http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2006 by the authors Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:31:37 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/27/074501.php#comment-475033 I just think that someone told her that she was going to win, like an official or something. So when she heard a name other then her own it surprised her. No big deal, just a reaction to news exactly the opposite of what she was told. The person who told her was misinformed. 475033@blogcritics.org Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:31:37 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/27/074501.php#comment-428969 HI!!! Im getting married in a tropical place. I LOVE the Dress Faith Hill is wearing in her music video Mississippi Girl. Does anyone know the style/make/location I could get it from! It is my DREAM wedding dress... Thank you, kristi 428969@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:18:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/27/074501.php#comment-245485 christgau can do whatever he likes. my point is really that it's a complete waste of time to review, say, Mariah Carey...if i've always hated her. that review snippet is typical of what i think of as a pointless reivew. they hated Hill and just sat around finding ways to slag both her and the country music industry (which i've pointed out before sure does deserve a pile 'o slagging). 245485@blogcritics.org Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:35:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/27/074501.php#comment-245472 Robert Christgau only reviews stuff he likes? BTW, I'm not reveiwing anything, only trying to give someone who stumbles across your review another perspective -- sort of a public service. For yet another take on Faith's latest (warning: bad review) go here: http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=613 Here's an excerpt: "Less an "album" than a goddamn dissertation on everything rotten at the core of mainstream country music, Faith Hill's Fireflies, rest assured, will rank as her sixth multi-platinum record and will likely sweep the country field at the Grammy awards come February. That it is so utterly without substance—it's some kind of engineering marvel that the CD itself doesn't have to be tethered to the ground—certainly won't deter NARAS, People, and Entertainment Weekly (who stand to profit whenever Hill's visage graces their covers), or Hill's legion of fans from shouting me down to the contrary, but Fireflies is flat-out terrible, the end-all be-all example of how the major labels on music row have diluted the soul out of an entire genre of vital popular music." 245472@blogcritics.org Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:06:34 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/27/074501.php#comment-243537 good for you. still i don't see the point in ever 'reviewing' music that you KNOW you can't stand. 243537@blogcritics.org Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:32:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/27/074501.php#comment-243533 For another take on Faith's (whom I can't stand) latest, including her Lori McKenna (whom I love) covers, go here: http://www.hickorywind.org/000638.php For ongoing commentary on Faith's "music," periodically check out Jack Spark's blog at http://blogs.citypages.com/jsparks/ Here's a sample (warning: he, as I, think Faith's music is pretty bad): "Right after Gretchen Wilson strutted out on stage with a dip in, proclaiming herself a Redneck Girl...Faith Hill is now at or near the top of the charts as...tah-dahhhhh...a Mississippi Girl! No more whispy goddess in designer dress moaning of love from the Eiffel Tower with her bald husband by her side. Dammit, she's DOWN HOME." 243533@blogcritics.org Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:28:02 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/27/074501.php#comment-243379 Very good post Mark - I like how you ended it. I have to swear off new CD's until I can get my *%^($ car CD player to work. I"m SO upset about that..anyway that's another story.. but this was nice, I do like Faith Hill, and that Shania girl is ok too. : ) 243379@blogcritics.org Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:15:20 EDT