Comments on: 100 Greatest Men: #76. Keith Urban

By: The Confessor

The Confessor — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:14:49 +0000

I’m a rather finicky listener, and I’ve only become more so as my musical tastes have expanded to include more genres.

Some songs I just vehemently dislike, and once an artist has released such a song it takes something pretty extraordinary to get back into my good graces.

Your Everything just wasn’t that good a song, the video was unimaginative, someone seemed to have grafted pubic hair below Keith Urban’s lower lip, and the damned thing was absolutely ubiquitous on CMT during its chart run. Utterly inescapable.

That song put him on my shit list, where he stayed until I first heard You’ll Think of Me, a fantastic song performed quite well. After that, I gave the rest of his catalog a second look and found I’d missed the genesis of an extraordinary artist.

By: Adam James

Adam James — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:37:21 +0000

Keith’s awesome, and that’s putting it mildly. If the only album he’d ever released was “Golden Road,” he’d still justify a high spot on the list imo. I agree that his last few albums haven’t quite been the same, but I’m glad to see he’s in a better headspace now than he was before (the “poor-me-I’m such-a-f**k-up songs were starting to get tired to me honestly).

And “You Look Good In My Shirt” is an awesome track. I’d definitely add that one to the essential singles. Definitely a song I wish I’d written! Viva la Keith!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:09:28 +0000

More essential singles, in my opinion:

“Better Life”
“Once In a Lifetime”
“Raining On Sunday”
“Sweet Thing”
“Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me”
“You’re My Better Half”

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By: RowdyRed

RowdyRed — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:52:50 +0000

“You Look Good In My Shirt” is a guaranteed grinner for me, whenever it’s on the radio — which is still quite often. And “Somebody Like You” is the very definition of a benchmark song in an artist’s career. It became his essential sound and it’s so wonderfully sunny, it too never gets old.

When you combine writing with live performance with scorching guitar talent, you have the second triple-threat artist (along with BP) justly selling out shows and making great singles in the business today. He still sounds like no one else and has no imitators. Unique, very nice on the eyeballs and seemingly a great guy, what more could anyone ask? He definitely belongs on this list, and like Brad, I’d have expected him to land higher. He’s the kind of contemporary country I love!

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:38:03 +0000

Keith Urban is the best and deserves to be number one!! He is the best singer, songwriter, entertainer, performer, musician, and multi-instrumentalist EVER!! I have been to his last three concerts and have loved them all. The Get Closer Tour is the Best!! His music has helped me survive having my stroke, death, and cancer!! He is so caring and giving. He can play any instrument and can sing. I have been to a lot of rock concerts and no one is better than Keith Urban. I plan to go to attend his future concerts as well. His music always sets the tone for Country Music!! God Bless!! How can anyone say he is not the best entertainer, singer, songwriter in all genres of music!! God Bless!!

By: Kent

Kent — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:38:42 +0000

I finally gained an appreciation for Keith Urban with Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Thing, particularly with “I Told You So” and “Everybody”. And I haven’t enjoyed him nearly as much since.

By: LISA

LISA — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:12:20 +0000

i love keith urban. all his cd are good

By: Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:09:40 +0000

He is the BEST live entertainer out there, IMO! His voice is as awesome live as on his albums. More than I can say for a lot of the higher ranked artist just because he doesn’t sing about dirt roads, beer, and I’m country to the bone, riding in his pickup. I still love him even though he doesn’t sing about the above mentioned things.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:00:32 +0000

I’m in agreement with all of the Essential Singles listed. “Somebody Like You” and “Days Go By” are probably my two favorite Keith Urban songs.

I think “Stupid Boy” is a good song, but I always hated how the album version just drags on forever. The lengthy fade out just seemed unnecessary and self-indulgent to me.