Kenny Chesney new album buyers ONLY (page 7, halfway down)

kinja · Post by **kinja** » January 25, 2005 12:17 pm

12Volt wrote:
RAGTOP wrote:does anyone else find it ironic that his album is called "Be As You Are" ?
It has a little to do with this...

http://www.flipflopstyle.com/beasyouareat.html

the pic is too large to post though.

Does anyone else find the term "flip-flop" to be a perfect fit in this situation?

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » January 25, 2005 12:31 pm

kinja wrote:
12Volt wrote:
RAGTOP wrote:does anyone else find it ironic that his album is called "Be As You Are" ?
It has a little to do with this...

http://www.flipflopstyle.com/beasyouareat.html

the pic is too large to post though.
Does anyone else find the term "flip-flop" to be a perfect fit in this
situation?

DeactiveCarib · Post by **DeactiveCarib** » January 25, 2005 1:36 pm

from allmusic.com

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Conventional wisdom dictates that the Carribbean Islands are where you go to relax, not work, but not for Kenny Chesney. The Tennessee native found his muse on the islands, and it changed his life and work. He started his career as a good, if unremarkable, neo-traditionalist singer, but he slowly built his own identity as a singer and songwriter, largely due to the time he spent in the islands, a love that he celebrated in his music and interviews. Not since Jimmy Buffett has a musician been so thoroughly identified with the life of a beach bum, but there was a big difference between the two. Buffett happily creates a soundtrack to a never-ending party, coasting a combination of good times and easy grooves and while Chesney certainly does indulge in this ingratiatingly lazy vibe, he also finds the islands as a place for introspection, and nowhere is that more evident than on his eighth album, 2005's Be As You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair. This is the companion piece to the breezy, bright modern country of 2004's When The Sun Goes Down, a relaxed, low-key collection of ballads and easy-rolling pop tunes that strikes precisely the right contemplative note, as if it was designed to be played during a picturesque ocean sunset. Which isn't to say that Be As You Are is a confessional album, or even a collection of overly introspective songs. There are autobiographical details threaded throughout the record, particularly on the opener "Old Blue Chair," but the songs are open-ended, so listeners can identify with the narrator, or they're nice, mellow party tunes like "Key Lime Pie" or slow dance numbers like "Magic." It's a quiet record, but hardly an album that features Chesney alone with his guitar. Be As You Are is as polished and professional as When the Sun Goes Down, yet it's designed for quiet afternoons, not parties on the weekend. To Chesney's credit, he's as appealing on this set of relaxed tunes as he was on its gleaming, ultra-modern predecessor, and taken together, they are strong proof that he's one of best singers and songwriters working in contemporary country music in the mid-2000s.

12Volt · Post by **12Volt** » January 25, 2005 1:53 pm

Kenny Chesney's Truthful Turn

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=179202

NASHVILLE - After more than a decade of hit records and relentless touring, Kenny Chesney ascended to the top of the country format last November when he claimed the entertainer of the year prize at the Country Music Assn. Awards. Now he's exercising his hard-won creative clout to take something of a musical left turn.

On Jan. 25, BNA Records will release "Be As You Are: Songs From an Old Blue Chair," a singer/songwriter album that contains tunes Chesney wrote or co-wrote mostly at his Caribbean home.
For him, this album is as personal as it is unintentional."I didn't really set out to make this record," he says. "For the past seven years I've been spending a lot of time in the islands, living on my boat and writing some songs about some of the really cool places I've been to and some of the people that I've met."

Even though he views his boat as a place to retreat from the music business, Chesney says creative urges always begin to surface there.

"I've got a guitar that's in my closet on my boat and, after a couple of weeks, I've just got to pull it out," he says. "I always end up writing songs. I sat down and listened to these songs and [realized] I have a collection of songs that are probably more honest and real and me than anything I've ever done."

When Chesney first approached RCA Label Group chairman Joe Galante with the idea for the record, the executive was supportive. He told Chesney, "If you can't do this now, I don't know when you can do it. You've earned the right to be able to make this statement artistically and let your fans see a little bit more of you."

Plans call for alerting fans of the record's arrival with a CMT special to be telecast live from Nashville Jan. 22. "Kenny has so much to say about this record and where it came from," says Debbie Linn, BNA senior director of artist development and marketing. "We wanted him to have the opportunity to really explain what this record means to him and [discuss] each of these songs."

