5
Then you don't understand music has to evolve. We're not in the era of Johnny cash anymore people want to hear a different sound. Just because you may not agree with the sound doesn't make it less country. That very fact of what is country is up for debate. Rebuttals I agree with 100% of this IMO. The balance part particularly. If a station plays an equal amount of country pop and traditional country (Alan, George, Stapleton, Sturgill, etc.), I'll be totally fine.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 28, 2015 10:29:08 GMT -5
Then you don't understand music has to evolve. We're not in the era of Johnny cash anymore people want to hear a different sound. Just because you may not agree with the sound doesn't make it less country. That very fact of what is country is up for debate. This old argument..... First off, you're right music does have to evolve. I don't want another Johnny Cash, or Merle Haggard or Waylon Jennings. We've had those artists. All I want is some good country music. But what's happening in the mainstream right now is HARDLY evolution. Today's "country" songs are just borrowing pop, rock, rap, edm...etc, elements and claiming it's country. That's the thing though, it's BORROWING. Country music has always been a genre that's honored its traditions, while rock has always been a genre that breaks traditions, and trebor already explained pop above. That's the thing, there's hardly any country sounds in the mainstream songs right now, or even anything that resembles it, like the mature story telling or the emotional deliveries. The thing is, is that we do thankfully have people who are rightfully evolving country. Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, Gretchen Peters, Will Hoge, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Kacey Musgraves, Ashley Monroe, Brandy Clark....The list goes on and on and on. And the thing is, as much as I complain about artists like Sam Hunt, or Thomas Rhett, it wouldn't be so bad if we just had some BALANCE. Granted, I wouldn't want to hear Sam Hunt's "Take Your Time" a whole lot, but I also don't want a steady diet of Alan Jackson's "Jim and Jack and Hank". You look at any trend that was popular in country music, and even though there were stuff that people gravitated more towards, there was also another side of performers for people who weren't happy with the current trends. The thing with today's radio is that it's all or nothing. We see FGL get popular with "Cruise", then we get a sh*t-ton of copycats. Then Sam Hunt gets a big hit with something different, and all of a sudden people copy his sound. And anyone who tries to approach it with a more country sound is damned to the 50's, 40's or 30's of the charts (or they don't chart at all). And what's worse is that like i said above, this song and other songs on the chart right now are NOT an evolution of country. They are pop/r&b songs masquerading as country songs all because the dudes who sing them would get ripped to shreds by the females in the pop genre. Edit: Also, please don't read into this as an attack as to what music you should like. I firmly believe that people should enjoy whatever music they like without fear of being taunted, but for the love of God, PLEASE don't say this song is an "evolution" of country music. This is one of the most thoughtful and respectful replies I've seen on this forums. Thank you and while I respectfully disagree and do see stuf such as this even loving country music sounds, I can deffinitly agree with your point I was very disheartened to see josh turners last single stall and eventually crash. I also hate seeing older artists I loved growing up like Allan Jackson getting very little AirPlay but that's just he reality of how things are now.
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Post by drummerman2009 on Jul 28, 2015 12:24:54 GMT -5
I saw the Country Songs listing of the song and noticed that the Eli Young Band version of the song is ranked at #37 but it shows the 2 million sign that appears for "Honey I'm Good" for selling 2 million copies (2X Platinum) and the song is at #14 on the Hot 100. Wondering why they both have 2 separate chartings but according to the listing on the Country Songs chart in the Billboard Update it lists as selling 2 million? I'm very confused.
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Post by bjer127 on Jul 28, 2015 13:30:47 GMT -5
Whoa at whoever is managing EYBs career... They had a ton of momentum and then bad decisions. I think the 10000 Towns album was a bummer and they tried to be too mainstream. Albeit it did have some good tracks
Then the Turn It On EP
And now this.
They should go back to being a really good Red Dirt band , because they were awesome at that. Jet Black and Jealous and Life At Best were great albums. Definitely their peak IMO
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 24, 2015 21:01:19 GMT -5
I don't think this one will amount to much. "Honey, I'm Good" got 1 add this week and is on just 30 monitored stations, a month after going for adds. Since this is a crossover attempt, it makes sense that stations would be tepid about adding it. This song is really getting helped out by its top 4 spin leaders though (Chicago, Miami, Houston and Minneapolis) -- those four have combined for 1.0 million of this song's audience and KSCS in Dallas has accounted for another 200k in audience. Basically, over half of this song's audience is coming from those five stations.
This song just sounds so out of place on country radio (I have heard it on The Highway already). I'd would be surprised if this ever saw the top 30.
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Post by jred on Sept 8, 2015 20:02:49 GMT -5
Top 50: 55 50 ANDY GRAMMER & ELI YOUNG BAND Honey, I'm Good. 299 278 21 2.509
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