Saving Country Music’s Official Stance on “The Voice” Winner Sundance Head
So. I’ve been hearing about this contestant on NBC’s reality singing competition The Voice for a while now named Sundance Head. Yes, that’s his name for those not desensitized to its curiosity after watching him for a television season. As it is the standing Saving Country Music policy to generally avoid reality singing competitions aside from extenuating circumstances, I’ve resisted the dangling carrot allure of traditional country performances from said Sundance Head on broadcast television despite the prodding of many a peer, since heretofore similar scenarios from other contestants, though promising, have ultimately resulted in little to no measurable positivity towards the effort to save country music.
But yesterday amid many calls for my opinion and participation, I finally tuned into The Voice finale to see what all the hubbub was about … just in time to see Sundance Head performing with KISS.
I promptly returned to the Dolly Parton telethon.
Look, it’s not that the efforts of any of these contestants to perform and promote traditional country songs to the teeming masses via the medium of television is a bad thing. But we’ve been here before with Adam Wakefield, Craig Wayne Boyd, Kree Harrison, and about a dozen others that were the great traditional country hype candidate on one of these competitions, and six months later they can’t keep a record deal. The fact that Billy Gilman and Meghan Linsey have both tried to recycle their careers though The Voice and are still failing should tell you all you need to know about the efficacy of these shows beyond selling primetime commercial slots. No offense to any of these artists, and some of these former reality TV competitors are great country music performers. But none of their efforts are even really worth remarking on until they do something in the real world.
Yes, Sundance Head put together some great performances during his run on The Voice, and hats off. But I do take significant exception with him calling himself the “founder of soul country.” Bullshit. What hubris, arrogance, and shortsightedness. First off, do a little bit more than win a reality singing competition before you go out there assigning yourself grandiose monikers. Second, go listen to “Louisiana Women” performed by Waylon Jennings, written by JJ Cale, and produced by Willie Nelson from 1974, or Larry Jon Wilson’s New Beginnings album from 1975, or Tompall Glaser and his Outlaw Band from 1977, or pretty much anything from Jerry Reed’s nearly 50-year career. Then tell me how you invented soul country.
Hey, I hope Sundance Head and his country music pursuits all the best. But as he picks the glitter out of his quaffed beard from the KISS collaboration last night, I just hope he understands that today—the day after he won the biggest singing competition left on television—he’s just another Joe with some songs and a voice, trying to get noticed in a sea of mediocrity along with the rest of us.
December 14, 2016 @ 11:58 am
Meghan Linsey is doing fine w her career.
December 14, 2016 @ 12:01 pm
Proof please.
December 14, 2016 @ 12:21 pm
If Meghan Linsey thought so, she wouldn’t be trying out for The Voice, and she would have released an album sometime between when she was a finalist and today.
Compared to most country music performers, Meghan’s career has been filled with untold riches and success. But when you approach your career with a mainstream mindset, if you’re not playing in front of 10,000 and night and banking millions, it’s a failure. Meghan could be doing excellent if she would just focus on 500-1,200 capacity venues, and stop trying to be a superstar.
December 14, 2016 @ 11:58 am
My thoughts, exactly. I do like the new Kree Harrison CD, though.
December 14, 2016 @ 12:23 pm
I thought the Kree Harrison record was decent too. And I think Sundance Head is decent. But get out there and do something with all this primetime attention. Odds say you won’t be able to.
About the only one of these recent reality show winners that I think has a decent chance of doing something beyond the show is Grace Vanderwall. And it’s not just because she has the talent. It’s because the people behind her actually have a plan, and know the pitfalls with these artists.
December 14, 2016 @ 12:09 pm
Agreed.
Eric Church got put out to the wolves for the same sentiment. What he was said was completely misunderstood (ha no pun there)
There’s been a few artists that used a competition as a platform to begin their careers. Fine with that. hey, anything to get noticed.
But winning, what is for the most part, a glorified karaoke contest, doesn’t come with any guarantees..I can go out and get a standing ovation at the bar every weekend doing that and I suck compared to people who can sing. Won’t deny a lot of these people can sing.
What kills me is they keep calling these people artists. Artist this, artist that, blah blah blah.
It is what happens when you need to put your original hat on and create something.
Most fail…
I’ve liked the voice the least of all the competition shows because of the way they just throw retreads out.
“founder of soul country.” HAHAHHAHAHAHA. What a lame marketing statement..
