<h3>Single Review: Easton Corbin All Over The Road, Has It Got The Staying Power?</h3>
<p>I have to say apart from &#8220;<a href="http://www.countrymusicnewsblog.com/easton-corbin-draws-record-breaking-crowd/"><em>Lovin’ You Is Fun</em></a>&#8221; I had never really listened to <strong><a title="Easton Corbin" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/easton-corbin-concert-tour-tickets/">Easton Corbin</a></strong>. So when I first heard this song, I was bowled over by how purely 90s it sounded <em>(I’d like to clarify that I mean that positively!</em>) Although I don’t listen to any particular artists from the 90s, sometimes I put on 90s country internet radio just to relax with, and if I had heard this song play on it, I wouldn’t have been any the wiser. Easton’s voice has that tonal quality to it, and the production that surrounds it, to make it a real tribute to that sound from 20 years ago.</p>
<h4>Tribute to 90&#8217;s Country, but Modern Too.</h4>
<p>However, despite the musical era it’s rooted in, there are elements of modernity. For example, the<br />
guitar solo reminds me of the songs of some of the biggest stars in Nashville right now. When the<br />
final chorus kicks in, the instrumentation is suddenly stripped back to the acoustic guitar playing<br />
a melody-based pattern, something which has often been used and is very effective. As expected,<br />
the drums then kick in, and the steel guitar and other instruments join it to complete the song as it<br />
began.</p>
<h4>Relaxing Quality But Is That Enough?</h4>
<p>As a song it’s fairly simple, it’s foot-tapping, head-bobbing, and is perfect for the car radio, or<br />
perhaps a bar. However, the beat is slower than other songs of its type, and doesn’t encourage<br />
liveliness. Rather, it&#8217;s a cheerful, fun song that asks you to chill with a beer for a bit. The melody is<br />
simple and easy to sing along to, there’s not a huge range of notes, and it perfectly functions as<br />
something to have on while you’re relaxing. Lyrically it repeats a lot of the ideas recycled again and<br />
again in country music, about driving with his girl, getting a little frisky, high on life, and not being<br />
able to wait until he can get her home.</p>
<h4>May Not Have Staying Power.</h4>
<p>This is well and good and I like the song, but it’s not a song I can get very excited about. It doesn’t<br />
hit me in any sort of which way, and unfortunately, it feels a little average.<br />
Songs to ‘have on in the background’ aren’t necessarily the ones to stick around. ‘Lovin’ You Is Fun’<br />
Easton’s previous release, did so well because it had that catchy hook. Whilst this song has kind of<br />
catchy elements, it blends into the wallpaper of country music far more, and I fear it will get lost<br />
among the rest. I think it will do fairly well in the charts because Easton’s star is growing, particularly<br />
after his previous single being the 8th top selling country song in all of 2012 (<a href="http://www.countrymusicnewsblog.com/top-20-country-songs-of-2012/">according to Billboard’s<br />
end of year charts</a>), but it won’t be one that people remember particularly, not as far as I can see.</p>
<h4>Looking for A Stronger Follow Up Single.</h4>
<p>It’s a good song and I’m quite happy to listen to it, have it on the radio, but it doesn’t make me want<br />
to buy the album, and I think after his previous single Easton needed a stronger song to follow up,<br />
to convince people he’s not ‘just another country star’. The 90s thing probably doesn’t help either,<br />
in that while a good sound, recycling musical and production ideas from an entire decade doesn’t<br />
usually make for something new and original, something that’s going to hit you in the face and make<br />
you remember it (<em>when I say 90s I should say middle-of-the-road commercial country of the 90s, just<br />
to clarify, I’m aware there was a lot more than that going on</em>).</p>
<p>So when this song comes on the radio, I would actively recommend turning it on, I would even<br />
suggest <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-over-the-road/id559977071">downloading it from iTunes here</a>. Still, I don’t think it’s has the staying power it needs. But maybe I’m wrong.</p>
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<h4>Vickye is a guest contributor! Find her on Twitter: @planmymistake or her own site: www.forthecountryrecord.com!</h4>
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