tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866974172149310963.post8280143963841554570..comments2023-09-15T06:38:14.893-04:00Comments on Keep It Country, Kids: Remembering Joey FeekAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139200620996695312noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866974172149310963.post-67689933494506342042016-03-30T10:38:12.088-04:002016-03-30T10:38:12.088-04:00I hope you don't mind if I add my two cents on...I hope you don't mind if I add my two cents on this. I read your blog regularly, but you know, living overseas makes really difficult to keep in touch with country music.<br /><br />First of all, my prayers and thoughts go to Joey and of course Rory, their families, friends and all the people that were lucky to cross Joey's road in this life.<br />I lived something that I can imagine very similar to her tragedy a few years ago with my mother, but I learnt that dealing with sorrow, hope, pain and faith is something so deep and so personal that it's almost impossible to share with others, even if we try over and over again.<br /><br />Now the music, my personal thought, my personal memory about Joey Martin.<br />I came into one of her early works, surfing the internet, some 6-7 years ago.<br />The album I'm talking about is 'Strong Enough to Cry' and well you know, Rory is not beside Joey's name on the cover of that album.<br /><br />In that period, I was looking for some new name in my country music addiction, and it was very difficult to find one, expecially a female one, considering that 9 out 10 names so called 'country' turned out to be pop music as soon as I started to listen to.<br /><br />That album was different, at least, that was my first impression when I drove home with Joey's music in my car.<br /><br />The first song I noticed was 'the cowboy's mine'. I remember I tried to translate the text to my girlfriend and she was not so sure to catch the meaning of the song. Country music was a completely different genre compared to what she was used to listen to, at that time.<br /><br />But I loved that song and I appreciated the voice, that voice that in my imagination should be the classic country voice you should expect to hear in a country song.<br /><br />The our (my girlfriend and me) story went on, and as she got more and more into my world, she started appreciating country music too. Soon, 'Like a Rodeo' with Paul Overstreet, became one of her favorite songs. And one of mine too, of course. A perfect mix between country music and 'easy listening' for overseas ears, with this rodeo image mixed to everyday life and everyday feelings.<br /><br />But to me, the most important songs out of that album, were 'Nothing to Remember' and 'See You There'.<br /><br />The first one took me back to the first important story in my life. I imagined my ex-gf singing that song. In my heart, I still hope she could sing something like that. Such a deep lyrics, such a big hurt, such a big effort to turn it into something positive, something to remember.<br /><br />The other song, 'See You There', caught my attention one morning driving to workplace. I think I already listened it 10 times but never paid attention to the lyrics. <br />That morning I blessed who wrote that song and blessed Joey who sang it in such a special way. I felt it running under the skin and I'm still convinced that it's one of the most beautiful songs ever written about farewells.<br /><br />Time has passed since then. Joey Martin became Joey+Rory and you already told about them, both professionally and personally.<br /><br />Just in case you have a chance to meet Rory, if you think that it could give him a second of pride, hope, faith, joy, courage or simply a smile, tell him that Joey had a fan in Italy too, and today her songs are even more important for this fan.<br /><br />That's what I felt to share with you.. forgive my poor English.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14868191585314925411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866974172149310963.post-20542796767826582362016-03-06T00:15:28.683-05:002016-03-06T00:15:28.683-05:00Thanks Anna, I appreciate it. :)Thanks Anna, I appreciate it. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139200620996695312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866974172149310963.post-980262202561752962016-03-05T16:26:42.781-05:002016-03-05T16:26:42.781-05:00This was beautiful. There is no other way to descr...This was beautiful. There is no other way to describe it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252341551337600859noreply@blogger.com