tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695488.post116310100825237538..comments2023-06-24T04:14:29.751-04:00Comments on wKHM: Now you'll knowKHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05370307704273976378noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695488.post-1163168070371176562006-11-10T09:14:00.000-05:002006-11-10T09:14:00.000-05:00no worries. not insulted. just like the thoughts i...no worries. not insulted. just like the thoughts in some (not all) of the music.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505068632858743300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695488.post-1163166306045609782006-11-10T08:45:00.000-05:002006-11-10T08:45:00.000-05:00Sorry, Mel; I know you genuinely like this stuff a...Sorry, Mel; I know you genuinely like this stuff and I don't mean to insult fans of the music. Its just precisely this hyper-sentimentality that is meant to manipulate and woo the dollars out of your pocket.<BR/><BR/>I have two analogies: you can think of it as a Hallmark card set to music (why?) or as a piece of hard candy---a moment of sweetness and then its gone. It has no more value or impact than that. Not that hard candy isn't great, but how much of it do we need? I will concede that many listeners want something other than I do from music. I want creativity,I want personal expression, I want excitement, I want fresh perspective to illuminate my thinking. And I also want a groove most of the time...<BR/><BR/>The bottom line is that the country music producers, for the most part, just like the pop guys who give us albums by K-Fed and Nick Lachey, they're selling you the idea or image of an artist and an attitude---but by and large there's no art, no creativity. Of course the sentiments have appeal and resonate, that's the manipulation. The performer is part of the package you're being sold. Bleh.KHMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05370307704273976378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695488.post-1163136216652907072006-11-10T00:23:00.000-05:002006-11-10T00:23:00.000-05:00Well, as you know I like country music, mostly the...Well, as you know I like country music, mostly the slickly produced pop music with twangy guitars rather then the older stuff. I get where you are coming from, but I heard one song recently tht I think you will like the lyrics to if nothing else. No losing the house, losing the wife or getting drunk, I promise.<BR/><BR/>I hope the days come easy and moments pass slow, <BR/>and each road leads you where you want to go, <BR/>and if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose, <BR/>I hope you choose the one that means the most to you. <BR/>And if one door opens to another door closed, <BR/>I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window, <BR/>if it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile, <BR/><BR/>But more than anything, more than anything, <BR/>My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, <BR/>your dreams stay big, your worries stay small, <BR/>You never need to carry more than you can hold, <BR/>and while you're out there getting where you're getting to, <BR/>I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, <BR/>Yeah, this, is my wish.<BR/><BR/>http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/2147429945/Rascal_Flatts/My_WishMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505068632858743300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695488.post-1163102000570166892006-11-09T14:53:00.000-05:002006-11-09T14:53:00.000-05:00HERE HERE!!!!!!!!!!HERE HERE!!!!!!!!!!Lymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906826482424760378noreply@blogger.com