Comments on: Miranda Lambert Introduces Her Own Private Label Wine

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:08:56 +0000

Underwood’s roommate is a female. A friend from college if I remember correctly. The Tennessean seems to remove a lot of articles for some reason. I wonder why that is?

By: mikeky

mikeky — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:48:31 +0000

3 things:

1. does anyone know if carrie underwood’s roommate is male or female? the story has been removed;
2. please GOD don’t let dolly parton fall victim to scientology. let us pray together, friends;
3. a marine with long hair and an earring? really? they allow that now? cool!!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:18:55 +0000

I don’t like “Alyssa Lies” but I love the rest of “Waitin’ in the Country”. It’s one of those cd’s that get’s in to my player and doesn’t come out because I just keep listening to it over and over. “No Good in Goodbye” is one of my favourites on the cd.

By: Hollerin' Ben

Hollerin' Ben — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:27:21 +0000

I see you plan on making me do some research eh?

p.s.- strangely enough, the first time I heard the first song was at a tribute show to Dolly starring two 300 pound drunken drag queens. it was really something.

Me and Little Andy
Two Little Orphans
Malena
Letter to heaven (where the girl is hit by a truck on the way to the mailbox where she was sending her mommy a letter in heaven, damn Dolly!)

and that was just from a cursory google search, so there must be some more hanging around.

Although I don’t think any of them revolve completely around a little girl being beaten to death.

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:11:15 +0000

The announcement about the wine label was actually made by Miranda’s parents and they said that they were doing it in her name. I get the impression that this is something they’ve wanted to do for a while and simply thought that their daughter’s celebrity presented an opportunity.

Every songwriter who’s written significantly panders with horrible cliche narrative devices at some point. It doesn’t necessarily make them a bad songwriter, but it may make for a bad song.

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:30:42 +0000

I was apathetic towards “Alyssa Lies,” but I thought John Michael Montgomery’s “The Little Girl” was good, although it wasn’t necessarily about child abuse. What are the Dolly songs you’re thinking of, Ben?

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They should have called Miranda’s merlot: My Ex-Boyfriend’s Cyanide-Thinned Blood Merlot. I just don’t understand how her name is going to lend any credibility to a wine or to what the news article on her site says are “the very values that we honor.”

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:01:17 +0000

Dolly’s written more than 3,000 songs, so I’m assuming she’s used pretty much every lyrical device at least a few times.

By: Hollerin' Ben

Hollerin' Ben — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:28:35 +0000

I definitely agree with everything that’s been said here, but to be fair, classic artists aren’t immune to this either. Dolly Parton comes to mind as someone who has used the “dying little girl” device a few times.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:23:27 +0000

There’s no easier way to elicit easy tears than to create a child character and then kill him/her off. That’s the only reason these songs exist.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:52:15 +0000

I have never been a fan of songs that use the easy, predictable and sad device of child abuse to gain listeners sympathy and elicit goosebumps. They feel like gimmick songs to me. They’re always sad, and recent examples mention how Jesus is taking care of the child and blah blah. This song showcases manufactured, formulaic song choosing and production. We cry at songs about soldiers and abused children, we laugh at songs about rednecks, we hoot and holler to songs about “beer thirty on friday nights”. If you are gonna make me sad, please be innovative and use a new template.