Butterfly Kisses...the worst song
Thomta
Believe me..I am not that much of a cynic and I do like tender love songs,
but is this Butterfly Kisses song about the worst piece of garbage you
have ever heard......tacky lyrics, melody that goes nowhere and just a bad
song. It does not matter if Raybon Bros, Jeff Carson or the writer sing
it...the song is an embarasssing mess. Every time I try to turn my baby
boomer buddy onto country music, this song or the other mess of a song by
Clay Walker.."One Two" comes on the car radio and he laughs me up the
interstate.
tom taylor
cockeysville, Maryland
PHQ 22 VA
I have to disagree with you. I think Butterfly Kisses is one of the best
songs out there!! The fact that a father wrote the song for his little
girl is enough to make it the best song there is. It's beautiful.
KLETCO
I tend to agree with you, which is different for me, since I also have a
soft spot for tender music. I especially enjoy music that revolves around
marriage, growing up, parents and children, etc, since I'm about at that
time of my life. But, you seem to have hit the nail on the head with this
song. It doesn't deserve all of the attention an airplay it has been
getting.
Kim
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Bob Patin
>I have to disagree with you. I think Butterfly Kisses is one of the best
>songs out there!! The fact that a father wrote the song for his little
>girl is enough to make it the best song there is. It's beautiful.
Not only that, but "Butterfly Kisses" went from 99 on the charts to 2, IN
ONE WEEK. Practically unheard of except for a few songs in the history of
charting.
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JJ 813
> On 18 Jun 1997, Thomta wrote,
> Believe me..I am not that much of a cynic and I do like tender love
songs,
> but is this Butterfly Kisses song about the worst piece of garbage you
> have ever heard......tacky lyrics, melody that goes nowhere and just a
bad
> song.
I have to agree with this....maybe it was kinda cute the first 1000 times
they played it, but it reminds me of "A Dozen Red Roses" in that is was
designed to tug at the heartstrings and push all the right buttons, and
because it tries too hard, winds up being just another sappy song.
I am no cynic, either....Geroge Strait's "I Cross my Heart" or Tracy
Byrd's "Keeper of The Stars" still make me shiver every time I hear
either. ;) But with the former two, I just change the station when I
hear either one anymore. ;)
Jenny
Martin
I have to agree here, too. This song just doesn't grab me. I've heard
beautiful songs of all music-types, about the bonding love between a
parent and child, and this one just isn't one of them. It seems that
every time I turn on the radio, I'm hearing this song over and over
again, and it's getting really tiresome. No station is safe anymore!
:)I commend the effort, but.....
Melissa
In <Pine.SGI.3.95.970618...@umbc8.umbc.edu> KLETCO
<ken...@gl.umbc.edu> writes:
>
>On 18 Jun 1997, Thomta wrote:
>
>> Believe me..I am not that much of a cynic and I do like tender love
songs,
>> but is this Butterfly Kisses song about the worst piece of garbage
you
>> have ever heard......tacky lyrics, melody that goes nowhere and just
a bad
Scott
KLETCO wrote:
>
> On 18 Jun 1997, Thomta wrote:
>
> > Believe me..I am not that much of a cynic and I do like tender love songs,
> > but is this Butterfly Kisses song about the worst piece of garbage you
> > have ever heard......tacky lyrics, melody that goes nowhere and just a bad
> > song. It does not matter if Raybon Bros, Jeff Carson or the writer sing
> > it...the song is an embarasssing mess. Every time I try to turn my baby
> > boomer buddy onto country music, this song or the other mess of a song by
> > Clay Walker.."One Two" comes on the car radio and he laughs me up the
> > interstate.
>
> I tend to agree with you, which is different for me, since I also have a
> soft spot for tender music. I especially enjoy music that revolves around
> marriage, growing up, parents and children, etc, since I'm about at that
> time of my life. But, you seem to have hit the nail on the head with this
> song. It doesn't deserve all of the attention an airplay it has been
> getting.
Ditto for me. The lyrics, the melody...it's terrible all the way around.
BTW regarding the talented Clay Walker's "One, Two, I Love You"...A week
or two ago we figured out that this song by this excellent singer must be
comedy. "You and me and Mother Goose"....."1, 2, buckle my shoe" .....
Laughter is the appropriate reaction!
marilynn leah michaels
It makes me gag. Period.