"Be As You Are" comes at a sweet time in Chesney's career. Of his eight previous titles on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, all are gold, five have been certified platinum and four have achieved multi-platinum status. Both 2002's "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" and 2004's "When the Sun Goes Down" debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart and The Billboard 200.

Chesney is anxious for people to hear the album.

"I really felt like I wanted it to be a special project, totally for my fans," he says. "For the first time as a person and as a songwriter I felt more confident about putting myself out there on a silver platter.

"My whole life is about time and expectation and schedules when I'm on the road, and there's something about my life [in the Caribbean] that melts all that away. That's the essence of this record."

Listeners can hear the waves on the track "Somewhere in the Sun," which is actually the only song not written in the Caribbean. Chesney penned the tune two years ago when snow and ice cancelled one of his shows in Austin, leaving him stranded on his bus in a Holiday Inn parking lot, longing for the islands. He wrote the song with his bus driver, Danny Tucker, and crew members Tim Holt and Dale Hobby.

Chesney wrote "French Kissing Life" after his exhausting 2003 Margaritas 'n' Senoritas tour. "Island Boy" is a portrait of a carefree friend who Chesney says taught him to live in the moment. "There's Something Sexy About the Rain" is a sultry, romantic ballad inspired by
another friend's island date.

"You never know under what circumstance or conditions or what life experiences [are] going to lead you to a song," he says. "That's what I love about this record, because I didn't write one song thinking it was going to get played on the radio. I wrote every song from the heart and every song from a true life experience or about a true living person."

Chesney admits it's difficult to assign a genre to "Be As You Are," which he co-produced with Buddy Cannon.

"I'm still a country singer, but if you listen to the tracks of this record, I just wanted people [to feel like they were] on my boat when they heard it," he says. "I didn't necessarily want them to go to a honky-tonk. It isn't rock 'n' roll and it isn't country. It's just a bunch of cool songs."
Chesney knows artists can draw fire from critics for trying something new, but he's not worried. "Not slamming the artist who did this, because I think artists should be free to do what they want to do, but this is not a Chris Gaines project," he says, referring to the album in which Garth Brooks adopted a pseudonym and rock persona.

"This is Kenny Chesney. If critics don't like it, I understand it. But deep down, everybody - no matter who you are - is suffering for the truth, and I've never made a more truthful record."

GulfCoastPirate · Post by **GulfCoastPirate** » January 25, 2005 2:47 pm

Yeah, he's the "Original Islander." Advertising major who knows the angle to play. That's fine for folks to enjoy his stuff, but it's fairly clear what Chesnutt is doing.

Mr. Mid-30s Island Native with his boat, tiki bar and sextent singing about all his deep life experiences in the sand, surf and bone fish...in middle Tennessee? Okay. Looks like someone spent some time reading A Pirate Looks at 50 a few times and many JB lyrics.

To each his own but the beach bum image he's desperately trying to sell reminds me of a canned ham, they all look a bit different and smell funkier but are all in the same mold. He'll never get out of the can.

DeactiveCarib · Post by **DeactiveCarib** » January 25, 2005 4:36 pm

i have a theory that the only reason these people like the poster above me bash Chesney so much is that they are in denial that Jimmy Buffett is only a mortal, and he will one day be gone and someone else will take his place, which will likely be Chesney. Guess what, there ain't nothing you can do about that. JB is great but one day he will retire and we'll have to find other island music to listen to, and the most easily accessible and most original island music will be comming from Chesney, if he continues to pursue this island music thing.

DeactiveCarib · Post by **DeactiveCarib** » January 25, 2005 4:39 pm

GulfCoastPirate wrote: Mr. Mid-30s Island Native with his boat, tiki bar and sextent singing about all his deep life experiences in the sand, surf and bone fish...in middle Tennessee? Okay. Looks like someone spent some time reading A Pirate Looks at 50 a few times and many JB lyrics.

guess what GCP, Jimmy didn't patent island music, Kenny has every right to record what he wants, so if you want to deny that Jimmy isnt the only one who makes good island music, you can, but i dont think that would be wise. Oh yeah, and i'm guessing Jimmy aproves of Chesney if he invited him to record the title track with him on his most commercial and best selling studio album yet.

