Riding high on the success of his massive pop/R&B hit “Last Night,” country superstar Morgan Wallen has announced plans to follow that up in coming weeks with a country remix, or re-imagining to be exact, of the crossover smash.
The tune, which has received massive country airplay despite being released to pop radio, will receive quite a makeover for this incarnation. Instead of the jaunty, beat-driven acoustic guitar, there will be crying steel guitar. The hip, monotone reading of the lyrics will be replaced by a slow, note-bending drawl of the sort once employed by Lefty Frizzell. There may even be some audible fiddle, clearly signaling a radical departure for the genre-conquering Tennessee boy.
Whether this release will continue Wallen’s winning streak is yet to be determined, but many behind the scenes are questioning the move. "Who's gonna play it? I mean, this thing is like, old-timey sounding and stuff," said Clearchannel country radio DJ Trey Turner. "You can't do …the griddy to it, I don't like it," complained Kawntrygull56 who replied to a snippet of the song on Wallen’s Facebook page.
Morgan, for his part, maintains that this will play to a new demographic he hasn't reached before. "The people who actually like the organic, authentic-sounding stuff like Merle Hagrid and Alan Strait [sic].” said Wallen, preening his famous mullet, “That's an audience we haven't spoken to yet."
Adapted from Country California fake news story originally posted Wednesday, July 22, 2009
I hope so, but since I'm recognizing today's date as March 31, I think that our legs are most likely being pulled here. Last year on or about this date, we were set to get a Dangerous Live album with tons of duets with other stars. The big giveaway for me was that some fans knew who all had been on stage with him during the Dangerous tour, and that Lambert wasn't one of them.
ReplyDelete"Farce the Music" might just be a clue, too.
DeleteIs this real? I thought it was a country song.
ReplyDeleteNo it’s not real!
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