Comments on: Suzy Bogguss – “In Heaven” http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/ The latest country music news and reviews. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:17:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-134884 Tim Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:24:54 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-134884 Matt, I'm sorry that you think the hook is not subtle enough. Frankly, I think it is bold, and that is what makes it so effective. It isn't often in life that we see love lasting a lifetime as it obviously did in the story behind this song. And the difficulty of moving on after a lifelong love has been lost is very real for those who have been so blessed. The first time I heard the song, I almost turned it off because I was disgusted at the thought of yet another selfish rationalization for someone leaving a lover for someone else. I am so glad I listened all the way through, because it is obviously quite the opposite. It was a pleasant surprise to feel the bitter-sweetness of a woman who has moved on, however reluctantly, to discover that there is life after love has been torn away from us. Matt, I’m sorry that you think the hook is not subtle enough. Frankly, I think it is bold, and that is what makes it so effective. It isn’t often in life that we see love lasting a lifetime as it obviously did in the story behind this song. And the difficulty of moving on after a lifelong love has been lost is very real for those who have been so blessed. The first time I heard the song, I almost turned it off because I was disgusted at the thought of yet another selfish rationalization for someone leaving a lover for someone else. I am so glad I listened all the way through, because it is obviously quite the opposite. It was a pleasant surprise to feel the bitter-sweetness of a woman who has moved on, however reluctantly, to discover that there is life after love has been torn away from us.

]]> By: Rhys http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-83330 Rhys Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:13:32 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-83330 I disagree with this review. If you download the iTunes version of this album, it comes with some extra interview pieces where Suzy talks about a few of the tracks and what they mean. This song was written by Suzy's husband, and it is about a friend of theirs who's wife had recently passed away. You don't hear many songs these days (in mainstream music anyway) that derive from and express such an emotional situation. This song is real, and it feels and sounds real, and to me that is what music is all about. I disagree with this review. If you download the iTunes version of this album, it comes with some extra interview pieces where Suzy talks about a few of the tracks and what they mean. This song was written by Suzy’s husband, and it is about a friend of theirs who’s wife had recently passed away. You don’t hear many songs these days (in mainstream music anyway) that derive from and express such an emotional situation. This song is real, and it feels and sounds real, and to me that is what music is all about.

]]> By: Chris Raggio http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-60243 Chris Raggio Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:45:12 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-60243 Steve, Your story is a country song in the making, and I suggest you copyright it immediately. Seriously. What a touching story ... it rings true to me, though my loss was not through passing to another, better world, but from divorce. And yes, I still mourn the loss, and just wish I could "get past" this point of denying it's over, blaming myself, and move on to a new love. Additionally, your critique/review is spot on. Also, something that is missing from the other reviews, is McGraw's reference to Kristofferson's style, and I'm sure I misquote, "it might not even rhyme". Anyway, God bless you and your new love, I hope I may be so blessed as you as to find that new love which does not replace the old one, but adds to the wonder of life and love as we mortals know it. Chris Steve,
Your story is a country song in the making, and I suggest you copyright it immediately. Seriously. What a touching story … it rings true to me, though my loss was not through passing to another, better world, but from divorce. And yes, I still mourn the loss, and just wish I could “get past” this point of denying it’s over, blaming myself, and move on to a new love. Additionally, your critique/review is spot on. Also, something that is missing from the other reviews, is McGraw’s reference to Kristofferson’s style, and I’m sure I misquote, “it might not even rhyme”. Anyway, God bless you and your new love, I hope I may be so blessed as you as to find that new love which does not replace the old one, but adds to the wonder of life and love as we mortals know it.
Chris

]]> By: Steve http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-60223 Steve Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:04:42 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-60223 I lost my wife 2 1/2 years ago to cancer. Lying on her deathbed, she made me promise two things: to raise our daughter well and to find myself a new love. I am in love with and engaged to a widow who lost her husband just over 3 years ago. This song captures beautifully the emotions that both my fiancee and I confront--the passage from grief to life again; the laying aside of the last remnants of guilt that you might be somehow betraying the memory of your first love, now lost to you forever; the regathering of your life and the reawakening to a new beginning; the closing of a chapter and the opening of a new one. It's all here, and with a tenderness that is both appropriate and emotional. If music is supposed to adhere to some esoteric formula with hooks that you can rate and standards that are consistent and routine, then by all means apply the review above. If, however, music is designed to touch the soul and elicit an emotional response and if lyrics are there to give voice to essential human experience, then the review above is wrong. Sorry, but from one who knows these emotions firsthand and believes that music is meant to reveal to us our own humanity, this song gets a lusty THUMBS UP! I lost my wife 2 1/2 years ago to cancer. Lying on her deathbed, she made me promise two things: to raise our daughter well and to find myself a new love.

