There are three things good about this song. Three minuscule things, but I thought I should start the review on a positive note.
1. The way Hubbard says, "make you wanna dance, don't it baby." It makes me laugh!
2. The lyric, "Rock a little bit of hip hop and Haggard and Jagger." It is incredible thing to be able to take random famous names and rhyme them.
3. The acoustic guitar. More prominent in the verses, this has a reggae vibe that does make you want to dance.
1. The way Hubbard says, "make you wanna dance, don't it baby." It makes me laugh!
2. The lyric, "Rock a little bit of hip hop and Haggard and Jagger." It is incredible thing to be able to take random famous names and rhyme them.
3. The acoustic guitar. More prominent in the verses, this has a reggae vibe that does make you want to dance.
That's it. This song is the worst single FGL has ever released. They have released seven singles by now, and five out of the seven are straight up bro-country songs about partying. "Cruise", I like. It's a catchy song and would have stayed a really good song if FGL hadn't put out four more various versions of it. After the whole "This is How We Roll" fiasco with Luke Bryan and Jason Derulo, "Dirt" came. It was one of the best songs released by a male country artist last year. I was really looking forward to Anything Goes because I thought it would be a musical departure for them, to more mature music. To real country music.
Then this came out.
What horrifies me about this song is the lyrical content. It was written by Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelly, Cary Barlowe, Jesse Frasure, and Sarah Buxton. Come on, Sarah Buxton! Buxton has written some of the best songs of the last decade, including "Stupid Boy" (recorded by Keith Urban) and "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" (recorded by The Band Perry). This song is so far from the standard those songs set it's horrifying. This song mentions almost every abominable thing that can go on at a party. Hubbard sings, "if I'm lucky yeah I might get laid" and "I sit you up on a kitchen sink, stick the pink umbrella in your drink." Women are treated like this in country songs often, as just another "play-toy" for the men's day off. I can't believe Big Machine Records agreed to even release this song. And then, Hubbard just has to sing about "getting stoned" and putting "jack in his coke." This is a new low, guys. A new low. I am disgusted.
Overall Rating: 0 crowns
Then this came out.
What horrifies me about this song is the lyrical content. It was written by Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelly, Cary Barlowe, Jesse Frasure, and Sarah Buxton. Come on, Sarah Buxton! Buxton has written some of the best songs of the last decade, including "Stupid Boy" (recorded by Keith Urban) and "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" (recorded by The Band Perry). This song is so far from the standard those songs set it's horrifying. This song mentions almost every abominable thing that can go on at a party. Hubbard sings, "if I'm lucky yeah I might get laid" and "I sit you up on a kitchen sink, stick the pink umbrella in your drink." Women are treated like this in country songs often, as just another "play-toy" for the men's day off. I can't believe Big Machine Records agreed to even release this song. And then, Hubbard just has to sing about "getting stoned" and putting "jack in his coke." This is a new low, guys. A new low. I am disgusted.
Overall Rating: 0 crowns
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