Artist Survey #6: Martina McBride

[Dawn]

Thanks, Adam, for suggesting today's featured artist:

Martina McBride



Favorite Martina songs:

1. Wild Angels
2. Concrete Angel
3. Blessed
4. Where Would You Be
5. A Broken Wing
6. This One's for the Girls
7. Independence Day
8. Two More Bottles of Wine
9. Wrong Again
10. In My Daughter's Eyes

Most underrated song: Wrong Again

First Martina song you can remember hearing: Blessed

Best Martina vocal: Where Would You Be

Best instrumentation: This One's for the Girls

Favorite holiday song: O Holy Night

Favorite album: I'm not completely familiar with all of them, but so far I would go with Greatest Hits.

Favorite album cover: Wild Angels

First cassette you owned: None
First CD: Plan to get Greatest Hits, followed by Martina

Favorite video: Blessed

[SAT-I need more room!!]

I bet everyone already guessed it was my suggestion.

Fave songs-


50. I Can’t Sleep
49. When God Fearin’ Women Get the Blues
48. Keeping My Distance
47. Little Bits of Lightning
46. Goin’ to Work
45. Two More Bottles of Wine
44. Safe in the Arms of Love
43. Heart Trouble
42. My Baby Loves Me
41. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
40. Silver Bells
39. This One’s For the Girls
38. Silent Night
37. There You Are
36. Concrete Angel
35. Swingin’ Doors
34. Wild Angels
33. Good Bye
32. O Come All Ye Faithful
31. The Time Has Come
30. Reluctant Daughter
29. Wearing White
28. Be That Way
27. In My Daughter’s Eyes
26. What Child is This
25. How Far
24. Stand By Your Man (Live)
23. Where Would You Be
22. Blessed
21. A Broken Wing
20. Happy Girl
19. Do What You Do
18. Anything’s Better Than Feelin’ the Blues
17. I Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
16. She’s a Butterfly
15. So Magical
14. City of Love
13. Anything and Everything
12. You’ve Been Driving All the Time
11. It’s My Time
10. O Holy Night
9. Cry on the Shoulder of the Road
8. When You Love Me
7. Learning to Fall
6. Make Me Believe
5. I Love You
4. Show Me
3. A Great Disguise
2. Here in My Heart
1. Whatever You Say

Underrated-of her singles, It's My Time
Album cuts-A Great Disguise

First heard-I Love You

Best vocals-O Holy Night (especially live!)
Non holiday-Whatever You Say, A Broken Wing, Where Would You Be

Instrumentation-Whatever You Say

Holiday song-O Holy Night

Album-Martina, followed by Evolution and Emotion. It changes.

Cover-Martina. I have commented before, as great looking as she is, I don't like most of her album pictures.

Cassette-none, all CD.
CD-I believe we got Evolution first, then Emotion

Video-Again, this changes, but probably I Love You followed by Whatever You Say




Glad I was able to answer first, so others can see which songs are best!

[Ken]

Favorite Martina songs:

1.Here In My Heart
2.This One's For The Girls
3.A Great Disguise
4.Cry On The Shoulder Of The Road
5.Happy Girl
6.Concrete Angel
7.Where Would You Be
8.I Ain't Going Nowhere
9.Make Me Believe
10.Safe In The Arms Of Love
11. Blessed
12.How Far

Most underrated song: Happy Girl

First Martina song you can remember hearing: Phones Are Ringing All Over Town

Best Martina vocal: Where Would You Be

Best instrumentation: Happy Girl

Favorite holiday song: O Holy Night

Favorite album: Evolution

Favorite album cover: Wild Angels

First cassette you owned: None
First CD: Last year I burned a copy of Evolution.

Favorite video: Blessed

[djdave]

SAT-Laney's said:

I bet everyone already guessed it was my suggestion.

50. I Can’t Sleep
49. When God Fearin’ Women Get the Blues
48. Keeping My Distance
47. Little Bits of Lightning
46. Goin’ to Work
45. Two More Bottles of Wine
44. Safe in the Arms of Love
43. Heart Trouble
42. My Baby Loves Me
41. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
40. Silver Bells
39. This One’s For the Girls
38. Silent Night
37. There You Are
36. Concrete Angel
35. Swingin’ Doors
34. Wild Angels
33. Good Bye
32. O Come All Ye Faithful
31. The Time Has Come
30. Reluctant Daughter
29. Wearing White
28. Be That Way
27. In My Daughter’s Eyes
26. What Child is This
25. How Far
24. Stand By Your Man (Live)
23. Where Would You Be
22. Blessed
21. A Broken Wing
20. Happy Girl
19. Do What You Do
18. Anything’s Better Than Feelin’ the Blues
17. I Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
16. She’s a Butterfly
15. So Magical
14. City of Love
13. Anything and Everything
12. You’ve Been Driving All the Time
11. It’s My Time
10. O Holy Night
9. Cry on the Shoulder of the Road
8. When You Love Me
7. Learning to Fall
6. Make Me Believe
5. I Love You
4. Show Me
3. A Great Disguise
2. Here in My Heart
1. Whatever You Say

WHAT??!!!!??!!?? No "Wrong again"?
That must take a back seat to so many album cuts I'm not familiar with!

[djdave]

I'll see what I can muster--I just love these surveys too darn much, even if Michael Bolton, Yanni, or Zamfir is featured.

Martina songs I can tolerate:

1. This one's for the girls (but I'm starting to hear it a bit much)
2. Blessed
3. Wrong again
4. Whatever you say
5. Oh holy night

Most underrated song: none

First Martina song you can remember hearing: Independence day (1995?)

