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Post by myrasue67 on Jul 28, 2013 21:10:04 GMT -5
I don't get people who don't like Tim's new music,"southern girl" it is very good music,all his music is. he does choose his own music now,and why wouldn't he choose this song,after all he is married to a southern girl.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 29, 2013 4:18:34 GMT -5
Sure, this song doesn't say anything new, but it does its job well. I like the melody and the production, especially the "put on a country song, we'll dance all night long" part after the chorus.
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Post by myrasue67 on Jul 29, 2013 7:13:39 GMT -5
Sure, this song doesn't say anything new, but it does its job well. I like the melody and the production, especially the "put on a country song, we'll dance all night long" part after the chorus. Tim is now choosing his music by himself.he chooses by how it sounds to him and the feel of the vibe.he knows his fans and what we like.he does not choose by the wording necessarily. his gut tells him . he knows what he is doing,hey the man has 34 #1's,he does know music.
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Post by countrymusic20 on Jul 29, 2013 7:55:33 GMT -5
Sure, this song doesn't say anything new, but it does its job well. I like the melody and the production, especially the "put on a country song, we'll dance all night long" part after the chorus. Tim is now choosing his music by himself.he chooses by how it sounds to him and the feel of the vibe.he knows his fans and what we like.he does not choose by the wording necessarily. his gut tells him . he knows what he is doing,hey the man has 34 #1's,he does know music. Most added song 3 weeks in a row - at #24 after only 4 weeks on the chart. Very impressive start for a 4th single - especially for a single following a monster hit (Highway Don't Care)
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Post by churchchoir on Jul 29, 2013 8:05:39 GMT -5
^I don't quite understand the "especially for a single following a monster hit" part of your post. Wouldn't a single following up a monster hit be EXPECTED to be a fast climber? I understand that sometimes the follow-up to a monster hit can be found by some to be underwhelming and therefore under-perform in regards to its long-run peak position, but it's no shock that the follow-up to a big hit would have a great start to its chart run.
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Post by countrymusic20 on Jul 29, 2013 8:29:48 GMT -5
^I don't quite understand the "especially for a single following a monster hit" part of your post. Wouldn't a single following up a monster hit be EXPECTED to be a fast climber? I understand that sometimes the follow-up to a monster hit can be found by some to be underwhelming and therefore under-perform in regards to its long-run peak position, but it's no shock that the follow-up to a big hit would have a great start to its chart run. A lot of times a single following a monster hit will struggle and get off to a slow start because radio will just continue to play the previous monster hit in medium and heavy rotation and play the new single in light rotation. That's all I meant by that.
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Post by Marv on Jul 29, 2013 10:47:13 GMT -5
And the single preceding 'Highway Don't Care','One of These Nights', currently ranks as the #1 single of the year so far at Mediabase with 3 1/2 months left to go, having passed 'Better Dig Two' three weeks ago.