MLM
Barbara
re: Butterfly Kisses: I have to disagree on this. There's not that many
songs that can bring me to tears but this one does every time. Others that
have are Country Bumpkin and Teddy Bear (by Red Sovine). So you can see,
it's been a while.
re: One/two - it has a catchy beat, I'd rate it an 8.
Scott <scot...@hotmail.com> wrote in article
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DONDI3
In article <5oa0uh$6...@tor-nn1-hb0.netcom.ca>, marilynn leah michaels
<mari...@netcom.ca> writes:
>
>It makes me gag. Period.
>
>MLM
Lemme make a guess:
You've probably never walked down the aisle with your daughter on your arm
& gave her to a beaming bridegroom, have ya?
Dondi3
Fred Langer
Thomta wrote:
>
> Believe me..I am not that much of a cynic and I do like tender love songs,
> but is this Butterfly Kisses song about the worst piece of garbage you
> have ever heard......tacky lyrics, melody that goes nowhere and just a bad
> song. It does not matter if Raybon Bros, Jeff Carson or the writer sing
> boomer buddy onto country music, this song or the other mess of a song by
> Clay Walker.."One Two" comes on the car radio and he laughs me up the
> interstate.
>
> cockeysville, Maryland
Tom,
I almost took you seriously at first - then realized you were probably
fishing for flames.
The song is so well written from the heart. Being the father of two
daughters myself, the song gets to me every time I hear it.
By chance you were serious - well, we just have different perspectives.
I would wager you don't have any daughters.
Fred :)
Philip Lathroum
Well tend to agree... Butterfly Kisses is DRIVEL.... and ONE TWO BUCKLE
MY SHOE... is pure crap.... I LOVE country... but this is just a
mess... and 3 people releasing the sa,e song... give me a break...
:)
just my oppinion
Philip Lathroum
PHQ 22 VA
Well tend to agree... Butterfly Kisses is DRIVEL.... and ONE TWO BUCKLE
MY SHOE... is pure crap.... I LOVE country... but this is just a
mess... and 3 people releasing the sa,e song... give me a break...
:)
just my oppinion
Philip Lathroum
st...@erols.com
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Actually, Butterfly Kisses really isn't a country song. At least it
started out that way. The guy who wrote it is a Contemporary Christian
singer. It just happened that it made the cross over. Now we have the
Raybon Bros. singing it (which I think sucks....it lacks emotion.)
As for "One Two I Love You"....I think it's cute.
Floyd Gentry
Scott wrote:
>
> KLETCO wrote:
> >
> > On 18 Jun 1997, Thomta wrote:
> >
> > > Believe me..I am not that much of a cynic and I do like tender love songs,
> > > but is this Butterfly Kisses song about the worst piece of garbage you
> > > have ever heard......tacky lyrics, melody that goes nowhere and just a bad
> > > song. It does not matter if Raybon Bros, Jeff Carson or the writer sing
> > > it...the song is an embarasssing mess. Every time I try to turn my baby
> > > boomer buddy onto country music, this song or the other mess of a song by
> > > Clay Walker.."One Two" comes on the car radio and he laughs me up the
> > > interstate.
> >
> > soft spot for tender music. I especially enjoy music that revolves around
> > marriage, growing up, parents and children, etc, since I'm about at that
> > time of my life. But, you seem to have hit the nail on the head with this
> > song. It doesn't deserve all of the attention an airplay it has been
> > getting.
>
> Ditto for me. The lyrics, the melody...it's terrible all the way around.
>
> BTW regarding the talented Clay Walker's "One, Two, I Love You"...A week
> or two ago we figured out that this song by this excellent singer must be
> comedy. "You and me and Mother Goose"....."1, 2, buckle my shoe" .....
> Laughter is the appropriate reaction!
giving girls butterfly kisses an long as I can remember. You first ask
if they want a butterfly kiss? When they say yes , you tell them to
pucker up, when they do you give them the eyelash bit. This is the
important part. You then ask them if they want a sucker kiss. If they
say yes, you tell them to pucker up. When they get all puckered up you
say S U C K E R.
godh...@hotmail.com
SO MUCH GARBAGE on the radio- butterfly kisses, dozens of roses,
buckling the shoes- I have started my own person boycott- I just
can't listen to this stuff anymore- it's causing me to lose IQ
points.
None of these songs are in the same league as the
much-maligned "Achy Breaky Heart." That might not
have been such a tasty song for some, but at least
it was better than pablum.
