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Post by sabre14 on Dec 24, 2016 2:35:57 GMT -5
Rascal Flatts - "Love You Out Loud"
Used to dislike it but now I enjoy it. Perhaps it was my kid mind back then -- this was right when they started getting pretty big and I guess I found the vocal arrangement extra annoying...
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Dec 28, 2016 14:22:18 GMT -5
I like "Cost of Livin'" a lot less than I used to. It just feels like such a product of its time and it doesn't impact me nearly as much after the fact.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 24, 2017 22:22:58 GMT -5
For some reason, I don't like "Big Green Tractor" as much as I used to. I used to think it was cute and catchy, but now I just find it annoying.
Also, I knew on first listen that I liked "Chicken Fried". But now that ZBB has so many other songs out, I think CF is by far their worst single. It's clear they hadn't found their style yet.
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Post by er1c612 on Mar 31, 2017 17:06:08 GMT -5
Brett Eldredge- Don't Ya, used to hate that song, prayed it wouldn't go to #1, couldn't stand Brett's voice. Really liked all his songs after that and became a fan, now when I go back and listen to Don't Ya, I don't know why I hated it
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Post by countrymusicjunkie on Mar 31, 2017 23:56:44 GMT -5
Toby Keith with Willie Nelson "Beer For My Horses"-I used to love this but it was overplayed so much at radio that it completely ruined the song for me, now I can't even stand to listen to it.
Eric Church "Creepin'"-I didn't like this at all when it first came out but now I love it, great song to see him perform live.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 10, 2017 23:55:57 GMT -5
Sam Hunt - "Body Like a Back Road"
I really thought this was a mess when it first came out but I kinda like it now and find it catchy. I can see why it's blown up so big.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 2, 2017 13:32:49 GMT -5
I liked "Homegrown" when it first came out, because I was excited to hear my favorite producer producing my favorite band. But really, the song is a mess: the production is really muddy, and the lyrics are the preachy jingoistic slop I thought they'd gotten out of their system with "Chicken Fried".
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 3, 2017 18:50:18 GMT -5
"My Old Man" sounded kinda pretty to me at first, but now I just think it's depressing, boring, and it just fails to do anything for me. I think both the melody and vocal performance drag it down for me.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 29, 2017 12:38:17 GMT -5
Some of the more "down home" kind of songs grate on me a lot more than they used to. For instance, "Sweet Southern Comfort" by Buddy Jewell. I've already mentioned "Chicken Fried" as another example.
I thought "Backroad Song" by Granger Smith was fine at first, because its lyrics seemed more ambitious than other songs of its type (the line about a postcard is pretty inspired). But just like the rest of his discography, it's just so oppressively bland that the one flash of inspiration was quickly canceled out.
Also, I used to hate "Watermelon Crawl" as a kid because I thought its premise was insanely stupid. I still think it's stupid, but now I find it enjoyable in its stupidity.
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Post by zjames on Jun 6, 2017 20:42:32 GMT -5
I know many people think "Then" by Brad Paisley is boring and I used to agree. Now I think it's one of Brad's strongest singles.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2017 22:41:04 GMT -5
Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"
I loved this song until it was Everywhere for like 3 years and I couldn't avoid it.
Recently my local radio stations have played it again and my goodness does the song sound great.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 5, 2017 2:25:16 GMT -5
I know many people think "Then" by Brad Paisley is boring and I used to agree. Now I think it's one of Brad's strongest singles. Even though its chorus is literally one of the most banal and cliched things ever? I'm sure there are 40 billion other songs that have "Now you're my whole life, now you're my whole world" nearly verbatim. I thought of a few more: Used to like but now don't"What If She's an Angel" by Tommy Shane Steiner. Used to have no problem with it, but now I think it's very manipulative, and one of the last hurrahs for the "chicken soup for the soul" era of country (vaguely motivational/inspirational songs like "I Hope You Dance") "Ragged Old Flag" by Johnny Cash. Interesting story song at first few listens. Now I think it's just hackneyed jingoism that doesn't say anything else not already said by 40 trillion other flagwaving songs because MURICA. "Sippin' on Fire" by FGL. Had no problem with it at first since it was catchy and harmless. But the more I listened to it, it just seemed really unfocused and meandering lyrically, with a very weak hook. What does the title even mean? What connection does it have to the rest of the song? "Lost in This Moment" by Big & Rich. Liked it at first because I was stoked that a B&R song wasn't stalling out in the mid teens. Then I realized how boring and lifeless it was compared to the rest of their discography. Didn't used to like but now do"Carry On" by Pat Green. I think I just found the style too different and harsh when I first heard it on ACC, but a few more listens and it grew on me. "Good Ole Boys Like Me" by Don Williams. At first I thought it was just more Southern pandering that was already overdone even at the time the song came out. But then I paid more attention to the lyrics and realized that it's actually about a man who's uncomfortable with his southern-ness. "How 'Bout You" by Eric Church. Another one that seemed too harsh for me on first listen. I also thought his voice sounded shaky and unconvincing on it at first, but it grew on me. ==== I also remember that my mom has had a few songs grow on her. Off the top of my head, I know she didn't like "Trip Around the Sun" or "Bar at the End of the World" at first, but both of them grew on her.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 11, 2017 19:54:14 GMT -5
"Body Like a Back Road". I've always thought it was Sam Hunt's weakest single, because it was nowhere near as clever or interesting as the Montevallo singles. But I still found it listenable and harmless.