Changing labels was great for him, even if 'Southern Girl' is not among the better tracks on a solid CD.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2013 17:24:04 GMT -5
I don't get people who don't like Tim's new music,"southern girl" it is very good music,all his music is. he does choose his own music now,and why wouldn't he choose this song,after all he is married to a southern girl. Is no one else allowed to have a different opinion? I'm a big Tim fan, but I think this song is downright bad. Years ago it seemed that he didn't release as many 'clunkers', but having this and "Truck Yeah" on the radio is a good way to make me change the station. Saying that this song is bad, though, doesn't mean I don't think it will be a hit. I'm sure it will be. But to me, this song has super cliche lyrics and is far below the quality of music that Tim should be making at this point in his career. A couple of years ago he made a comment, something along the lines of "I feel my career is only 30% over...there's still a ton of great music to come" and then he leads off his new album--his first on Big Machine--with "Truck Yeah"? That song and "Southern Girl" do not show any artistic growth, as far as I'm concerned. Not every song has to be original, but if an artist isn't working hard to write or find a really good song, then I'd prefer for them to at least record music that puts a different spin on an old topic. I feel like Tim is taking a step back career-wise by releasing this song. Sure, these types of songs are popular nowadays, and radio will no doubt play this...but I don't want to see the top artists release generic radio fare. The top artists of the format should be the standard-bearers, the ones that keep the format evolving, and as it stands now, I feel like some of them (Luke and Blake, among others) are stuck in a rut. I actually find that Tim's new album is pretty good for the most part...songs like "Two Lanes Of Freedom" do find him pushing the boundaries a bit more, whereas a track like "Number 37405" or "Book Of John" is just a quality song with great lyrics. Maybe "Southern Girl" is more radio-friendly but I personally think radio would've jumped on any song from this album, and so to me it's just a big disappointment that Tim and Big Machine chose "Southern Girl", because that makes for 2 terrible songs (the other being Truck Yeah) as singles already, while the rest of the songs--which, again, I find to be of much better quality and also still radio-friendly--don't get the radio exposure that they deserve.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 29, 2013 17:48:45 GMT -5
^I don't quite understand the "especially for a single following a monster hit" part of your post. Wouldn't a single following up a monster hit be EXPECTED to be a fast climber? I understand that sometimes the follow-up to a monster hit can be found by some to be underwhelming and therefore under-perform in regards to its long-run peak position, but it's no shock that the follow-up to a big hit would have a great start to its chart run. A lot of times a single following a monster hit will struggle and get off to a slow start because radio will just continue to play the previous monster hit in medium and heavy rotation and play the new single in light rotation. That's all I meant by that. One particularly egregious example I remember is Brad's "Welcome to the Future" following "Then". Especially frustrating since I loved "Welcome to the Future" and hated "Then" — how can you even write a lyric like "And now you're my whole life / Now you're my whole world / And I just can't believe the way I feel about you, girl" and not realize how clichéd it is? I remember the week WTTF was at #2, the Chicago station still had "Then" in power rotation, and had only played WTTF something like once in the whole week. That was even more frustrating, because it meant WTTF just barely missed #1 and broke his streak.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 29, 2013 18:26:04 GMT -5
Sure, this song doesn't say anything new, but it does its job well. I like the melody and the production, especially the "put on a country song, we'll dance all night long" part after the chorus.That part is like the worst part in the song. It's so grating and sounds so cheap.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 29, 2013 20:23:24 GMT -5
Ten Pound Hammer, if you're talking about that warbled thing-a-ma-bob right after the chorus, then I'll have to differ with you. That pretty much solidifies my annoyance with this particular song and my constant head-shaking about this being chosen over the obvious title track.
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Post by churchchoir on Jul 29, 2013 22:45:43 GMT -5
I think this was a pretty decent choice for a single in that it's radio-friendly where as some of the other songs might not have been such obvious, instant #1 hits ("Tinted Windows," "Number 37405," "The Book of John"...all great songs but could possibly struggle around the top 15). However, I also find this song to be less than mediocre (although I don't downright hate it as I do "Truck Yeah"). It was in my opinion a wise choice for a single...something radio will love and definitely an upbeat tune that has high digital potential, but I really hope at least one ballad will be released off this album, which isn't too unlikely as the album was just released earlier this year and all the singles have rocketed up the charts so far.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jul 30, 2013 21:06:17 GMT -5
The "Southern girl, rock my world, hazel eyes and golden curls/Put on a country song, we'll dance all night long" bit is exactly where I concluded that the songwriters had stopped trying. I'm having difficulty coming up with a more predictable set of rhymes. For me, the increasingly common overreliance on backwoods and party clichés just yields empty songs. The only scene all those party songs featuring beer and trucks and hot girls in either tight jeans or revealing clothing (or both) evoke is a dull, unstimulating one lacking in spontaneity and impact. And "Southern Girl" doesn't scan as a flirty or sincere ode to Southern girls so much as it does a pro forma and unduly exceptionalistic attempt to fill a catchy melody with something, anything that could be tied back to country living. It bores me.
