Song Review: "All Kinds Of Kinds" by Miranda Lambert

I would consider Miranda Lambert one of the best artists in mainstream country. She just does her own thing and doesn't really care about what other people think. She makes music she wants to make and always stays true to who she is, and that is the attitude everyone should have. This song is a bit out of her fiery rock tinged women anthem comfort zone. But that is one of the reasons why this song is great, it's nothing like what she has ever done.

 "Ilsa was an acrobat who went and fell in love with that Horatio the human cannonball. A wedding neath' the big top tent with barkers, clowns, and elephants, sideshow family oddities and all." 

The overall theme of this song is learning to accept the people who are a little bit different. The first verse is the story of two crazies who have fallen in love. Maybe we all aren't circus acts but maybe when we find something, or someone, or just latch onto an idea that is so out of the ordinary, that's when you know it's meant to be.

"Thomas was a congressman with closets full of skeletons and dresses that he wore on Friday nights. Phyllis was a pharmacist, a dab of that, a pinch of this concocted to suppress her appetite."

Doing something you know you're getting judged for because it makes you complete, right or wrong. Maybe not everyone follows the rules, and maybe that's okay.

"When I play this old guitar from children's shows to smoky bars I take a break and think about the past. When I stood up in geometry and everybody stared at me and I tossed my test into the trash. I scratched off my number while hitching out under that bush league population sign." 

Those are probably my favorite lines from this song. It reminds you of those crazy dreamer kids who care about that dream more than life itself, and won't settle for anything less. 

"Now some point the finger and let ignorance linger if they'd look in the mirror they'd find. That ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning it takes all kinds of kinds." 

Trying not to judge other people or blame them for your own problems, I think we all have been there. It takes every single type of person to make this world work. 

For a song that actually somewhat sounds like a country song to be playing on country radio is kind of ridiculous in it's own right. If it sounds country and actually has lyrical depth, that's just insane. This song does have both! Plus Texas/Red Dirt singer Stoney LaRue is singing background vocals, so this song is just an overall win. Now you have to ask if this will be a big hit. The answer unfortunately, is probably not. I hope I'm wrong but I don't foresee this being anything bigger than a minor hit for her. It's a fifth single and it may be "too weird" for the occasional "country fan." None of that matters though because she took a risk in the cliche land of trucks and beer songs and that's awesome. It's something you'd hear on the radio and it would instantly put a smile on your face. Although she is among the top female country artists she just doesn't have that crossover appeal like Carrie Underwood or Taylor Swift, and thank God for that! The reason she can do stuff like this is because she isn't worrying about the masses like so many others are. I hope she stays that way.

Rating: A