bamafan2102
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Post by bamafan2102 on Jun 30, 2010 20:48:51 GMT -5
That clip is not near long enough. I did hear the fiddle and the harmonies. Sounded good. Can't wait to hear the whole thing.
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themayor
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Post by themayor on Jun 30, 2010 21:20:04 GMT -5
As an MD, this is one of the songs that I'm putting my foot down. No more pseudo country. If enough of us will do that, maybe Nashville will give us more artists like George Strait or Alan Jackson....not some rocker wannabe that tones it down enough to get some airplay. I would disagree. I think we need artists out there that are more refreshing, not ones that tend to send the same boring things to radio....and I could care less if they aren't a "country" act. As long as it's good, I'm all for listening to it, which....this song is. I have no problems with "good music" being listened to, but don't trash the country airwaves with stuff that better fits different format airwaves.
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Post by kevin59 on Jun 30, 2010 21:35:17 GMT -5
[LISTEN] Train - "Hey Soul Sister (Country Mix)" (Allaccess)
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jun 30, 2010 21:59:51 GMT -5
[LISTEN] Train - "Hey Soul Sister (Country Mix)" (Napster) Thanks, kevin59. And thanks to Jonsolo for noticing the URL of the original link. I wasn't familiar enough with the original to know if what was streamed on the first All Access link was different, since my only real exposure to the song had been via whatever TV commercial uses it, and then the Dixie Chicks performance. Now that I've heard what is the country mix, it sounds too busy for my taste, and the mix of all the layered tracks simply doesn't work. It just doesn't sound like an integrated recording to me. The fiddle doesn't have the same playful personality as the vocal and percussion; it sounds to me like the fiddler thinks this song is a pining ballad until the tag chorus (at which point the fiddle is more or less buried in the mix, anyway). And the basic issue of the vocal being too rhythmic to feel country doesn't get addressed. I don't at all buy the argument that the antidote to the formula-chasing on country radio is to start playing mixes of songs with no connection to country music except a couple of format-compatible instruments. And this isn't a song that I will be rooting for to make its way up the country charts. There is a chance I might feel differently if there had been a genuine rerecording of the whole track in which the fiddle and banjo were an organic part of a new arrangement and Pat Monahan redid his lead vocals to match the new arrangement and reflect a more country approach. But as it is, the instruments are just plunked in and country radio is being handed a song that DJs are expected to play because of familiarity and compatibility. The mix isn't nearly strong enough to make me overcome my cynicism about the move.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2010 22:21:00 GMT -5
^I see a lot of points in that post. Especially the parts about the odd feel to the production and even moreso, releasing mixes of songs to country radio that have no connection to country. But here's where I differ: I still find the song enjoyable, and so I guess I'm gonna root for it to do well. But as I said before, I hope not everyone decides to tap into 2 genre audiences like this, or there's gonna have to be genre reform. I like country for what it is. Some pop-country is decent-sounding, and I agree that good songs are good songs, but some songs are just meant for certain genres and not others. I'm ok with this mix, and I do like it. I hope that it is challenged at least by DJ's who won't play it just because it's familiar, and that they don't play it until the country music lover begins to request it. Then I'd be completely fine with it.
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joey2002
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Post by joey2002 on Jun 30, 2010 22:25:17 GMT -5
One thing I like about the country mix is the added solo fiddle just before and just after the chorus.
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Post by BurnItUp (with Kerosene) on Jul 1, 2010 14:55:57 GMT -5
Has it been mentioned who produced the remix? I thought I had read somewhere it was Nathan Chapman, but I might have confused this with another song.
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Post by countryfan2002 on Jul 4, 2010 9:04:00 GMT -5
Allaccess has the country mix up now: [LISTEN] Train - Hey, Soul Sister (Country Mix)
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Rεvôlvεr†
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Post by Rεvôlvεr† on Jul 5, 2010 0:07:31 GMT -5
I like the remix.
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Post by kevin59 on Jul 14, 2010 18:37:05 GMT -5
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