2008 Woodie Awards
'Idol' contestant releases album
Jessica Bernhardt
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Music Review
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Who would've thought after getting voted off "American Idol" last season he would release an album? He was known for his messy teeth, rough voice, and inability to put his moves together with his words. Bucky Covington released his first album April 17.
Covington sounds like a corn-bred country boy, born and raised in the south. His first track, "American Friday Night" is a song about a typical Friday night feeling like the perfect place and reminisces about hanging out downtown with the guys.
Song number two and Bucky's first single, "A Different World," is a song of every person's childhood who grew up during the first Bush administration. With lyrics such as, "We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved/had three TV channels you got up to change/no video games and no satellite/all we had were friends and they were outside, playin' outside." Not everyone can relate to the days when, "We were born to mothers who smoked and drank/our cribs were covered in lead-based paint." However, many can relate to when, "It was a different life/when we were boys and girls/not just a different time/it was a different world."
The majority of the songs make it seem as if Bucky's voice is a total change than when he was on "American Idol." He sounds like a true country star with his lyrics and matching voice of country stars that are still on the rise.
Covington's album has a bit of a rock edge to it, but not enough to make you wonder which side of the fence it is on.
Bucky did a great job of catching my attention in each and every song. He was able to catch it and then hang on to it. He also does a great job of telling the story each song represents.
The grizzly mixture of his voice with the lyrics make him sound as though those stories were happening to him and he did a good job of making me believe they were the details of his childhood.
Covington also does a good job of relating each song to the listener. No matter what age you are, there is at least one song on the album you will be able to relate to.
Covington sounds like a corn-bred country boy, born and raised in the south. His first track, "American Friday Night" is a song about a typical Friday night feeling like the perfect place and reminisces about hanging out downtown with the guys.
Song number two and Bucky's first single, "A Different World," is a song of every person's childhood who grew up during the first Bush administration. With lyrics such as, "We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved/had three TV channels you got up to change/no video games and no satellite/all we had were friends and they were outside, playin' outside." Not everyone can relate to the days when, "We were born to mothers who smoked and drank/our cribs were covered in lead-based paint." However, many can relate to when, "It was a different life/when we were boys and girls/not just a different time/it was a different world."
The majority of the songs make it seem as if Bucky's voice is a total change than when he was on "American Idol." He sounds like a true country star with his lyrics and matching voice of country stars that are still on the rise.
Covington's album has a bit of a rock edge to it, but not enough to make you wonder which side of the fence it is on.
Bucky did a great job of catching my attention in each and every song. He was able to catch it and then hang on to it. He also does a great job of telling the story each song represents.
The grizzly mixture of his voice with the lyrics make him sound as though those stories were happening to him and he did a good job of making me believe they were the details of his childhood.
Covington also does a good job of relating each song to the listener. No matter what age you are, there is at least one song on the album you will be able to relate to.
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