Tim McGraw "If You're Reading This" Rapidshare Music Video MV|뮤직 비디오|동영상|試聴 視聴 mp3 PV 動画 映画 歌詞

I don’t know if Curb plans to send this song to radio as a single, but this live recording from the ACM Awards could climb the country charts based solely on unrecruited spins. I haven’t liked anything that Tim has released since “Live Like You Were Dying,” but “If You’re Reading This” is one of the greatest and most timely recordings of his career. As such, a studio recording deserves an official single release. Some of the power of the ACM performance is lost without the visual element; studio instrumentation and a more polished vocal would elevate this song to the level that it deserves. Still, as live recordings go, this one is close to perfect. Eliminate the crowd noise at the beginning and the end and iron out a few pitch problems and you’re left with something almost transcendent. This is a song that needs to be heard in whatever form it is released. It shouldn’t take much for it to become a career song for an artist assuming legendary status.

Tim McGraw "I need you feat Faith Hill" Rapidshare Music Video MV/試聴 視聴 mp3 PV 動画 映画 歌詞/뮤직 비디오/동영상

Tim McGraw didn't get to be a country superstar by having the best voice in Nashville. He did it by having the best ear in town. Every Tim McGraw CD has been marked by the impeccable selection of songs. And "Let Go" continues the family tradition. It's another collection of powerful songs including "Train No. 10," "Shotgun Rider," "Put Your Lovin' On Me" and "Comin' Home." These alone would be enough to make this CD a success but wouldn't earn it 5 Stars. For that you need a little bit more and different.

And Tim gives us the extra effort with a kids' chorus on "Last Dollar," a Metallica-like break on the brilliant "Between The River And Me" and by overturning our expectations of the usual duet with Mrs. McGraw by not giving us another syrupy love song but by choosing a meditation on the addictive nature of love, "I Need You" (I need you like a needle needs a vein) in which even Faith sings with a desperate gravitas we don't expect from her.

Now don't think my saying Tim doesn't have the best voice in Nashville means he isn't a masterful singer, able to comfortably handle anything from the uptempo cowboy songs to the agonizingly honest ballads like this CD's brilliant "Nothing To Die For." As his songs show more maturity so do his vocals. He is no longer just a singer but a first class interpreter. His vocals take these high quality songs and elevates them further. He has handled the jump from superstar to artist with complete success. His creative vision and ability to wonderfully convey it is a rarity in music, especially country music with its pretty boys in hats and Shania wannabes.

The new Tim McGraw CD is a complete success that doesn't let it go after the music stops. It stays with you and leaves you wanting more.