I don't see anyplace that claims people are requesting it, just the opposite. Did you even read the article? Maines was quoted in late January on EW.com, before the single went to country radio, saying: "For me to be in country music to begin with was not who I was ... I would be cheating myself ... to go back to something that I don't wholeheartedly believe in. So I'm pretty much done. They've shown their true colors. I like lots of country music, but as far as the industry and everything that happened ... I couldn't want to be farther away from that."
Anyway the songs sound like really bad folk music, kind of like if Brittany Spears went the folk route. So who's buying the songs, country fans or folk/pop fans? On 5/24/06, Jerry Johnson wrote: > Yes, that is considered "good" by today's country music standards. > > But again, Sam, you missed the point. > > If the fans REALLY did not want to hear it, they wouldn't be buying > the album, they wouldn't be calling up CMT and requesting the videos > be played, and it wouldn't consistently be a top download on iTunes. > > But what happens when the fans DO want to hear it, and the radio > stations refuse to play it (either for ideological reasons, or for > misplaced business reasons, or for lack of guts)? Then the radio > industry becomes just a little bit less relevant. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207467 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