He obviously was Sturgill’s influence for ASGTE
December 14, 2016 @ 12:14 pm
ha, Ray Charles must of time traveled from 1962 to 2016 so he could be inspired to record “Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music”
December 14, 2016 @ 12:12 pm
First off, do a little bit more than win a reality singing competition before you go out there assigning yourself grandiose monikers. Second, go listen to “Louisiana Women” performed by Waylon Jennings, written by JJ Cale, and produced by Willie Nelson from 1974, or Larry Jon Wilson’s New Beginnings album from 1975, or Tompall Glaser and his Outlaw Band from 1977, or pretty much anything from Jerry Reed’s nearly 50-year career. Then tell me how you invented soul country.
And if that’s too difficult, what about that fella named Chris Stapleton.
December 14, 2016 @ 12:28 pm
Sundance Head is another Chris Stapleton clone just like Adam Wakefield was. Anyone heard from Adam Wakefield? I was going to go into the whole Chris Stapleton thing here but didn’t want to retread the same ground. Chris Stapleton is soul country. He is traditional country with a soul voice. That’s why he’s found such universal appeal, and why some traditional country fans think he’s a pop star—because they’ve never heard a country artist who can sing like that. But the reason Chris Stapleton succeeded was not because he had a soul voice and mixed it with country. It’s because he was a completely unique artist like the world had never seen that resonated with listeners as soon as they heard him. That’s why trying to copy him, purposefully or accidentally, will never work.
December 14, 2016 @ 3:05 pm
No, I’ve known Sundance for most of my life, he was singing in that style back in 2004. He only popped now because he sounds like stapleton but he WAS doing it first. Didn’t do your homework this time. Sundance has been performing for over 20 yrs. His name is not Sundance, and the style of his own music is country soul which he was doing before stapleton, but is not the same style as the others you mentioned.
He toured and played dive bars since there has been a tx red dirt scene. He worked closely with Jason Cassidy, another Texas country performer. The boy is a monster on guitar, can sing in any style, writes the kind of music you normally champion. He put in the work years ago and wouldn’t accept no for an answer, so now he won the voice.
when I seen him last 5 yrs ago he was playing songs that could have been Steve Earle penned. They were that good, but sounded like stapleton singing them. Every time it’s important you drop the ball. You look like a douche today trigger
December 14, 2016 @ 3:49 pm
So I’m questioning someone titling themselves “the founder of soul country,” and I’m the douchebag?
Where did I ever say that this guy isn’t talent, hasn’t worked hard, or anything similar? All I’m saying is that winning The Voice doesn’t matter, and there is reams of insurmountable evidence substantiating that opinion.
I said I hope his career the best. If I get a new album from him on my desk, I will review it and keep an even keel approach to it as I have all of these realty competition stars. Remember, Kellie Pickler won my Album of the Year in 2012.
But if you want me to sing your praises, or ingratiate yourself to true country music fans, it’s not going to happen by collaborating with KISS. I don’t care what the emotional narrative is behind it. I watched the performance. It was awful.
December 14, 2016 @ 4:35 pm
No you made a bunch of assumptions without fact checking. And you called him a Chris Stapleton clone, without knowing. Now your back peddling in the safest way possible.
December 15, 2016 @ 10:37 am
I would be more impressed with a singing competition if they made the artists sing original songs. I could care less if someone sings a good cover of something, nobody is going to buy a cd of you singing covers. This is the main reason these hacks from singing competitions hardly ever make it, they might have one solid radio song thrown to them from their label but if you can’t write your own songs in this day and age especially without a big following you’re doomed. Sundance will be forgotten within a month, a new season will come and everyone’s attention will be on that. If sundance has been playing for 20 years like a guy claimed in a previous comment why doesn’t he have atleast a following on the local circuit? Because he hasn’t translated his original music into worth remembering. I believe he was on American idol previously and was trying to promote his shows as former American idol contestant or something along those lines.
December 15, 2016 @ 5:42 am
Lol relax bud, he is a Stapleton clone. And odds are we won’t hear from him after this.
December 15, 2016 @ 9:57 am
Point is he didn’t create “Soul country” plenty of people have sang soulish country music over the years.
December 16, 2016 @ 10:26 pm
My personal favorite being Linda Ronstadt. Or is she country rock… The labels get so wonky sometimes…
December 15, 2016 @ 11:27 am
Lmao. He said “fact checking.” Must be watching a lot of cable news.
December 15, 2016 @ 11:48 am
Ok, Sundance does have a following, the entire Houston area. I don’t watch cable news, it was just the pertinent thing to say. Obviously he didn’t create soul country, I don’t think he meant it that way and i am sure all of you and trigger know this. Also that has been on his website for a long time, he ain’t a stapleton clone, this is a trend which he was quite far ahead of.
