Pat Green - "Let Me"

[rockingcountry]

I just can't bring myself to listen to the whole song. After about 30 seconds I change the station when this song comes on. I thought it would have grown on me by now.

[sandiego]

The video has been shot Hopefully it will premiere VERY soon.

[kw9461]

Pat's new cd is out, and I'm really enjoying it. Like Cannonball, it does stray a little bit further away from Pat's Texas background, but the drumbeats are still there, and even some of the "texas-style" arrangements, but the guitar work is just a little more Nashville. What's consistent is Pat's superb voice and strong songwriting skill. I love the new version of Carry On, and really hope it is the next single, but there are a couple of other radio-worthy tracks as well. What I'm For will undoubtedly be a single at some point. It starts off as just another typical "list" song that talks about the current state of things, but the things it's talking about aren't the usual fluff; they're simpler, more descript, and they get the message of the song across without ever really saying it. The only complaint I have is that the production gets a bit too loud on several of the songs. It's not overly compressed, just a bit loud and doesn't fully let the personality of Pat's voice flow at some points.

Standout tracks: Carry On, Lucky, What I'm For, Country Star (Pat's answer to Nickelback's "Rock Star)

[Zazie]

What I'm For might be my favorite radio song of 2009, assuming it does get released. Meanwhile, Let Me posted its single biggest overnight gain of the entire chart run on MB this morning. I don't suppose it's going to last 40 weeks, is it?

[kw9461]

^ Next week makes week 34, so I guess it's conceivable, but I think that the boost is probably just a BNA push on album release week. That'll die off in a week or two and I expect the song to follow suit. Still, it's already Pat's third biggest hit, and considering it's lack of critical acclaim and poor callout scores, I'd say it's doing pretty well for Pat, and gives me hope for What I'm For and/or Carry On.

[ericNY2002]

A couple weeks ago, my local country station played 3 tracks off of the new cd (What Iam For, Country Star and Lucky) and had a poll up on the site, asking to vote for your favorite.
While I forgot the actual percentages, I remember Lucky winning, with country star and What Iam For finishing pretty close together.

As much I would love to see Carry On Get re-released a 3rd time, I doubt it will happen unless they go 5 singles deep.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Jan 27, 2009 23:30:09 GMT -5 ericNY2002 said:

As much I would love to see Carry On Get re-released a 3rd time, I doubt it will happen unless they go 5 singles deep.

Carry On was already released twice?

[kw9461]

Jan 27, 2009 23:45:48 GMT -5 Ten Pound Hammer said:

Jan 27, 2009 23:30:09 GMT -5 ericNY2002 said:

As much I would love to see Carry On Get re-released a 3rd time, I doubt it will happen unless they go 5 singles deep.

Carry On was already released twice?

I think it was sort of like Eli Young Band's "When It Rains". It was released independently (and maybe even only regionally, I don't really remember), and then shipped as the lead single when Pat signed with Republic in 2001. As far as the '09 version goes, I don't think they would've went ahead and re-recorded the song if they didn't intend to release it at some point. Plus I remember an article from last summer that indicated something to that effect, but i dont recall what it said exactly.

[Zazie]

Let Me is up more than 1 million impressions on MB the last two days. Not sure why this is happening but if it's a real gain, not a panel change result, I'm glad that radio has figured out in chart week 34 that this is a good song. Maybe Pat should re-release this one instead.

[ericNY2002]

Carry On was released as a texas single I believe in late 1999ish range. I do like the re-mix and would be happy to see it on the charts again. I was shocked that it only peaked in the 30s.

[DCXfan]

Are there any online streams of the new album?

[leilamaurizia]

HDD first-week sales prediction:

...Sony Music Nashville veteran Pat Green... in the 15-18k area.

[K.]

Jan 28, 2009 12:36:48 GMT -5 DCXfan said:

Are there any online streams of the new album?

Yep. www.myspace.com/patgreen

It's pretty good, IMO.

[Marv]

For a mere $7.99 @ Best Buy, I think it's worth splurging on.

Any recommendations on any of his earlier CDs?

Thanks!!!

[kw9461]

Three Days and Lucky Ones would be my suggestions, but all four of his previous albums are top notch.

[Marv]

I do have his 'Cannonball' CD, which is wonderful; thanks for those recommendations.

[bigbluenote]

Yep, I'll have to agree with "Three Days" and "Lucky Ones". Of the two though, I prefer "Lucky Ones". Both are excellent albums, beginning to end.

Marv, if you liked "Cannonball" (which isn't his best album IMO), then I'm pretty confident you'll enjoy these other two albums more.

[kw9461]

Jan 30, 2009 2:06:20 GMT -5 bigbluenote said:

Yep, I'll have to agree with "Three Days" and "Lucky Ones". Of the two though, I prefer "Lucky Ones". Both are excellent albums, beginning to end.

