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Post by tim on Jan 24, 2014 0:28:25 GMT -5
"Straight Tequila Night" is a song written by Debbie Hupp and Kent Robbins, and recorded by American country music singer John Anderson. It was released in December 1991 as the second single from Anderson's album Seminole Wind. It reached number-one on the country charts in the United States and Canada.[1] It was Anderson's first number one song since 1983 and considered his comeback single. from wikipedia. Count me in as a John Anderson fan. I especially like some of his mid 90's work (after his 1992 success), such as Solid Ground, Country 'Til I Die, and the often forgotten Paradise. Man, I had that album on repeat ("The Band Plays On" and "Love Comes Back Around" are still my go-to songs from John). He released another stellar album in 2000 with Nobody's Got It All which had the great "You Ain't Hurt Nothin' Yet." Where art thou, the country music I used to unconditionally love?
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Post by Andy on Jan 24, 2014 8:03:50 GMT -5
-John Anderson is one of my all-time favorite artists. The guy has such a great, unique voice and tons of great material. I'm a huge fan of everything from his '80 debut to more recent albums like Easy Money and Bigger Hands. He has an extremely deep catalog that goes way beyond the 3-4 of his (admittedly great) hits that radio likes to play.
-"The River" is a masterpiece and deserves to be way better known that it is. Also check out "Notes to the Coroner" from 2010's Lifted Off the Ground.
-"26 Cents" is really good and The Wilkinsons are one of my favorite one-hit wonders. Always a blast from the past to hear that song.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 24, 2014 10:31:19 GMT -5
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Artist: Phil Vassar Single: "Carlene" Writers: Charlie Black, Rory Michael Bourke, Phil Vassar Album: Phil Vassar Label: Arista Nashville Video Director: Gerry Wenner Year Released: October 25, 1999 Billboard Peak: #5
Phil Vassar is a 49 year old country music singer/songwriter and piano player from Lynchburg, Virginia. Phil started out as a songwriter and had numerous hits by other artists that he co-wrote including "Little Red Rodeo", "I'm Alright", "For A Little While", "Right On The Money", and "Bye Bye". He signed to Arista Nashville in 1999 as an artist himself and released "Carlene" in October, 1999. The song peaked at #5 and was off his self-titled debut album. Collin Raye sings background vocals on the song as well. His second single turned out to be he signature hit "Just Another Day In Paradise". The song would be his first of 3 #1's during his career. "Rose Bouquet" (#16), "Six Pack Summer" (#9), and "That's When I Love You" (#3) would follow from the record. His next album produced one top 10 hit "American Child" (#5) off the album of the same name. His last album for Arista was Shaken Not Stirred and it's lead single was the chart topping "In A Real Love" in late 2004. "The Hot Tub Song" (#10 on radio and records only) and "Good Ole Days" (#18) would be the other singles. He had a Greatest Hits that had his last #1 "Last Day Of My Life" in the summer of 2006 and "The Women In My Life" (#20). He parted ways with the label after the ladder peaked.
He hooked on with Universal South in 2007. His first single fizzled out before the top 30 "This Is My Life" (#34). But the next single "Love Is A Beautiful Thing" peaked at #2 and was co-written by Jeffrey Steele. This would be Phil's last trip to the top 20. He made two albums with the label (Prayer Of A Common Man, Traveling Circus). His highest hit from the ladder was "Everywhere I Go" (#36). Along with the eyebrow raising "Bobbi With An I" (#46). After he left Universal he signed with Rodeowave Entertainment in 2010, and has since released "Let's Get Together" (#34), and "Don't Miss Your Life" (#32), and "Love Is Alive" (#36). Phil in all as sent 22 singles to country radio with 9 top 10's ("The Hot Tub Song" squeezed one week at #10 in mid 2005), and three #1's.
"Carlene" is another hit from the early 2000's I haven't heard on the radio in forever. Another brings back memories song for me and one of my favorites from Phil. My other favorites from him were "The Women In My Life", "That's When I Love You", "Don't Miss Your Life", and "Just Another Day In Paradise" (For some reason "Dominos Pizza In The Candle Light" worked for me as a great line). I also have one guilty pleasure song from him "Good Ole Days". My dog (Jack Russell) used to howl like crazy to that song. I'm not kidding. In fact when the piano at the beginning of the song would play he would notice right away what song it was. Once again, I'm not joking ;).