December 15, 2016 @ 4:47 pm
Jacob,
Im gonna side with you here kinda. Sundances father is none other than Roy Head, famed blue eyed soul singer and songwriter who penned Treat Her Right, a classic American soul tune recorded by Roy and later everybody else. He named his son Sundance ( a nickname I think) and he brought him up in music. Sundance has been singing since childhood. He was on American Idol a decade ago but didn’t win. He clearly has talent, pipes and all. His specialty or at least the way they branded him on the show seems to favor Soul. I personally don’t hear much country when I listen to him. I also think there is little in comparison to Stapleton here. What I mean is Sundance has his thing, whatever that is. I don’t see him getting huge in country music like Stapleton. Voice and Idol winners often favor this soulful, bluesy, hittin the high notes and sustaining them technique, but you never hear it in country with the exception of Stapleton. But really, to my ear Stapleton is more Travis Tritt like, more gutteral and more outlaw sounding. Sundance is less baritone and more sweet in his style. Huge differences to my ears anyway. All that said, can Sundance write songs? Stapletons calling card is songwriting firstly and then oh yeah he also has an amazing voice, a tough combination to beat. SO yeah, in the end I think its wrong to label him a Stapleton clone although I along with everyone else take exception with the father of country soul nonsense. Thats just whack!
December 23, 2016 @ 10:02 am
Dude, Kevin, I was gonna write what you wrote almost verbatim! Amen!
Shortsighted marketing jackasses probably came up with that “Founder of Soul Country” B.S. Anyone who’s ever at least heard Tony Joe M.F.in’ White and dozens of other artists of that ilk knows the truth. Come ON!!
Country and Soul have ALWAYS been joined at the hip and anyone who denies it just doesn’t even deserve to be in on the conversation. Go back to the aforementioned Ray Charles, or look at the country-soul songs by Solomon Burke (his first hit was “Just Out of Reach”), Arthur Alexander singing “You’re the Reason” or “Detroit City” or Charlie Rich or Jerry Lee Lewis or … give me a break.
Anyway, yes. Just because someone has a “gruff voice” and sings country-soulish music doesn’t mean they’re “copying” Stapleton for Christ’s sake. Ever heard of Delbert McClinton? This has been going on for generations!!
Full disclosure: I’m a singer, I have a “gruff” voice. I sing blues, soul, country, rock, gospel. It’s all the same music. It’s authentic and comes from the soul. The “enemy”, if there has to be one, is pop music.
Y’all, damn!
December 16, 2016 @ 10:24 pm
I have to agree that kind of hubris is off putting unless you take that hubris and just own it to the point you cannot be denied anymore. I mean, it is one thing to say it another to balls to the wall it like say, Madonna did in the 80s and 90s.
December 14, 2016 @ 12:41 pm
How many Chris Stapleton clones are we going to have to endure now?!? Ugh. I can hardly wait to find out.
December 14, 2016 @ 12:42 pm
On the KISS thing, it was because of his brother, who died in a car accident shortly after taking Sundance to a KISS concert as a kid (and the Voice loves to tug the heart strings).
I don’t necessarily think Sundance is going to break the mold for Voice contestants. Blake sort of reamed/challenged universal in the post Voice winner press conference. Craig Wayne Boyd has had a lot of trouble with them.
December 14, 2016 @ 12:51 pm
Leaving aside whether Sundance’s career is going to go anywhere, I do think it’s a positive thing for country music & music in general, and where the industry might be headed when a musician like Sundance is beating a musician like Josh Gallagher, and when Blake is keeping a guy like Sundance (and Austin Allsup) around, over Josh.
Everyone trying to sound like Chris, is better than everyone trying to sound like Blake (or Luke, or Jason).
December 14, 2016 @ 12:53 pm
I just fail to see how he’s going to effectively carve out his own lane any differently than previous “The Voice” winners like Craig Wayne Boyd and Cassadee Pope: especially in a time when Chris Stapleton is still cleaning up the charts and other soul-influenced artists like Drake White and (possibly) Brothers Osbourne are making waves, too.
He sounds very likeable and he has some solid pipes. That said, nothing I’ve heard from him thus far has given me the impression he’ll do so. It just seems “The Voice” is an effective commercial engine for its judges as opposed to its contestants.
(shrugs shoulders) That’s really all I have to say about him.
