Showing posts with label Russell Dickerson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russell Dickerson. Show all posts
Jul 8, 2022
Jun 22, 2022
3 Up, 3 Down: Jackson Dean, Dustin Lynch, Jelly Roll, etc.
3 Up
Jelly Roll - Son of a Sinner
Yeah, that Jelly Roll. The one we’ve made fun of before when running down stereotypes of hick-hop fans and artists. Mr. Roll, who’s mostly known for his country rapping, has been hiding (from those of us who haven’t actually listened to his music, his fans knew) a true talent: one hell of a soulful voice. He’s also a solid songwriter, co-writing this one with Ernest (of “Flower Shops”) and David Stevens. There isn’t a ton of new ground broken in these lyrics, but they’re moving enough, and real enough to be a definite standout on the country chart. But again, the thing is that Jelly Roll sings the hell out of this song, and it’s impressive.
A
Jimmie Allen - Down Home
There are several other songs on the charts I like more than this one that I could have included. It’s squarely in the pocket of the current pop-country sound-scape with its production and some of the cadence. However, it’s well sung, not overly bro-or-boyfriend-country, and I like the direction Jimmie is moving. This is just kind of an atta-boy I’m putting out into the world in hopes he’ll keep going toward a more organic sound. Allen has the talent and authenticity to move the needle. Neither a ‘change the channel’ song nor a guilty pleasure, it’s a song that shows promise and it’s catchy enough to tap your foot along to and not feel like you’re being overly pandered to.
C+
Jackson Dean - Don't Come Lookin'
When this song first came out, I gave it a quick listen and liked it enough to put it on my “Mainstream Country That Doesn’t Suck” playlist. Then I forgot about it. I was sampling the country station a few weeks back and heard a swampy country rock song that sounded so different from what else they were playing I had to Google the lyrics and see who sang it. It was this song (duh, I’m old and forgetful). Anyway, this rocks, in a bluesy redneck kind of way. Sure, it’s a song about getting away from it all out in the country, but there are no bonfires, beers, hotties, or the typical fare of pop-country. Jackson leaves the specifics out for you to fill in yourself. You don’t have to be spoon-fed.
B+
3 Down
Russell Dickerson ft/Jake Scott - She Likes It
Russell has recently made comments about how he doesn’t like us. You know, us… the ones who want modern country to have some kind of ties to its roots. This song is just a big ole poke in the eye to let us know he was serious. He’s gonna take his music in whatever direction he pleases and call it country, and screw you boomers. Most of Russell’s music prior to this song has been potboiler boyfriend country with no particular personality, and he hasn’t sold many records. So this is what you do to sell records. It’s still boyfriend country; he’s just dialed up the pop influences to 10 to make it sound more hip. Because twang and traditional instruments don’t sell, right Tyler Childers and Cody Jinks? This is flat out terrible and I wouldn’t like it even if it was marketed as pop.
F
Dustin Lynch - Party Mode
The first time I heard this song, the first verse lulled me into thinking it might be a tolerable song. Then the chorus hit. It’s like the writers said “What if we made the verses kind of a throwback 90s/00s sound that pulls people in, and then throw a big pile of fresh dog shit in their face?” It’s so bad, the relatively decent verses can’t even pull the grade up. If you were driving with the windows down to the first 43 seconds of this song without ever having heard it, and stopped at a light when the chorus hit, you’d strain your shoulder reaching to turn it off or roll the window up before anyone nearby could hear you listening to that insipid, embarrassing dreck. Pretty sure Dustin is just aiming for Tik-Tok virality with this nonsense. You know, just like Hank would’ve done.
D
Chris Janson - Keys to the Country
This song is far more “country” than the other two selections above, but it’s a sub-genre you may remember with disgust: Bro-country. Yeah, it ain’t completely dead. I read the lyrics a few weeks ago before actually listening, and just rolled my eyes (as much as you can while reading something). Been there done that to infinity and beyond. Hearing it today for the first time was a slightly better experience, but affirmed the “bro country” label. Unlike a lot of the cookie cutter dude-bros, Chris has some real talent. Wish he’d show it off a bit more often, but when you’re trying to clamber up from C-list to B-list, I guess you have to make some concessions. Also “I ain’t got the key to the city, but I got the keys to the country” doesn’t hit as a hook the way they think it does… comes off flatter than Highway 61. (Note, there are several songs worse than this on the charts… looking at you Walker Hayes… but I wanted some variety on this post)
C-
Mar 17, 2022
Top 10 Traits for Getting a Country Record Deal 2022
10. A built in audience of TikTok fans you duped into thinking you were talented
9. A gym membership
8. Generic, character-free male country voice
7. Willingness to be an opening act forever (females)
6. Willingness to be a headliner with your own bus right out of the gate (males)
5. Ability to politely say nothing with many words, when asked about a serious topic in an interview
4. Strong knowledge of hair care techniques, including advanced shampoo and condition, heat protection, volumizer, mousse, and shine serum
3. Have large or new family and only talk about them ever and nothing else
2. Musical inspirations must include at least 3 of the following: 21 Pilots, John Mayer, Lil Wayne, Drake, Ariana Grande, Sugar Ray, Kanye, Keith Urban, Imagine Dragons, Taylor Swift (pop era).