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Post by zjames on Jan 24, 2014 11:54:57 GMT -5
Great choice. I've always been a big Phil Vassar fan, and this might be my favorite song of his. It's a shame that Phil has lost relevance at country radio lately because Don't Miss Your Life and Love Is Alive were both underappreciated.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 24, 2014 11:57:39 GMT -5
^ Hot Tub only got to #17, I thought. Or did it manage to get to #10 on Mediabase?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 12:18:04 GMT -5
Love Phil Vassar and I love Carlene .. Such a great to see him play live too. The man knows how to entertain.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 24, 2014 13:09:32 GMT -5
^ Hot Tub only got to #17, I thought. Or did it manage to get to #10 on Mediabase? It reached #10 on Mediabase (Radio And Records). I had to look back to see myself. Most of the time the peaks are pretty similar, but not in that case.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 24, 2014 14:04:41 GMT -5
^ Interesting. I think Mediabase/R&R peaks used to be more disparate from Billboard because former Top 10s used to linger forever in the 11-20 range on Billboard, when they would drop from MB/R&R much faster.
In the first year or so of Ct40, there were a lot of songs that would get into Mediabase's but not on Billboard's Top 40 for similar reasons. Ones that I remember in that timespan include:
"I'll Die Tryin'" by Lonestar and "No Shame" by Jeff Bates (both in the same week; #39 and #40 MB/#43 and #45 MB) "This Time Around" by Cross Canadian Ragweed (#40 MB/#43 BB) "Ain't My Day to Care" by Bomshel (#39 MB/#44 BB) "Drinkin' Me Lonely" by Chris Young (#37 MB/#42 BB) "Love Is" by Katrina Elam (#40 MB/#47 [!] BB) "Kiss Me in the Dark" by Randy Rogers Band (#40 MB/#43 BB)
Then after that, it seems the next song to make T40 on MB but not BB was not until 2008, when "Invisibly Shaken" by Rodney Atkins got to #35 MB vs. #41 BB.
After that, most MB-only Top 40 hits appear to have been within one or two positions of their BB peak (e.g., #40 MB vs. #41 BB), except "Love Lives On" by Mallary Hope (#38 MB/#42 BB) and "Mary Was the Marrying Kind" by Kip Moore (#40 MB/#45 BB). What caused the extreme difference on Kip's song?
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And some other oddities:
"Findin' a Good Man" by Danielle Peck was also a pretty big disparity: #11 MB, #16 BB. I don't remember any other song in CT40's early years having that much of a gap.
The most extreme difference I remember in favor of Billboard was "Missing You 2007" by Alison Krauss and John Waite. That one seemed to bounce in and out of the BB Top 40 about fifteen times eventually getting to #34, but its chart run on MB was much lower: (#39 on 2/24 and 3/3, fell out for 3/10 and 3/17, returned at #40 on 3/24, and never came back). I believe Jypsi's "I Don't Love You Like That" was in a similar predicament that ended up with a higher BB showing than MB. What was with those two songs, anyway?
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 24, 2014 14:11:07 GMT -5
^ Well I can's speak for Jypsi or "Missing You", but I know that "Ain't My Day To Care", "No Shame", and "I'll Die Tryin" had much higher mediabase peaks because of the unusual high number of singles going recurrent the previous week.
Didn't all three songs fall like a rock once the reached their respective peaks? I know that "Ain't My Day To Care" did.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 24, 2014 15:12:16 GMT -5
It reached #10 on Mediabase (Radio And Records). I had to look back to see myself. Most of the time the peaks are pretty similar, but not in that case. "I'll Take That as a Yes" reached #10? I do not remember that at all. "Class Reunion" by Lonestar peaked at #12 on Radio And Records and #16 on Billboard at the same time period in mid 2005 as well. Again, like Ten Pound Hammer pointed out, sometimes these peaks can be vastly different, but most of the time they are pretty similar. The reason it's easy to forget, is that the peak availability online is usually Billboards numbers only. But luckily I have most of the chart weeks from Radio and Records and Mediabase since March, 2005 at my disposal...#Nerd
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Post by matty005 on Jan 24, 2014 16:29:37 GMT -5
Phil is one of those artists that has some fantastic album tracks too. "Amazing Grace," "Stand Still," and "I Miss the Innocence" are some of my all time favorite songs. Great choice once again, Sabre!
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 24, 2014 18:49:59 GMT -5
Getting back to Straight Tequila Night (I sing that one quite often, but not like John Anderson). Anderson was able to do what Randy Travis was unable to do with his Better Class Of Losers and that was to topple Garth Brooks' What She's Doing Now from the top.
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Post by Andy on Jan 24, 2014 21:02:17 GMT -5
Getting back to Straight Tequila Night (I sing that one quite often, but not like John Anderson). Anderson was able to do what Randy Travis was unable to do with his Better Class Of Losers and that was to topple Garth Brooks' What She's Doing Now from the top. Interesting tidbit right there. Also, it's amazing how great country radio was back then.
