Mark Chesnutt, Keith Urban, Collin Raye and The Carter Twins

Keith Urban : Kiss A Girl
My TRASH IT selection this week

From the moment the electric guitar starts cutting out of a single speaker you know this can only get worse.

It does. A SECOND guitar out of the other speaker on the next stanza.

It's corny pop music production, the song just churns around and around going nowhere and pleasing little.

Doubtless it will soar to the heights of chart success, doubtless others will applaud Urban's innovative music, his urbane wit and his down home charm.

They'll all wear suits, come from New York and be lining their pockets on the back if his success -- IN THE POP charts!

Collin Raye : Mid Life Chrysler

Ho ho ho! My sides are splitting at the humor of the title. Ho, ho, ho!

Actually, that's a downright lie. I apologize.

There's nothing funny about the sentiments of the song, in fact there's absolutely nothing fun or funny about the song at all.

It's written by three of Nashville's songwriting luminaries - Neil Thrasherly, Wendell Mobley and Tony Martin -  but they've missed the mark by a Country mile.

And Raye - who has one of the finest voices in Country music, spends his time trying to sound like a rock & roll singer on uppers.

The overall effect is noise in the ears.

So that'll be a huge hit then.

Carter Twins - Heart Like Memphis

These two 18-year-olds can really sing. And like most siblings, their voices mesh seamlessly in harmonies.

And with good material, they could really be "the next big thing".

Whether this is the material is very questionable but I must stop being so cynical.

In the current climate where Nashville pumps out ANYTHING and calls it "COUNTRY MUSIC", this will be a major hit, and these guys are going to be around for many, many years.

That's the truth. I just don't like it!!!