Comments on: Wanda Jackson Finds Producer In Jack White; Dierks Bentley Plans Bluegrass Record

By: jana

jana — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:28:16 +0000

I have been a White Stripes fan forever and i just caught It Might Get Loud. Jack White blew my mind. any true fan should not miss it. http://bit.ly/4SGSGV

By: K.

K. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:47:24 +0000

She’s a huge star for sure right now.. and is being copied in a big way. I was just at a music event where songwriters showcase their material for possible placement and there were multiple Swift knock-offs… some a lot better than Swift (LOL).. Not too hard to do.. I personally don’t think she’s that good, she can’t sing, her songs are trite, and trivial nonsense.. and her 15 minutes of fame are up.. she’s actually reached a peak so the only way to go artist wise is down… the main reason is she really hasn’t got the vocal talent.. she’s not a belter, and she’s not sheryl crow… a real deal artist, AND she can be easily duplicated.. I’m sure she’ll be around a while since she is so famous now.. probably t.v. film, maybe songwriting/producing.. but as an artist… hmmm… time’s up..

The unfortunate thing is, I’m sure they’ll be lots of little taylor nipping at her ankles, who will take her place.. lol

It’s really a shame when you have a grasp on the kinds of talent that’s really out there and being passed over for this stuff… : (((((((…………

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:56:51 +0000

Swift is reaching mass ages. Just ask my 50 something mother who related to “White Horse.” That song hit a little too close to home for her.

Swift is reaching the world too. That’s why she’s compared to Garth.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:52:03 +0000

Swift=Garth??? 0.o Who thought this one up?? No way can Swift be compared to Garth…no friggin way! Garth reached world-wide mass and diverse ages…Swift reached Tweens…and that’s about it I believe. Why compare a low grade with a highly respected one???

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:44:14 +0000

I don’t really care what you think Leeann. It’s my opinion. An honest opinion. Does that make my arguement any less true? No.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:34:26 +0000

Tony,
I thought you were holding your own pretty well here, until that last comment.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:21:58 +0000

No. It’s a fact. All mainstream country is trash. Much like your music.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:52:59 +0000

But, it was a different sound for Cash… I thought we were talking about the different sounds. “Rusty Cage” and “Hurt” for example sound nothing like Cash ever recorded in a 40+ year career prior to the Rubin albums.

Agreed. The difference is that Cash spent 10 years working with Rubin, making multiple albums and literally hundreds of recordings. Lynn did one album with White six years ago, and though she said she was going to do more, she hasn’t. Nor is there any sign that she will. And her shows are mostly what they were before she ever made Van Lear Rose. So that album has a different significance in her career than Cash’s decade-long string of projects with Rubin had in his.

As for the rest, blah, blah, blah, you don’t like contemporary mainstream country. What a surprise. But it’s funny how you don’t want to foreclose on the idea that Lynn might make another album with White because it’s “all hypothetical talk,” and then criticize contemporary country artists with a bunch of, um, hypothetical talk.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:53 +0000

The point is that none of the new acts… from Taylor Swift to Dierks Bentley to Tim McGraw will EVER record anything that compares to an artist like Loretta Lynn’s records. Even VLR. What’s authentic about country radio today? Nothing. It’s all digital. Everything is cleaned up and made to sound perfect. Do you think they tweaked Loretta’s voice on VLR to make it sound in tune? No. Let’s hear Taylor sing on key in her 60’s and 70’s… she can’t even do it now. The heart and soul has been taken out of anything you hear on country radio. That’s why a record like VLR was so refreshing to so many people’s ears.

But, we could debate this until the end of time. I’ll stop now due to me not having anymore time or energy to dedicate to this topic.

Can’t wait for Wanda’s album!

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:53:07 +0000

How do we know that there is no future White and Lynn albums? Apparently, Loretta recently recorded or worked on a gospel album with John Carter Cash… but nothing has been said about that. Loretta Lynn and Johnny Cash were two totally different personalities. As is Wanda Jackson and Loretta Lynn. If anything I could see an artist like Jackson recording multiple albums with White as opposed to Loretta. But, again… this is all hypothetical talk.