Rodney Atkins – “Chasin’ Girls”

This song is just terrible…simply terrible….between this and “Watching You”, I dont know what is more garbage…

Is Rodney Atkins the anti-Christ? How else to explain his success?

Who the hell gave this guy a record deal?? Can’t sing, can’t write and he is so mediocre. Taylor Swift can’t really sing, but at least she writes her own music and has creative control in her career.

It’s almost like they gave Rodney a deal because he fits average Joe mold of the hardworking everyday American.

Shame.

Steve: Emmanuelle Lewis is the anti-Christ. I know, I have that song.

He’s slipping into obscurity before my eyes.

When I read the reviews on this website I have to wonder if the writers sit in a room and throw darts at a few pictures on the wall and say “which ever one we hit, we’ll attack.”

I say this not only because of this review. One other scathing review that comes to mind was the idiotic assault on his Album, for being “too positive”. It seems as though this is an anti-Atkins zone. That is why I feel that critics are useless. No one can evaluate a song based on anything but there own opinion and for critics to feign doing such is pointless. People need to listen to the songs themselves and make there own judgments based on there own tastes.

With that said, I understand wanting country music to be represented by artists with the greatest vocal ability, musical selection, and band accompaniment. I myself wish that I could find someone like that today, but people like that are hard to come by, especially considering that not everyone thinks of one style or one sound as the universal best.

To address this song I just want to say I have the album and I found it to be quite enjoyable. Rodney’s vocals aren’t horrible, but they’re not superb either. His voice is ‘average’, but it serves him well. His songs are successful because a lot of people enjoy listening to them and can relate to them.

Maybe this one is a little cliché but that doesn’t make it bad. It’s a fun song that does its best to tell a story about growing up and the impact that women have on a man’s life. Sure it’s a little cliché of a song, but it is still a fun little ditty, that reminds listeners of youthful experiences of having childhood fun, spending time going after the girls of teenage years and the joy of having kids.

He’s not a singer of George Strait’s caliber, or a writer like Hank Williams or Keith Whitley but he is good at what he does, connecting to regular people with the songs he chooses. When the other people on this site are willing to have intelligent conversation, I’ll be glad to comment further. Until that time, I’m through here.

Good Song. Bad Review. What else is new.

…there’s a simple solution, critic: just look at the picture and listen to the song. enjoying two out of four possible intellectual activities ain’t that bad a ratio. very mediocre song by rodney atkins, by the way.

@ the critic

basically, you can do four things with the reviews:
1. read it
2. look at the picture
3. listen to the song
4. make a comment
if you don’t like the reviews here in general -just stick to options 2 & 3, which is only half
the fun but…

i quite like rodney atkins’ music. this is a pleasant little ditty that won’t leave a mark. however, i’m sure his audience will like it allright.