Trisha Yearwood – “This is Me You’re Talking To”

I’ll assume that this is going to be her next single, and I’ve gotta say, this will be, by far, my favorite single out of nashville in a few years. I really love this song. I’m inclined to agree with you on the arrangement, “flirts with melodrama” is a good way to put it, but nevertheless, the song has a strong enough story, and Trisha’s vocals are so good, that it more than makes up for that weakness. Awesome song, great review.

A pure vocalist like Trisha and two guitars, awesome.

Yes, the songwriters should be mentioned and the writers of this particular gem are Karyn Rochelle and Tommy Lee James. However, I won’t apologize for failing to name the songwriters in all of my reviews. It’s remarkable how difficult it can be to find the writers of many songs when most of the music I listen to no longer comes on a CD with liner notes. None of the digital music stores I use supply any information about songwriters and most of the countless lyrics databases apparently don’t think that it’s important to include the lyrics’ authors. If a song isn’t easily located in the ASCAP or BMI catalogs, then you just have to hope to get lucky. It’s a shame, but The 9513 is far from the primary offender.

Amazing performance, agreeing with Lanibug this actually reminds me of her older stuff. One of the best female singers of our time. Beautifully simple yet touching song… I guess I’ll be getting that CD now.

It’s a very, very good song, yes, but it shouldn’t have been released at this point. One of her best up-tempo songs — and the lead-off track to a brand new album on a new label — busts at #20 on the charts and they follow up with this slow four-minute-plus track that, in this context, can be best described as anti-radio?

I’ve been listening to this CD for the past few days and, for the sake of a hit song, I think they should have released “They Call It Falling For a Reason,” then followed that with “Nothin’ ‘Bout Memphis” (an absolutely beautiful song; I love the horns), then maybe come back for “This is Me You’re Talking To.”

The fact that “Heaven, Heartache…” didn’t make the Top 10 proves either (a) Trisha will ALWAYS only be a critical darling and never land another string of actual hit songs again, or (b) Garth did it to her again (remember how radio was made to choose between the two back during “Where Your Road Leads”? Garth and Trisha, now that I think of it, tend to remind me of Bill and Hillary: his efforts to maintain his legacy will always outrank her current ambition.)