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » January 25, 2005 4:46 pm

DsilCaribe wrote:i have a theory that the only reason these people like the poster above me bash Chesney so much is that they are in denial that Jimmy Buffett is only a mortal, and he will one day be gone and someone else will take his place, which will likely be Chesney. Guess what, there ain't nothing you can do about that. JB is great but one day he will retire and we'll have to find other island music to listen to, and the most easily accessible and most original island music will be comming from Chesney, if he continues to pursue this island music thing.

Why does someone have to take Buffetts place? I don't think he can be replaced that easy. What famous act/artists has been replaced with someone else? I can't name one.

DeactiveCarib · Post by **DeactiveCarib** » January 25, 2005 4:48 pm

a1aara wrote:
DsilCaribe wrote:i have a theory that the only reason these people like the poster above me bash Chesney so much is that they are in denial that Jimmy Buffett is only a mortal, and he will one day be gone and someone else will take his place, which will likely be Chesney. Guess what, there ain't nothing you can do about that. JB is great but one day he will retire and we'll have to find other island music to listen to, and the most easily accessible and most original island music will be comming from Chesney, if he continues to pursue this island music thing.
Why does someone have to take Buffetts place? I don't think he can be replaced that easy. What famous act/artists has been replaced with someone else? I can't name one.

what other famous act/artists have sucessfully created there own genre? Only Jimmy. If no one takes Jimmy's place, then the genre pretty much dies with him.

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » January 25, 2005 4:50 pm

a1aara wrote:Why does someone have to take Buffetts place? I don't think he can be replaced that easy. What famous act/artists has been replaced with someone else? I can't name one.

Reminds me of the George Jones song "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?"

DeactiveCarib · Post by **DeactiveCarib** » January 25, 2005 4:50 pm

DsilCaribe wrote:
a1aara wrote:
DsilCaribe wrote:i have a theory that the only reason these people like the poster above me bash Chesney so much is that they are in denial that Jimmy Buffett is only a mortal, and he will one day be gone and someone else will take his place, which will likely be Chesney. Guess what, there ain't nothing you can do about that. JB is great but one day he will retire and we'll have to find other island music to listen to, and the most easily accessible and most original island music will be comming from Chesney, if he continues to pursue this island music thing.
Why does someone have to take Buffetts place? I don't think he can be replaced that easy. What famous act/artists has been replaced with someone else? I can't name one.
what other famous act/artists have sucessfully created there own genre? Only Jimmy. If no one takes Jimmy's place, then the genre pretty much dies with him.

although i guess you could say people like Merle Haggard and Garth Brooks and Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra deffinatley shaped their genres, people deffinatley followed in their footsteps, and therefore their genres didn't die. These people were standards and models to follow in their time.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » January 25, 2005 4:52 pm

a1aara wrote:
DsilCaribe wrote:i have a theory that the only reason these people like the poster above me bash Chesney so much is that they are in denial that Jimmy Buffett is only a mortal, and he will one day be gone and someone else will take his place, which will likely be Chesney. Guess what, there ain't nothing you can do about that. JB is great but one day he will retire and we'll have to find other island music to listen to, and the most easily accessible and most original island music will be comming from Chesney, if he continues to pursue this island music thing.
Why does someone have to take Buffetts place? I don't think he can be replaced that easy. What famous act/artists has been replaced with someone else? I can't name one.

well there were a couple of different Darren Stevens on Bewitched

and then on Dukes of Hazzard Bo and Luke were replaced

and let's see Johnny Carson replaced what's his name and Johnny was replaced by Jay Leno

and Richard Dawson was replaced on Family Feud

James William · Post by **James William** » January 25, 2005 4:55 pm

GulfCoastPirate wrote:Yeah, he's the "Original Islander." Advertising major who knows the angle to play. That's fine for folks to enjoy his stuff, but it's fairly clear what Chesnutt is doing.

Mr. Mid-30s Island Native with his boat, tiki bar and sextent singing about all his deep life experiences in the sand, surf and bone fish...in middle Tennessee? Okay. Looks like someone spent some time reading A Pirate Looks at 50 a few times and many JB lyrics.

To each his own but the beach bum image he's desperately trying to sell reminds me of a canned ham, they all look a bit different and smell funkier but are all in the same mold. He'll never get out of the can.

