Comments on: Sugarland, “Joey”

By: Sweet Scar lette

Sweet Scar lette — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:57:22 +0000

Isn’t it that country music always have these deep feelings and joy in each song and melody? Loving country music is like rock in the most relaxing way.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:27:45 +0000

I had a cousin die in a car accident. He was young (17yrs.old) got drunk and got behind the wheel. His name was “JOEY”. I get goosebumps listening to it..It was written for him I like to think.

By: Jedi

Jedi — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:38:40 +0000

I agree. I couldn’t figure out what the heck the song was referring to. A lost love, a death, a momemnt in time with a friend. It’s way to rambling.

By: rajunqueen

rajunqueen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:30:39 +0000

I was hoping for wishing to be released next.
I really like their cd but do no think this is their stronger song on the album.

By: Canadian Boy

Canadian Boy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:57:10 +0000

That’s wierd I gave the same exact grade on my blog :P.

By: Kevin J. Coyne

Kevin J. Coyne — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:55:32 +0000

Probably an A-. Love on the Inside is my favorite mainstream country album from the past couple of years, though, so I'd be a fan of just about anything they sent to radio from the project.

By: Canadian Boy

Canadian Boy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:02:28 +0000

I really like this song. Out of curiousity what grade would you have given it Kevin?

By: Soul Miners Daughter

Soul Miners Daughter — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:46:05 +0000

Love it. Has been one of my fave on the cd since it came out a year ago. As others have mentioned, I too like the “rambling” as it does echo the frantic thoughts and attempt to reason out a shocking situation. That’s one of my loves of Jennifer Nettles… to really bring a song a whole other dimension. Unlike SO many others on Music Row who basically sing other people’s words, and it comes across exactly as that.

Also “ditto” on the taking risks and fall a little short than see success with repeated formula. I’m so bored with that. I hear an artist has a new song out and I already know it’s going to be one of two or three styles. Shamefully predictable.

By: Dan Milliken

Dan Milliken — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:03:19 +0000

I like the rambling aspect of the song, too. I think it builds a lot of great tension. It’s just the chorus – shouting “Joey, I’m soooo sorrrrrry” just doesn’t pay off all that tension in a meaningful way to me, if that makes sense. I know that it’s supposed to be a “when you can’t find other words to articulate all the tangled feelings, and you feel like saying it enough might somehow bring the person back” thing, but somehow it just doesn’t translate well to song for me. (And I apologize if that sentence sounds like I’m mocking people who find themselves in that situation; I don’t mean to, but it’s a hard thing to describe.)

The weird thing about this song and Bill Anderson is that it doesn’t sound at all like any other song of his I’ve ever heard. I was really surprised to learn he was part of it when the album came out, to the point where I kind of wonder how much of a hand he really had in the finished song, at least creatively speaking (he could have just made technical suggestions about rhymes or something). That’s the only reason I didn’t call him out in the review itself; he just doesn’t seem like a big part of the song to me.

It’s a good point about his longevity, though – whatever the size of his contribution, he definitely deserves kudos for being willing to sit down with the younger faces of the genre and contribute to the its future. I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing more songs with his name on them.

J.R.,

I definitely agree with that. I would rather see them take risks and fall a little short than see them succeed with the same formula over and over again.

…Man, I hate when my comments end up longer than the review.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:22:20 +0000

This is really a risky release given it’s subject matter and the abstractness of the lyric. One of my favorite things about Sugarland is that they are taking these risks and keeping country radio interesting.