Comments on: Bucky Covington, Bucky Covington

By: Justa Comment

Justa Comment — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:45:02 +0000

I didn’t care too much for Bucky on AI but I really like “A Different World”. However, I am glad to know that I am not the only one who thought Bucky was too young to sing the song. Either that or life was very different where he grew up. I’m guessing he didn’t write the song though.

Anyway, I think he is 28 ‘ish? I’m 41 and can’t really claim everything he says in his song. Most of it, but not all of it. I’m surprised he did’t sing, “I had to walk 5 miles to and from school, up hill, both ways, in 5 ft of snow”.

Please don’t take this as a bash though. It’s not intended to be. I really like the song.

By: madatthissite.

madatthissite. — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:04:23 +0000

OMG WHO CARES ABOUT CARRIE!! SHUT UP ALREADY!

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Mon, 07 May 2007 03:04:46 +0000

I agree with Joe Sixpack’s opening comment about this album “Loud, bombastic Southern-rock flavored commercial country. American Idol finalist Bucky Covington is a singularly artless singer, but that hardly matters, since the merciless barrage of electric guitars is the real point of this record: it’s all about the formula, and about not giving listeners a chance to breathe the whole time the record is playing.”

I could not have said it better myself – 2 stars and I’m probably being overly generaous

By: COUNTRY BLUE

COUNTRY BLUE — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:24:23 +0000

I am impressed that the CD actually got a 4. I love the song “A Different WOrld” and I really can’t see whats so bad about it. I do admit he’s not AS talented as Carrie, but I think Bucky has it made as far as a style goes. I don’t see why so many people love to bash Idol and Nashville STar singers. It’s either horrible coincidence that they just happen to hate his voice and he was from idol or people have a stupid nitch on their shoulder because they made it “the easy way”. I don’t care either way. I think Bucky belongs in country music and I can’t wait to hear his whole album.

If you’ve been keeping up with Billboard, the people have spoken and they’ve opened their arms to Bucky without question so he’s deffinatly a lot more taelnted than a lot of people put him off to be.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:24:48 +0000

am I the only one who thinks “I’m Good” is biting its main lick from David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision”? that’s gotta be the strangest (unconscious?) cross-genre lift since that Miranda Lambert song that sounded like Radiohead’s “Subterranean Homesick Alien.”

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:54:37 +0000

I normally don’t listen to “Country” music but had caught Bucky on American Idol in the past. The thing that everyone says about the guy being genuine and a everybody’s “nice guy” is absolutely true and is what got me to like him on AI and what got me to give his CD a spin. I like the different tastes you get throughout the album and while his sound isn’t slick and he’ll never be poppy like Carrie Underwood or Kellie Pickler he really sounds great on this debut. Maybe its the aforementioned country/rocker mix that brings me in but I’m mighty surprised I’ve found myself listening to a labeled “Country” artist and this album is darn good regardless. I give it a 4 out of 5!

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:28:58 +0000

I actually like In a Different World, at least the versus. The chorus is kind of lame and bland, but I like Bucky’s voice way more than I thought I would.

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:25:41 +0000

Kevin, I gave it another listen and the biggest problem that I had with the album was that I thought that neither Bucky nor Lyric Street really have any idea who he is as an artist. To me, the album consisted of wanna-be rocker tunes juxtaposed with “country” songs that didn’t consist of anything more than a few gratuitous references to hometowns and dating the preacher’s daughter. The nostalgic tunes on the album seemed very contrived and sounded like Bucky thought he was about 30 years older than he actually is.

Part of it may be that I’ve never been a Southern Rock fan, but I’ve always thought that I could differentiate between good southern rock and bad southern rock and in my opinion this is the worst album I’ve heard in some time.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:10:29 +0000

I don’t agree with either statement, honestly. Carrie’s album has a sampler quality to it. It’s not very cohesive. But the best material on it is exceptional, and her flawless vocals keep even the throwaway songs afloat.

Bucky’s not on par with Underwood as a vocalist, and doesn’t have anything mind-blowingly good on his disc like “Before He Cheats” and “Jesus, Take the Wheel”, but the album has a more consistent sound (once you get past tracks 2 and 3) and I think he establishes himself nicely for a debut record.

Trust me, if you’re judging on “A Different World”, I don’t blame you for your skepticism. I think I may have given that single an F. He sounds terrible on it and it’s a bad song to start with. But the rest of the album was a pleasant surprise.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:52:31 +0000

Dude…just…
How can you compare this to Carrie’s album?
Carrie = one of the cleanest, most well put together neo-country albums ever.
Bucky = a bar singer who sounds like Ricky Lynn Gregg.