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Post by kw9461 on Jan 24, 2014 23:17:53 GMT -5
Phil is one of those artists that has some fantastic album tracks too. "Amazing Grace," "Stand Still," and "I Miss the Innocence" are some of my all time favorite songs. Great choice once again, Sabre! I don't remember Stand Still, but Amazing Grace and I Miss The Innocence are both fantastic. I also love Forgettin's So Long off of American Child.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Jan 25, 2014 1:33:52 GMT -5
A discussion in the Jon Pardi thread got me thinking about Tracy Byrd songs. He had several favorites of mine ("Watermelon Crawl," "The First Step," "Love Lessons," "When Mama Ain't Happy," "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo," and "Drinkin' Bone"). This is my favorite song of his; it has always seemed to me to be his signature song, even though he had two bigger hits chart-wise.
Artist: Tracy Byrd Single: "The Keeper of the Stars" Writers: Dickey Lee, Danny "Bear" Mayo, Karen Staley Album: No Ordinary Man Label: MCA Records Video Director: Michael Merriman Year Released: 1995 Billboard Peak: #2
Tracy Byrd had 24 Top 40 hits between 1993 and 2004. 13 of those made the Top 10, with two of them ("Holdin' Heaven" and "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo") going all the way to #1. His self-titled debut album was released in 1993 and was eventually certified Gold. The first two singles missed the Top 40: "That's the Thing About a Memory," #71 (I don't remember that song) and "Someone to Give My Love To," #42 (I do remember that one). His next hit was his first #1, "Holdin' Heaven." The final single from the first album, "Why Don't That Telephone Ring," stopped at #39. His second album, "No Ordinary Man" (released in 1994) was no ordinary album. It was by far the biggest of his career, peaking at #3 on the country album chart and #20 on the Billboard 200 and reaching Double Platinum certification (none of his other albums reached Platinum). All four singles from the album reached the Top 5: "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" and "Watermelon Crawl" (both #4), "The First Step" (#5), and "The Keeper of the Stars" (#2). None of his other albums had more than two Top 10 songs. His last Top 10 hit was "Drinkin' Bone" (#7 in 2003), his last Top 40 was "Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman" (#34 in 2004), and his last charted single was "Cheapest Motel" (#55 in 2006).
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 25, 2014 1:40:38 GMT -5
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Post by Andy on Jan 25, 2014 8:04:31 GMT -5
I've never heard a Phil Vassar album in full, I'll have to change that. I only know his greatest hits sadly.
As for Tracy Byrd, tons of great songs, including the ones mentioned. One album that I'd recommend that was criminally overlooked is 2006's Different Things. The title track, "Cheapest Motel", "A Cowboy and a Dancer," and "Before I Die" are all great songs that not enough people heard.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 25, 2014 10:39:13 GMT -5
Tracy Byrd's Keeper Of The Stars was kept out of the top spot by John Michael Montgomery's I Can Love You Like That, one of four power ballads Montgomery has (I Love The Way You Love Me, I Swear, and The Little Girl).
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 25, 2014 10:47:56 GMT -5
Tracy Byrd's Keeper Of The Stars was kept out of the top spot by John Michael Montgomery's I Can Love You Like That, one of four power ballads Montgomery has (I Love The Way You Love Me, I Swear, and The Little Girl). What's the different between a power ballad and a regular ballad? You sing slower. I really don't know. With the songs mentioned from J.M.M., you would have to admit they would fit the 'power' mode. From Wikipedia: Power ballads Simon Frith, the British sociomusicologist and former rock critic, identifies the origins of the power ballad in the emotional singing of soul artists, particularly Ray Charles, and the adaptation of this style by performers such as Eric Burdon, Tom Jones and Joe Cocker to produce slow-tempo songs often building to a loud and emotive chorus backed by drums, electric guitars and sometimes choirs. According to Charles Aaron, power ballads came into existence in the early 1970s, when rock stars attempted to convey profound messages to audiences.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 25, 2014 10:58:11 GMT -5
^Yes, but with less 'power'.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 25, 2014 13:00:09 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Gloriana Single: "Wild At Heart" Writers: Stephanie Bentley, Josh Kear, Matt Serletic Album: Gloriana Label: Emblem/New Revolution/Warner Brothers Video Director: Elliot Lester Year Released: February 2, 2009 Mediabase Peak: #14 Billboard Peak: #15
Gloriana have been a country music group since 2008. The group originally consisted of Mike Gossin, Tom Gossin, Rachel Reinert, and Cheyenne Kimball. Tom and Mike Gossin are from Utica, New York, and moved to Nashville to originally perform as a duo. Rachel Reinert is from Sarasota, Florida. She landed a publishing deal at just 15 years old and moved to Nashville to work on songwriting and performing. She met The Gossin's through Myspace and decided to become a trio. The three thought they needed a fourth member. One that maybe played a different instrument such as the mandolin. Cheyenne Kimball was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, but moved to Frisco, Texas when she was very young. She won the Americas Most Talented Kid Show at age 12, and recorded a solo album at age 13 which songs she had penned with John Rich. She also had her own reality show on MTV for one season. She met the other three at a club in Nashville in 2008 and they decided to become a full time group. Emblem records which was owned by Matt Serletic, heard their demo and decided to write with them and signed them to the label. After that they were able to be promoted through Warner Brothers.