1. Be boring as dry dog shit
Feb 21, 2022
Dec 14, 2021
Predicting 2022 in Mainstream Country Music
By Bobby Peacock
• Russell Dickerson revealed to actually be a deepfake
• Bobby continues to be the only person on the entire Internet not to like Lainey Wilson
• Luke Combs hits #1 with "Beer,” which is just him singing the word "beer" over and over again for four minutes
• Walker Hayes gets his second #1 with a cover of the "Chili's Baby Back Ribs" jingle
• Niko Moon runs crying to his mom when his next single fails to chart at all; claims radio PDs called him a poopyhead
• In an unprecedented move, Lauren Alaina records a duet with herself
• Kelsea Ballerini and HARDY propose to record a duet; plans canceled when they can't agree on which letters in the title should be capitalized, if any
• Jordan Davis buys dirt; realizes he can't find the one he can't live without; sells dirt
• Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, John Rich, Travis Tritt, and Aaron Lewis record a collab called "Red Voters with Blue Balls (Let's Go Brandon)"; song's lyric video gets deleted from YouTube for hate speech
• Brantley Gilbert actually does release the worst country song of all time -- oh wait, he already did that with "Bottoms Up"
• All four members of Parmalee discovered working at the same Arby's in Nashville
• Man previously caught sporting public erection due to Turnpike reunion hospitalized for priapism
• Cole Swindell gets his first celeb endorsement: his own personal line of Miracle Whip
• In an even more unprecedented move, Morgan Wallen releases a cover of Western Flyer's "Cherokee Highway"
• Bobby makes another stupidly long"best of the decade" list largely composed of songs that neither Trailer nor any Farce the Music reader has ever heard before
Jul 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
Mean Girls Country Reaction Gifs
When your friends went to a Brent Cobb/Kendell Marvel show without you
Stop making fun of Russell Dickerson's hair?
When Johnny Paycheck visited a school back in the day
This mom definitely likes Kane Brown
When you listen to Conway Twitty with your lady
Hey, you wanna hear this new Brian Kelley EP?
Niko Moon's songwriting process
If you're wearing a Dan + Shay t-shirt
Mar 12, 2021
Sleep Doctors Recommend Modern Country Radio as Sleep Aid
Lately, many sleep doctors are turning to an unusual therapy to cure insomnia: country music. Well, modern mainstream country radio, to be more precise. Studies have found the popular genre to be effective in nearly 72% of cases overall.
Dr. Lenox Knox of Chicago was the first sleep specialist to discover the unlikely health aid. “I had a patient in my waiting room who told us he hadn’t slept in 4 straight days who was sound asleep.” said Knox. “We were playing a satellite country station over the speakers… I believe the artist was Dan and Jay or something like that.” “Long story short,” he continued. “We did a mini study on the patient, removed all other variables, and it was unquestionably the pop-country music that cured him.”
While official clinical trials are yet to take place, several of Knox’s associates report similar success.
“We had a woman who was unresponsive to medication who basically passed out on the examination table when we played her the latest song from an artist called Niko Moon.” said Dr. Terry Temple of Shreveport. “We’re discovering that it’s not country music in general that is causing this effect on her and other patients, but specifically the style that is currently popular on mainstream radio stations.”
“With mid-tempo “vibe” oriented soundscapes dominating the format right now, our patients are honestly just bored to sleep,” said Knox. “To put it un-clinically, their minds just shut off due to the drudgery and sameness.”
When questioned about why the style of music was so effective in helping the sleep-challenged resume a healthful pattern of rest, Temple theorized that “it’s the lack of sharp ‘real’ drum sounds, the sonic malaise of similar tempos, and the unchallenging subject matter, but that’s just a guess; I don’t mean to blindly group Kane Bryan, Dick Russelton, and all those other artists together.”
Feb 25, 2021
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Jan 21, 2021
Ted Lasso Country Reaction Gifs
When one bad pop-country artist has a hit with the least country song ever, the next bad pop-country artist is like...
Oh, did I get Russell Swindell mixed up with Jordan Rice?
Some people think Sam Hunt is country and...
(they're all wrong)
Wanna hear a song from a guy who a major paper describes as the next emo-rap country star?
Me after getting in a Twitter spat with Blake Shelton
When the car beside you is blasting Kane Brown
When some Aaron Lee Tasjan comes on
When Shooter Jennings sees his manager for the first time in a while
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