December 14, 2016 @ 1:03 pm
Good article, Kiss had their time in the 70s, but they can’t be taken seriously now. They are a money making machine,not artists, so the pairing with a reality show contestant makes sense. These shows are karaoke. There will not be another Elvis; if you don’t write good songs, go home.
December 14, 2016 @ 1:30 pm
My take away is this Chris Stapleton phenomenon is being run into the ground and we can start a new country bingo card. The current trend has us replacing, girls, beer and tailgating with whiskey, highways and name dropping either Merle or Willie.
As for winning the Voice, it might not turn you into the new Stapleton but Sundance now has a far bigger audience for his music. Raelynn is opening sold out shows and I don’t think Cassadee Pope regrets her Grammy nomination. Not everybody can or should be a star.
December 14, 2016 @ 1:59 pm
It’s all about the songs. period. Most artists spend a good chunk of time and energy just to fly high enough to get noticed. These folks win a chance to jump from a plane. If they don’t have good material, they fall hard and fast.
December 14, 2016 @ 2:08 pm
Trigger, I’m not to familiar with Billy Gillman’s career after his initial success as a 10 year old but was it the quality of his music or rumors of his sexuality that stalled him. And do you think him placing 2nd will be a resurgence for his career? The kid has some pipes I just wonder if he would do better off in another genre.
December 14, 2016 @ 3:04 pm
He’s already switched to pop. He competed as a pop singer.
December 14, 2016 @ 3:37 pm
Thanks for the info.
December 14, 2016 @ 5:48 pm
He went through a voice change after really his only hit single and the few smaller follow ups when he was young. Lost momentum I think and never got it back when his voice changed. That’s if I remember correctly.
December 15, 2016 @ 7:09 am
The voice change kind of derailed whatever momentum he had then by the time he came back as a tenor people had lost interest.
December 21, 2016 @ 10:41 am
This is largely true, though he still maintained a decent-sized following online. I was one of them that stayed with him. I honestly think he got better with age and time.
December 14, 2016 @ 2:33 pm
I caught a few of his performances. Not nearly as original as they made him out to be, but enjoyable. I wonder if one of the reasons these reality singing competitions fail to create stars these days is that there are so many other avenues for independent artists to build an audience nowadays that most of the ones who are really special figured out how to do it on their own. There aren’t really any Kelly Clarksons or Carrie Underwoods coming through these shows anymore.
I’m also convinced that people mostly watch the Voice to see the interactions between the coaches, and root for “their team”. They may download a couple of covers on ITunes while the show is airing, but by the time the contestants’ albums come out, they’ve totally forgotten about them.
One of Adam’s winners from a couple of years back, Jordan Smith, seems to be doing all right in the Contemporary Christian/Inspirational/Christmas album space. This show is probably a good springboard for that, because I just get the feeling that the audience is probably full of folks who buy those types of albums.
December 14, 2016 @ 3:07 pm
Sundance was doing this way before Chris Stapleton….. this is a fact..
December 14, 2016 @ 3:20 pm
Jacob let it go my man. I really doubt that Stapleton saw Sundance on is failed Idol run ten years ago and went man I’m going to copy that dudes style.
December 15, 2016 @ 11:20 am
Maybe, although Stapleton has also been around paying his dues for almost 20 years. But all that is irrelevant to the FACT that people were combining country and soul before either was born. Head, or at least his management, is only going to lose credibility among serious fans by claiming to be the father of country soul.
And Trig’s article did not even mention Stapleton. The comments compare, because that is an obvious comparison in considering whether much will come of Head’s idol appearance, which is the point of Trig’s post.
December 14, 2016 @ 3:07 pm
If this cat thinks he’s the founder of Country Soul, he never heard a Rusty Wier song
December 15, 2016 @ 4:40 am
Amen! Now that is country soul!0
December 14, 2016 @ 3:08 pm
He is basically Chris Leduc to stapleton garth.
December 14, 2016 @ 3:21 pm
I can’t believe you initially chose to watch this show over Dolly’s Smokey Mountains Rise Telethon! I’ve been checking SCM all day to see your coverage/recap of the telethon and the debut of Chris Stapleton’s new song, “Broken Halos.” Now I now why.
You can’t make everyone happy.
Also, is there an new iPhone bug preventing me from accessing SCM? I’m limited to only reading SCM from my laptop right now.
