tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post24192722534454893..comments2024-03-28T10:18:52.493-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Nashville: Back In Baby's ArmsBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-89229738029323520452017-06-25T03:25:22.630-04:002017-06-25T03:25:22.630-04:00Nashville, oh Nashville, what have they done to yo...Nashville, oh Nashville, what have they done to you? They have ripped out your heart and replaced it with a cold cold stone. Characters have vanished without a word of explanation, and instead of the previous snappy dialogue, we have been left with long silences, and instead of lots of music, we are left with half finished songs. Even the iconic Bluebird is noticeable by its absence. <br />The old adage, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' has never been more true. Nashville worked the way it was. They have changed it, and they have ruined it. I doubt I'll continue to watch.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097274915794244172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-91328053744107117062017-01-24T05:49:18.874-05:002017-01-24T05:49:18.874-05:00It's so nice to see Nashville reviews on here ...It's so nice to see Nashville reviews on here :-)<br />I think it all got so crazy last year that it's just nice to see everyone back and not being in the midst of ~high drama~ It is a little quiet and slow (but that's understandable and it's still enjoyable).<br /><br />I guess on one level the new producers have made so much noise about going back to basics with the songs that it's been a little surprising that they are still... pretty unmemorable? To be fair, you can look back now and realise we were pretty damn spoiled in season one with The Civil Wars and Striking Matches songs for Scarlet and Gunnar, but it might have been worth the new team finding at least one knock-out song to define the latest series early on (even if that meant spending a bit more of what is going to be a limited budget. Or asking Striking Matches again..!). As the show has so many female singers, there's still nobody trying anything near the Kacey Musgraves or Miranda Lambert ~quirky~ country style on the show (even if Cash name checked them last year!) and it's starting to feel slightly uneven not to acknowledge that side of the music?<br /><br />I think what does come across is how Nashville isn't remotely representative of what mainstream country radio is mostly like (lots of male singers singing mostly 'bro country') now that they've ditched Luke (who was possibly the most realistic character compared to the actual mainstream country scene). And that's awesome in lots of ways (I can listen to actual country radio for that stuff and the world could do with fewer truck songs methinks.) But it's also making their little Nashville bubble feel even more fictional (like they're not even trying to create any analogues with the characters and writers they have available, even if mainstream country still seems to exist in the show's fictional world with all the cameos). And nope, the annoying Youtube girl does not count :-)jencathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760127090293409589noreply@blogger.com