I am in love with and engaged to a widow who lost her husband just over 3 years ago.

This song captures beautifully the emotions that both my fiancee and I confront–the passage from grief to life again; the laying aside of the last remnants of guilt that you might be somehow betraying the memory of your first love, now lost to you forever; the regathering of your life and the reawakening to a new beginning; the closing of a chapter and the opening of a new one. It’s all here, and with a tenderness that is both appropriate and emotional.

If music is supposed to adhere to some esoteric formula with hooks that you can rate and standards that are consistent and routine, then by all means apply the review above. If, however, music is designed to touch the soul and elicit an emotional response and if lyrics are there to give voice to essential human experience, then the review above is wrong. Sorry, but from one who knows these emotions firsthand and believes that music is meant to reveal to us our own humanity, this song gets a lusty THUMBS UP!

]]> By: anniemcu http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-58853 anniemcu Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:28:11 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-58853 The whole point of the song is the emotion, and if you have lost a dear loved one, it is right on target. You can call it sappy, or overly emotional if you want, but if you allow yourself to hear it from the perspective of those thousands of people it touches directly, maybe you will hear the genuine worth and beauty of it. The whole point of the song is the emotion, and if you have lost a dear loved one, it is right on target. You can call it sappy, or overly emotional if you want, but if you allow yourself to hear it from the perspective of those thousands of people it touches directly, maybe you will hear the genuine worth and beauty of it.

]]> By: Jim http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-55050 Jim Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:55:51 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-55050 Matt C. I ran across your review while I was researching this song. Your analysis might be a bit too technical. I suppose you could listen to Sara Beth by Rascal Flatts and not get wet eyes, too. The odds are against it, but I hope for your sake, if that's what you wish, you never have to go through any experiences that will allow you to be affected by this song. Most grown ups, however, understand that those experiences are what makes life wonderful, and country music is an expression of that life. This song reminded me of that. I heard this song yesterday for the first time when Suzy performed it live on A Prairie Home Companion, and the audience didn't seem to have any complaints. She also said her husband wrote the song. I hope he was trying to tell her anything, but it may have saved my life. I've been divorced for many years and will never marry again, but a couple of years ago I met a wonderful woman. Her husband died long ago under questionable circumstances and left her to raise their two kids alone, which she's done amazingly well. Although I know she's fallen in love with me, I just don't seem to be able to return it; too much baggage, I guess. I shouldn't have gotten married in the first place. I've have had some hard times recently and was selfishly contemplating something similar when I heard Suzy sing this song. Once I heard it, I couldn't believe I was being so selfish I was thinking about doing the same thing to this wonderful woman for a second time. I hadn't been able to find a way to tell her. So, I got a recording of the song, learned the lyrics and chords in a few hours, and I'm going to sing it to her when she visits later this week. I've already committed it to memory and know it by heart, I just haven't gotten the feeling into it yet. That shouldn't be a problem, because even though I've played it dozens of times already, I still can't get through it without crying. Ultimately, though, it caused me to stop feeling sorry for myself and get back in the fight. I've got a lot to live for and I've got a few asses to kick, yet. This is the sin of the commercialization of art. This song might not mean anything to you, but an artist never knows when they'll produce that one piece of work that means everything to someone, if only them. That's what keeps the good ones going, not your silly reviews. I hope I someday get to thank Suzy for this song. And her husband. I do have you to thank for being able to listen to the song over and over until I could get it down. Thanks at least for that. Jim C. Matt C.
I ran across your review while I was researching this song. Your analysis might be a bit too technical. I suppose you could listen to Sara Beth by Rascal Flatts and not get wet eyes, too. The odds are against it, but I hope for your sake, if that’s what you wish, you never have to go through any experiences that will allow you to be affected by this song. Most grown ups, however, understand that those experiences are what makes life wonderful, and country music is an expression of that life. This song reminded me of that.
I heard this song yesterday for the first time when Suzy performed it live on A Prairie Home Companion, and the audience didn’t seem to have any complaints. She also said her husband wrote the song. I hope he was trying to tell her anything, but it may have saved my life.
I’ve been divorced for many years and will never marry again, but a couple of years ago I met a wonderful woman. Her husband died long ago under questionable circumstances and left her to raise their two kids alone, which she’s done amazingly well. Although I know she’s fallen in love with me, I just don’t seem to be able to return it; too much baggage, I guess. I shouldn’t have gotten married in the first place.
I’ve have had some hard times recently and was selfishly contemplating something similar when I heard Suzy sing this song. Once I heard it, I couldn’t believe I was being so selfish I was thinking about doing the same thing to this wonderful woman for a second time. I hadn’t been able to find a way to tell her. So, I got a recording of the song, learned the lyrics and chords in a few hours, and I’m going to sing it to her when she visits later this week. I’ve already committed it to memory and know it by heart, I just haven’t gotten the feeling into it yet. That shouldn’t be a problem, because even though I’ve played it dozens of times already, I still can’t get through it without crying. Ultimately, though, it caused me to stop feeling sorry for myself and get back in the fight. I’ve got a lot to live for and I’ve got a few asses to kick, yet.
This is the sin of the commercialization of art. This song might not mean anything to you, but an artist never knows when they’ll produce that one piece of work that means everything to someone, if only them. That’s what keeps the good ones going, not your silly reviews. I hope I someday get to thank Suzy for this song. And her husband.
I do have you to thank for being able to listen to the song over and over until I could get it down. Thanks at least for that.

