Catch The Buzz

Every weekday evening, Chris Croaker features a brand new song that has caught our attention. It could be from one of your Froggy favorite artists, or something from a newly discovered talent! The Frog's "catching a buzz" every weeknight.

This week's BUZZ CUT is from Tim McGraw, and his 2007 albumLet It Go. Listen for the follow-up to Tim's recent Top Ten hit "Let It Go", "Nothin' To Die For" tonight, and all this week, with Chris on Froggy 98.

Tim McGraw - "Nothin' To Die For"

The latest release from Tim McGraw's Let It Go, peddles saccharine truths to a sound bite culture. "Nothing To Die For" comes across as the high-and-mighty preaching of someone who feels an understanding of addiction--it's a song for those who don't want to (or can't) deal with the complexity of addiction.

Mortality is the key issue here, and the song is especially concerned with images related to death because things like "crossing the center line" and crashing through a guard rail put the danger of alcohol abuse in terms that we can instantly and painlessly consume. It is difficult, but it is reality. And country music is supposed to deal in reality, even when it's harsh. McGraw has recorded a song entirely unconcerned with any of that. "Nothing To Die For" is a song that contains a lot of factual accuracies but very little actual truth. It settles for discussing alcoholism in the most easily consumable, unobjectionable fashion possible.

Of course, one of the most interesting things about this song is that it gets caught up in a muddy workaholic subplot that only further serves to numb the hard truths that the song avoids anyway. It's this weeks Buzz Cut on Froggy 98…

(Click the album cover and listen to a sample of this song.)

STILL BUZZIN' IN THE POND

Trace Adkins - Marry For Money

Thanks to a job interview with Donald Trump and a song about a "Badonkadonk," ("Honky-tonk Badonkadonk"), Trace Adkins has propelled into superstar status. Adkins continues with "X" (Ten), the 10th album in a steadily successful career.

The 6-foot-6 Adkins shows his sensitive side with an occasional ballad, but "X" is the most fun on tracks such as "Marry for Money," where Adkins states, on his second marriage, he wants a sugar momma "with a whole lot of zeros and commas." Now Trace already has a lovely wife, so we're pretty sure he doesn't truly want to marry for money. But there may have been some truth to the song back when he was working on an oil rig before his country music days.

Imagine all 6 foot, 6 inches of Trace as a pathetic little gold digger singing, "I don't really care if she loves me…She can even be ugly…I'm gonna marry for money," and you've got yourself a novelty song that's as memorable as it is laughable. He may've fantasized about finding himself a sugar mamma with a whole lot of zeros and commas. That, to me, is what makes this of song so much fun. There is a bit of truth in them all.

Click on the Album Cover above to sample this recent BUZZ CUT on Froggy 98.

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE STILL BUZZIN'

Little Big Town - "Good Lord Willing"

After spending years in the business, facing a series of ups and downs while trying to make their name known, Little Big Town finally got the break they needed when "Boondocks" hit the radio. That album spawned a couple more hits and they followed it up with A Place To Land. The song "I'm With The Band" was selected as the first single, and while it was a moderate success, it never quite did what was expected. A change was needed and eventually Little Big Town signed on with Capital Records Nashville who have re-released the album with 4 bonus tracks.

"Good Lord Willing" has an up-tempo beat enriched sound with the harmonies you have come to expect from Little Big Town. Give "Good Lord Willing" a listen this week during ‘Hoppy Hour' on Froggy 98…