I agree, Lucky Ones is by far Pat's best album. In fact, I would say that it's one of the 5 finest albums that I own. It was sort of a transition album for Pat, between his more Texas releases and his slightly more contemporary releases, but the songwriting credits are impressive and very Texan (Jack Ingram, Drew Womack, Wade Bowen, and Radney Foster all had their hands on a song). The depth of the album is what makes it really stand out though.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Man, I so need to hit f.y.e. again!

Anyway, this song's really grown on me. At first I thought it was overproduced and that the chorus was a little annoying what with having the same note more then 10 times in a row, but really, that's an effective way of driving the chorus home. It's almost like a chant.

[basketballgirl]

This song is growing on me. I didn't like it at first, but just recently bought Pat's new cd, and its groing on me. The new CD is one of Pat's best IMO. Alot of good songs on it, yall really should pick it up!

[sandiego]

At this point in time, they are looking at February 23 for release of the next single.

Ten Pound Hammer, there's a great little video (I will look for the link when I have time) from one of the release events this last week of Pat discussing how he found that same note in a row a fascinating way to present the chorus. I think it was from his event at Bryan/College Station.

And, I'm not sure where is the right place to discuss this on this board (so please forgive me if it should not be here) but I think the "drive-thru" release event at Lonestar Park was a brillant idea! It did have to be changed due to weather, but the "mobile Meet & Greet" as Pat called it on Dallas radio, was very cool!

[Zazie]

Technically it might not belong, but I don't think Pat Green's a big figure on this board; so you can discuss anything Pat-related on this thread without generating much in the way of a problem. Just my opinion.

Feb 23 would be reasonable -- if he's going Billboard top 10 with Let Me then he needs two more chart weeks after the 2/14 chart to get there. By that time AJ and Billy C will be gone and Pat, if he can keep gaining, should be able to hold off Rodney and Tim to make it -- which would be on the 2/28 chart. That would be worth pursuing, his first and only top 10 since Wave on Wave. But once it's there, they might as well let the song go and switch over to a new one, which I hope will be What I'm For.

[leilamaurizia]

AMG review
3 out of 5 stars

Review by Mark Deming
A prudent man would not open his album with a song featuring the verses "Now I'm the first to say I don't know what I'm doing/And I ain't gonna preach what I don't know/I ain't no deep theologer, no PhD psychologer/I'm making this shit up as I go." But Pat Green clearly knows no such caution, and on What I'm For, his eleventh album, he seems determined to Make A Statement while offering up a commercially polished product that might allow him to make a dent on the charts outside his native Texas for a change. The first two songs, "Footsteps of Our Fathers" and "What I'm For" are clearly intended as Statements of Purpose issued from some blue-collar soapbox about unity and acceptance among the common people, and "In It for the Money" makes it clear that Green considers himself an artist and doesn't think much of folks willing to sell out for a royalty check. However, Green sounds a bit more engaged when he's singing "Country Star," a presumably satiric number in which he goes on about the joys of free drinks, hot babes, hanging out with Faith Hill and all else that comes with landing a record on the top of the charts, and for all his rootsy sincerity, producer Dann Huff has made this Green's most radio-ready album to date, so slick you could skate on it when you cue up tunes like "Lucky" or "Feeling Pretty Good Tonight." And while Green and his band sound game on these sessions, these tunes are far from the best in his songbook, full of clever phrases that don't always cohere into real songs; for all the care that went into the production and the arrangements, it's sadly ironic that songwriting turns out to be the Achilles' Heel of What I'm For. Maybe Green wasn't kidding — maybe he did make this stuff up as he went along.

Country Universe
(can't see the # of stars)

Album Review: Pat Green, What I’m For
Posted By Blake Boldt

Coming from a seemingly endless string of Texas singer-songwriters, Pat Green spent the late ’90s racking up regional hits and filling college-town arenas across the Lone Star state. When “Wave on Wave” became a top five single and earned a Grammy nod in 2003, he’d finally transitioned from roots-country king to nationally-known troubadour. Green continues to plow this middle ground to seduce new fans while suiting his devout followers. Produced by Music Row maven Dan Huff, What I’m For scrapes the bottom of the trough for tired concepts and warmed-over heartland rock.

First single, “Let Me” rips phrases from the Conway Twitty songbook, and the title track rattles off a laundry list of things Green stands for (leaving grudges behind, loving stray dogs and learning the Gettysburg Address, among other random oddities). Meanwhile, the hard-charging “Country Star” namedrops Nashville’s rich-and-famous (Tim and Faith are featured in the surprisingly humorless rocker), but on What I’m For, Pat Green seems leagues away from the career level their talents have afforded them.