December 14, 2016 @ 4:01 pm
I was NOT watching The Voice in lieu of the Dolly Telethon. I watched the Telethon all night. I had an online stream linked to the SCM Live page all night. I was promoting it all yesterday on Twitter, and would have promoted it on Facebook if Facebook didn’t keep screwing up the link previews. I didn’t write a story about it because you’d have to live on Mars not to know about it. I didn’t write a story about Stapleton’s “new song” because I’m not sure he’s wants it out there like that just yet. I think that was something special for the Telethon, and Rolling Stone Country and others turn it into click bait. Wait until it’s released as a single so folks can purchase and stream it and that metadata can go in Stapleton’s file.
I did click over to “The Voice” at one point because like I said, folks kept pestering me about Sundance Head. Literally as soon as I turned it on, he was prancing out on stage with KISS. I watched most of the performance, and bailed.
December 14, 2016 @ 4:00 pm
Been waiting for the opportunity to put my 2 cents worth in about an “artist” that I haven’t seen mentioned here. I was introduced to her when she was on American Idol. I don’t think she considers herself any particular brand/flavor but I choose Country for her. I don’t suppose purist think so or there’d have been something here I guess….but, IMNSHO she does as much at Saving Country Music (without even trying or announcing) as anyone I’ve heard lately, including my current favorite Cody Jinks.
Her style, her persona, her voice, her writing and the path she’s taken puts her mighty high on my list.
Crystal Bowersox.
December 15, 2016 @ 7:37 am
You know I liked her… She’s come around a few times, but tickets have been steeper than I’ve wanted to pay. Thanks for reminding me about her. I will have to check her out again.
December 14, 2016 @ 4:25 pm
Well, with a name like Sundance Head I had to listen so I went to You tube…..the guy is good!
But I am tired of long beards.
December 14, 2016 @ 5:22 pm
Tony Joe White and Solomon Burke for more OG country soul…
December 14, 2016 @ 5:43 pm
“……tell you all you need to know about the efficacy of these shows beyond selling primetime commercial slots. No offense to any of these artists, and some of these former reality TV competitors are great country music performers. But none of their efforts are even really worth remarking on until they do something in the real world.”
Yup .
And you ‘d have to go a long long long long long way to find ANYONE who is more gifted than Billy Gilman vocally . Flawless pitch no matter the register , emotion plus ….and the right song each performance .
December 14, 2016 @ 6:51 pm
I hate people like you. Did you take the time to find out WHY Sundance was singing with Kiss? Probably not. Also, who is trying to SAVE Country music? From what I hear, no one is. The ONLY reason Country is so popular now, has everything to do with Country sounding like Pop music and it has crossed over. So unless ALL the current Country Artist decide to sound like Hank Williams, Ernest Tubbs, Chet Atkins, Hank Snow, Loretta Young, Patsy Cline, and Tammy Wynette just to name few, quit saying YOU want people to SAVE Country!
December 14, 2016 @ 8:18 pm
Who gives a fuck why? The “father of soul country” performing with KISS? Pass. Hard pass.
If there’s some touching reason for it, perhaps he should do what other “fathers” of country music have done and, ya know, write a fucking song about it. From what I hear, that actually used to be a real thing people would do
December 14, 2016 @ 11:53 pm
He did write a song all by himself and performed it on the show. It’s the top song on iTunes all genre.
Singing with KISS was a gift to him because his older brother took him to a KISS show when he was a little kid and let him sit on his shoulders to watch days before he died you piece of shit.
December 15, 2016 @ 8:55 am
Because KISS sucks ass, I’m a piece of shit? Piss on your half-baked logic there, bro. All I took from your comment is this dude has, on multiple occasions, exploited his dead brother for sympathy votes on that show. And I’m the piece of shit…
December 15, 2016 @ 11:05 am
Lauri and Country Charm… I think you are on the wrong site. This is a site for people who care about the quality and history of music, and engage it from a thoughtful perspective (mostly). Your fangirling is beside the point. If you actually read the article, it is not criticizing Head, it is talking about the relevance of a show like the Voice.
The strongest criticism is that he in no way founded country soul, as there have been musicians combining those genres since before he was born. That is a matter of fact, not opinion.
December 16, 2016 @ 10:25 am
Seriously tho, most of us regulars to this site agree with Trigger that country needs saved. This is a genre unlike others. There are many many many folks out there highly bothered by the industry’s pop leaning Metro Bro EDM approach. We like twang from telecasters, whining steel, sawing fiddles and ringing , twangin banjo. We like a bit of depth now and then in the songwriting. Too much to ask? We don’t think so and a whole lot of musicians and artists agree. Thus the existence of this site. Wanna learn about good music? Tune in. Rather listen to formulaic cannon fodder? ( in the words of Sturgill) Then go away.
