Joey + Rory - “Cheater, Cheater”

I just saw the new music video:

http://blog.cmt.com/2008-08-15/joey-rory-start-things-off-with-cheater-cheater/#comments

and I have to say, I really like them! I didn’t watch any of “can you duet”, but I really like them and the song.

Now about the duo thing, they could be like Lady Antebellum, their first single was all Kelley, while their second was more duet style.

Chris - thanks for the link. I hadnt seen the video yet. I love it. At first I thought “hmmm, I’d like to have seen more ‘acting’ (more of Joey giving Rory the what-for)” but then I decided this was done perfectly because it keeps it light and fun and not just another “somebody done me wrong song” (a song that I love by the way).

Anyway — I give this two thumbs up. (I’d give if more if I had’em).

The inference was there. ;-)

I will admit to watching the show, and in fact, it had much better talent than most of the various musical-reality shows out there currently. I enjoyed this song from them during their time on the show, cuz it gave them an edge and attitude that they had previously lacked. As sweet as she comes off, it was almost startling to hear her bust out with “ho” in the song…

It also gives me a reason to refer to one of my favorite movie quotes: “yeah, she was a ho…fo’ sho’…”

gotcha

I don’t like it. They performed much better songs from the episodes of that show which I watched.

I like this song too. I agree about thefrivelous nature of it though. It’s refreshingly good and fun, at any rate.

Rory Feek co-wrote, one of my favorite Blake Shelton songs too, “Some Beach.” He clearly has a sense of humor. Unfortunately, he also wrote “You Can Let Go”, which lacked imagination, both in melody and lyrics.

Rory wasn’t extremely prominent, but I can tell that he has a good voice. I really like Joey’s voice as well, actually.

I’m glad their with Sugar Hill, so maybe they won’t feel such pressure to move away from this particular sound.

Rory also wrote “How Do You Get That Lonely” with Jamie Teachnor for Blaine Larsen

what a bummer. when I was getting all ready to really like these guys you go and tell me that he co-wrote one of my least favorite songs ever.

Ah Paula…I knew about those two songs, but purposefully tried to forget.:) I didn’t like either of them, though I like “Chain of Love” even less than “How Do You Get That Lonely. I swear I remember getting a Chicken Soup For the Soul forward with that story once. Yuck.

Well - that’s ok. I’ll like Rory enough for those of you who dont. You wanna see a good show, have a great time, laugh your butts off, and hear some great songs, go to a writers round with Rory, Tim Johnson, and Wynn Varble.

Hey, Rory’s not off my list yet. I like half of the three songs that are mentioned here, including the one that was reviewed. I’m not sure how the Walker, Shawanda or Larsen songs would get us to laugh our butts off though.:) They seem heavy handed to me, which rarely pierces through my cynical heart, I guess.

wait a minute, he wrote that Shawanda song too?

man, strike 3.

do you think he was sitting around years ago thinking to himself “hmmm…..country music or schlock inspirational books…country music or schlock inspirational books……if only there were some way I didn’t have to choose….wait a minute!!!!”

that being said, I still did like this song a lot.

“Okay, can we please stop saying that people with active recording contracts sing like a pro as a compliment?”

Probably not…

Oops, I meant half of the six songs, which happens to equal three.:)

Does Sugar Hill EVER try to target Top 40 Airhead Country Radio with its artists? I’d expect them to stay on familiar turf and put this single out to the Americana format stations that respect the quality of their mostly non-commercial artist roster. “Joey & Rory” (as it should be presented) have a lot of talent and its nice to see a Nashville singer/songwriter from behind the scenes get a break along with his wife to become a recognized performing artist.

Personally my favorite current husband and wife singer/songwriter duos are The Wrights and The Woodys, but Joey/Rory are darn good as well. Gee, I can’t understand why they didn’t just go with “The Feeks”? (lol)

If I had to guess what an “interrobang” was, I would not have guess that.

What’s PDA, aside from public display of Affection?

I like this because it is funny. Just a little raw- that’s if you consider calling a woman a “ho” is raw. I also have a great weakness for a good cheater song.

I’m not sure how the Walker, Shawanda or Larsen songs would get us to laugh our butts off though.

Those songs wont …. but what they sing live at writers rounds will.