Then I noticed how bad the lyrics really are. And how uninteresting it is musically. And how this "harmless" song became THE BIGGEST #1 COUNTRY HIT EVER...
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Post by BackwoodsBarbie on Nov 3, 2017 18:39:05 GMT -5
Lee Ann Womack - Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago I didn't like this song when I first heard it a couple of years ago but It has slowly started to grow on me and now I like it a lot.
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man When I first listened to this song I couldn't understand why women would record a song like this (lyrics wise). When I started to listen to more country music I began to appreciate how great melody, instrumentation and especially her vocal performance are. True classic that I like a lot.
Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Getcha Good This song has grown on me very much since Shania Twain Rankdown. I had never liked it before rankdown but then I listen to it a few times and I started to like it. Now It's much higher on list of my favourite Shania songs.
Dolly Parton- Before The Next Teardrop Falls I used to love this song and I listen to it too much. Now If I put an old cd in my car and this song comes I skip it immediately.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 3, 2017 19:52:52 GMT -5
I'm retroactively starting to dislike a lot of Thomas Rhett songs now because of how dopey a lot of them are. Even his "mature" songs like "Die a Happy Man" are burning out on me. However, I'm still okay with "T-Shirt" and "Crash and Burn". I also don't dislike "Something to Do with My Hands" or "Make Me Wanna" because of how interestingly produced they are, and I still agree with the consensus that "Beer with Jesus" is his best single.
Strangely, a lot of Faith Hill songs have changed on me over time. I don't like "Mississippi Girl" very much anymore, but I like "Like We Never Loved at All" a lot more in exchange. I also like "This Kiss" a lot more than I used to, because it's just a lighthearted little ear-worm that keeps things interesting by using a lot of big words that somehow fit.
Most of Jason Aldean's uptempos were fine by me on first listen, but over time they just all started blending together. I think "Lights Come On" was the turning point.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 12, 2018 12:25:21 GMT -5
We all saw the mess I left in the "Life Changes" thread before I changed my mind on that song. I HATED it at first but now love it.
I felt kind of the same about "Tar Top" by Alabama, too, strangely enough. First few times I heard it, I thought it was egotistical and self-referential. Then WATZ played it again a couple weeks ago, and I thought it was actually quite heartfelt and sincere (although I still think it might be a bit too self-referential for the average listener).
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Post by austin on Jul 13, 2018 8:11:42 GMT -5
I am oddly finding myself falling in love with "Life's About To Get Good". I am not sure if its because I just saw her in concert or what. I still think its really weird, from the title down to the production, but I think I love it.
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Post by Andy on Jul 13, 2018 18:14:37 GMT -5
I used to hate Dan Seals' "Bop" but now it's a jam.
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Post by someguy on Jul 14, 2018 15:17:33 GMT -5
I am oddly finding myself falling in love with "Life's About To Get Good". I am not sure if its because I just saw her in concert or what. I still think its really weird, from the title down to the production, but I think I love it. Life`s about joy, life`s about pain. It`s all about forgiving and the will to walk awaySuch positive lyrics. I still love this song.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 8, 2019 23:48:30 GMT -5
Used to like but now don't Earlier in this thread, I mentioned that I was softening on "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue". But now I hate it again, because I realize that it propagates negative stereotypes about patriots -- the whole MURICA mentality of some inbred redneck hugging his gun and wanting to kill the commie bastards who want to take said gun away.
I used to like "Forever and Ever, Amen" but I think it's horribly overplayed, and the lyrics are some of the doofiest, most hacnkeyed tripe I've seen. Orville Reddenbacher has made things that aren't that corny.
"Grandpa (Tell Me 'bout the Good Ol' Days)" and "Back When" were fine when I was younger, but as an adult, I've come to hate media that whines about how things were so much better "back in the good ol' days". You know, back when women couldn't wear pants, people sold apples on the streets, everyone hated Russia and Japan, and blacks had to drink from separate water fountains? Surely that was the "good ol' days", and the advances we've made in life ever since have not improved the world one iota, right?
I was actually okay with "Speechless" the first couple times I heard it, but I think that it promotes a highly negative view of male romance. Some of it could be because of my perception of Dan + Shay themselves, who seem to be the two most pussywhipped men in Nashville.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 6:53:26 GMT -5
I was actually okay with "Speechless" the first couple times I heard it, but I think that it promotes a highly negative view of male romance. Some of it could be because of my perception of Dan + Shay themselves, who seem to be the two most pussywhipped men in Nashville. So because those men love and respect their wives, the song “promotes a highly negative view of male romance?” And to furthermore refer to them as “pussywhipped” because they are publicly affectionate towards their spouses? You’ve really outdone yourself with your narrow-minded bitterness and the critique is hardly valid: It’s based on your own feelings of inadequacy.
