Comments on: Single Review: Carrie Underwood, “Mama’s Song”

By: Trashed | jessicaf1290

Trashed | jessicaf1290 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:07:19 +0000

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By: tom

tom — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:18:35 +0000

this song is boring, slow and just down right unpleasant. This song repeats itself over and over again. songs like this make country music as a whole, look bad. Every time I hear this song I just hate it. It’s not country music.

By: Codec

Codec — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:22:28 +0000

Now this song is what i would call boring

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:59:33 +0000

“Most of Carrie’s songs have shot up the Country charts so slow…”

That doesn’t even make sense, I meant fast.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:58:50 +0000

Most of Carrie’s songs have shot up the Country charts so slow that I thought “Mama’s Song” would fail compared to her previous releases.

Consider how shocked I was when I saw today’s Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and saw it had climbed all the way up to #2.

Is Carrie going to hit #1 on the chart AGAIN? Even if she doesn’t, “Mama’s Song” would still continue Carrie’s streak of EVERY single one of her officia since “Jesus Take the Wheel” hitting #2 (three songs) or #1 (the rest).

What will Carrie have to release that country radio WON’T play?

By: radnor

radnor — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:22:34 +0000

Tara – I see what you mean about mentioning home etc and it works for a personal picture of Carrie the person, but I think Carrie the role model is what Carrie may have tried for in in this song and video also and the lyrics are an important message to young hopeful girls, especially today, that there are good people out there and that they should wait for someone who will treat them good and keep promises and not settle for an abuser or a cheater which so many do. The other message is to honor your mother -
to other posters- as for Carrie’s charity to her hometown,right now they are building a new animal shelter because of Carrie’s generosity AND I am a fan of Carrie’s and other singers and I find Country Universe to be very fair in articles and comments. That’s why I read the blogs here.

By: Zack

Zack — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:09:18 +0000

Tara– That video encompasses all of the reasons why I love Ms. Underwood, she is a VERY modest person and has always been someone with their feet on the ground. This video shows the reasons why Underwood is the perfect ambassador for Country music [humbleness, apreciation for her roots, kindness, and I could go on and on... it also helps that she has got one heck of a voice] in its’ modern years.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:22:32 +0000

Enjoyed that video, Tara. Carrie seems so sincere.

By: Tara Seetharam

Tara Seetharam — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:21:32 +0000

K, to be clear: my opinion of the video (and song) is separate from my opinion of Carrie & Mike. My comment was referring strictly to the video. By no means do I think Carrie needs to prove to the public that she’s in a loving, committed relationship. As a fan of Carrie the “person,” I see that, and I know that.

But if you examine the song on its own, devoid of context, it comes off as slightly one-dimensional, because it was clumsily written. The video adds depth to the song and, at least for me, gives it a different, more profound meaning. Telling your mother that you’ve found “home” with your soul mate is much more beautiful to me than telling your mother that you’ve found someone who keeps his promises and treats you right. The scenes in the car really capture that peaceful feeling of “home.”

Maybe I’m just a sap.

Wildcat, have you seen this?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfqY-fVB9Cc

By: K

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:07:53 +0000

Tara,

You made some excellent points, many of which I agree with. However, I think my prospective is a bit different, possibly due to the fact that I think Carrie and Mike have done more than enough to show their love and commitment to each other, and visual elements have little to do with how people view them as a couple.

The video does enhance that, but I don’t think it shows anything groundbreaking that Carrie fans didn’t already know based on her public commments and such.

I mean no disrespect to Carrie or the director- the video is beautifully done, emotional, and heartfelt. I can certaintly see how the video would alter the prospectives of some fans though.

Wildcat,

Where in the world would you get the idea that Carrie “despises her own hometown? I’ve always gotten the impression that Carrie is extremely loyal to Oklahoma, and she mentions her roots every chance she gets. Are you aware she started her own foundation to help her hometown, and she’s donated her own money to bulid an animal shelter there?