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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 15, 2015 21:07:11 GMT -5
Bleh. This has a nice melody to it (about all the positive I could find when I heard this on the radio last night) but the lyrics and production are so generic and been-there-done-that. I don't think the hook of this song is very catchy either. It actually really falls quite flat, imo.
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Post by austin on Dec 29, 2015 12:57:36 GMT -5
This is really fun. Nothing special but a good radio single. I think it will be another #1 for them, as it is better than the debut single.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Dec 29, 2015 22:33:28 GMT -5
Are you serious? Snapback is a terrible song. The oh's are very annoying, the lyrics are just plain creepy, and it's another R&B Country laughing stock of a song. I would never spend my money on a song like this one. I'm glad I bought "Die a Happy Man", "Playing with Fire", and "Learned it From The Radio" because those are all good songs by Thomas Rhett and is a much better alternative to songs such as "Snapback".
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Post by rsmatto on Dec 29, 2015 23:32:04 GMT -5
How are the lyrics creepy?
They're talking about the moment you see someone who is instantly attractive. It doesn't even say that he gets her or anything. Just that she stopped him in his tracks and made hm think that stuff. Hence the "whoas."
also complaining about "country r&b" and then comparing the band to a country r&b guy is a little like the pot meeting the kettle.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Dec 30, 2015 0:41:13 GMT -5
I just think it's very annoying. Lol I'm not comparing, I'm recommending some other songs by another artist to people that don't like Old Dominion. Do you not like "Die a Happy Man"? I will still call it Bro-Country regardless, whether it's about the moment you see someone that is attractive or not.
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Post by bksouthga on Dec 30, 2015 9:28:36 GMT -5
Impact date is January 11th, 2016: Via, Play MPe. I am personally thankful for the single cover because I had no freaking clue what a snapback was. I am 37 years old and I've never heard that in my life!
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Post by rsmatto on Dec 30, 2015 13:22:11 GMT -5
Impact date is January 11th, 2016: Via, Play MPe. I am personally thankful for the single cover because I had no freaking clue what a snapback was. I am 37 years old and I've never heard that in my life! It's actually a hat brand.
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 30, 2015 13:31:19 GMT -5
My dad didn't know what the heck a snapback was either, lol.
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Post by bksouthga on Dec 30, 2015 13:43:20 GMT -5
I am personally thankful for the single cover because I had no freaking clue what a snapback was. I am 37 years old and I've never heard that in my life! It's actually a hat brand. Oh ok. Because I was thinking that when I was growing up, the wardrobe accessory pictured was called ...wait for it...a "hat". It was sometimes called a "baseball hat" if you needed to be more specific, especially when "cowboy hats" came back in style. The only other hats were called "old man hats", which could include things like fedoras, derbys, newsboy hats, even the baseball hats that had the mesh net back and sat way up on your head. None of these were ever referred to as a "cap".
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Post by hosssulpizio on Dec 30, 2015 15:30:26 GMT -5
Thanks for clearing that up.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 30, 2015 19:01:50 GMT -5
It's actually a hat brand. Oh ok. Because I was thinking that when I was growing up, the wardrobe accessory pictured was called ...wait for it...a "hat". It was sometimes called a "baseball hat" if you needed to be more specific, especially when "cowboy hats" came back in style. The only other hats were called "old man hats", which could include things like fedoras, derbys, newsboy hats, even the baseball hats that had the mesh net back and sat way up on your head. None of these were ever referred to as a "cap". Those are called trucker caps, just an fyi. #funfact
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2015 19:14:18 GMT -5
I've heard of snapbacks for what it's worth (I'm from New England so I've probably seen every hat that exists on someone's head up here) but very rarely have I seen a girl wearing one. I suppose the girl he is after is that "one" who is wearing a snapback, but the way the "story" is told is like she is just the girl who happens to be wearing a snapback. By contrast, the girl in "Blue Bandana" was more or less defined by that appearance, but the storytelling and characterization is obviously much more vivid in Jerrod's song (not to mention his "whoas" evoke more emotion).
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Dec 30, 2015 21:44:00 GMT -5
How are the lyrics creepy? The same way that everyone thinks the guy in "Break Up with Him" is an Axe-soaked douchebag who is giving absolutely no valid reason for her to "break up with him", and just creeping on a woman who is clearly taken because he (the narrator) is just acting on testosterone-driven impulse. (I had absolutely no problem with that song, for the record.)
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Post by hosssulpizio on Dec 30, 2015 23:30:30 GMT -5
How are the lyrics creepy? The same way that everyone thinks the guy in "Break Up with Him" is an Axe-soaked douchebag who is giving absolutely no valid reason for her to "break up with him", and just creeping on a woman who is clearly taken because he (the narrator) is just acting on testosterone-driven impulse. (I had absolutely no problem with that song, for the record.) The reason why "Break up with Him" is creepy because the guy is saying break up with that guy and come to me now. Well that's like saying she can't make up her mind (she doesn't have to date the guy who says break up with him). It comes off as too desperate. Also I think it's funny how woah's can show emotion. I hate when artists use woah's or oh's in their songs.
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 31, 2015 0:37:09 GMT -5
RCA Nashville moved the add date for "Snapback" up to next Monday (January 4th). Reasonable move since this song is already reporting on roughly 70 stations.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 4, 2016 20:18:54 GMT -5
There's an article in Billboard tonight about "Snapback." Here's the genesis of the title and whether or not the producers/writers of the song even knew what a "Snapback" was:
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Post by bksouthga on Jan 4, 2016 21:07:10 GMT -5
^makes me feel a little better!
