I absolutely love that one too, and always thought it was very underrated.Insight for Today 20 September 2021 Devotional: Keep It between the Lines
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This song is also on one of my very favorite tapes that I recorded around the same time, which also includes some of my other personal favorites like Randy Travis’ “Heroes And Friends,” “Somewhere Tonight” by Highway 101, “Tempted” by Marty Stuart, “Where Did I Go Wrong,” by Steve Wariner, “I Keep Putting Off Getting Over You” by Don Williams, “It’s Like We Never Said Goodbye” by Crystal Gayle, “Still Burnin’ For You” by Rob Crosby, “That’s What Your Love Does To Me” by Holly Dunn, “Some Guys Have All The Love” by Little Texas, “Chill Of An Early Fall” by George Strait, another great RVS tune in “Living Proof,” plus others.ītw, it’s such a shame that “After The Lights Go Out” wasn’t a bigger hit. It’s one of the many videos from the late 1991-early 1992 period that brings back great memories of being at my dad’s house and getting to watch CMT since my mom and step dad’s house didn’t have that channel. The first time I heard this one was actually when I was over at my dad’s house, and we were watching the video to this song together. Always just loved Steve Buckingham’s production on this one, as well, and Ricky’s heartfelt performance.
As a six year old at the time, I remember liking the part where he mentions his son’s coloring book, since I was also into coloring books myself at the time. It’s also been known to still get me misty eyed every now and then, and I always found the second verse pretty touching, in particular. One of my all time favorite RVS songs from the early 90’s! I simply love everything about it, and it always instantly transports me back to the Fall of 1991. Previous: Garth Brooks, “Rodeo” | Next: Joe Diffie, “New Way (to Light Up an Old Flame)” He bounced back with the title track, which we’ll see in this feature when we get to 1992. The first signs of trouble for Shelton at radio surfaced with the fourth single, “After the Lights Go Out,” which missed the Billboard top ten, despite being of the same high standard as the rest of the singles from Backroads. It’s one of his best vocal performances, which is a high bar to clear. The metaphor feels a bit more forced than it does on the songs above and on “Love Without End, Amen,” another recent hit that had used this structure.īut Shelton’s incredibly sincere and heartfelt performance papers over that, keeping the lyric from collapsing onto itself. Here, it’s a man learning to drive with his father, then coloring with his young son, before finally hearing a prayer for help answered as he wonders how he will raise that son by himself. Like on those two records, the chorus means something a little different each time, as we take a journey through different stages of life. Rather than being a typical love or love gone wrong song, it’s one of those message story songs in the vein of “Where’ve You Been” or “Love, Me.” Shelton had certainly earned his stripes as a balladeer by the time he released “Keep it Between the Lines,” but the song still charted new territory for him. 1 smash for Ricky Van Shelton.īackroads was proving more successful at radio than its predecessor, RVS III, with Shelton’s third single from it becoming his third consecutive No. Written by Kathy Louvin and Russell SmithĪ tender ballad becomes another No.
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