Apr 4, 2010
Regular Guy Reviews: Nightjar - Hometown Stranger
A Venn Diagram for Monday
Apr 2, 2010
YouTube Gems: Dirty Sweet
Apr 1, 2010
FWC&G: Rascal Flatts
.99 Review: The Band Perry
.99 Review: The Band Perry - Hip to My Heart*
The People’s Take:
Surefire sign that the endtimes are near! (1 star) - I honestly lost faith in country radio this week when I heard this song. It’s the most trite, sorry and weak excuse for a song I have heard in my life.
- notwithstanding
As Simon would say, Simply Horrible! (1 star) - I’ve been a musician for 34 years, I’ve gone through a lot of different styles (disco comes to mind) but I can honestly say I have never done anything this bad. The lyrics are bad. They may have potential with a good writer! – javajoecool.
My Take:
Scott Borchetta already has the top “country” artist; now he’s aiming squarely at Lady Antebellum with the Band Perry for the top “country band.”
Much to my surprise, this debut single, “Hip To My Heart,” is a great start towards doing just that. It contains such cool phrases like “I like your lips like I like my coca-cola, yeah ooh how it pops and fizzes…” and “purr baby purr go ahead and say the word lets go…” but while these are clearly some of the weakest lyrics of all time, I somehow still find my foot tapping to Kimberly Perry’s kinetic Nettles-like vocal.
Despite the mandolin and fiddle fills this song is far from a country song but as far as mainstream songs go, it feels almost traditional in its arrangement and it clearly has ‘got that something’ “because brother man” The Band Perry “knows how to get hip to my heart” with this guilty pleasure.
Total Value:
.75/.99 So sue me.
Checklist:
(Checklist taking a vacation for a bit)
*Okay.... so this is obviously one of these: ****
Written by Mr. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock fame. Thanks Matt!
Oh, and this song sucks... country or not.