Michael A., I thought I was the only person who remembered that song. :-)

Sweetcheeks begins by saying “I know it’s wrong to judge a book by its cover” (metaphorically speaking). I can’t help judging this single by the album’s cover (art). Oh, my. Not sure how I skipped over that one. I think I saw something like it for sale at the Phenix City flea market last weekend. Isn’t Nashville home to some fantastic graphic artists? Hmm.

The song wants to be Trace Adkins’ “Chrome” meets a Louis L’Amour first draft meets the Apocrypha: “And on the eighth day, the LORD created cowgirl / And saw that it was good.” Note that I said “wants to be.” I guess this is the best we can hope for from country lyrics today. Harlan Howard is spinning in his grave.

And will someone please explain what kind of rough-n-tough cowgirl is named “Kayleigh?”

I don’t really think there’s any absolute way to determine what the core Country Universe readership is interested in. As others have noted, Chris Cagle has released decent material in the past, which for all we know may cause some to be interested in his new single.

I can appreciate your points with regard to song selection for reviews, but what I choose to review is largely dependant on when an idea for how to tackle a specific song comes to me. This review was just how this particular song struck me upon hearing it.

I agree, and that’s partly why I don’t do them very often. Just to make sure you know, the two most recent short reviews were posted by different writers (me and Kevin), so it’s mostly coincidence that they both happened to appear one right after the other.

I do think they’re clever and I’m sure they’re fun to write. What about collecting 10 or so of these “mini reviews” and assembling them as one post?

That’s been done a few times. I might attempt such a post sometime, but I can really only do these reviews when a good idea hits me, so that might make it a little hard to fill a whole post with them. But feel free to check out the “5-Second Single Reviews” archive: http://www.countryuniverse.net/category/single-reviews/5-five-second-single-reviews/

Thanks for the comments. Glad you’ve been enjoying the content!

I do think they’re clever and I’m sure they’re fun to write. What about collecting 10 or so of these “mini reviews” and assembling them as one post?

Either way, thank you for the time and effort that you do put into this site and please continue to keep up the hard work! It is sincerely much appreciated.

And finally, my favorite cowgirl song? Imani Coppola’s “Legend of a Cowgirl”.

That has more to do with the busy schedules of our writing staff than anything else. I’m sure we would all write more if we could. Many of our writers have jobs outside the blogosphere, which take up a large portion of their time. A few of our writers do have projects that they’re currently working on, so you should be seeing some new content relatively soon, which should include coverage of the better releases coming out.

I should clarify. I don’t take issue with the inactivity on here. I appreciate the time it takes to do something like this and how hard it is to find that time when you’ve got a job, school, or whatever it is.

My point was more along the lines of, if you’re going to only review a song every couple weeks, even if it’s only a one word/sentence review, why choose a song that the core demographic of the blog likely has no interest in? Why not take the time to introduce everyone to a song that defied your expectations (good or bad)? Why not sum up a song from a new artist we may not have heard before? Not to sound mean, but why waste my time with Chris Cagle and a song, admittedly, very similar to and as poor as his previous single?

I’m glad to hear that more reviews are coming, and especially of the better songs out there. And I’m sure the review quality will be excellent.

That is correct…and my apologies, Devin. I’ve been balancing a few other writing projects with CU, but I’ll be writing soon. We appreciate your continued interest even when we’re not quite as active as we usually are!

I really do understand. And I definitely appreciate the quality over quantity.

On the same lines, I wonder how long it’ll take a reviewer (on this or any other site) to say Tim McGraw’s new single “Truck Yeah” sucks. With just a title like that, I’ll take a lot for that song to be of any good quality. I don’t have high hopes.

I heard it in concert and thought no way it would be a single. It was just so bad. I might shed a tear the first time I hear it on the radio…

Bob – Barry Mazor talked to Trisha at the Hall of Fame Press Conference and she confirmed she’s working on a new album. She also mentioned new music when promoting her cooking show. Not sure when it’ll be released but I hope a new single comes soon. I can’t wait.

At least she’s confirmed she’s working on it. That’s more than can be expected from other artists who take tons of time between albums.

That is correct…and my apologies, Devin. I’ve been balancing a few other writing projects with CU, but I’ll be writing soon. We appreciate your continued interest even when we’re not quite as active as we usually are!

Jonathan, thanks for reminding me of “Laredo.”

Kevin’s take on Trisha Yearwood’s “This Is Me You’re Talking To?”

Flawless.

One word that says what a whole review could’ve easily said. Not that a one word review would work for most songs, but it worked in that case.

On the same lines, I wonder how long it’ll take a reviewer (on this or any other site) to say Tim McGraw’s new single “Truck Yeah” sucks. With just a title like that, I’ll take a lot for that song to be of any good quality. I don’t have high hopes.