Comments on: Joey + Rory, “To Say Goodbye”

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:57:24 +0000

way over the top, yet quite touching and beautifully delivered – no doubt, a country song.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:38:34 +0000

LOVE this song.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:26:12 +0000

I’m mixed about “How Do You Get ?That Lonely.” While, in the end, it’s not a song that I’m really drawn to, there’s a truth to it that I admire about it. It’s a little overblown, but I suppose the subject matter calls for it…and it’s not something that people sing about much these days. So, I kind of like it and I kind of don’t.

As for this song, it’s, admittedly, my least favorite on the album, but Joey’s performance knocks it out of the park.

By: James S.

James S. — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:19:07 +0000

Very nice. I agree that the performance and arrangement keep it from being too sappy. I never could get into “How Do You Get That Lonely,” though.

By: Kevin J. Coyne

Kevin J. Coyne — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:08:13 +0000

Thanks for the songwriting correction, Matt.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:28:20 +0000

My only real issue with this song (which I love, btw), is that it’s too short. It feels like it’s going to have a traditional three-verse structure, and then it just stops after the second. I just end up feeling a bit short-changed.

By: Matt. B

Matt. B — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:21:16 +0000

Joey, Rory and Jamie Teachenor wrote the song, not PJM and RLH (who wrote the title track. Other than that bit of info, I agree w/the review.

Also, the first verse WAS about 9/11.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:19:13 +0000

Agree with you assessment of the song. In the first story, I wonder if the writers had the 9/11 plane crash victims in mind since the cd was released in ’08 and the lyrics speak of the crash happening 7 years ago. I think Joey and Rory’s debut cd “The Life of a Song” is very impressive.

Rory Lee Feek co-wrote Collin Raye’s “Someone You Used to Know”, Blake Shelton’s “Some Beach”, Catherine Britt’s “Upside of Being Down” and Blaine Larsen’s “How Do You Get That Lonely”. The last song I think also avoided being hopelessly maudlin.

My wife and I went to see Feek and fellow songwriters Tim Johnson, Jamie Teachenor and Helen Darling at the Bluebird Cafe in March of ’07. One of the “guest” performers that evening was Joey Martin.