Mark Wills – “The Things We Forget”

i started to listen to this song. then i remember the last note or so. i don’t remember the middle at all. it’s completely pointless. it’s inconsequential. it’s unnecessary. blah.

“the things we forget” – this song is easily one of them.

it’s so funny how you clowns do your reviews. You will bash a song and then say they shoulda done this and then when a song has what you said song “A” shoulda had, you go ahead and bash it… there’s a reason you guys aren’t the ones writing songs for these artists…

” …there’s a reason you guys aren’t the ones writing songs for these artists�”

Same goes for you.

Catchy beat, lyrics highly repetative and going now where, i understand what he is singing about, but hell most songs today are talking about home and the important things

A reviewer of a recent Collin Raye song noted that it was unnerving to hear him apparently trying to “ape” the vocal style of Rascal Flatts’ lead singer.

Being a fan of Wills circa his sophomore CD, which contained I Do (Cherish You) and Don’t Laugh At Me, You can count me similarly unnerved to hear Wills apparently trying to crib from Keith Urban on this cut… though to be fair, the blame might more properly rest with his production team.

The lyrics (as already mentioned) aren’t very moving in an environment where half of country music is primed (at least partially) to trigger nostalgia in listeners. It doesn’t help that the song opens with experiences with such specificity, as farm work, or that the message is forced into the poetic structure in such a way that some lines, like /I sure do love that sound/ in the first stanza, seem to have no innate purpose except to close a couplet.

That is, unless the writer was afraid listeners would think he was talking about the *smell* of /that tailgate rattle/ and /tires on gravel/.

I don’t *hate* the song, I retain some nostalgic affection for Wills as a passable interpreter of good material, and I commiserate with his struggle to continue his career with cast-off material, having little to no evident talent at songcraft himself. But this song isn’t going on my iPod.

Chief,

So writing reviews, for publications or blogs, isn’t a job? That’s a poor perception. There are MANY people who make a living writing as free-lance writers or running blogs which have a lot of readers.

So you’re equating my job (or Chris N’s for that matter) to someone who hustles someone or a homeless person picking up cans? How so? I’m educated. Also are you saying that anyone who writes in the news media doesn’t have a real job? What’s a ‘real job?’

Picking up cans can be pretty lucrative, I understand.

it’s much more lucrative to truck cans in from another state where there’s no deposit. And no, I didn’t steal that from Seinfeld.

OK, maybe I did.

Sometimes I combine my two great passions by hustling people for cans.

It’s all about the thrill of the chase.

I love all the Seinfeld stuff. funny. Just remember, “Serenity Now” when feeling angry when you test how far you can drive on the “e” line of your new SAAB.

Like I said, there is a reason these people are successful song writers, you bashing certain songs for silly reasons just shows a grudge or bias against certain artists and certain styles.

I love it how this review started as a review and then quickly turned into everyone taking jabs at one another because of their opinions.
As a fan and a potential buyer of this music, not a critic who wants to make a name for myself in blogging, I’m going to say that I like this song. It’s catchy and memorable to me. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the record!