Comments on: Favorite Songs of 2012

By: LJ

LJ — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:57:35 +0000

I’m so happy to see “Woman on the Wheel” here – I was surprised at how little that song was mentioned in most of the “Hello Cruel World” reviews I saw.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:08:17 +0000

Apart from the few songs listed I have on CD’s purchased I haven’t downloaded any of the rest. Don’t know if I care enough any more to even bother checking them out. Oh well…

It’s nice to see Kacey Musgraves score so high on the list. Now the big question is if she will be able to build any momentum at AirHead Country Radio? Hmm. Go Kacey!

By: luckyoldsun

luckyoldsun — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:00:33 +0000

I have to second Arlene.
The list seems to be titled “Favorite Songs” simply as a shorthand to indicate that it’s a list of recordings of individual songs–as opposed to albums.

The topic of distinguishing when songs were written, copyrighted, introduced, etc. seems to have had nothing to do with the complilation of the list.

Now I love Waylon Jennings, but I don’t think I’d have included “I Do Believe” on this list because it’s an old recording and Waylon had already recorded and released a very similar version of the song many years ago–as one of the cuts on the Highwaymen’s “Road Goes On Forever” CD–a disc that was itself reissued in a special deluxe package not that long ago.

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:00:12 +0000

These dating things are always difficult; the best new song of a given year might not have been recorded at all yet, but heard live, for example, or on a broadcast.. Even then, we’ve heard of it because it was performed, and, obviously, more or going to have heard of one that’s been performed on record–enough “more’ to give it traction on lists like this, no matter who’s voting. So it’s reasonable to go by “best new songs on record”–but a record is a record, with arrangements and instrumentation and production laid down separate from the song itself, at least momentarily, and a song is usually a song before that. For which the songwriters should be honored, I and others figure..

By: Arlene

Arlene — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:33:13 +0000

@ Dave- Marty Stuart re-recorded “Sundown in Nashville” for Nashville, Vol. 1. Tear the Woodpile Down.

I almost think we should refer to this category as “Best Recordings of Individual Songs” since it seems a bit odd to me that older songs such as “If I Had My Way, I’d Tear This Building Down” or “House of Gold” or “Would These Arms Be in Your Way” or “The Boxer” would qualify as a “Best Song of 2012.”

BTW. Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott had previously included “House of Gold” on their studio album, “Real Time,” which was released in 2005 but of course, the version released this year was recorded live.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:12:50 +0000

I absolutely agree with Barry. On my blog I almost always list the songwriter.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:59:08 +0000

Spectacular list, but Barry does make a good point.

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:58:20 +0000

Seems like if we’re talking best SONGS, we should at least note the songwriters, not just or only the performers who sang them.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:39:41 +0000

Surprised that Wade Hayes didn’t make it. Favorites for me are the Wind (46) & the Storm (21), Ashley, Kacey and Don w AK.

By: Dave >

Dave > — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:07:31 +0000

I like the idea of making a Spotify playlist of this.

One minor quibble, Marty Stuart had previously released Sundown in Nashville on his 2003 Country Music CD.