Single Review – Country Girl (Shake it for Me) – Luke Bryan
13 years ago Liv Carter 2
Dear Luke Bryan and Dallas Davidson,
I am really curious as to what compelled you to write ‘Country Girl (Shake it for Me)’. Each summer I am prepared to hear a fair share of fluffy summer songs which, while meaningless, are still catchy, fun and inoffensive. I have great respect for songwriters and I know you have both written well-crafted material before so where this song came from is beyond my comprehension. It will be a massive radio hit, of this I have no doubt, but I have long known that this is not a reflection on a song’s quality.
After several listens, I started wondering if maybe you had been issued a writers’ challenge in the form of writing a song with the highest number of country cliches. The list present here is almost impressive including but not limited to:
trucks
Georgia mud
tractors
honky tonks
rednecks
catfish
barns
farmer’s daughter
grandma
the pines
country (repeated ad nauseam)
I have looked at this songs from every angle but, apart from the delightful banjo line, I find no redeeming qualities. You did come up with one heck of a catchy tune though, so I guess the people enjoying this might be people who are just looking for something to dance to without engaging their brain to take in what they’re actually listening to. To those fans I say, fair enough.
But for anyone who is paying even a little bit of attention, there’s the obvious sexism to deal with. I would take offense but some of the phrases are just too silly for that. Shake it for me is one thing, but Shake it for the squirrels, I mean, come on guys!
With kind regards but in the strongest possible way this receives a…
Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Her main influences are coffee, cats, and Alexander Hamilton.
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