Comments on: Your Take: How Far is Too Far?

By: James S.

James S. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:25:34 +0000

To Idlewildsouth, Razor, and Noeller : I share your frustration with many of today’s mainstream acts and agree with you all the way. Now, if an artist actually proved to be a country singer through his/her own material, I’d be cool with a non-country cover here and there. However, that has not been the case most of the time.

By: Steve Harvey

Steve Harvey — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:31:44 +0000

A pop travesty that comes to mind is Madonna’s “American Pie.”
Oh good lord yes. That is one of the most appalling covers I’ve ever heard. Poor Don McLean.

By: Razor X

Razor X — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:53:22 +0000

I was gonna say…”Rose Garden” came out in 1970. I don’t think the word disco had even been invented yet…at least not as a genre. Although didn’t Martina McBride cover that song as well?

Yes, she did.

By: kevin w

kevin w — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:38:46 +0000

“I guess Country music was lucky it skipped the disco era”

Guess you never heard Bill Andersons efforts in the late 70’s

By: Steve M.

Steve M. — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:53:21 +0000

A good cover is where you make the song your own. Social Distortion turned “Ring of Fire” into a kickass punk song. Likewise, The Gourds make “Gin and Juice” into something I want to hear. The problem is when you cover something and you either treat too reverently and making it sound like the original, or when you change it beyond all recognition. A pop travesty that comes to mind is Madonna’s “American Pie.”

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:39:53 +0000

I was gonna say…”Rose Garden” came out in 1970. I don’t think the word disco had even been invented yet…at least not as a genre. Although didn’t Martina McBride cover that song as well?

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:04:46 +0000

Yeah, I don’t see the “Rose Garden”-disco connection. Now, on the other hand, “Double S”…

By: Razor X

Razor X — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:04:02 +0000

The disco movement hadn’t even got underway in 1970, when “Rose Garden” came out. It’s not rootsy-country, but it ain’t disco, either.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:54:18 +0000

I think Joe South (who wrote “Rose Garden) who resent terribly the thought that anyone considered his song, or Lynn’s rendition of it, as disco

By: TenPoundHammer

TenPoundHammer — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:40:01 +0000

“I guess Country music was lucky it skipped the disco era.” I don’t know, “Rose Garden” is pretty disco, as is Reba’s “Walk On.” And the latter was from *1990*. Even King George used sax on a couple late 80s albums.