Comments on: Josh Turner – “Everything is Fine”

By: Denise Krytus

Denise Krytus — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:05:53 +0000

I love all his music and my heart receives all of it as genuine and an honest expression of who he truly is. I feel totally blessed that it is enhanced by his God given gift; that deep beautiful voice! I believe that true music is self-expression, not people pleasing pieces. I pray he stays true to his self–aka–his faith; for you cannot separate the two and remain true to yourself. I pray he does not compromise his faith for the sake of the music industry.

By: J MacAulay

J MacAulay — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:19:07 +0000

I think he should release “The longer the waiting” as his next single as there is something so timeless about it, from the powerful lyrics tinged with sadness and longing to the scottish tint to the music. It would become an instant classic in my humble opinion.

I am a big country music fan from Scotland

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:16:06 +0000

Brady: It’s okay. I just hadn’t noticed a case where “is” was properly capitalized in a title, so I mistakenly assumed you always did it. I knew you were joking with me.

By: Chris J

Chris J — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:50:50 +0000

Just like everyone else this song is not that good but his voice is better. I hope future songs are better.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:14:47 +0000

What struck me about Turner from the beginning is the mismatch between his vocal gift and his image. At first, I just felt a dissonance listening to this deep, rumbling, mature man’s voice coming from someone who looks so young and earnestly boyish.

Then it became a disconnect between what that voice seems made to sing and Turner’s image. Josh Turner’s a handsome guy, but he is no where near as sexy to look at as he is to listen to. That voice is… something, all right. It’s a pleasure to hear him use it to sing something sensual like “Your Man” and something playful and slighty dirty like “Firecracker,” but then I remember that he’s this ultimate squeaky clean Baptist boy and it intrudes a bit.

I’d love to hear him take on darker material, but I do appreciate his faith. I’m always slighty suspicious these days of religiously themed country songs, because they can be so manipulative; designed by a commercial, corporate business to appeal to what is seen as country’s core audience. It took me a few listens, but I eventually allowed my self to love “Long Black Train” (which I wanted to, because it’s such a great sounding traditional song) because I believed in Josh Turner’s sincerity. Meanwhile, I hate “Jesus Take The Wheel” because it’s a badly written mess and because I’m cynical, not necessarily of Carrie’s feelings and performance, but of how the song was selected for her and marketed and pushed. I don’t trust the AI machine to have any respect for country fans.

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:10:39 +0000

It bugs be that you use a generalized absolute to say we do something when that isn’t the case. Of the 38 articles that have the word “is” in the title, it’s only lower case in 8 of them and you’d have to go back to March to find the most recent instance. Oh, and the T should be capitalized when you write out The 9513 since it’s a part of the name.

I hope you know I’m only joking with you. We’ll work on correcting it, though.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:56:51 +0000

Um, it bugs me that you guys here at the 9513 always make “Is” lower case in titles. Only articles (a, an, the), prepositions (at, on, to, of, by, over, etc.) and conjunctions (and, but, or, etc.) are supposed to be lowercase in titles. “Is” is a verb, so it’s suppsed be capitalized. Sorry to be a grammar Nazi, but it really bugs me.

Anyway, this song is exactly what its title says. Everything is fine; nothing terribly special, but Josh’s voice and the solid instrumentation really bring it up two notches.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:28:04 +0000

This is an ok song, certainly nothing special but it is pleasing to the ear. I’ve never been a big fan of Josh but I would say it’s my second favorite single from him behind one of my guilty pleasures “Backwoods Boy.”

By: CraigR.

CraigR. — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:56:16 +0000

I have to say that somewhere in Josh Turner is a great country voice full of great waves of emotions. Every song he has put out as single has hinted at a deep well of truth. This one is the same. Imagine if you will if he was being cynical. That the feeling on the outside was fake,and his feelings really had a darker undercurrent. He could do that with his voice if he really wanted to. He has a sound vocal gift- and he is very easy on the eyes .But time and again he is afraid of going a little darker like Randy Travis use to do, Willie does, and Cash was proud of.

What holds him back? His faith? Maybe he is afraid that his fans might leave if he over turns too many rocks. I have to say I always want to believe him but his faith always gets in the way. He is like a failed Christian singer-and I mean that in the best way. He can now sing without being limited to a smaller group. He just seems to not want to jump too far, to make his music more raw. Within his faith and his feelings there must be a darker force. Maybe he feels trapped too. His voice hints at that too. I hope he finds a strong place soon because his songs are starting to sound as though he is bored.

By: Stephen H.

Stephen H. — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:13:42 +0000

I agree with Lucas, although I also agree with those who have said this is a lot better than the dreck most people are releasing on the radio these days.

While we’re on the subject of the last album, I’m probably the only person who wishes he had released “No Rush” as a single. For this album, I’m wondering if he’ll release “The Way He Was Raised,” at least to Christian stations.