Comments on: First Round of 2007 Best-of Lists: The 9513, Rolling Stone http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/ Sun, 19 May 2013 05:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Lynn http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13791 Lynn Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:42:02 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13791 That wasn’t my favorite Miranda song on her album, but I do appreciate that she’s getting recognized. I think a lot of rock fans, especially females, would really enjoy Miranda’s music if they gave it a chance. “Guilty in Here” and “Famous in a Small Town” were my two favorites off of Miranda’s album.

]]> By: Brady http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13792 Brady Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:46:16 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13792 I honestly don’t read RS except when I stumble across a review, so I’ll have to take your word for it, Kevin. I don’t agree with a few of their reviews of Gary Allan’s albums and it seems they’re approaching them from the wrong context, but I realize that’s just a few out of many.

]]> By: Peter Kohan http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13795 Peter Kohan Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:13:19 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13795 I don’t know. At some point RS decided to abandon a specific editorial point of view to embrace larger pop culture. I think their music reporting is fine, and some of their reviewers are good, but I see all these 3 and 3 1/2 star reviews that seem to always straddle the fence. When we’re told everything is middle of the road it’s no wonder consumers can’t tell what to buy (or steal). Take a stand and dis a record or champion a record every once in a while.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13794 Kevin Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:46:54 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13794 I agree with you, Pete, in a sense, but I think the dilemma Rolling Stone has is that the anti-establishment classic rock that they championed has become the establishment. I don’t know what the solution is, but for a while now, Rolling Stone has essentially been a solid music magazine without a unifying vision. I still think they write some of the best music reviews out there, but they don’t come together to make a larger statement like they did in the magazine’s heyday.

]]> By: Peter Kohan http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13793 Peter Kohan Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:56:17 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13793 But RS has also become a slave to every fad in hip-hop and pop – far from it’s anti-establishment, “classic” rock origins. I just think they consider most mainstream Country to be not hip enough for the room. That list is riddled with meaningless hip-hop tracks justified because they have a decent beat and a couple of good rhymes here and there.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13797 Kevin Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:25:14 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13797 I dunno, Brady. Rolling Stone isn’t intended to be a country magazine, it’s more of an old guard rock mag in terms of reviews (the covers have been mostly about hot young things to sell copies for a while now.) What tends to show up on their radar is stuff with that type of credibility. Their best album list last year had Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks, Todd Snider and Willie Nelson, all of whom were on mine as well (though Willie was there with a different album), but the rest of the things on my list were way off of their radar, I’m sure.

Honestly, with the state of rock music post-grunge, their lists have become a hodgepodge of genres. I always find them an interesting read, and usually like the country music that they single out, but I wouldn’t use them as a source for country music. Perhaps rock fans who like to dabble in country do, though.

]]> By: Brady http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13796 Brady Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:10:32 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13796 Thanks for the shout out, Kevin. It took us awhile to compile our list, but we finally got around to it. Rolling Stone is pretty worthless when it comes to country music, eh?

]]> By: Matt F. http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13798 Matt F. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:57:37 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13798 I see that Rolling Stone doesn’t care about chart success when rating their songs. If Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (I can’t even recall if it cracked the Top 40 or not) is the highest country song listed, then songs like Moments by Emerson Drive, Find Out Who Your Friends Are by Tracy Lawrence, and a slew of other songs that stations are still playing extensively months after they fell off the chart must be considered garbage by them. Get a clue Rolling Stone! Don’t include country songs if you aren’t going to look at ALL songs for the year.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13799 Kevin Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:58:47 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13799 “Before He Cheats” was on the Rolling Stone list last year, along with “The Long Way Around” by Dixie Chicks.

]]> By: Peter Kohan http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13800 Peter Kohan Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:26:27 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/first-round-of-2007-best-of-lists-the-9513-rolling-stone/#comment-13800 Considering “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” followed directly on the heels of Carrie’s overwhelming success with “Before He Cheats”… which esentially covered the same ground, and did it better, I don’t see how they could rank this in their Top 100 and not rank the Carrie track at all.

This song was my least favorite track on Miranda’s record, because it seemed like a pale attempt on the theme., a caricature from a singer who knows she’s sung better songs And neither of those “I’m angry my man done me wrong songs” mentioned here beat “Mrs. Leroy Brown” by Loretta Lynn.

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