The title track "Wildflower" off this album is a very pretty song. If it was from some unknown indie artist I'm sure Bill would have it in heavy rotation.

How about some of her more rare stuff. E.g., "No One Said It Would Be Easy Lyrics." I like those types of cuts. :-)

Typical, predictable, dull -- like everything else she does.

laozilover wrote:

if you don't like it, pass it along to me - I'd like to hear more. Always liked her. Great live shows.

Damn if this song isn't catchy though. Familiarity encourages me to increase the rating, which I started at 3.

LordBaltimore wrote: "bland" - Yeah, I bought it yesterday (at Whole Foods!) and listened to it. That's my first take on it, too, except I used the word "insipid". But Bill's "airing" this track is going to make me give the CD another chance. FWIW, I have been a HUGE fan of her first several albums.

I'm in the minority here, I know, but I really like Sheryl Crow -- The Globe Sessions in particular is a really strong album, particularly once you get past the pop tunes you hear on the radio all the time. Although I'm not a big fan of the last two albums, the new one is starting to grow on me.

This song belongs on one of those WB shows. Sheryl Crow is actually very musically talented, but she doesn't use it in her own offerings. Personally not my taste in artists.

skooney wrote:

The drawing portion of it is reminiscent of the look of the Revolver album cover.

Have not found one Sheryl Crow song I like.....I always wonder how she remains such a popular artist while others with much more talent languish........

hcaudill wrote:

It's the current "cool" look in illustration at the moment, all you have to do is checkout Rolling Stone mag it's all over the place.

I'm not a fan of this at all. If it's the only song Bill likes on the album, boy that must be one bland CD.

Professionnaly uninspired. Crow's talent make it worse

This is the boring part of Sheryl Crow...who has some material that I love dearly (mostly from The Globe Sessions). This one sounds more like her last studio album, which was her worst, by far. I hope Bill has heard some of the good stuff somewhere along the way and isn't judging Sheryl by "Soak Up The Sun" and "All I Wanna Do".

pope183 wrote:

Hahah, sounds like Bill agrees with you...

doesn't inspire me - if good music makes you want to hear it again - i wouldn't , i don't hate it - it just - doesn't do anything

GreenJello wrote:I liked her raw look from before all the botox. Can't we all just age naturally and love ourselves as we are? Do we have to be so driven by what the media wants us to be? Good greif!
Anyway, I find her very interesting. Some of her songs are just brilliant and others are just ho-hum. This one is somewhere in-between with a pretty good groove.

nice cover! A+

I've never been a Sheryl Crow fan, but this song isn't so bad (that's high praise coming from me)

I wonder if the cover illustrator is the same person that's doing all those wacky Microsoft print ads.

I'm with BillG: unimpressed.

mildersoap wrote:

I'm not unumpressed, but I often feel like I get something closer to 80%. I just feel like there is a little more somewhere. But she's always enjoyable, just rarely great.

mildersoap wrote:
I think that depends on how much of it's hollywood magic, and not real life.

mildersoap wrote:
Yeah, I wonder why? Last album didn't do much for me, but her first few were wonderful.

GreenJello wrote:

this is a good thing, if you're mr.armstrong.

Woo-hoo! New Sheryl Crow. Bill says he is "unsurprisingly unimpressed" but this song is pretty cool. I don't care what anyone says, Sheryl is a rock-n-roll goddess.

Is it just me, or does she look younger with each album?

i absolutely adore the fact that bill continually points out how unimpressed he is by sheryl crow. it makes me laugh every time.

keep it up, i'd love for her to be the running joke.