OK:

Here are some other Rory Lee Feek songs (Rory used to go by Rory Lee),

“Someone You Used To Know” by Collin Raye,
“The Truth About Men,” by Tracy Byrd,
“Long On Love” by the Derailers
“Teaching Me How To Love You” by Blaine Larson
“The Upside of Being Down” by Catherine Britt

Rick,

I put the Catherine Britt note there because you LOVE her, haha.

Joey + Rory are so talented, and really deserve this. Rory is an amazing and successful songwriter in his own right, and Joey has a voice like none other. Matt C., you should check out both Joey & Rory’s invidividual independent CD’s on Speakerheart.com. Rory has a fantastic voice, and there are songs on Joey’s (imho, most notably the title song Strong Enough to Cry) which could be/should be big hits on country radio right now. Go take a listen, and hopefully you’ll change your mind about Joey not sounding like a professional vocalist.
I’m hoping we get to see and hear a lot more from these two.

I signed up for their e-mail newsletter, and I got one today that said their new album titled:

The Life of a Song

Will be coming out this fall!

Marc, I was a little surprised that everyone (judges) pretended not to even know him. But Jared Johnson was on there too and nobody acknowledged that he was an “insider” as well (not as sucessful as Rory, but maybe as well-known around town because he was / is trying to make it as an artist as well as a writer.)

I think that Rory honestly did it for Joey. I’ve heard Rory on numerous occasions and he has a fine voice and should’ve been a little more equal in the vocals than he was on the show.

Of course, this is all just me thinking out loud here. I have no basis for this opinion other than … well, it’s my opinion.

Do you have proof of this information? When I looked up the songwriters for my review at CU, I only found Joey & Rory’s names. If there’s proof, I’d be happy to add her name. If there isn’t, that’s quite a big alligation to levvy against someone.

Rory did all he could do to help get Joey more notice. That’s why they did the show. He told me that he didn’t want to mess singing more on the single because of his wife’s talent. Sounds like a man who will gladly play “Kix” to his wife’s “Ronnie” if it gets her more acclaim which it seemingly has.

The fact that anyone on the show was an ‘insider’ is kind of pointless as it was about forming duos and since it IS a country show, many Nashville ‘insiders’ played on the show. FYI, to follow up Paula’s statement about Jared Johnson: He’s with Craig Wiseman’s “Big Loud Shirt” writing group.

Jared’s MySpace

From what I hear Cheater Cheater was written by Kristy O. (from Bomshel) after getting her heart broken, and Rory was there as a co-writer. Joey then, after it’s completion jumped on the boat as a so called “co-writer” (and this after initially not even wanting to sing this song because of certain lyrics). Not sure were Wynn comes into the picture.

Joey could’ve given them one or two lines or even words and that would be enough to get a credit on it. Jamey Johnson’s friend gave him the IDEA of “Between Jennings and Jones” and he got credit for it in the song x song.

Bomshel’s member co-wrote the song with Rory and if they had recorded it first, they would’ve had ‘rights’ to it, especially if it was intended to be a single. More than likely, Curb said they WOULDN’T release the song for Bomshel so Joey and Rory took it.

Yep, I went and listnened on their myspace (because I’d never heard them) and they were “ok”, and did a pretty good job on ‘Cheater’, but I think Joey and Rory did it better. And though their other music sounded ‘ok’ to me, they werent anything special.

It’s not Bomshel, it’s BOMSHEL. And from now on I’d like to be called CHRIS.

I dont know the history of the song and it’s recordings. MY opinion is that Joey sings it better than Bomshel. And it’s not uncommon for writers who sing their own songs to not tell you who their co-writers were on every song before they sing it. (Just ask TK and KC, I’m sure they never do it).

Here’s the deal. If Bomshel recorded the song in March, it was then “fair game” for anyone to record after that. If they’ve been sitting on it for five months and havent released it then, oh well. It’s not the first time it’s happened and it dang sure wont be the last. Welcome to the music business.

I’m thinking this isn’t quite as scandalous as BOMSHEL (thanks CHRIS) are making it out to be. Seriously, it’s the music business. Songwriters aren’t required to verbally mention every co-writer’s name. I’ve heard many interviews where the co-writers names aren’t mentioned. Sure, it’s nice if they are, but not a scandal if they’re not.