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Post by Marv on Aug 19, 2013 17:12:01 GMT -5
In spite of the super-annoying level which this tune has reached for myself and others, it does appear that it's not in any danger of hitting the same 'wall' on the charts that 'Truck Yeah' or '1994' did unfortunately; it'll be interested to see how long it takes for the 750+ spin lead it has on 'Mine Would be You' will evaporate.
Quick question---does anyone know how many weeks 'Highway Don't Care' wound up spending on the BB chart?
Blake & Tim are in a furious battle for Billboard's country artist of the year award, and although Tim has a huge lead in spins with his two previous singles as opposed to Blake's, 'Based On A True Story' is the biggest selling country CD of the year if I'm not mistaken, so depending on how Billboard prioritizes CD sales vs. airplay in determining their artist of the year award in teir year-end issue, the length of the chart run for 'HDC' will certainly have a major impact on who wins that title this year.
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Aug 19, 2013 17:24:19 GMT -5
"Highway Don't Care" was at the top for 2 weeks on both Billboard and Mediabase. June 3 and June 10.
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Post by Marv on Aug 19, 2013 20:09:32 GMT -5
My question was how long did 'Highway Don't care' spend on the BB chart?
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Aug 19, 2013 20:26:15 GMT -5
June 24th was it's 20th and final week on the BB chart.
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Post by Marv on Aug 19, 2013 21:44:03 GMT -5
Thank you very much!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2013 23:53:55 GMT -5
Blake & Tim are in a furious battle for Billboard's country artist of the year award, and although Tim has a huge lead in spins with his two previous singles as opposed to Blake's, 'Based On A True Story' is the biggest selling country CD of the year if I'm not mistaken, so depending on how Billboard prioritizes CD sales vs. airplay in determining their artist of the year award in teir year-end issue, the length of the chart run for 'HDC' will certainly have a major impact on who wins that title this year. I think you might be forgetting one thing though--Billboard will probably use the Hot Country Songs chart for their year-end artist award, too. Last year when they introduced the new methodology, they said they would use the mongrel chart to rank the year-end hits in 2013. They obviously didn't in 2012 since the mongrel chart only existed for the last 2 1/2 months of the calendar year, but I expect them to use it this year. The 24 weeks-and-counting #1 reign for "Cruise" has got to give Florida Georgia Line the edge, again, assuming that BB will use the silly chart. Blake's album has sold a bit more than 800k total now and he's still selling close to 15k a week, but Florida Georgia Line actually has the top-selling country album of the year, I believe, and Blake won't catch them. Thanks to the cross-over success of "Cruise" plus the subsequent country radio hits, FGL's Here's To The Good Times, released in December, has sold 970,000 copies, and it's selling at a rate of 25-30k weekly right now. There really isn't anything country about FGL's album, in my opinion, but country radio is playing it and they are, of course, on a Nashville-based label, so the album is classified as country. Anyway, I agree that it looks like Tim will get another top 10 hit here. I just hope this one misses the top spot. It's already a station-changer for me and the lyrics just make me cringe. This is the type of song I'd expect a newer artist to release, maybe after 2 or 3 failed singles...it sounds like a desperate bid for airplay, and Tim's been doing just fine. I agree that SG is the type of song that radio is after nowadays, but I think most of the songs on the Two Lanes Of Freedom album could've been hits.
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Post by Marv on Aug 20, 2013 10:42:28 GMT -5
I've yet to hear anything by FGL that I can tolerate let alone classify as country, and I certainly have no intention of the buying their CD; at least Kip Moore redeemed himself resoundingly with his second and third singles, and certainly proved that a lot of folks on this board were correct who insisted that SBAT was the worst tune on his CD.
I missed that announcement regarding BB and their decision to utilize that mongrel chart to rank 2013's biggest singles; something tells me that the scalding criticism from Entertainment Weekly and elsewhere when that new chart was debuted is only going to soar when their year-end issue comes out.
I also change the station or hit the mute button when 'Southern Girl' comes on; if he misses #1, I'll be thrilled as well.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Aug 20, 2013 21:36:58 GMT -5
I like the fairly simple arrangement and the natural feeling performance.
But that's about it. Not awful, but not good either.
