Comments on: Keith Whitley or Alison Krauss & Union Station, “When You Say Nothing At All”

By: sammy kershaw

sammy kershaw — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:47:03 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:26:19 +0000

Another comment about John Anderson. Was he forced to release the song: ‘Justa Swingin’? I reach for the ‘next song’ button everytime I hear it.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:10:27 +0000

I forgot John Anderson. My bad. Thanks for reminding me.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:06:30 +0000

I agree with the John Anderson comment. I heard Frizzell’s smooth voice when I was clicking into Old Nashville stuff on YouTube.

At the time Frizzell was living I was still not into country as I was turned off by the Ronny Milsap/Charlie Daniels/Bert Renolds Movies/etc ‘country scene’ at the time and got into Michael Jackson and U2 and college dance stuff, etc. I never left George and Johnny and Willie, but I bought a John Anderson CD a few years ago and said ‘Wow’.

Anyway, I was drilling into more of Whitley and listened to the I Did Everything Hank Did, but Die’, and a few others. I then came across this song and it probably is the best song he recorded that I heard on YouTube. Then it was after I heard his main repetoire, that I clicked into the Lorrie Morgan/Geraldo interview, where they said he was dead, and so I kinda had a mini-mourning for this guy. I think he was just starting to work with better material. I don’t know how many songs he actually wrote himself, as he didn’t write this one. But I like John Anderson better. JA’s songs carried deeper meaning and I think he sings better too. But this Whitley song is now in my permanent country collection as a ‘must have’. It is sad and I was shocked to find Lorrie has since twice remarried and now she is married to Sammy Kershaw (who is just OK in my book). But she is so hot and sounds so good that everyone that sees her falls in love with her. So I have a lot of respect for Whitley as he got her to marry him and have kids together. This is sadder than Tammy passing away and wondering what George was thinking.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:32:31 +0000

That ’side of the mouth’ delivery of a lyric that marked Frizzell’s singing has only been heard on Whitley and early George Strait recordings …

are we forgetting John Anderson here? LOL

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:28:12 +0000

I liked the song so much that I used Alison’s version at my wedding.

I think I’ve only heard Keith’s version once and I wasn’t used to it ’cause I heard Alison’s version first.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:10:55 +0000

That ‘side of the mouth’ delivery of a lyric that marked Frizzell’s singing has only been heard on Whitley and early George Strait recordings …

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:33:27 +0000

I’ve always regard Keith Whitley’s version of the song as the definitive recording of the song.

That said, I also like Alison’s shimmering recording of the song – as covers go, it is very good. It’s just not as good as the original, Alison simply doesn’t have that “Lefty Frizzell” influence in her voice that makes Keith’s voice so perfect for this particular song

By: Eleven

Eleven — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:33:17 +0000

I like both versions as I find it interesting to hear the male v. female perspective.

HOWEVER, I never cared for the remix. They are at slightly different tempos and it just sounds too forced, too …. I don’t know, just don’t care for it.
It was infact pieced together by a Nashville dj basically for local play, ie. his show…. and the rest is history.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:09:32 +0000

Here it is.