Sam Hunt: Country’s Charlatan
Artist: Sam Hunt
Born: Sam Lowry Hunt on December 8th, 1984, in Cedartown, Georgia
Music Career: 2009-Present
Genres: Country, country-pop, pop
Breakout Song/Album: “Leave the Night On”, Montevallo (2014)
Rating: 1/5
Boy, have I got some words for Sam Hunt, and they ain’t pretty. I’ll start out with the fact that his music sounds absolutely nothing like any country songs I have ever heard in my entire life. And that’s saying something, considering we had Taylor Swift on the radio for years on end. What infuriates me even more is that Sam has written slamming hits for Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Billy Currington, and the legendary Reba McEntire. I might be a little happier with this guy if he actually applied those skills to his music, instead of becoming another drop in the ocean of overplayed pop stars disguising themselves in different genres.
His songs aren’t the only things that annoy me, it’s also his fans. True blue country fans that would flock to the nearest Alan Jackson or Blake Shelton concert would be disgusted by the sound of this guy. I swear, the crowds at his concerts are 99% girls in their mid-20s who wear short shorts and are obsessed with Jeeps and candids.
Sam Hunt’s fans are just specks of dust when compared to what really infuriates me about him: he talks, he doesn’t sing, in his songs. I recently listened to one of his hits, “Take Your Time”. I was not happy with what it was. It had a good meaning to it: trying to be the perfect guy in the middle of a lot of bad ones. If only the entire song was actually sung, not spoken like a monotonous robot. One of the lines is literally: “Save you from random guys who talk too much.” Yes, you do talk too much! Lots of his songs are made in these toneless tunes, too many to name.
Yet, somehow, the charlatan of country has been given nomination after nomination at music awards ceremonies for songs that almost make fun of the country genre itself. Electronic, computer generated, hip-hop sounds plague his songs, and somehow people choose those over ones that include guitars and actual instruments.
My grade for Sam Hunt and his poppy, electro-country: D, as in disappear from the country world. Go and play with T-Swift and Kanye in the pop realm, Mr. Hunt. And if I have to hear “Body Like A Back Road” one more time on the radio, I’m going to break something.
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beverly • Dec 1, 2017 at 11:20 am
don’t listen to her your story is really good and i like sum hunt. i think you did a good job on it, so don’t listen to the negative comments okay. and you know it’s a good story cool 🙂
Laura Kohler • Nov 22, 2017 at 8:43 am
To begin, I don’t appreciate you labeling and stereotyping his fans. I know many people who like his songs and at least half of them are male and not one of them where short shorts or are obsessed with candids.
To continue, like most people who speak in their songs he is probably speaking in his songs to add to the affect of the song. Many people in the music business do that including a music instructor from IUP, who has more knowledge about music than almost everyone at this school.
Also, in your article you use Taylor Swift as an example for all the country songs you hear and compare him to her, Then, you go and say that he should go be like her as a negative thing. So first he needs to be like her then you say he is no better than her. I understand Taylor Swift isn’t a country artist anymore, but at least she makes money doing what she loves.
Finally, if you don’t want to listen to his song, turn it off and play your own music. No one is forcing you to keep listening to the song on the radio. JUST TURN IT OFF.
Connor Gority • Nov 22, 2017 at 1:03 pm
My reviews can’t all be good. Sometimes you need add a couple bad ones. That’s how reviews work, so get over it.
beverly • Dec 1, 2017 at 11:21 am
cool