Comments on: Single Review: Kenny Chesney, “Come Over”

By: pickles

pickles — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:27:08 +0000

I’m sure we’ll get a lengthy and glowing review of “blown away” to offset this one-word review of Kenny, and I’m sure that review will please more people than this one pisses off. Kenny fans online-not so prominent; whereas Carrie fans online are like an armie of zombies, you won’t stop them if you dis one of her songs, alternately they will love you forever if you praise her (or at least until the next negative review)

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:05:09 +0000

…, wow! now that i’ve played the tune for the fourth time it has started growing on me…guess it’ll do what quite a few mediocre songs have done lately – rising to the top of the charts soon.

i suppose, at the end of the day i just go along with that great dixie philosopher, brantley gilbert: “country must be country wide”…and proper reviews better be longer. so much also for those, who have ever been inclined to believe that size doesn’t matter.

By: Kevin John Coyne

Kevin John Coyne — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:51:22 +0000

Interacting with our readers is an integral part of Country Universe.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:06:05 +0000

We comment on our own reviews because we feel it’s important to engage readers by participating in discussion along with them, and responding to comments both positive and negative (though this is Kevin’s review, and so far he’s only commented on it once).

I’m surprised that the length of the review, which is something I would consider somewhat trivial, has diverted so much attention from discussion pertaining to the song itself.

then again, michelangelo would have struggled too, painting a sky from so little inspiration as this new chesney song provides.

It can at times be difficult to write at length about songs as uninspiring as the new releases have been as of late, which I definitely found to be the case with my preceding Chris Cagle review.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:39:48 +0000

…, well, folks, creative freedom seems to be clashing with the valid desire for having more of something that’s been obviously considered worth having of as much as possible of.

sounds like you’ve fallen into the “michelangelo sky trap”, staff-aliens from country universe! we can’t settle for just one stroke, when knowing that your able to do rather big domesort of ceilings in a rather colorful way.

i enjoy your “reductive” stuff as much as the more extensive one, but i guess the more unhappy folks have a point here: review commonly implies more than just a glimpse. then again, michelangelo would have struggled too, painting a sky from so little inspiration as this new chesney song provides.

By: Jake J

Jake J — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:14:33 +0000

Why wouldn’t a reviewer have a conversation with the people reading their website. That’s kind of the point of a blog. And of course someone is going to get defensive when you say that the problem with their website is this or that. In this case I think it’s some of the readers who are gaining up on the reviewers for what I think is a very invalid argument. What makes a good review is not the length but the content. That’s the trouble with the truth.

By: The_Trouble_With_The_Truth

The_Trouble_With_The_Truth — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:42:50 +0000

I would like this site a lot better if the reviewers didn’t comment on their own reviews. It’s so much more professional that way, and you guys get very defensive at times if someone disagrees with you.

By: Kevin John Coyne

Kevin John Coyne — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 01:07:54 +0000

I thought it would be funny to bookmark the “Flawless” review with a negative one in the same vein, especially given the conversation surrounding Ben’s review.

Didn’t mean to offend readers, so I apologize for that. Once I can find a new country song that I can write about at length, I’ll do it.

I appreciate that I have a reputation for meaningful writing and such, but I just don’t have a reaction to most of what’s being released.
It leaves me numb.

By: gloria

gloria — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:02:43 +0000

Personally, I like the one word review. To the point and you don’t have to read on and on while someone disects line by line or lyric by lyric. This song is nothing special at all, IMO. The only song of KC’s that I liked from HW and WTTFB is Somewhere With You. All the rest seems remixed and nothing new or different. That’s just my opinion. Couldn’t think of one word to say all this.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:01:22 +0000

What makes you feel that way, Hard Times? As far as I’ve been able to tell, disagreement with the reviewer has long been accepted, and even welcomed.