Single Review: Kenny Chesney - Come Over

Kenny Chesney - Come Over

(click to hear the song/see the video)

Looks like he's finally embracing his baldness.

When I heard this song for the first time on the CMT Awards last week, I remarked that I'd rather listen to paint dry. This was before I'd actually paid any attention to the lyrics. In the beginning of the song, ol' Kenny is flipping the TV off and on and watching the ceiling fan spin. So, pretty much, I described the song perfectly without even giving it much mind.

It's nice to see that Kenny has continued releasing more mature songs lately, like last year's gem "You & Tequila" and the somewhat duller "Somewhere With You." He's finally realizing he can't put out the same old beach song with different words for every single. That said, he hasn't yet grasped the concept that adult life doesn't have to sound boring, even if it is quite often more regimented and expected. 

This is another grown-up "booty call" song. The theme is much more exciting than the vehicle and the delivery. Unmemorable and dry, nothing in this song will stick with you besides the droning repetition of "come over come over come over" over and over. Chesney sounds as bored as the listener does.

Two lonely adults living lifeless lives, hooking up more out of malaise than even habit or fading passion - at least, that's what the delivery tells us, if not the words. It's a sad subject and a sadly spiritless release.

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