Comments on: 400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #225-#201

By: tonio

tonio — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:17:31 +0000

i am so glad to see lacy j. dalton black coffee mentonied she has one hell of a voice and this song fit her so well ihope hillbilly girl with the blues also gets a mention lacy is still one of the most talented people of the 80,s and 90,s

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:08:10 +0000

Sorry for the confusion. Clunky writing on my part.

By: Benny

Benny — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:01:37 +0000

Leeann Ward says “The Tips of My Fingers” is an “Anderson composition from the early nineties”, which makes it sound like Anderson wrote it at that time, but it actually was already a hit four times before: First a #7 by Bill himself as early as 1960 with following versions by Roy Clark (1963, #10), Eddy Arnold (1966, #3) and Jean Sheppard (1975, #16).

By: Derrick

Derrick — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:16:20 +0000

No, both of those songs are from Holding My Own. But you’re right, Chill of an Early Fall is a great album.

@ Razor X: Of course they are. I wasn’t thinking. I guess I really like ‘Holding My Own’, then – but this one is great, too. I think I have been making that mistake for years.

Fortunately, George doesn’t know how to record BAD records. Just good ones and REALLY good ones.

By: Razor X

Razor X — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:26:45 +0000

,i> Good heavens, “Chill of an Early Fall” is a terrific record. The title track is terrific, and aren’t ‘So Much Like My Dad’ and ‘Why Do Trains Make Me Lonesome?’ on that one? No, both of those songs are from Holding My Own. But you're right, Chill of an Early Fall is a great album.

By: dudley

dudley — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:23:58 +0000

I just wanted to thank you for this at the midway point. I checked out of country music when Garth broke through and paid little attention to country outside of the Dixie Chicks from then until the mid-2000s. It’s great to get a primer like this.

By: Derrick

Derrick — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:11 +0000

Good heavens, “Chill of an Early Fall” is a terrific record. The title track is terrific, and aren’t ‘So Much Like My Dad’ and ‘Why Do Trains Make Me Lonesome?’ on that one? But “If I Know Me” is one of my all-time favorite George songs, which makes it among my all-time favorites.

“Dust on the Bottle”, too — that’s one I always crank to the max when I hear it. Gorgeous.

Keep up the great work. These lists kick butt, and we have a long way to go.

By: Kevin John Coyne

Kevin John Coyne — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:19:22 +0000

The whole point of doing a list like this is to remind readers of great songs and introduce them to ones they might have missed. Glad that it’s working!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:52:04 +0000

…i had almost forgotten about lacy j. dalton’s “black coffee”. even beats a starbuck’s hazelnut-cappuchino – and that’s quite a tough one to beat.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:25:54 +0000

More good ones on this list. While reading this, I just had to bring up iTunes and listen to “Everytime I Cry,” “Don’t Tell Me What to Do,” and “Tender When I Want to Be.”

One of the things that I love about “Dust on the Bottle” is the symbolism that adds a special poetic touch to the song. It’s so nice that the song still gets played on country radio today. I wish Pam Tillis and Mary Chapin Carpenter were still getting more spins today.