Comments on: Single Review: Gretchen Peters, “Idlewild”

By: Erik North

Erik North — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:59:06 +0000

“Mature, complex, poetic, and deeply absorbing”–I definitely agree, Ben, they are the very words that would describe this song, and a lot of other ones in Gretchen’s catalog (IMHO). They’re also the words that I think once defined country music once, but that’s only true now in the rarest of cases like this one.

By: Lucien Grey

Lucien Grey — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:30:33 +0000

@ Bob. You may be right to an extent but Bob at times the context of a song is more important than its actual standing. Here I think the events associated with the song have played the deciding role.

By: bob

bob — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:06:19 +0000

Since I was 13 when the 60′s began I well remember the events noted in “Idlewild” and I even recall accompanying my mother on a drive to Idlewild in the mid 50′s to pick up a nurse friend of hers. However, I think the “A” rating is a stretch. It may have a haunting melody but it ain’t exactly in the same league with “Hello darkness my old friend” and the line about grandma riding Halley’s Comet from Ft. Lauderdale is a bit strange. Overall, the lyrics are interesting to read but I can’t imagine listening to it very often.