Comments on: Crystal Gayle Starter Kit

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:40:00 +0000

I was so thrilled to find this well written article on Crystal today, although I am coming to this conversation a year late. Crystal Gayle was the underrated musical genious of her time. Perhaps in the shadows of Loretta, or deluged by artists less gifted than her, but with better gimmicks. I would hear her songs and think, “there is nothing that sounds like that on country radio and no one who has the pipes to back it up.” She also wasn’t afraid to sing about something other than love. Songs like “We Must Believe In Magic”, “Cage The Songbird”, “The Other Side Of Me”, “The Woman In Me”, “Ready For The Times To Get Better”, and “Tennessee” express different emotions; grief, will, self-love and love for home. She had an amazing ability to pick great songs. To this day, all it takes is the first 4 notes of “Baby, What About Me” to flush away the gray of any bad day for me.

I never left Crystal behind in the years that followed her big chart success. I guess its because I have never heard anyone like her, before or since. And now she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, just incase anyone forgot.

Thanks again,
Patrick

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:39:03 +0000

I haven’t forgotten her! She was my childhood hero! :)

By: caj

caj — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:44:04 +0000

Crystal Gayle was my family’s favorite singer. We made many trips with her tapes playing all the way there and all the way back.

I would add two of my personal favorites:
1) Our Love is on the Faultline from True Blue (1983)
2) I Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love from Cage the Songbird (1984)

By: imonli

imonli — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:18:03 +0000

that artis is preety
i hope her sound is good too
i never heard about her song

By: Razor X

Razor X — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:23:33 +0000

Crystal Gayle was one of my favorite artists when I was growing up and I still enjoy listening to her music. I did not initially care for “Till I Gain Control Again” when it was first released, but I’ve grown to appreciate it over the years and now regard it as one of her finest recordings.

By: Cutting the Treacle

Cutting the Treacle — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:21:16 +0000

“So fill me up to the top, whoa don’t you stop ’til I’m over-flowing. Love is the seed and, babe, I need you to keep it growing.”

Hmm. That sounds frankly sexual. I did not pick up on that when I was 6 (as opposed to basically every Conway Twitty song which dripped enough innuendo that even a first grader kind of knew Conway was not talking about a nap when he sang “lay you down”).

By: Cutting the Treacle

Cutting the Treacle — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:13:48 +0000

so just put “half the way” on. flashback to driving to school (1st grade) and listening to the radio.

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Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:25:41 +0000

[...] Country Universe’s Kevin J. Coyne posted a 12-song primer for Crystal Gayle’s catalog. [...]

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:51:35 +0000

I wouldn’t begrudge any of these a place on this list, and have no new songs to add. I will say that of the female crossover acts that were only loosely rooted in country of this era, I still prefer Linda Ronstadt.

By: sheldon

sheldon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:06:17 +0000

Thanks Kevin for this great list – I couldn’t agree with you more on your choices.
Anyone who hasn’t heard “Till I can Gain Control Again” needs to find it…it is a great song, with a great vocal performance from Crystal.
I was lucky enough to meet Crystal in Nashville last October after her Eddie Stubbs interview, and she could not have been nicer or more gracious to the folks there that night. Class act all the way.