Carrie is trying a new formula everyone. Her last two first singles 'Jesus Take the Wheel' and 'So Small' were both inspirational mid tempo ballads but not this time. 'Cowboy Casanova' is an edgy country-rock song that Carrie has done before with 'Before He Cheats' and 'Last Name' which between the two have spent six weeks on top of the country charts. While 'Last Name' was depicted as a prequel to 'BHC' in the music video based off the lyrics 'Casanova' is going to be the sequel.
The song which starts with the line 'you better take it from me, that boy is like a disease' has strong verses where Underwood's vocals hit all the right spots. While the Chorus well what can I say it has one great hook with lines like 'He's a good time, Cowboy Casanova', 'He looks like a cool drink of water, but he's candy coated misery', and 'He's the devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes'.
Although it is deffinently not her best song but her vocals shine tremendously on here and she has all the edge of Miranda Lambert but still has all the control she has had on songs in the past. Of the three edgy songs she has released as singles lyric wide I would put this second behind 'BHC', vocal wise I would personally put this first, and on the fun scale well I would have to say 'Last Name' is more fun but 'BHC' is not because of its semi-creepy destroying of the car hook.
So it's not a ground breaking song and it will continue her success but is it suppose to be breaking through new walls or just a have fun good time song?
Rating =B+
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