Jim C.

]]> By: Sam Kniffen http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-55040 Sam Kniffen Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:40:51 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-55040 The song is about the child they had together. The song implies a father killed two or three years ago in Iraq by President Bush and now the mother of their child (who the father never met) has regained control of her life, overcome her grief, and is moving on. It is a beautiful, amazing, and moving song. I have two toddlers and this song brings tears to my eyes. I am so thankful (although I definitely do not believe in a god) that we live in a free country and that I am able to hold my beautiful children in my arms without fear of missiles and suicide bombs worn by feeble unfortunates and detonated by cold-hearted killers. Peace to you all. The song is about the child they had together. The song implies a father killed two or three years ago in Iraq by President Bush and now the mother of their child (who the father never met) has regained control of her life, overcome her grief, and is moving on. It is a beautiful, amazing, and moving song. I have two toddlers and this song brings tears to my eyes. I am so thankful (although I definitely do not believe in a god) that we live in a free country and that I am able to hold my beautiful children in my arms without fear of missiles and suicide bombs worn by feeble unfortunates and detonated by cold-hearted killers. Peace to you all.

]]> By: Tom Manker http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-54917 Tom Manker Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:44:52 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-54917 I've been a professional musician and artist for 35 years and always wondered "who" has the authority to judge art or music. It's polite to criticize only if you don't know what you're talking about. I’ve been a professional musician and artist for 35 years and always wondered “who” has the authority to judge art or music. It’s polite to criticize only if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

]]> By: Charles http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-30368 Charles Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:16:42 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-30368 I'm just two weeks from the first anniversary of my wife's death, and wondering what to do with the rest of my life, so the song has a lot of meaning to me. The "hook" is subtle, but how many fish are caught with brazen hooks? I’m just two weeks from the first anniversary of my wife’s death, and wondering what to do with the rest of my life, so the song has a lot of meaning to me. The “hook” is subtle, but how many fish are caught with brazen hooks?

]]> By: Harriet Jordan http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-28565 Harriet Jordan Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:44:41 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/suzy-bogguss-in-heaven/#comment-28565 I think the song is great because I lost my husband two and a half years ago and my dad two months and one day before that. I just started seeing someone a little over 4 months ago and my mother just started seeing someone a couple of months ago. My daughter was driving from one work site to another when she heard this song and she said she just started crying because it sounded so much like my situation with her dad and my new love. As soon as she got home from work she called "mom you have got to call the radio station and request this song In Heaven by Suzy Bogguss. It will make you cry, it sure did me." I requested it and yes I cried and so did my mom even though she's not in love, yet. I have requested it again for my new love and he said this is how you explained to me you felt a couple of months ago you just didn't have the music with it. Our radio station says this is a really much requested song here, so it must be good. I think Suzy does it great and it makes you feel like you have God's blessings, too. It is great to find love twice in a life time. I think the song is great because I lost my husband two and a half years ago and my dad two months and one day before that. I just started seeing someone a little over 4 months ago and my mother just started seeing someone a couple of months ago. My daughter was driving from one work site to another when she heard this song and she said she just started crying because it sounded so much like my situation with her dad and my new love. As soon as she got home from work she called “mom you have got to call the radio station and request this song In Heaven by Suzy Bogguss. It will make you cry, it sure did me.” I requested it and yes I cried and so did my mom even though she’s not in love, yet. I have requested it again for my new love and he said this is how you explained to me you felt a couple of months ago you just didn’t have the music with it. Our radio station says this is a really much requested song here, so it must be good. I think Suzy does it great and it makes you feel like you have God’s blessings, too. It is great to find love twice in a life time.

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