Their debut single was "Wild At Heart" which was released to radio in early 2009. The song would peak at #14 on mediabase and set the release for their self-titled debut album. Serletic wrote the song with Josh Kear and Stephanie Bentley. Bentley was signed to Epic records in the mid 90's and made one album for the label. "How Far Do You Wanna Go" was shipped to radio just as "Wild At Heart" was peaking. It would peak at #36. "The World Is Ours Tonight" would be the final single and peaked at #37 in 2010. "Wanna Take You Home" was the lead off for their A Thousand Miles Left Behind album, but only peaked at #34. In July 2011 Kimball left the group. They recorded the rest of the album without her. Their next single would be their biggest hit by far in "Kissed You (Good Night)". Even though the song was released in October, 2011; it would not peak till the Summer of 2012. It got all the way to #2, and Billboard named it the 5th biggest single of 2012. The only other single from their second album was "Can't Shake You" which peaked at #16 in 2013. Their latest single is set to be released this upcoming February ("Best Night Ever"), which will be off a new record.
The first time I heard "Wild At Heart" I went, "what in the world is this". It's one of those songs that just explodes off the radio. It's one of the few pop leaning country songs that I love and never get tired of hearing it. I thought Glorianas second record was great and their debut was also surprisingly good. I still wanted "Sunset Lovin" released from A Thousand Miles Left Behind though and think it would have done pretty well in the summer months. But I understand Warner Brothers wanted to not destroy any momentum they might have had, and the risk wasn't worth the award. It's a shame that Kimball left and wish they were still a foursome.
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Post by churchchoir on Jan 25, 2014 14:12:29 GMT -5
I absolutely adore Gloriana. They are severely underrated by country radio. If it were up to me, they would be as consistent hit-makers as ZBB, EYB, and TBP. Such a unique style. I'm really hoping "Best Night Ever" becomes their breakthrough hit.
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Post by tim on Jan 25, 2014 14:43:12 GMT -5
A discussion in the Jon Pardi thread got me thinking about Tracy Byrd songs. He had several favorites of mine ("Watermelon Crawl," "The First Step," "Love Lessons," "When Mama Ain't Happy," "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo," and "Drinkin' Bone"). This is my favorite song of his; it has always seemed to me to be his signature song, even though he had two bigger hits chart-wise. Artist: Tracy Byrd Single: "The Keeper of the Stars" Writers: Dickey Lee, Danny "Bear" Mayo, Karen Staley Album: No Ordinary Man Label: MCA Records Video Director: Michael Merriman Year Released: 1995 Billboard Peak: #2 Tracy Byrd had 24 Top 40 hits between 1993 and 2004. 13 of those made the Top 10, with two of them ("Holdin' Heaven" and "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo") going all the way to #1. His self-titled debut album was released in 1993 and was eventually certified Gold. The first two singles missed the Top 40: "That's the Thing About a Memory," #71 (I don't remember that song) and "Someone to Give My Love To," #42 (I do remember that one). His next hit was his first #1, "Holdin' Heaven." The final single from the first album, "Why Don't That Telephone Ring," stopped at #39. His second album, "No Ordinary Man" (released in 1994) was no ordinary album. It was by far the biggest of his career, peaking at #3 on the country album chart and #20 on the Billboard 200 and reaching Double Platinum certification (none of his other albums reached Platinum). All four singles from the album reached the Top 5: "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" and "Watermelon Crawl" (both #4), "The First Step" (#5), and "The Keeper of the Stars" (#2). None of his other albums had more than two Top 10 songs. His last Top 10 hit was "Drinkin' Bone" (#7 in 2003), his last Top 40 was "Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman" (#34 in 2004), and his last charted single was "Cheapest Motel" (#55 in 2006). I remember taking a trip to Idaho with my mom and at the time I was obsessed with the song "Holdin' Heaven." I think I had just recently gotten his self titled debut album and I wore that album out on that trip. There was some amazing songs on that release…"That's the Thing About a Memory," "An Out of Control Raging Fire," "Hat Trick," and "Edge of A Memory" are all still favorites of mine to this day. Ironically his top selling album No Ordinary Man is one of my least favorites. I never liked "Watermelon Crawl" or "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous." I also never really liked "The Keeper of the Stars" for some reason. Overplayed? Yes, that's likely part of it. I still hear it on the radio from time to time, however I've never really been able to get through the first minute or so. I certainly understand people's connection to the song though. His next release Love Lessons is probably my favorite of his, even though he didn't really have much top 10 chart success with it. I also really enjoyed the Ten Rounds album and was disappointed radio didn't latch on. "Just Let Me Be In Love" is just great…and his remake of "Wildfire" is amazing. I also still put on "How Much Does the World Weigh" now and then. edit: forgot to mention I got the chance to meet Tracy when he was out promoting his The Truth About Men album. He did a free USO concert in Fort Hood, TX, and beforehand was singing autographs at the PX (shopping center). I was lucky enough to get him to sign some of his album covers that I had and got to see his concert that night. he's a nice guy and puts on a great show!
