Comments on: Jimmy Wayne – “Sara Smile”

By: Quidditchgirl007

Quidditchgirl007 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:01:48 +0000

i actually happen to LOVE this song. He does a GREAT job of it too. it he had remade it to sound different, u’d all be complaining more about it cause he ruined the original or something.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:35:06 +0000

Jimmy Wayne’s song “Do You Believe Me Now” is amazing! One of my favorites of all time!

I’m not trying to poke anyone in the eye here but I think you’d all would be a bit kinder if you had ever experience the vulnerability of having to get up in front of a crowd with just a guitar and sing. That takes a lot more guts than it does to anonymously defame a guy that’s just trying to do his thing.

By: Vero

Vero — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:06:46 +0000

I like Jimmy Wayne’s music. He got a great voice, and a huge heart. I agree, that this is not a country song.But he made this song because HE likes H&O, is the music that inspiored him when he was young.
Definately shouldn’t be played in a country music radio station.

By: chelle-belle

chelle-belle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:22:29 +0000

Hello–and to all the JW FANS-I am not a total country music lovin’ girl from Nashville–but this song has a sexy-slow wanna dance with someone vibe to it and I am a huge-huge H&O FAN! I am thrilled that JW asked the orig’s to sing with him on this song! They may only be the back ups–but heck–they are great and it helps with the direction of the song that JW LOVES TO SING!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:46:18 +0000

The song rocks!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:45:07 +0000

Message Boards are pointless….because ignorance runs rampant!!!

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:18:22 +0000

I liked Jimmy’s version of Sara Smile and the original which I saw Hall & Oates perform on their recently televised Live at the Troubador show.

Reading the reviews can be enjoyable but when it comes down to buying or not buying a song or cd, the critical comments do not affect my decision. A good review of a singer I’m not familiar with will usually get me to check out that artist.

I agree with a lot of the comments by PAULAW which are in tune with a quote from a letter written by the great Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekov in 1890. “When people talk to me of what is artistic and inartistic, of what is dramatic and not dramatic, of tendency, realism, and so on, I am bewildered, hesitatingly assent, and answer with banal half-truths not worth a brass farthing. I DIVIDE ALL WORKS INTO TWO CLASSES: THOSE I LIKE AND THOSE I DON’T. I have no other criterion, and if you ask me why I like Hal Ketchum and don’t like George Strait, I don’t venture to answer.” (actually, it was Shakespeare and Zlatovratsky in the quots.)

I realize that that if reviewers limited their comments to I like it or don’t, few would read their columns. My guess is that most fans whether of music, plays, books, etc. would agree with Chekhov.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:28:55 +0000

^ That’s not entirely true, Kenny Chesney for example doesn’t allow cameras. There was a news story where he grabbed a camera and threw it across the stage.

Additionally, I saw Sara Evans in concert, and no photography was permitted at the venue

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:15:50 +0000

I’m going to take offense at the comment that Jimmy Wayne ONLY has teeny bopper fanbase – I’m a 42 year old fan who has seen Jimmy Wayne several times in concert as well as ‘out and about’ when he was traveling between shows.

EVERY single time he has been gracious and absolutely a gentleman – posing for photos, inviting us to sit with him and his group for lunch, and he’s just a normal guy who happens to be a very talented performer. He is the most fun and ‘normal’ when asked about anything OTHER than his ‘job’.

He truly cares about his fans, like most country artists do. How many “non country” artists do that?!?! Not many, not many at all. VERY few will even allow a camera at their concerts – country artists not only allow it, they pose for pics DURING their shows, take cameras from fans to get pics.

Go ahead and knock country artists all you want, but you’ll rarely find any other group of artists who truly appreciate their fans.

By: Maxwell K

Maxwell K — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:00:09 +0000

Good point Dan. That’s one purpose of a genre-specific blog like this one that I hadn’t previously considered, but I guess there is something to be said for “furthering” a genre.

I don’t think it should have such an overwhelming impact on the final rating, though. I’d have taken much less notice if the “this isn’t country” factor were just mentioned in the review and the song had been judged as just a song. It seems that the genre issue was the only offense found by the reviewer.