Feb 4, 2009

.99 Review - Keith Urban

This is a little late since this is knocking on the door of the top 10 and all, but here ya go...

Keith Urban - Sweet Thing

The People's Take
Keith's Sweet Thing (4 Stars) – Yes, girls keith was probably writing & singing about the newest sweet thing in his life. SUNDAY ROSE, his brand new daughter..... Oh well we can only wish that he is singing this great song to one of us girls....LOL
-bshimoura

Good but still not as good as pre-Pain, Love and the Whole Crazy thing. (3 Stars) – I like it but only about as good as Once in a Lifetime and could be so much more creative. The chorus is incredibly catchy and back to Urban's old country-self but the beginning is a complete ri-off.
A. Listen to the drum intro of "I Told you so", It is exactly the same as "Sweet Thing".
B. What is with the talking for everything but the chorus? I mean seriously you've been working on this for two years and you could only think of a melody for the chorus? I expected so much better. That is the reason it didn't get #1 on the charts.
Please somebody give me back the singer who used to sing amazing #1 hits like "Better Life" and "Tonight I wanna cry". I hear it in there it is just hiding.
-Ricky Suave

He is the sweetest thing from Georgia to Tennesee (5 Stars) – I think Keith and his music are the best thing in the whole world, he rocks so much!
Keep it up as the days go by.
-Duncan Kane


My Take
Welcome to Urban country. Rocking guitar, addictive hook, up-tempo tune, chick-friendly lyrics, a little plucking banjo so it qualifies as country. There you have it... the formula for a successful Keith Urban song. So do I like it? Well... yes. It's a great driving song and I found myself tapping my foot and singing along (making sure no one was looking - I don't live by the "dance like no one's watching" axiom) by the third play. I'm a snooty alt-country, traditional country and indie rock fan so I shouldn't like this (or admit it if I do)... but I dig it. It's completely unoriginal and it's perfect Clearchannel background music... but it's so well done. It's a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but one made with fresh Sara Lee white bread, crunchy Jif, the sweetest grape jelly and served with a big glass of cold milk. The Checklist isn't really necessary this time - Keith songs are hits, period - but we'll use it anyway. Hey, my first "positive" Ninety-nine Cent Review!

Total value: .84/.99






















The Checklist
Church/God
Mama
Boots
Name Dropping
Dying Person
County Fair
Lost Love
Check mark symbolLove
Hometown Pride
Kindly Advice
Truck
Whiskey
Beer
Check mark symbolLife Affirmation
USA
Soldiers
Check mark symbolPop Sheen
Check mark symbolStar Power

Fun With Charts and Graphs


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Feb 3, 2009

Fun With Charts & Graphs

Now that I think about it, this is actually probably not too far from the truth.


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