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Post by hosssulpizio on Jan 4, 2016 21:34:12 GMT -5
I'm always gonna be critical of these guys cause nothing on that album sounded specifically Country, which is kind of weird why Kenny Chesney was affiliated with them. These guys probably never even listened to a true Traditional Country song. They probably have no idea who Garth Brooks is.
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Post by matty005 on Jan 4, 2016 21:56:02 GMT -5
I'm always gonna be critical of these guys cause nothing on that album sounded specifically Country, which is kind of weird why Kenny Chesney was affiliated with them. These guys probably never even listened to a true Traditional Country song. They probably have no idea who Garth Brooks is. And if you're implying that Garth is traditional country, there would be many who would vehemently disagree with you.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Jan 4, 2016 21:59:03 GMT -5
I'm always gonna be critical of these guys cause nothing on that album sounded specifically Country, which is kind of weird why Kenny Chesney was affiliated with them. These guys probably never even listened to a true Traditional Country song. They probably have no idea who Garth Brooks is. And if you're implying that Garth is traditional country, there would be many who would vehemently disagree with you. Well he is very versatile, he has a lot of songs that are traditional. And a lot of people used to think Garth was a Country Rock artist in the 90's, but now most people think he is a traditional artist.
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Post by matty005 on Jan 4, 2016 22:01:15 GMT -5
And if you're implying that Garth is traditional country, there would be many who would vehemently disagree with you. Well he is very versatile, he has a lot of songs that are traditional. And a lot of people used to think Garth was a Country Rock artist in the 90's, but now most people think he is a traditional artist. I would have to strongly disagree with you on that statement. :)
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Post by Kat5Kind on Jan 4, 2016 22:03:42 GMT -5
And if you're implying that Garth is traditional country, there would be many who would vehemently disagree with you. Well he is very versatile, he has a lot of songs that are traditional. And a lot of people used to think Garth was a Country Rock artist in the 90's, but now most people think he is a traditional artist. Garth isn't traditional by any means. Enough already.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Jan 4, 2016 22:05:05 GMT -5
Well he is very versatile, he has a lot of songs that are traditional. And a lot of people used to think Garth was a Country Rock artist in the 90's, but now most people think he is a traditional artist. I would have to strongly disagree with you on that statement. :) I think you know what I mean. They probably have never listened to Traditional Country and I'm guessing that their influences are outside of Country music.
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Post by bksouthga on Jan 4, 2016 22:21:02 GMT -5
I would have to strongly disagree with you on that statement. :) I think you know what I mean. They probably have never listened to Traditional Country and I'm guessing that their influences are outside of Country music. Much like many of Garth's and Kenny's influences.
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Post by trebor on Jan 5, 2016 7:20:22 GMT -5
I'm always gonna be critical of these guys cause nothing on that album sounded specifically Country, which is kind of weird why Kenny Chesney was affiliated with them. These guys probably never even listened to a true Traditional Country song. They probably have no idea who Garth Brooks is.Yes, they do! They are skilled songwriters and penned many great contemporary country songs for other artists and landed some #1 hits. I used to really like them when they were independent but since RCA picked them up the change in sound is noticeable (not in a good way, that is).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 10:07:51 GMT -5
I'm not debating where they get their influences from but clearly gone are the days of songs meaning much of anything when we have artists basing a whole tune around something that nobody knows anything about. I mean, geez guys you could have easily said "in your ball cap" but admittedly that's so much less trendy. Which is the vibe I get from these two singles.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 10:17:01 GMT -5
These guys do nothing to me I find their music so far to be boring formulatic and just dumb. I only assume their album was pretty awful as well.
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Post by bksouthga on Jan 5, 2016 10:34:12 GMT -5
I'm not debating where they get their influences from but clearly gone are the days of songs meaning much of anything when we have artists basing a whole tune around something that nobody knows anything about. I mean, geez guys you could have easily said "in your ball cap" but admittedly that's so much less trendy. Which is the vibe I get from these two singles. Reading their own description of the song, it being more about the groove than the lyrics, kind of reminds me of some of the songs that were about dances back in the 50s through 70s. Think about some of them for a moment. Here's a few examples: the Twist, the Mess Around, the Locomotion, Tighten Up. These songs are barely about anything, and even then a lot of times when they came out, nobody knew the dance yet.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Jan 5, 2016 14:48:58 GMT -5
These guys do nothing to me I find their music so far to be boring formulatic and just dumb. I only assume their album was pretty awful as well. Oh it is. I listened to the demos on itunes and it made me cringe. It's definitely not Country. I'm not going to call these guys a country band, I'm going to call them sell-outs, because that's what RCA made them to be.
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Post by bksouthga on Jan 5, 2016 16:03:44 GMT -5
These guys do nothing to me I find their music so far to be boring formulatic and just dumb. I only assume their album was pretty awful as well. Oh it is. I listened to the demos on itunes and it made me cringe. It's definitely not Country. I'm not going to call these guys a country band, I'm going to call them sell-outs, because that's what RCA made them to be. Sell-outs? I'm always careful about throwing that name around, because it assumes that I know the internal thoughts and motivations of another. How do you know that they don't want to make this kind of music? That they're only doing it for the money? Seems to me if they have only non-country influences and might not even know Garth Brooks music, it would be selling out to make traditional country rather than being true to themselves. If you just don't like them, say you don't like them. Because it seems like you are looking for a reason.
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