Comments on: Best Country Singles of 2009, Part 2: #20-#1

By: Vance

Vance — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:02:31 +0000

I agree with everything that Razor X has mentioned in this blog post.

By: Stephen H.

Stephen H. — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:58:56 +0000

Treacle,
How does “Welcome to the Future” “anger, intimidate or incite” anybody? How does it “make [people] behave in ways that are inimical, and often harmful to their personal or group interests”?

By: David Konzerte

David Konzerte — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:17:23 +0000

Fully agree with #1 but Taylor Swift two times? come on! ;)

By: Cutting the Treacle

Cutting the Treacle — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:56:48 +0000

KJC: “I don’t think you have an understanding of what “race-baiting” actually means.”

Me: I think I do.

TS: “I think the better comparison is “Fifteen” and “Letter to Me”.”

Me: Agreed. But “Fifteen” is still a much better written song. I actually liked “Letter to Me”, but Brad Paisley captured something about what it’s like to be Brad Paisley. Taylor Swift captured something about what it’s like to be fifteen. That’s the difference for me.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:08:05 +0000

I don’t think you have an understanding of what “race-baiting” actually means.

By: Tara Seetharam

Tara Seetharam — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:31:40 +0000

I think the better comparison is “Fifteen” and “Letter to Me”.

By: Dan Milliken

Dan Milliken — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:33:17 +0000

Treacle and I are actually somewhat in agreement on this point, although I like both singles. I think “Welcome to the Future” succeeds more as a record (i.e., because of its production and overall feeling) than as a piece of songwriting. “Fifteen” was my #1 choice, although I think the production could have been a little better.

By: Cutting the Treacle

Cutting the Treacle — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:28:35 +0000

Gus: “Fifteen??? You gotta be kidding!”

It’s the best written song of 2009 and one of the best of the decade.

Compare “Welcome to the Future”, which is the most overrated song of the year with its marveling at decades old technology (phone games, video conferencing) and crass race-baiting. You’d think Brad Paisley and his committee of co-writers would have been able to ace a teenage girl.

By: Gus

Gus — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:49:21 +0000

Fifteen??? You gotta be kidding!

By: Canadian Boy

Canadian Boy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:47:23 +0000

Well I’m pleasently surprised to see that “Sissy’s Song” at number one even though it won’t be number one on my own list. Not particularly fond of “You Belong With Me” but I do enjoy “Fifteen”. I would have switched a lot of songs in the top 20 for the ones in the ones in the top 40. I’m also disappointed that none of Miranda Lambert’s songs mde the list as I consider both “Dead Flowers” and “White Liar” to be amongst the best of the year. Still a list that introduces me to The Civil Wars can’t be all that bad :)