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L S Dagen wrote on Sep 3, 2007 9:03 AM:

" I think you all are missing the point here. How can you have a top selling album yet not get airplay?? There is a demand for her music, there is a demand for lots of good music. The radio stations play what they want. "Garth Brooks" has retired and turned his back on his fans yet he still gets airplay. You can not listen to the radio and not hear "Garth Brooks" sometime during the day. "

Grumplestiltskin wrote on Aug 14, 2007 8:34 AM:

" Woo Hoo- I'm redneck trailer-trash, yee haw! She pretty much typifies everything that's wrong with country music now, and all popular music really. Instead of doing it for the love of the music, she obsesses over units sold. Plus, her music seems to celebrate (exploit?) some stereotype of lower class rural people, but in reality that's the lifestyle she is trying to escape by selling more records. Listen to Brandi Carlile instead; good music, honest lyrics, not bogged down in self-pity. See ya at the truck stop, Gretchen. "

Poor bambina wrote on Aug 12, 2007 7:16 AM:

" Sounds like she's crying all the way to the bank. If you want to be played, produce something good. Enjoy your 5 minutes of fame, I don't expect you'll be around that long with your pop garbage. Ask Shania about that. That God for artists like George Strait keeping the old school alive. "

Luv Country Music wrote on Aug 11, 2007 11:26 AM:

" I love this new Country Music - it reminds me of the 80's - it's got great lyrics and musicality that my family and I can sing to without worrying about what's being said. As for Gretchen, she needs to keep trying and remember it's about what sells, not what she "feels" as she's grown. "

AJ wrote on Aug 10, 2007 7:15 PM:

" I lost respect for GW when I heard redneck woman. Anyone who takes pride in leaving their Xmas lights up all year and them praises it in a song is completely way more backwoods than I care to give 5 seconds to. Her albums suck. "

Darrel wrote on Aug 10, 2007 4:56 PM:

" Give me Cowboy Copas or Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys any day! "

JTE wrote on Aug 10, 2007 4:47 PM:

" But Garth added the glitzy "rock 'n' roll" show aspect, and a lot of his music is just bad southern rock rip-offs. That junk became what record companies wanted to sell, so that's what is foisted off as "country" music these days. And as much as I despise Garth Brooks' music, the problem is not the Anti-Hank, but the fans, record companies, and radio stations. Much like Stevie Ray Vaughn fans have ruined "blues" Garth fans have ruined "country". "

Gretchen fan wrote on Aug 10, 2007 4:37 PM:

" I just want to say that i really like Gretchen's first 2 album's, but for any fan of country music i didn't see this one hyped up as much. With loving her first 2 albums, i listened to the 3rd and was really disappointed. i think i only like 1 or maybe 2 songs on it. so maybe she needs to rethink what she did on the 3rd album that was so different from the other 2. "

To JTE: wrote on Aug 10, 2007 2:20 PM:

" I want to say amen. I agree with almost everything you say ….. but ….. Garth is really a pretty good lyricist. The words in his songs mean something so I am not sure you can blame him for all the nonsense that passes for song lyrics in country today. "

JTE wrote on Aug 10, 2007 12:38 PM:

" Country radio died the day Billboard Magazine change the reporting of sales from telephone interviews to bar-code scan data. The week that happened, Garth Brooks' album shot up to #1 and Metallica dropped from #1. That took the whole music industry by surprise, and they glommed on to bad pop music with steel guitars, fiddles, and cowboy hats. Bad music that sells as "country" due to the instruments. Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn, this Wilson person, and just about anything played on "country radio" in the last 10 years is so far from being country that a lot of 70's stuff (e.g. Eagles, Creedence, etc.) is more country than what country radio will play. Garth Brooks fans and line dancers ruined country music. "

Re: Who does she think she is wrote on Aug 10, 2007 12:00 PM:

" You think that she is attractive? I think that she looks pretty trashy. She doesn't have a pretty face, but she might have a good body..can't really tell cause women have so many things to help push things up and keep them in place. I would give her a 7 out of 10..at best. "

yip wrote on Aug 10, 2007 11:58 AM:

" I agree with need a new wave of down home country. Some of the stuff today is rather ridiculous. "

hmmh wrote on Aug 10, 2007 11:57 AM:

" I just was in Tennessee and heard that some music got on the radio from being requested by a bunch of fans. Maybe the fans aren't requesting the music. I myself do not listen to a bunch of radio especially with cd's and mp3's. "

good tunes wrote on Aug 10, 2007 11:10 AM:

" if you want some good tunes turn to wbgl 104.7. it rocks!!! "

p wrote on Aug 10, 2007 10:53 AM:

" When I was in college (1987-1991) her mom was working in a truck-stop where I ate once a week (in Pochahanas, IL). Gretchen has come a long way up from a long way down, and she makes uncomfortable the people who haven't. "

Lights out wrote on Aug 10, 2007 10:33 AM:

" It's only 15 minutes honey, not 20. "

Who does she think she is wrote on Aug 10, 2007 10:28 AM:

" It is amazing how popular American culture has promoted the condition where it is OK to be self-absorbed and shameless. Considering there are, and have been, thousands upon thousands of musicians(many of them really good) who have never got a break. In "the biz" she has every advantage that an artist could have, many could only dream about being in her position. This woman has a major label marketing department to push her album! Despite that, if her fan base doesn't play her songs, maybe it's because they don't like them, duh! I have never heard of an artist publicly 'ridiculing' for people not liking their work. It's weird that this is a news article. Maybe we are suppose to feel sorry for her because she is so attractive. The first commentator said it best "get over yourself." "

MRS. wrote on Aug 10, 2007 9:28 AM:

" To bad. I quit listening to country about the same time Gretchen started. This new country isn't worth the energy to turn the radio on. Oldies and talk radio are set on my car radio and I have real country on CDs and my puter. They won't miss me and I am happy so it works real well for me. "

Jennifer wrote on Aug 10, 2007 8:30 AM:

" Aw, puddin' "

Sorry Gretchen~~ wrote on Aug 10, 2007 1:39 AM:

" Why do you think you have to be the winner ALL the time?? Their are others that would like to take a bow besides you. They've worked just as hard like you did so give someone else a chance and go gripe to a some dog and not to the public. People that think life is all about them get under my skin, the world is a big place and their is a place for everyone at some point in life. This just happens to be their's for a change. Get over yourself!! "

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