I love modern Country, Pop Country, whatever you want to call it. Great stories, in 3 minutes, the essence of classic Country music. This is my current fave. It’s a fantastic radio song, well sung, and, at 3.03, has a fucking great guitar solo. If you only have 12 seconds to play your solo, you’d better make damn sure it’s as good as this.
You got 12 seconds, son.
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Dammit niallb that’s pretty bloody good. Only moderately spoiled by his affected US twang, but man he can genuinely play. Love it, and as we say around here “thanks for sharing mate”
Ta. Not to everyone’s taste, I’ll grant. I surprise myself sometimes how much I love some of this stuff. And then………
I found myself chuckling when I realised that immediately after posting this, I was on a band’s FB fan page, posting a live Rush track.
Alex Lifeson would have done a better solo too.
Agree that the solo lifts it no end. Also agree as to the generic whiny vocal: is it auto-untunes? Song’s a bit auto-pilot too, IMHO, and I would be happier if he didn’t have to ape the Nashville hatsingers and sang in his own tongue.
Like these guys:
(And I believe they have an new LP out, bout time too)
The Keith Urban tune sums up all that is bad in modern music, bland and overproduced. The Waifs are the antidote. Album due in September, ordered mine last night.
He’s Mr Nicole Kidman fact fans. I saw him do a couple of numbers at Abbey Rd about 10 years ago. He was possibly a new signing to them then and was pretty good as I recall.
I love it Nialb, but I’m a big fan of the likes or Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Kasey Chambers to name a few. Where should I start with Keith Urban album wise, or maybe a collection ?
Strongly agree. Love me some Kasey Chambers .Aussie country is far, far better than you might think it is. And, importantly, she sings in ‘Strine. Which is more than KU does.
Giggling over my cereal as I return to this thread. I posted this track last year, and got a few people’s hackles up. Plus ca change.
@james-taylor I much prefer his older, less manufactured stuff. I started with 2002’s Golden Road which had an avalanche of hits on it, including this beauty. That would be a good starting point. Eric Church & Kacey Musgraves are taking up loads of my listening time too.
Good solo for sure. Not fussed about the song – very miodern Nashville…in fact it couod come from tbe TV show very easily.
Exactly what I was thinking Twang. I thought I liked country music, but I don’t like this. I’ve just started on the Nashville Box set…almost finished the 1st season….and I’ve only heard one song I actually like so far.
Great singers and fantastic guitarists but the songs do nothing for me.
Load of old rubbish if you ask me. Same old three chords, same old bullshit “country” chorus – cop car lights shone your eyes or whatever the fuck it was, bloody hell, this guy is a joke. Guitar solo OK but really – after a million takes with Keith’s budget any competent player could have done it.
This man is totally bogus.
Yup.
Oh – I didn’t even notice the solo.
@mousey – tells us what you really think – don’t hold back
Thanks Niall. I like it. Courtesy of Spotify I play a lot of this sort of stuff. Not sure I hang on to make out too many of the names My S.O is a fan too and we plan a trip to Nashville and Austin and Memphis late summer to live the vibe. Good pop is good pop, Aussie Bro-country pop or whatever the fuck pop.
Why bogus Mousey? Who do you like HP?
I *like* Susanna Hoffs.
Something of a deeper, darker Country mirror and a killer solo too:
Jason Isbell
Children Of Children
Yup, @fin59, love that Jason Isbell track too.
(Am I going mad or has this exact post been on here before.). Anyway, music is very subjective but I absolutely hate this. It’s hokey, hackneyed and dull. I’ve never rated him much as a musician after he made the album with banjo but by his own admission had to use a 6 string banjo because a five string has “funny tunings”. ie open G. Hardly a virtuoso is he?
Country music focus group lyrics. Driving, trespass, all night, tailgate, The Man, innocence, freedom, crazy, your daddy’s gonna kill me. Stick them together in any order and you get “Something about the way the blue light was shining / bringing out the freedom in your eyes.” What, is she astigmatic?
@chilli-ray-virus Your sanity is intact. I posted it last year, got broadly the same reaction. It cropped up at the weekend and I was grinning my head off as I posted it again. It’s just a bit of pop music everyone. Chill out.
We’re all grinning our heads off, too. Nothing we like better than being urged to “chill out.”