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 25, 2014 14:50:03 GMT -5
^Love Lessons had Heaven In My Woman's Eyes on it. It certainly sounded like a Marty Robbins song.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 25, 2014 15:57:50 GMT -5
The one thing I remember about "Wild at Heart" is that is went to recurrent then re-entered the chart around #14, lasted a couple more weeks then fell off again. That's right. "Almost Home" and "More Trucks Than Cars" by Craig Morgan, "Georgia Peaches" by Lauren Alaina, "Happy Endings" by Lee Brice and "Good To Be Me" by Uncle Kracker were the others I remember. "Carolina" is the big one though. Sent recurrent to being a future #1.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Jan 25, 2014 16:40:07 GMT -5
I LOVE "Wild At Heart". One of my all-time faves.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 25, 2014 17:25:54 GMT -5
Agree that "Wild at Heart" is great. Just a fun song with creative and energetic production.
"The Keeper of the Stars" was re-recorded in a lower key for the single and video release, apparently becaue Tracy was having a hard time singing it in the higher key that it's in on the album. I still hear the album verison now and then, though.
"The Little Girl" is not a power ballad. It's just a ballad ballad. It's also a terrible, manipulative, glurge-riddled piece of garbage. Every time I hear it, I think of how it started out as one of those sappy stories circulated through e-mail, and it makes me want to cue up Weird Al's "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me".
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Post by tim on Jan 26, 2014 2:00:05 GMT -5
Yessss. This song and video are amazing. Such a powerful song. It's great that Kellie was able to record and release something so personal from her very first album and even though it was a solid Top 20 hit, it definitely deserved a lot more. One of my favorite live performance memories is seeing her sing this on the 2007 CMAs and break down crying at the end of the song to a standing ovation. sabre14 you took the words right out of my mouth…Yessss. This is such a great song. I was not an initial fan of Kellie (umm…"Red High Heels???") but I blame that on American Idol and her producers. I've been hooked since "I Wonder" and believe she is probably one of the most underrated country female acts out there right now. Even more so she is such a class act, funny, smart, and cute. I'll always be rooting for her.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 26, 2014 3:40:23 GMT -5
^ As I've said before, I wasn't much on Kellie's personality, or lack thereof. She just seemed to be a mindless ditz, and nothing more, and even if some of her songs were all right, they were mostly inoffensive pop fluff. But "I Wonder" showed that she was capable of depth and emotion. Again, I'm glad that her most recent albums show a greater confidence and maturity, not to mention a more organic and authentically country feeling.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 26, 2014 4:38:32 GMT -5
Add me to the group that loves "Wild at Heart." I was surprised their follow-up singles all got stuck in the 30s because with how well their debut did, I thought they were going to be pretty big. It's nice that they eventually got back on track with "Kissed You (Good Night)" though, but it remains to be seen if they can keep scoring hits (which I hope they do). Tracy Byrd's Keeper Of The Stars was kept out of the top spot by John Michael Montgomery's I Can Love You Like That, one of four power ballads Montgomery has (I Love The Way You Love Me, I Swear, and The Little Girl). What's the different between a power ballad and a regular ballad? I think a good example would be someone like Carrie Underwood: "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "So Small" are power ballads, while "Temporary Home" and "Mama's Song" are regular ballads. I hope that makes it easy for you to understand the difference -- it has to do mostly with the build-up to a bigger chorus with belted vocals defining a song as being a "power" ballad.
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