Comments on: Single Review: The Band Perry, “You Lie”

By: Steve Gehlen

Steve Gehlen — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:08:02 +0000

I’ve been listening to country music for over 30 years and have performed and written many songs. My concern is that your review is really narrow minded. These lyrics are a lot of fun (to sing and to listen to). Like a lot of country music, the song doesn’t take itself too seriously and that is a virtue of country over other music genres. This is a well-written song and the performance of it captures the sense of fun the writers were trying to communicate.

I’m afraid it just makes the reviewer look bad because they didn’t get what was intended.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:24:39 +0000

I like this song even less than when I reviewed it and the use of “lie” doesn’t even have much to do with it anymore. Like a number of Brad Paisley songs, the “cleverness” gets old after awhile. Just as I can’t hear the same punch line from a commedian too many times before I stop laughing at the joke, I can’t hear the same gimmicky song without being bored.

By: Sheep

Sheep — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:57:27 +0000

Well I love this song! Honestly, I don’t understand the dislike for the lyrics… or the lyrics of “If I Die Young” either. The Band Perry is becoming my favorite country group. This song is catchy, it makes sense, and its nice and sassy. I agree that the “I oughtta kill you right now…” line is weak, but I thought there were some very funny lines throughout. “You lie like the man with the slicked-back hair who sold me that Ford,” gives me chuckles every time.

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:06:23 +0000

@Ben… I think you are right that lie may not sit right with some people, but it works for me.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:45:33 +0000

This album is very great and sounds very awesome!! I really like it!

By: Jon G.

Jon G. — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:14:57 +0000

Yeah, I suppose I was nitpicking just a little bit on that, Leeann.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:15:00 +0000

I figured their uses for the word “lie” might be a turn-off for some people, but I didn’t mind it. I actually liked this better than “Picture to Burn.” (And while I don’t mind “Picture to Burn” as much as some people do, I can’t think of much stuff Taylor’s done that was worse)

While I didn’t care for the “My daddy’s gonna straighten you out” line, it seemed to me like it was a relatively small part of this song, while that same concept as used in “Picture to Burn” (“Daddy’s gonna show you how sorry you’ll be”) seemed much more central to song’s overall theme. I hope that makes sense.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:24:55 +0000

Yeah, I would have accepted something like “lie like a rug” for what it was, but a whole song that punctuates lying like a liar with examples of slothfulness is too cutesy for me I guess.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:16:01 +0000

I was checking some “lying” songs and found the “lie like a rug” expression in Trisha Yearwood’s “Too Bad You’re No Good”. But as Delbert McClinton sang, in a song he wrote with Gary Nicholson, If you can’t “Lie No Better” than that, you may as well tell the truth.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:25:56 +0000

Jon,
Maybe we’re differing on the meaining of “misused” too?