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There's a feature on Garth's Central Park concert in this week's New
York magazine. It's pretty revealing in some ways.
The article says this event is a litmus test for a new Marketing
Division of the NYC Parks Department. The director of this department
practically falls off his chair to defend bringing Garth to New York.
He says the concert is not costing New Yorkers any money. HBO and
Capitol Nashville are footing the whole bill.
Hhhhmmmm.....
This explains a lot about why Scott Hendricks and the NYC police
department violated my civil liberties by dragging me out of the Bottom
Line, for doing nothing except speaking the truth.
Figure HBO is paying for concert staging and logistics. That leaves
Capitol Nashville to pay for the biggest other expense, security. As
provided by the NYC police department. Capitol Nashville foots bill for
NYC. NYC police intimidate and try to silence Scott Hendricks critic.
Tells you a little about Scott Hendricks' character, doesn't it???
Coward.
The fact remains that this concert was a terrible idea, wrong time,
wrong artists, wrong town. Horrible karma. It's costing Scott a fortune
when his label is generating half the record sales of two years ago. He
must be very desperate. And whatever Scott does, Garth will still hate
his guts. Because Scott is a whiny coward and an empty suit.
Stella
Kevates
butterfly kisses is not my favorite song... overly sentimental... kinda
weak, but obviously speaks to alot of people...
maybe people just don't cry enough and songs like this give them an excuse
to... feels like a "setup" song to me... designed for tears, not really
from the heart.
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Texthinker
Hmmm. A lot of the stuff said in this thread is the same stuff I heard
about a year ago when I first heard the song in the Christian circuits. I
tend to change the station now when I hear it, just cuz I've been hearing
the song so much. But now, when was the last time you can remember that
the original artist has made three different videos for a song (to play in
three different music fields) and have a song recorded by two additional
artists in one market? It's a good song--not the best. Roses for Mama,
and Sovine's Teddy Bear are much better as far as country goes. The song
speaks to people and that's why it is appealing. Pretty good for an artist
who had to be convinced by his daughter to even put it on an albumn.
Ruth Schaaf
I agree Kevin, I got the same impression...I was watching the video of
it as well, I think videos ruin music. People need to use their own
imaginations when listening to music. That way it becomes more
individualized and personal.
Lianne McNeil
Kevates wrote:
>
> butterfly kisses is not my favorite song... overly sentimental... kinda
> weak, but obviously speaks to alot of people...
>
> maybe people just don't cry enough and songs like this give them an excuse
> to... feels like a "setup" song to me... designed for tears, not really
> from the heart.
I agree with this. The song is kind of nice, but one I'll be tired
of in a few more weeks. In the beginning, it doesn't really strike me
as a "set-up" song -- until it gets to the part about his daughter's
wedding. I think it's overly sentimental. But I know some people like
songs like that.
"A Dozen Red Roses" strikes me the same way. So does Collin Raye's "One
Boy, One Girl." (The scenario in that song is idealistic -- just "too
good to be true.")
I've heard all three versions of "Butterfly Kisses" now. My country
station has played both Jeff Carson's version and the Raybon Brothers'
version, but they play the latter far more often. Interestingly, Bob
Carlyle's (sp?) version has been played on my local contemporary
Christian station AND the local contemporary pop station.
I prefer Bob's version to the others, by far. He sounds genuine.
Lianne
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C. Turner
I am set to agree that the song is not that great. I'm happy for the
artist that is having such a success (is it a guy by the name of Bob
Carlysle). I know it was previously recorded by a country artist (am I
right).
It seems as though alot of country songs are re-recorded as pop songs
after country successes. I've heard George Strait and Garth Brooks
songs recently sung by pop groups.
C.T.
Mitch Istre
C. Turner wrote:
>
> It seems as though alot of country songs are re-recorded as pop songs
> after country successes. I've heard George Strait and Garth Brooks
> songs recently sung by pop groups.
>
Love You Like That") that were recorded (and butchered) by All-4-One.
Grnbrier
tho...@aol.com (Thomta) writes:
>Believe me..I am not that much of a cynic and I do like tender love
songs,
>but is this Butterfly Kisses song about the worst piece of garbage you
>have ever heard......tacky lyrics, melody that goes nowhere and just a
bad
>song.