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Post by drock89 on Aug 20, 2013 21:53:09 GMT -5
Does anyone else feel as though Tim is screaming, maybe not screaming but yelling, parts of this song? The song starts good, I'm bobbing my head, and then I'm ducking for cover because McGraw is yelling GIRL at me and I don't know what to do! Joking aside, something isn't right about the vocals in the chorus. Anyone else feeling that way?
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Post by Marv on Sept 29, 2013 12:56:43 GMT -5
Bob Kingsley mentioned this weekend that this is Tim's 50th top ten single, and although this might be among the worst of those 50 tunes, congratulations are still in order for him achieving this milestone.
Bob went back exactly 15 years ago this week to play 'Where The Green Grass Grows', immediately after 'Southern Girl', which began a 4-week stay in the penthouse, and went on to become one of Tim's three tunes alongside 'Something Like That' and 'I Like It, I Love It' which went on to become three of the format's top ten 'Power Gold' cuts of the following decade (2000-2009).
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Post by straitfan87 on Sept 29, 2013 20:31:27 GMT -5
Sure, this song doesn't say anything new, but it does its job well. I like the melody and the production, especially the "put on a country song, we'll dance all night long" part after the chorus.That part is like the worst part in the song. It's so grating and sounds so cheap. Ten Pound Hammer, if you're talking about that warbled thing-a-ma-bob right after the chorus, then I'll have to differ with you. That pretty much solidifies my annoyance with this particular song and my constant head-shaking about this being chosen over the obvious title track. I like the song in general, but can definitely do without that after the chorus addition, i find it very annoying as well. Bob Kingsley mentioned this weekend that this is Tim's 50th top ten single, and although this might be among the worst of those 50 tunes, congratulations are still in order for him achieving this milestone. Bob went back exactly 15 years ago this week to play 'Where The Green Grass Grows', immediately after 'Southern Girl', which began a 4-week stay in the penthouse, and went on to become one of Tim's three tunes alongside 'Something Like That' and 'I Like It, I Love It' which went on to become three of the format's top ten 'Power Gold' cuts of the following decade (2000-2009). I love the 90's.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 29, 2013 20:49:08 GMT -5
Does anyone else feel as though Tim is screaming, maybe not screaming but yelling, parts of this song? The song starts good, I'm bobbing my head, and then I'm ducking for cover because McGraw is yelling GIRL at me and I don't know what to do! Joking aside, something isn't right about the vocals in the chorus. Anyone else feeling that way? I'm not quite sure about him screaming or yelling, but his deliverance in the chorus sounds more relaxed, in a not-so-good way. In fact, I find it to be borderline lethargic. Yeah, that's a very bold claim that can easily be disproved in seconds, but looking back in his catalog, especially with his 90s material, he doesn't sound as enthusiastic on this track. And quite frankly, the chorus is the only part of the song that I remember at this point. Sadly, it's acting more and more like a future #1 at this point, so I guess we'll be getting more junk like this from him in the future.
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 18, 2013 12:07:52 GMT -5
This song sits at #5 on mediabase this week. Look I've always been a Tim fan. He's had songs out that seemed like no one liked but me ("Do You Want Fries With That","It's A Buisness Doing Pleasure With You", "Let It Go"... Even though that along with 4 others off that record never should have been released). But " Southern Girl" is awful. I can't find another way to say it. Every time I hear it on Sirius/XM I change it to the Prime Country channel. So I haven't heard it all the way through in about a month. It's lyrics are dull and uncreative. Plus Tim's vocals aren't as good on this song for some reason.
I know others here don't like this song, but it's probably going #1 if not a # 2 peak. So obviously many people do. Seems like as long as its radio friendly a artist as big as Tim can release anything. There were many other choices that would have been better off "Two Lanes Of Freedom". I just hate when stupid, boring, grating, cliched songs like this go to the top of the charts cause it means I have to turn that dial often....This might be my least favorite single of his since "Suspicions"....Another song that never should have seen the light of day. WTH...I Thought he was finally rid of Curb, so why are we still getting a bad song like this released to radio?
