Comments on: LeAnn Rimes Takes “What I Cannot Change” to No. 1

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:29:39 +0000

I love the original song!! the lyric is so deep! But I would like to listen the country version of this song, anybody knows where I can get it??

By: Alan in Vermont

Alan in Vermont — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:00:33 +0000

If it weren’t for remixes, I’d never, EVER listen to Country Music. Ever.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:51:20 +0000

all dance remixes of popular songs tend to sound this song and if you go to any dance club that’s not playing hip/hop then you’re likely to hear stuff like this played.

By: Erik North

Erik North — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:46:32 +0000

I’m not particularly thrilled with dance re-mixes of any songs or albums; it almost feels like an attempt from some greedy remix producer to steal your money twice. I’ve heard a dance remix of Faith Hill’s “Breathe”–and as overplayed as the original may have been, I can stand it far more than the remixed version, which is an atrocity, in my opinion.

Kevin: Re. dance music with deep lyrics–I agree with you on there being a certain amount of substance to it. Admittedly, however, I limit myself for the most part to 70s disco (sue me! [LOL]).

By: Razor X

Razor X — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:28:06 +0000

Dance remixes always sound painfully artificial to me. A vocal track that one is intimately familiar with sounds “canned” when the track is changed and all the percussion is added. And the necessary repetition of the lyrics over and over again to fill the extended track don’t make things any better.

I’m listening to the remix of “Get Rhythm” right now. This is the only track I’ve heard from Johnny Cash Remixed, and if this is one of the better tracks, then I have no desire to listen to the rest of the album because I think it’s horrible. Whoever came up with this idea ought to be tarred and feathered. I hope we’re not going to see a whole slew of “remix” CDs from legendary artists. This thing is painful to listen to.

By: Kevin J. Coyne

Kevin J. Coyne — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:44:23 +0000

Jonathan,

I remember when The Onion named SHeDaisy’s “The Whole SHeBang: All Mixed Up” project their most unnecessary album of the year (or something like that), and that’s how I feel about the Cash remix project. I don’t like or dislike it. I just don’t think it establishes a reason to exist. It’s done well enough or poorly enough to be interesting to me.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:49:20 +0000

What’s interesting about the Rimes remix is how it plays against current trends in dance music, which emphasize an icy detachment in most of its female vocalists– Goldfrapp and Rihanna are probably the best examples of this, but it also applies to songs by Annie, Rachel Stevens, and even Kelly Osbourne’s fantastic “One Word.” “What I Cannot Change” is easily the most emotionally lived in vocal turn of Rimes’ career to date, which makes it an unlikely candidate for a dance remix– though she’s had some success on the Club Play / Dance chart previously with “Can’t Fight the Moonlight,” a couple of songs called “Tic Toc” and “We Can” that I’ve never heard, and a remix of “Nothin’ Better to Do.” I don’t think the actual structure or execution of this remix are particularly noteworthy, but it’s at least an interesting song choice, and hopefully it will lead a few people to check out Family, which is a solid album.

Reba’s “You Keep Me Hanging On” has more to do with Kim Wilde’s 80s dance-pop version of the song than The Supremes’ classic single. I don’t think a more Motown-inspired rendition would have suited her any better, though.

And I’m officially on-record about the Johnny Cash Remixed project; “Get Rhythm” is the only remix on the entire album that even halfway works. Stephen Deusner hated it even more than I did, but I still think the project is the very definition of what The AV Club annually dubs “inessential” listening.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:55:13 +0000

I don’t know too much about dance music, to be honest, but I just felt the significance and vocal nuances were lost here with this one.

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:33:33 +0000

I thinks it’s a great thing for LeAnn, she knew her country fans and radio weren’t really trying to get her single heard, so she decided to see if the dance genre. I’ll give the dance charts credit for playing a song with a great meaning(even if it’s over thumping beats), it’s more than I can say for country radio.

By: Kevin J. Coyne

Kevin J. Coyne — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:29:33 +0000

Leeann,

Believe it or not, there’s quite a bit of substance in dance music. I don’t like a lot of it, but the structure of the music does allow for the lyrics to be heard much of the time, even if they don’t kick in until 3 minutes after the song starts. Some of my favorite “deep songs” are from that genre.