Wednesday, January 22, 2003
quote of the week: vince gill onstage in nashville last tuesday, on his wife, pop-gospel star amy grant:
"[She's the] jealous type. She’s been known to have a few beers, and she might kick your ass.”
speaking of, vince's new single, which he premiered on the mca awards back in november, is "the next big thing." now, vince knows a little about being on both sides of this conundrum, which is why he's the perfect choice to sing this tongue-in-cheek boogiefied lil' number. ['course, it could also be that he wrote it, as he did his entire forthcoming album.] "there's always somebody/waitin' in the wings/thinkin' that they're gonna be the next big thing," vince reminds us, and of course he's right. commercially, he's not the force he used to be, which is a good thing; I think he's finding the lack of pressure to sell sell sell refreshing. not that he hasn't always done his own thing - he has, which is one of the reasons for his longevity in nashville - but over the last half-decade or so, vince's really kinda cut loose. this is a country song in name only. "big thing" is a rockabilly-ish song complete with tasty guitar pickin' and an almost vegas-y horn section. ray charles should cover this immediately, basically (though I'm not sure I can hear ray singing the words "I'll lose a little weight and get a belly-button ring"). best single vince has released in some time. it's good to have you back, guy.
"[She's the] jealous type. She’s been known to have a few beers, and she might kick your ass.”
speaking of, vince's new single, which he premiered on the mca awards back in november, is "the next big thing." now, vince knows a little about being on both sides of this conundrum, which is why he's the perfect choice to sing this tongue-in-cheek boogiefied lil' number. ['course, it could also be that he wrote it, as he did his entire forthcoming album.] "there's always somebody/waitin' in the wings/thinkin' that they're gonna be the next big thing," vince reminds us, and of course he's right. commercially, he's not the force he used to be, which is a good thing; I think he's finding the lack of pressure to sell sell sell refreshing. not that he hasn't always done his own thing - he has, which is one of the reasons for his longevity in nashville - but over the last half-decade or so, vince's really kinda cut loose. this is a country song in name only. "big thing" is a rockabilly-ish song complete with tasty guitar pickin' and an almost vegas-y horn section. ray charles should cover this immediately, basically (though I'm not sure I can hear ray singing the words "I'll lose a little weight and get a belly-button ring"). best single vince has released in some time. it's good to have you back, guy.
# posted by Thomas : 5:46 PM