Tom buddy, you hit the nail on the head with this one. When my local
station in D.C. (WMZQ) first started playing it, the dejay would say
"Coming right up, that INCREDIBLE song 'Butterfly Kisses' that EVERYONE's
been asking for!" Well, when i finally heard the sappy gawdawful piece of
shit i was incredulous! How could this horribly titled, badly written,
crappily sung, absolutely unappealing piece of smarmy pap have been MADE,
let alone gotten air-play. I switch channels to ANYTHING when that piece
of garbage violates my airspace. Let's hope it dies a *real* quick
death...
~Doug, keeping a barf bag handy in case he accidentally hears "Butterfly
Kisses"
Hamilton@postoffice.worldnet.att.net Charles Hamilton
grnb...@aol.com (Grnbrier) wrote:
>tho...@aol.com (Thomta) writes:
>
>>Believe me..I am not that much of a cynic and I do like tender love
>songs,
>>but is this Butterfly Kisses song about the worst piece of garbage you
>>have ever heard......tacky lyrics, melody that goes nowhere and just a
>bad
>>song.
>
>Tom buddy, you hit the nail on the head with this one. When my local
>station in D.C. (WMZQ) first started playing it, the dejay would say
>"Coming right up, that INCREDIBLE song 'Butterfly Kisses' that EVERYONE's
>been asking for!"
Read: the song his music director's been asking for.
> Well, when i finally heard the sappy gawdawful piece of
>shit i was incredulous! How could this horribly titled, badly written,
>crappily sung, absolutely unappealing piece of smarmy pap have been MADE,
>let alone gotten air-play. I switch channels to ANYTHING when that piece
>of garbage violates my airspace. Let's hope it dies a *real* quick
>death...
>
I have a daughter, so I'm usually a sucker for songs like this, but I've
got to pass on this one. Like a lot of what comes out of Nashville in the
'90s, it sounds too contrived, it's manipulative as hell, and IMO just
doesn't sound very good.
Matt
Here's another one, just the other day I heard at my store some group do
"If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Garth Brooks. I don't know the group, but I
just wanted pass out at how awful the song was done. I've also heard
"You Love Amazes Me" Also done like crap!
PHQ 22 VA
Actually, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Bob Carlisle recorded it
first and then it was recorded by two country artists.......
Jason Cunningham
I'm afraid that I must agree with the people who dislike this song.
The lyrics are sappy beyond belief, and it doesn't make a lot of sense.
What is a "butterfly kiss" anyway?
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Jason Cunningham wrote:
>
> I'm afraid that I must agree with the people who dislike this song.
> The lyrics are sappy beyond belief, and it doesn't make a lot of sense.
> What is a "butterfly kiss" anyway?
A butterfly kiss is when you sorta wink your eyes while touching
someones cheek, brushing them against the cheek. This is a really
beautifull song though I beleive.
Monika Freitag
Jason Cunningham wrote:
>
> I'm afraid that I must agree with the people who dislike this song.
> The lyrics are sappy beyond belief, and it doesn't make a lot of sense.
> What is a "butterfly kiss" anyway?
>
I, as well, don't much care for the song..but as far as your question
goes.. a "butterfly kiss" - or at least my family's definition of one..
is when you bat your eyelashes against someone's cheek.. *shrug*
something along the lines of an eskimo kiss (where you rub noses) --
spowell
I have to agree that Butterfly Kisses is one of the best songs out today.
It really makes a father think about his own daughter
PHQ 22 VA <phq...@aol.com> wrote in article
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> I have to disagree with you. I think Butterfly Kisses is one of the best
> songs out there!! The fact that a father wrote the song for his little
> girl is enough to make it the best song there is. It's beautiful.
>
Floyd Gentry
wonder if he is related to Bill Caralisle? If you wanrt a father
daughter song that will really get to you, get a copy of Jimmy Dean's
"Tribute to a sleeping beauty". Its a recitation but wow. Floyd
Crazy4str8
The song does have some good points, but to me it reminds me of alot of
other father to daughter songs put out there in the past....like it's main
intent was to create a song a father and daughter could dance to at a
wedding or something.
marilynn leah michaels
It makes me gag.
MLM
GKinti
The thing is with this song is that it isn't meant to be a country song.
It was orginally released to the Christian/Gospel market. Popularity
being what it is, the record company released it to the pop market and
then the country market.
Jeffrey Vansant
so what be ye poitn mon!!!!???
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