Remember the things you loved and lost? Listen to this one, it'll make ya cry.
Old Blue can be characterized with phrases like appealing, highly commercially viable, extremely well produced and recorded, wonderful performances from all instruments and vocals, and some other gushy tomes I could crank together. However, (and this really doesn't have anything to do with anything, but I figured to get it out of the way...) this is not country. Shouldn't be pitched country, shouldn't be compared to country, ... why, you shouldn't even try drinking whiskey around this song.
In fact, it's so not country, I wouldn't be surprised if Alabama and Garth Brooks didn't get into a bidding war for their chance to do more pop music. Yes, the song is that strong. If I had the chance to pitch it to Alabama as the one favor I could ever ask of them, I would do it, and I would most likely succeed with it.
For the less cynical non-country fan listening to this song, it kinda conjures up The Doobie Brothers. It's freewheeling, it's pretty fun, and runs out like a five minute saga that doesn't clutter yer head with anything heavy.
Standout performances in the song for me included vocals (although they could have stood less effects but it does maintain a very Ted sound) and keyboards (including an excellent organ part in addition to tasty piano). Nice drumming and highly capable guitar round out this five minute song.
Songs like this scare me. Are there more of these out there?! How many more potential hits aren't we getting a chance to listen to?
I am not being trite or sucking up to Ted. But if I were in a position to pitch this song within the country genre as Ted imagines it, I would go straight to Alabama with it. It's right up their alley, and in the past, they have expressed interest in receiving this type of song. Very strong song.
Written, recorded, performed and produced by Ted Lehman and Randy Bishop (ASCAP) © 2005 Ted's Brain Productions
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