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Post by country11 on Apr 9, 2019 9:22:18 GMT -5
Used to hate every Taylor Swift song when I was 11 unlike every other kid because I thought she wasn't country. Now that I'm 20 and the way radio is now, I really appreciate them, namely the "Fearless" era.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 9, 2019 12:50:34 GMT -5
I was actually okay with "Speechless" the first couple times I heard it, but I think that it promotes a highly negative view of male romance. Some of it could be because of my perception of Dan + Shay themselves, who seem to be the two most pussywhipped men in Nashville. So because those men love and respect their wives, the song “promotes a highly negative view of male romance?” And to furthermore refer to them as “pussywhipped” because they are publicly affectionate towards their spouses? You’ve really outdone yourself with your narrow-minded bitterness and the critique is hardly valid: It’s based on your own feelings of inadequacy. I have no issues with the romanticism per se. But Dan + Shay seem so singularly fixated on their wives that it comes across as obsessive. You can love your partner all you want. But in interviews, Dan + Shay tend to slobber all over their wives to the point that I don't know a thing about THEM other than "I wuv my wife". Their romanticism seems overly heavy handed to the point of being unhealthy. But that's just how I read them. They feel like love struck teenagers'
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 13:06:00 GMT -5
So because those men love and respect their wives, the song “promotes a highly negative view of male romance?” And to furthermore refer to them as “pussywhipped” because they are publicly affectionate towards their spouses? You’ve really outdone yourself with your narrow-minded bitterness and the critique is hardly valid: It’s based on your own feelings of inadequacy. I have no issues with the romanticism per se. But Dan + Shay seem so singularly fixated on their wives that it comes across as obsessive. You can love your partner all you want. But in interviews, Dan + Shay tend to slobber all over their wives to the point that I don't know a thing about THEM other than "I wuv my wife". Their romanticism seems overly heavy handed to the point of being unhealthy. But that's just how I read them. They feel like love struck teenagers' I take it you’ve never been in a relationship.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 9, 2019 13:11:21 GMT -5
i take it you’ve never been in a relationship. Why should that matter? There are romantic songs that I like just fine. Or even if I don't like them I at least get the appeal. But D+S seem so single minded and obsessive. Like I said, I don't know a damn thing about THEM, just their wives. That's not romance, that's possession.
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Post by carriekins on Apr 9, 2019 16:34:51 GMT -5
So because those men love and respect their wives, the song “promotes a highly negative view of male romance?” And to furthermore refer to them as “pussywhipped” because they are publicly affectionate towards their spouses? You’ve really outdone yourself with your narrow-minded bitterness and the critique is hardly valid: It’s based on your own feelings of inadequacy. I have no issues with the romanticism per se. But Dan + Shay seem so singularly fixated on their wives that it comes across as obsessive. You can love your partner all you want. But in interviews, Dan + Shay tend to slobber all over their wives to the point that I don't know a thing about THEM other than "I wuv my wife". Their romanticism seems overly heavy handed to the point of being unhealthy. But that's just how I read them. They feel like love struck teenagers' To be fair to Hammer's point, I am at this point with Thomas Rhett, but I will say D+S don't bother me in the least. And lest I be accused of never being in a relationship, I've been married nearly 11 years and have a 5 year old daughter.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 9, 2019 18:33:40 GMT -5
First I still don't see how either Thomas or Dan+Shay are promoting "a highly negative view of male romance." Like loving their wives is negative how?
Now I don't see this at all with Dan or Shay, but Thomas does spend an awful lot of time talking and singing about his wife. But I'm chalking that up to a branding thing, all his fawning comes off as calculated to appeal to those who're a fan of both him and his wife. Besides which, even if it's all genuine, I don't think calling it "pussywhipped" is called for. What exactly does Hammer want their relationship to be publicly?
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 9, 2019 18:37:49 GMT -5
To be fair to Hammer's point, I am at this point with Thomas Rhett, but I will say D+S don't bother me in the least. And lest I be accused of never being in a relationship, I've been married nearly 11 years and have a 5 year old daughter. Some of it is personality. I feel that Thomas Rhett's material did at least get more "mature" after he got married and started letting that influence his material. While I don't feel that's necessarily made his songs better or more appealing to me, I do give him at least some credit for successfully rising from the bro-country muck of his first album. By comparison, D+S have pretty much always rubbed me the wrong way even before marriage overtook them. I found "Show You Off" and "Nothin' Like You" incredibly condescending and set me down the path to not liking them as artists or people. And little that they have done or said has dissuaded me from that negative perception. To be fair, I do still like some of their songs regardless. But there are also artists whose personalities I like more than their discographies, or vice versa.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 9, 2019 20:04:37 GMT -5
Also, getting back to the original topic...
I used to like "Who's Your Daddy?" by Toby Keith when it was first out. But now I just think it's a stupid pointless novelty that doesn't have much to say even for a novelty song.
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Post by dajross6 on Apr 11, 2019 10:09:48 GMT -5
In the late 90s and early 00s I was really hit or miss on virtually all the Dixie Chicks songs. They were so talented and their music was fantastic. I would give almost anything to have another album like their first two released today. I have the same sentiment on Vince Gill from the 90s.
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