Comments on: Best Country Singles of 2008, Part 3: #20-#11

By: Ham

Ham — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:35:25 +0000

I love this blog. Thanks.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:29:04 +0000

good picks! I love the Carrie, Miranda and Sugarland songs in particular.

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:27:02 +0000

Although I wasn’t crazy over Urban’s tune, I thought it was extremely well done: catchy and full of exciting energy. I have similar feelings for Reba’s duet, that even thought I wasn’t in love with it, the attention to detail and powerful vocals helped it soar.

I’m glad to see “Just a Dream” on the list, though I would have marked it slightly higher up.

I have a guess as to what #1 will be, I wonder if it will turn out correct.

By: Chris D.

Chris D. — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:25:22 +0000

Yes Dan, that’s exactly what I was referring to!

By: Dan Milliken

Dan Milliken — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:35:49 +0000

Matt, I can’t speak for anyone, but I really don’t think Chris was trying to make any sort of comment on your list. I think he was just making a comment about mainstream country as a whole (that being that much of it is bad).

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:53:52 +0000

Well, Chris, those artists aren’t on my list either. I did have “Better as a Memory” as a qualifier but it was kicked off.

By: Soul Miner's Daughter

Soul Miner's Daughter — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:28:10 +0000

I would not be surprised to see Keith Urban get an invite to become a member of The Opry.
They are really on a tear to bring in “younger” acts and he certainly brings alot to the genre and Nashville.
Just saying….

Back on topic: That’s not necessarily one of my fave Keith tunes but glad to see him represented.

Randy Houser sounds like Ronnie Dunn. (IMHO)
I do like his music and am thinking Ronnie may have waited too long to put out that solo work.
;-)

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:04:18 +0000

Gail, Keith will be on the Opry December 27th, and it’s definitely a performance I’m looking forward too. Though it’s rare that he makes Opry appearences, lately they have been more frequent than in recent years. It just shows you the kind of respect he has for country, as well as his undying love for the genre. I respect him, and other format superstars such as Carrie Underwood, who take the time to appear on the program whereas other big names don’t.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:33:50 +0000

I agree Beth about Keith! Country or non-country he is loaded with talent!

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:16:56 +0000

Marc, I consider Keith to be more country than some of the other popular acts these days so he gets a pass in my book. That, and he has a good voice and is quite talented in the areas of songwriting and instrumentation, IMO.

Overall I think this list is getting better and better. I’m interested to see what the rest of the list will look like!