Comments on: CU Roundtable Review: Martina McBride, “I’m Gonna Love You Through It”

By: Sweetcheeks

Sweetcheeks — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:26:40 +0000

I totes agree with Tom: If Martina isn’t happy with some of her recent musical choices before joining the new label, why is she just rehashing those choices with the new song? My guess is Martina is unhappy with the poor chart performance she has experienced in the last four years and hopes that new people and a new label will change that. Maybe she thinks that with a new label this kind of song can do well for her, as it did in the past.

I’d personally like to hear something new from Martina. She is so talented and each of these tug at the heart strings type songs are fine on their own. But she’s done so many of them and I am not interested in yet another one. They are the musical equivalent of those motivational posters in offices: they were cool and inspiring for a short time, but now they are worthy of “demotivational” parodies. Something new – like Teenage Daughters – would be nice.

May all your cheeks be sweet.

By: Erik North

Erik North — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:37:59 +0000

It’s weird, but I’ve not yet been able to really “get into” Martina’s stuff, for the two big reasons cited in this article: a tendency for her to overdo the volume on her voice; and a tendency to go for a lot of overly “significant” songs. As she showed on “Teenage Daughters” and, ten years ago, on the not-often-heard “When God-Fearin’ Women Get The Blues”, she can be of the caliber of Linda Ronstadt and Pat Benatar, two female uber-legends she admires the most. She is slowed down to a degree by not allowing that kind of artistic stretching and risk-taking that is a hallmark of her heroes to become part of her (IMHO).

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By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:41:38 +0000

All right! Can’t wait to read about some of the unreleased songs as well. Great format!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:27:40 +0000

I love this new format. I hope you’ll be doing this roundtable review for albums too?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:24:33 +0000

…interesting concept – the reviewer’s roundtable. the reviews say it all and leeann’s points i can subscribe without another reading.

interesting though, that if martina mcbride hasn’t been quite happy with the way things were going, why isn’t she leaving that trodden trail for good. there’s really no comfort on that shoulder of her career path anymore – seemingly, not for her and surely not for quite a few of us.

By: SamB

SamB — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:54:33 +0000

“The concept is better than the finished product here.”

Totally agree with this, and my thoughts on ‘Teenage Daughters’ are similar. In that case, I thought it was a great concept, mostly well executed, but spoiled by the faux rock-chick vibe the production seemed to be going for.

By: JoJo

JoJo — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:17:03 +0000

Looking forward to more of these Roundtable Reviews!

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:18:33 +0000

Like Ben said, our opinions will vary more as the feature continues, but we decided to start with a song that people are talking about at the moment. Thanks to a reader suggestion, this format will also cover unreleased songs as the feature continues.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:10:45 +0000

None of us were entirely sold on the song, but I think I do see a degree of variance in our respective appraisals of the song. At any rate, I’m sure we’ll see some more widely divergent views in future Roundtables. But it depends on the song.