December 14, 2016 @ 7:21 pm
Appreciate that Convict.
December 14, 2016 @ 7:25 pm
Did his parents first consider to name him Butch?
December 14, 2016 @ 8:04 pm
I probably shouldn’t comment because I can only watch the Voice for a few minutes at a time, after that I can feel brain cells dying..
I heard Sundance a time or two, and agree he has good pipes, but Country Soul? Two different genres mixed together that can’t decide what they want to be, at least in the hands of Sundance.
The Voice has become a program where it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, you mostly end up in the same place..There is a certain “it” factor involved to succeed in some fields, none of the contestants had ‘”it”, this time around. One wonders why anyone bothers to audition anymore, for a national karaoke contest, at least that is my opinion of this program.
December 14, 2016 @ 10:05 pm
FWIW Miranda and Carrie both got the breaks on shows. I don’t disagree with your stance at all (the soul country creator stuff is truly offensive and the previous two are the exceptions not the rule) but I think the review came off a bit harsh. We should remind ourselves we are still kind of on the same side. Millions of people hearing and tens of thousands BUYING a Tom T. Hall song is a good thing. I’ve had friends who liked his sound who aren’t into country music that I hope to talk into local shows in the future.
As you’ve noted time and time again, the Stapleton effect is real. Turnpike and AA sold out the moody in minutes for a show this Friday. This is the 3rd time i’ll be seeing them but I swear the 2 times previously, you couldn’t give away tickets to see them in downtown Austin by the time the show rolled around. Fans of this blog have a really great opportunity to grow the scene WORLDWIDE and help our favorite artists get the credit and exposure they deserve. Let’s make sure not to cut down but continue to critique and grow great music! That being said, Sundance seems a bit like a poor man’s Staplewhitey Jinx to me.
As always, love your work. Thanks for everything you do!
December 14, 2016 @ 10:08 pm
Wow, i need to go to bed so my writing is legible. Sorry. Meant to say “their breaks”, add commas, and mention it’s the 3rd time i’ll be seeing Turnpike at the Moody (i’ve seen them 2 dozen times) but this time they seem in WAY higher demand!
December 15, 2016 @ 2:16 am
I’ve seen and spoken with Roy and Sundance several times, the latest when they appeared at a Houston restaurant….both down to earth guys…it’s an unfortunate choice of words…
December 15, 2016 @ 7:31 am
That name though. Is he one of Zappa’s kids?
December 15, 2016 @ 8:23 am
I have no clue who the dude is, or much about the Voice for that matter, but if this guy is calling himself the father of anything it’s a thumbs down in my book. Even Stapleton isn’t the father of country soul…not even in the mainstream. If we are just speaking about vocals, Travis Tritt was a very soulful country singer. Hell the greatest country voice of all time, George Jones (incase ya didn’t know), was probably The Godfather of it all.
December 15, 2016 @ 10:15 am
The guys a dumbass saying he created “country soul” so many can claim that from years and years before he came around. Ronnie Milsap did country R&B/Soul so yeah way before he was around.
December 15, 2016 @ 6:16 pm
Get over it! Let people who watch The Voice think for themselves ! Sounds like you are just trying to smear the show.Looking forward to the next season. Last season’s winner has skyrocketed with sales of over seven million in sales !
December 16, 2016 @ 7:06 am
There is a race out there in general to see who can do the next most shocking collaboration. Look no further than your boy Dallas mixing with all the hip hop guys. Cruise with Nelly was big part of the movement and ironically Stapleton.
Some are good (CD and JT) and some fun to watch they are so bad. Sundance and KISS was manufactured, forced and terrible.
December 16, 2016 @ 8:11 am
Just for the fuck of it, I watched that performance on youtube. I actually thought Kiss was pretty good, but, you know, I still like those two songs. They’re fun. Maybe it’s nostalgia. The only two Kiss albums I had as teenager were Alive and Destroyer and those two songs are probably the most prominent songs on each of those albums (RnR All Night and Detroit Rock City for Destroyer). But Sundance just kind of got lost in that performance. A fifth wheel.
Every once in a while, I think about buying Kiss Alive on CD. I LOVE the two songs that kick it off (Deuce and Strutter). But then I sample other songs on the album and remember why I slowly lost interest in it way back when..
December 16, 2016 @ 7:45 pm
I like KISS. Grew up on it. Just think a lot of these collaborations are getting too contrived.
December 17, 2016 @ 10:31 am
I totally agree that this one was contrived.