Comments on: Gretchen Wilson – “If I Could Do It All Again”

By: NASHVILLE REALITY CHECK

NASHVILLE REALITY CHECK — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:23:42 +0000

“By the way Gretchen was voted as one of the Super 8 Top 8 performances by the Fans”

Hey Was that sponsored by Super 8 motels? Could have been a nice match!

BTW. What’s not to like about this song? Sad that radio ignored it to play the new “deep teenage emo tune” from up the next and coming shooting star.
Go figure.

By: TierraStudios

TierraStudios — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:17:01 +0000

I’d have to agree with Razor X, people get tired of what they hear on the radio so it’s understandable. I think that all she needs is one more hit to prove to people why she is a good artist and that’ll make them come back for more.

By: grayheart

grayheart — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:53:15 +0000

I think that gretshen was cut way to short and not given her due. It is a shame that the music industry take down souch a talented person. As for as competing with taylor or any of those new so called singers there is no way they can come up to her standards.If the radio stations would play some of her music and let us hear it, Gretchen might have a chance. LETS cut the bull and let perform her music. Don’t just pick five or six artists and play them to death. I turn my radio OFF. I want to hear some Gretchen

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:26:48 +0000

Having finally gotten around to hearing this track, I’d give it a sideways thumb – it’s okay, nothing special. Moreover, she doesn’t fit what Nashville wants (or needs) these days to appeal to the vacuous teeny-bopper set they are targeting (sigh)

By: peppersprout

peppersprout — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:53:41 +0000

Gretchen Wilson allowed herself to be used as a tool by the suits … set herself up for a fall from mainstream radio … it is my understandin’ that “Redneck Woman” was originally set to be recorded by the Dixie Chicks … bein’ the opportunists the music execs are, they targeted a ready-made demographic/angry radio audience with the over-hyped image of a Skoal totin’, hell yeah, mud runnin’, patriotic “redneck” female … it’s been 6 years now since Ms. Wilson was propelled to the top courtesy of the Nashville/New York marketin’ machine … can they be commercially successful once again by revealin’ her “fluffier” side? … maybe, maybe not … it’s a younger demographic now but just as, maybe more, fickle as the ones who put her at the top in the first place.

By: Muzik

Muzik — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:43:51 +0000

I’m with Mike- Top 40 country radio and radio as a whole is only going after the money and could can less about the fans or Country Music as a whole. Gretchen and her music do fit into the teeny bopper POP country carp they play! And that a real shame! I love her music and thanks to my IPod can’t listen to it when ever I want.

I felt like I was at a POP concert at Taylors CMA Fest performance! It was kinda funny at first all the kids and some parents where all standing up and singing, but by the end of the set, everyone was looking dazed, confused and only applauded politely! LOL

By the way Gretchen was voted as one of the Super 8 Top 8 performances by the Fans attending this years CMA Fest! And that was without being on the big stage at LP field! So she still has a great fan base and puts on an excellent live show!

By: Gretchen Wilson: If I Could Do It Again « I’m Gonna Roll

Gretchen Wilson: If I Could Do It Again « I’m Gonna Roll — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:42:28 +0000

[...] or nuanced singer, but her voice has real grit and power. She’s better than this song.” Stephen M. Deusner, the 9513 [...]

By: mike

mike — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:48:44 +0000

I think Rick nailed it. Ultimately we have to stop measuring success by something called the Top 40. Radio is no longer the kernel of success for an artist. I know they like to think it is, but that is not the case anymore. Anyone heard a Jimmy Buffett song on the radio lately? As far as Gretchen goes, she has more talent in her pinky finger than Taylor Swift does in her whole body. Talent apparently does not matter so much anymore. Which is a real shame. I’d rather listen to this new single from Gretchen any time than hear another Taylor Swift song about high school. And if you think that hair flip she does is “authentic”, something’s wrong.

By: idlewildsouth

idlewildsouth — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:08:18 +0000

I could be wrong, but im of the opinion that Miranda’s more likely to have a moderate amount of lasting presence than Gretchen because of Gretchens rocketship to the top.

By: Hard Times

Hard Times — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:19:22 +0000

I had big hopes for Wilson after her first album. Then I saw her in concert and she pretty much screamed every song. It was unsettling and unpleasant. Then she did the “California Girls” bikini video and lost any credibility she still had as a different sort of female singer.