It looks like there’s a small team trying to get this “info” out there, since it’s been discussed at CU as well. Same talking pointes over there. by

As I said at CU, I can understand why dedicated fans would be disappointed by something like this if it’s something that they’ve been counting on for awhile for this duo. Hopefully, they’ll be able to find a nother single to release and they’ll release it quickly so that something like this doesn’t happen to them again. Why has it taken so long for BOMSHEL to officially release it if it’s been being promoted since March?

Because at large labels the left hand often doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. Keep in mind that this is very doubtfully the artist’s fault

BR - How does that work, swapping one singer for another? (Ok, I get that part of it but what I mean is..) if the record is already done, and they have a new singer, do they release the singles off the album with Buffy singing on the album to radio, while Kelley is the one actually touring now and singing live? Or do they have to re-record the singles to release to radio? (Not picking a fight here, I just dont really know how all that would work). Perhaps all that has something to do with the delay in releasing the single?

I’m gonna have to agree with those who like the J+R version. As promised, I gave the Bomshel version a try and it’s not as good. It lacks some of the life and character that this one has. Additionally, I feel that the singing is slower than the music. I don’t know that I would have been drawn to Bomshel’s version at all if I had heard it prior to this version.

Yeah, but I got tired of holding down the shift key.

Wow..BR you are working really hard to get on every single site and run my parents’ name through the dirt. Clearly you know the girls and are friends with them, so I understand how you could say these things about Joey+Rory without any regard to who they are, and whether all these accusations are indeed facts. I have known Buffy since I was a little girl, and Kristy has always been a friend of the family…So, maybe you can understand how none of this makes any sense to me. It would make me very sad if I thought Kristy O from Ohio really thought all these things you have been saying were true. I’m not going to start throwing out the other side of this story, because I don’t feel that it is necessary, but I do ask you to stop getting on everything that has to do with them and throwing out negative comments. It’s frustrating, as someone that loves and believes in everything they do, to get on here to see how people are reacting to them, and all i can find is you posting things about another band and how their version is better, and how my parents stole their song…you can do that on the stuff that has to do with Bomshel. You will not find us getting on their reviews and things and telling people bad things about them. We wouldn’t do that anyway, because we all hope the best for them.

He means “Curb act BOMSHEL,” of course.

I think they’re taking a different approach now, Chris. Every instance of Bomshel on their My Space is in lower case. What inspired your capitalization crusade anyways?

About a hundred comments ago, commenter “BR” referred to them repeatedly as BOMSHEL. I found that very amusing, for whatever reason.

Remember when Keith Urban spelled his name with all lower-case letters? Good times.

I am beginning to wonder if this will be a “pure country” crossover hit, because this song is catching on with a lot of non-traditional fans.My friends and I aren’t country fans, per se. One of my best friends hates modern country because she feels it is too pop. My hubby is strictly heavy metal and southern rock. I happened upon this song because my two younger sons are huge country fans and turned my friends onto it. I’ve heard the Bomshel version, but the Joey+Rory version has caught on like fire amongst all of my group. The Bomshel version has too much going on in it. The Joey+Rory version is catchy like a nursery rhyme and they’re having fun. We love it.

There is alot of new blood in country music which is making for a very exciting time for fans. A new generation in age and type of country music has emerged. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood are bringing back the teens, including my own daughters. For my own taste I’m digging Joey and Rory, the third place contestants from CMT’s Can You Duet? Instead of turning on the local news in the mornings I am tuning into the videos on CMT in hopes of seeing their new video, Cheater, Cheater. I love their simplicity. It’s so refreshing after the gone Hollywood styles of some of the standard artists we see on the CMT countdown each week. Using orchestras and rap artists does not a country sound make. Get back to basics and you’ll rejuvenate country music and bring back a huge fan base from the Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn generation. I’m in my late 30’s and these are for me the standards of country music from whom everyone else is judged. Joey and Rory come from that generation as well and it definitely shows in their performance and their style. The next time a meeting is held to decide the list of songs on the countdown consider getting back to the country in country music, consider Joey and Rory.

Its nice to hear something like this come out of Nashville. I really like this song. Im waiting to hear more from Joey and Rory ;)

i love this song!!! it shows that women are strong! i hope that they have fun with thier singin career and ill be waiting to hear more songs from!!!