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Post by tim on Oct 18, 2013 23:47:06 GMT -5
This song sits at #5 on mediabase this week. Look I've always been a Tim fan. He's had songs out that seemed like no one liked but me ("Do You Want Fries With That","It's A Buisness Doing Pleasure With You", "Let It Go"... Even though that along with 4 others off that record never should have been released). But " Southern Girl" is awful. I can't find another way to say it. Every time I hear it on Sirius/XM I change it to the Prime Country channel. So I haven't heard it all the way through in about a month. It's lyrics are dull and uncreative. Plus Tim's vocals aren't as good on this song for some reason. I know others here don't like this song, but it's probably going #1 if not a # 2 peak. So obviously many people do. Seems like as long as its radio friendly a artist as big as Tim can release anything. There were many other choices that would have been better off "Two Lanes Of Freedom". I just hate when stupid, boring, grating, cliched songs like this go to the top of the charts cause it means I have to turn that dial often....This might be my least favorite single of his since "Suspicions"....Another song that never should have seen the light of day. WTH...I Thought he was finally rid of Curb, so why are we still getting a bad song like this released to radio? My sentiments exactly. This song is an instant radio changer for me. As you stated it's dull, uncreative, and just generic. Quite ready for this to run its course and leave radio asap.
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Post by Zazie on Oct 19, 2013 13:48:34 GMT -5
I like "generic" as a description of this tiresome song.
I want to suggest that a lot of the listening public doesn't know the difference between a good rhyme and a bad one. And it may be not that the songwriters gave up trying -- it may be they think their writing is awesome already.
Keep in mind that the premise of Thomas Rhett's #1 song is that he's going to celebrate his love by writing a song -- a fantastic song -- one in which the best rhyme imaginable for "away" is "hey," while the best rhyme for "do" is, naturally, "ooh." (She'll really be knocked out by that kind of tribute, I'm sure.) Pretty soon, one-syllable words will be featured as great country songwriting while most songs emphasize no-syllable words. And I don't know what a no-syllable word is, but don't worry, they're right around the corner.
Tim was way ahead of his time in this department. I won't list all the gruesome songwriting that Tim has escorted straight to the top of the chart -- there are plenty of good ones in his discography too, and as far as the songwriting goes, Tim is way too easy a target. But I do find it hard to believe that anybody is shocked, deeply shocked, that the king of singing-bad-lyrics has done it again.
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 19, 2013 14:28:49 GMT -5
I like "generic" as a description of this tiresome song. I want to suggest that a lot of the listening public doesn't know the difference between a good rhyme and a bad one. And it may be not that the songwriters gave up trying -- it may be they think their writing is awesome already. Keep in mind that the premise of Thomas Rhett's #1 song is that he's going to celebrate his love by writing a song -- a fantastic song -- one in which the best rhyme imaginable for "away" is "hey," while the best rhyme for "do" is, naturally, "ooh." (She'll really be knocked out by that kind of tribute, I'm sure.) Pretty soon, one-syllable words will be featured as great country songwriting while most songs emphasize no-syllable words. And I don't know what a no-syllable word is, but don't worry, they're right around the corner. Tim was way ahead of his time in this department. I won't list all the gruesome songwriting that Tim has escorted straight to the top of the chart -- there are plenty of good ones in his discography too, and as far as the songwriting goes, Tim is way too easy a target. But I do find it hard to believe that anybody is shocked, deeply shocked, that the king of singing-bad-lyrics has done it again. Hey I'll name them. "Let It Go"....."I'm gonna Let It GO...OH, OH, OH, OH "Kristofferson"..."Write a song for YOU...like Kristofferson would DO And who could forget the musical masterpiece that was "Truck Yeah"....The whole song is having the same word rhyme over and over again. It isn't even a good word either...I mean come on...YEAH. That's supposed to be a well written song?
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Post by Marv on Oct 19, 2013 19:09:17 GMT -5
The only question which matters; will this schlock replace 'Last Dollar' as the worst #1 single of his career?
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