Doesn't he own a home in the Islands also??? Yes. Hell I live in middle Tennessee and I am one of the zillion song writers that call it home. I have been to the Gulf Coast a million times and had enough experiences down there to write about them. I'd like to one day live around the Orange Beach, Perdido Beach area's,but because I don't know doesn't mean the songs that I write are canned ham as well as Chesney's tunes.
Amazing how (not saying you haveGulfCoastPirate) get a little out of wack over this. It's simply music so enjoy it or if you don't just put on something you do enjoy. I tend to like having options of other Island music regardless who records it.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » January 25, 2005 4:55 pm

ph4ever wrote:and let's see Johnny Carson replaced what's his name and Johnny was replaced by Jay Leno

I'd have to disagree with this. Jay Leno got Johnny Carson's job, he didn't replace him. Carson was the best at what he did, and nobody before or after has ever come close. It's like the difference between the Super Bowl and peewee football.

DeactiveCarib · Post by **DeactiveCarib** » January 25, 2005 4:56 pm

ATTENTION:

THIS THREAD WILL NOW BE CHANGED, INSTEAD OF BEING A THREAD TO POST YOUR COMPLAINTS ABOUT KENNY CHESNEY OR YOUR COMPLIMENTS ON KENNY CHESNEY, IT WILL NOW BE FOCUSED ON HIS NEW ALBUM, "BE AS YOU ARE: SONGS FROM AN OLD BLUE CHAIR"
PLEASE LEAVE ALL OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT KENNY TO A DIFFERENT THREAD. THANKYOU

I am interested in what others who have bought or heard this album think of the songs.

What is your favorite song on the album?

What is the most Buffettesque song on the album, in your opinion?

Which song can you most relate to?

Which song reminds you most of the "islands"?

Is this your favorite Kenny Chesney CD yet?

DeactiveCarib · Post by **DeactiveCarib** » January 25, 2005 5:05 pm

DsilCaribe wrote: What is your favorite song on the album?
It's hard to pick. So many are amazing songs. Its a tie between "Magic" and "Old Blue Chair (ocean mix)"

What is the most Buffettesque song on the album, in your opinion?
None sound like anything Jimmy would write word-for-word and note-for-note, but "Magic" sounds a lot like "Blue Heaven Rendezvous". Also "Be As You Are" sounds a lot like something Buffett would record lyrically and musically. The harmonica is very haunting, it really reminds me of fingers.

Which song can you most relate to?
probably "Island Boy", because when you're down in the islands, its so true that you're "Livin' life where stress is the enemy". Its a beautifully written song, and from time to time i do escape from my life and go down to the islands, and i feel like a much different person, much like the song explains.

Which song reminds you most of the "islands"?
lyrically - "Island Boy"
musically- "Be As You Are" or "Boston" or really any of them

Is this your favorite Kenny Chesney CD yet?
for sure

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » January 25, 2005 5:10 pm

Buffett has never once laid claim to inventing any sort of genre, at least that I'm aware of so I don't see how Kenny Chesney could ever be the heir to it. Plus, we all know Todd Snider is the most likely heir to Buffett's style of music (whatever it is) 'cause the Church of Buffett said so.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » January 25, 2005 5:12 pm

I thought Cobo was just there for pd

DeactiveCarib · Post by **DeactiveCarib** » January 25, 2005 5:13 pm

Jahfin wrote:Buffett has never once laid claim to inventing any sort of genre, at least that I'm aware of so I don't see how Kenny Chesney could ever be the heir to it. Plus, we all know Todd Snider is the most likely heir to Buffett's style of music (whatever it is) 'cause the Church of Buffett said so.

please try to keep your off-topic posts to a different thread. we're talking about Kenny's album here. I made the thread, and i changed the guidelines. You are absolutley welcome to listen to Kennys album for free on CMT.com and join in on the discussion

kinja · Post by **kinja** » January 25, 2005 5:20 pm

DsilCaribe wrote:
GulfCoastPirate wrote: Mr. Mid-30s Island Native with his boat, tiki bar and sextent singing about all his deep life experiences in the sand, surf and bone fish...in middle Tennessee? Okay. Looks like someone spent some time reading A Pirate Looks at 50 a few times and many JB lyrics.
guess what GCP, Jimmy didn't patent island music, Kenny has every right to record what he wants, so if you want to deny that Jimmy isnt the only one who makes good island music, you can, but i dont think that would be wise. Oh yeah, and i'm guessing Jimmy aproves of Chesney if he invited him to record the title track with him on his most commercial and best selling studio album yet. what other famous act/artists have sucessfully created there own genre? Only Jimmy. If no one takes Jimmy's place, then the genre pretty much dies with him.

Soooo, which is it????