Stole this "prayer" from my Facebook/altcountrytab.ca buddy, Chuck Hodges and added a little imagery. It ain't right... but it's soooo funny.
Apr 21, 2010
In the Year 2030 #3
•Murder rates and crystal meth production in the rural south drop to lowest levels in history; Drive-by Truckers disband
•Kenny Chesney puts out a song about his old blue Craftmatic adjustable bed
•Justin Bieber reaches puberty
•After talking about it for 21 years, Kellie Pickler finally releases a traditional country album
•Ke$ha named Best New Artist at CMAs
•A new genre called funktry fuses 70's funk with 90's style country - cowboy hat and shiny pink glasses clad Bootsy Brooks is its biggest star
•Potheads flock to Willie Nelson's grave for contact high
•Rappers, having run out of clever ways to refer to a woman's posterior, release hit songs with titles like "Jostle Yo Heinie Thang" and "I Want Your Ass Cheeks Against My Crotch While We Dance."
•Keith Richards, the only surviving member of the Rolling Stones, is arrested for possession of cocaine at a London nursing home
•Chinese Democracy 2 released, wheelchair-bound Axl tours with entirely computerized backing band whom he despises
Apr 20, 2010
Leann and her beau at the ACM's: A Closer Look
.99 Review: Dierks Bentley - Up on the Ridge
Dierks Bentley - Up on the RidgeListen to it here.
The People's Take:
c'mon dierks (1 Star) - sounds like all his other songs but worse. c'mon dierks, your a better artist than this
-Gliko30
New Direction (5 Stars) - Great new song from Dierks. His sound sounds great and like something he has never done before! Very bluegrass. Can't wait for the new album!!!!
-timmerwoj
My Take:
So this is the first single from Dierks' long rumored bluegrass album that ended up being consolidated into this year's regular release from him... Well since "Up on the Ridge" is neither traditional bluegrass nor typical radio country fare, I can only assume they put songs from each genre into a musical version of the large hadron collider and smashed them into one another, creating a hybrid of the two (the subsequent energy release creating a chain of seismic events that led to the eruption in Iceland).
To be honest, I hated this the first time I heard it, mostly because the first version I heard was a crappy low bitrate internet rip (remember the early Napster days with the beeps and boops and static?) - which made the chorus sound pretty much like a cow mooing (which my wife thinks Dierks sounds like anyway). So anyway, I purchased the proper single today on iTunes and was pleasantly surprised.
Lyrics aside, this is a fresh sounding song that will stand out on Clearchannel radio. It's not bluegrass, but there's plenty of plucking around. It also features a moaning, understated chorus that stubbornly refuses to jab you with a sharp hook but reels you in only after repeated listens. Doubtful you'd see most of Dierks' contemporaries go without a soaring or raging chorus.
Lyrically, it's nothing you haven't heard before - a song about taking it easy in the great outdoors - though it does hint at the usage of intoxicating substances beyond just the moonshine mentioned (and it was released on 4/20... cute).
Playing like a more laid back version of Brad Paisley's "Mud on the Tires," "Up..." is a refreshingly low key tune that should be played around many a bon/campfire this spring and summer. For a couple of reasons already mentioned, I won't swear it's top 5-bound, but commercial radio needs more songs like this.
Total Value: .84/.99
The Checklist:
Church/God
Mama
Boots
Name Dropping
Dying Person
County Fair
Lost Love
•Love
Hometown/Country Pride
Kindly Advice
Truck
•Whiskey (moonshine)
Beer
•Life Affirmation
USA
Soldiers
Pop Sheen
Star Power
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