Best Martina vocal: No strong opinion

Best instrumentation: No strong opinion

Favorite holiday song: O Holy Night (If I had to choose)

Favorite album: none at this time

Favorite album cover: don't know

First cassette you owned: None
First CD: None (yet...)

Ones I could do without again:
Valentine (with Jim "barf" Brickman) (one keyboardist I dislike)
I love you
Chances are (with Bob Seger)
A broken wing

[SAT-I need more room!!]

DJ said:

WHAT??!!!!??!!?? No "Wrong again"?
That must take a back seat to so many album cuts I'm not familiar with!

Yeah, can you believe it? LOL! Well, just being such a big fan, I end up liking so many of the album cuts more, much like the Beatles, Elvis, etc.



Now I wanna see if you'll respond to this post!

[djdave]

SAT-Laney's said:

Now I wanna see if you'll respond to this post!

Done. ;D (see above)

[SAT-I need more room!!]

DJ said:

I'll see what I can muster--I just love these surveys too darn much, even if Michael Bolton, Yanni, or Zamfir is featured.

Martina songs I can tolerate:

1. This one's for the girls (but I'm starting to hear it a bit much)
2. Blessed
3. Wrong again
4. Whatever you say
5. Oh holy night

Most underrated song: none

First Martina song you can remember hearing: Independence day (1995?)

Best Martina vocal: No strong opinion

Best instrumentation: No strong opinion

Favorite holiday song: O Holy Night (If I had to choose)

Favorite album: none at this time

Favorite album cover: don't know

First cassette you owned: None
First CD: None (yet...)

Ones I could do without again:
Valentine (with Jim "barf" Brickman) (one keyboardist I dislike)
I love you
Chances are (with Bob Seger)
A broken wing

I feel compelled to respond....

So are you putting Martina in Yanni's category? ;D

Good list of songs! But you forgot Swingin' Doors, which you voted for back on my Poll!

Independence Day was 93. Close though!

No CD's yet....Does that mean we are considering one??

I can see why you don't like Valentine-Martina herself calls it the "sappy ballad" at her concerts.
To this day, I never heard the Seger ballad!

[djdave]

SAT-Laney's said:

I feel compelled to respond....

So are you putting Martina in Yanni's category? ;D

Good list of songs! But you forgot Swingin' Doors, which you voted for back on my Poll!

Independence Day was 93. Close though!

No CD's yet....Does that mean we are considering one??

I can see why you don't like Valentine-Martina herself calls it the "sappy ballad" at her concerts.
To this day, I never heard the Seger ballad!

Well, definitely better than Yanni!

Swingin' doors--I may remember hearing this once and kinda liking it, maybe it was against something I didn't rave over.

CD? I can only say maybe--but in no great hurry.

"Chances are" (not the Mathis tune) was originally on the "Hope Floats" soundtrack, and now it's on Seger's Greatest Volume 2--which was STILL missing Ramblin' Gamblin' Man!

[kathyb]

I'll do my best here...

Favorite Martina songs:
A Broken Wing
Independence Day
Where Would You Be
I Love You
My Baby Loves Me
In My Daughter's Eyes
Concrete Angel
Wild Angels
This One's For the Girls
When God Fearin' Women Get the Blues
O Holy Night
Blessed

Most underrated song--Not sure.

First Martina song I heard--Probably I Love You or My Baby Loves Me.

Best Martina vocal--Hmm...O Holy Night.

Best Instrumentation--When God Fearin' Women Get the Blues

Favorite Holiday Song--O Holy Night

Favorite Album--Tough one, since I only own two of 'em. LOL!

Favorite Album Cover--Don't know.

First Cassette--None

First CD--either Evolution or Emotion.

Video--Independence Day is pretty good. Concrete Angel is heart wrenching. I Love You is a nice one. So's My Baby Loves Me. I guess I can't decide. LOL!

[SAT-I need more room!!]

DJ said:

"Chances are" (not the Mathis tune) was originally on the "Hope Floats" soundtrack, and now it's on Seger's Greatest Volume 2--which was STILL missing Ramblin' Gamblin' Man!

I knew it was on both of those-just gotta pick one up!

[lora]

Alright, I'll try this now! But, Dawn, now I expect a Bette survey!!

Favorite Martina songs:

15. Concrete Angel
14. Wild Angels
13. Where Would You Be
12. Life #9
11. She's A Butterfly
10. When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues
9. Valentine
8. Safe In The Arms Of Love
7. My Baby Loves Me
6. How Far
5. In My Daughter's Eyes
4. Independence Day
3. A Broken Wing (This alternates with Independence Day.)
2. Wrong Again
1. Whatever You Say

That's an ever-changing list though!

Most underrated songs: Wrong Again, Safe In The Arms Of Love

First Martina song I can remember hearing: My Baby Loves Me

Best Martina vocal: Whatever You Say

Best Instrumentation: In My Daughter's Eyes

Favorite Holiday song: O Holy Night also

Favorite album: Greatest Hits

Favorite album cover: Evolution

First cassette: none
First CD: Greatest Hits

Favorite video: My Baby Loves Me, Independence Day, When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues

[Dawn]

SAT-Laney's said:

Best vocals-O Holy Night (especially live!)
Non holiday-Whatever You Say, A Broken Wing, Where Would You Be

I think Martina's version of O Holy Night is the best I've heard. Her vocals are absolutely phenomenal on it.

[Dawn]

Ken said:

First CD: Last year I burned a copy of Evolution.

I'm not familiar with all the songs on Evolution, but what I've heard of it so far has been very well done!

[Dawn]

DJ said:

Chances are (with Bob Seger)

I'm not familiar with this, but would be interested in hearing it. I need to pick up those Seger Greatest Hits sometime. I wish they'd included Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, though - that's an essential track!