“Line Without a Hook” by Ricky Montgomery

This song was written by Ricky Montgomery, an artist who is originally from L.A.  And the
other co-writer is Jon Heisserer. The official release date of “Line Without a Hook” was on 8
April 2016. It is one of tracks featured on Ricky Montgomery’s debut album, which itself is
entitled Montgomery Ricky. He is an American singer who first earned popularity on the now-
defunct app, Vine, gaining at least 180,000 followers before the app discontinued in 2016. He is
best noted for his 2016 hit tracks namely:
 Line Without a Hook
 Mr. Loverman
 This December
He grew up with his father, a gaffer and his mother a teacher, along with his sister. At age 14, he
moved together with his mother to St.Louis where he started playing with bands around the West
St. Louis County. Some of the bands he released songs with include Henry On The Run,
Carpathia, and Adversary In Arms. In 2014, he released his first EP titled Caught On The Moon.
The EP was later extended into his first full album titled Montgomery Ricky. He released his
second album The Honeysticks in 2018 and a single titled Cars in 2020. On the Vine app, he
shared video collaborations with popular Vine stars including Will McFadden and J. Cyrus.
Some of his most popular Vines were captioned “This Vine is Rated R for Foul Language and
Bad Hair” and “World’s Worst Friend Gets a Phone Call”. Rick has gone on to build a large
following of about 90,000 people on his Instagram page, and more than 471,000 TikTok
followers as at the time of this writing.

From the arrangement in the song its completely good, the lyrics matches and from the intro to
the end matches the composers vibe. But if I could rearrange something that would be the
background music and the singers tone, for the background music I would like it to be more
softer or just one instrument like a soft piano or a soft guitar and for the singers tone I would like
it to be more softer for the intro part because he started the song really hard and sounded angry
though the song’s intro.
Ricky Montgomery’s “Line Without a Hook” is a rather-complicated love song of the ‘I want
you back’ variety. For on top of being highly-metaphorical, it is not simply the case of a man
lamenting over a love lost in the traditional sorry fashion. But the singer also does a fair amount
of introspective analysis. And it becomes pretty obvious via the lyrics that he understands that he
has self-esteem issues which are affecting his romance. That is to say that he sounds like a dude
who is well aware that he has found a special lady alright. But his aforementioned wanting self-
image makes him feel as if he is not good enough for her. Indeed the title of this track points to
the fact that he perceives himself as a man still in development, who may not be quite ready to
handle the love of a woman. And this is manifest in the reality that even though he cares for her
deeply, he has said things to her which have perhaps permanently damaged their relationship. I
think that this dong would help most often we relate to people based on our personal sense of
ourselves, and the value we place on ourselves. Self-esteem plays a major role in each
relationship and can definitely affect romantic affairs either positively or negatively. People with
healthy self-esteem generally tend to feel positive about their abilities and approach life in a
more optimistic manner. They are able to for instance translate this into their relationships hence
maintaining the romantic bliss. Having a better image of oneself also means that they can easily
enjoy and improve on their sex life, resolve conflicts clearly, support and understand each other
in the pursuit of their unique goals. On the other hand, a person with self esteem issues such as
low self-esteem, self-doubt, body dysmorphia, perfectionism among others will not enjoy their
romantic relationship as much due to the psychological barriers they may have placed on
themselves. Persons with negative self esteem at times try too hard to protect their relationships
because they view it as their entire world. Due to this they end up backing down easily, asking
for forgiveness and taking responsibility when they shouldn’t. Partners might also find their
chronic indecisiveness and self-defeat in the face of difficult situations repulsive.