George Strait, Willie Nelson & Garth Brooks Make Poll of Favorite Artists
Harris Interactive has just released a new poll that queried the American public about their favorite music artists, musicians, and bands, and some noteworthy country music names made the list. When pollsters asked for unprompted responses to the question, “Who is your favorite singer/musician or band?”—George Strait was the 5th highest answer, and the highest amongst country music stars. Garth Brooks also made the top 10, coming in tied for 7th with The Eagles, Celine Dion, and Neil Diamond.
Willie Nelson also made the top of two of the lists broken down by demographics, even though he did not make the top 10 overall. Willie was the favorite artist of “Mature Adults” (69 or older), and was tied with The Beatles for the favorite musical artist amongst Republicans (despite Willie’s left-leaning politics). The Beatles came in #1 overall in the poll, right in front of Elvis at #2.
What is even more interesting for country music fans is who is not on the list, and who slipped off the list since the same poll was conducted the last time in 2010. Four years ago, Tim McGraw was #5, Rascal Flatts was #8, and Alan Jackson was #9. None of these country artists made the top 10 again. In 2010 George Strait was #7 in the poll.
With all three of the country entries into this year’s poll being more classically-oriented artists, and none of them being current stars (where is Taylor Swift in this poll?), it speaks to the continued appeal of older country artists and classic country music we’ve seen in similar studies by Edison Research, and in the move to split the country format to give more radio representation to older artists.
The younger artists that made the top 10 of the poll were Beyoncé at #3, and Bruno Mars at #6 who was potentially boosted by his recent Super Bowl appearance.
The Harris Poll was conducted online within the United States between July 16th and July 21st, 2014 among 2,306 adults (aged 18 and over). Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online.
TABLE 1
FAVORITE SINGER/MUSICIAN/BAND
“Who is your favorite singer/musician or band?”
Unprompted responses
Base: All adults
|
2010 |
2014 |
|
| Beatles |
=3 |
1 |
| Elvis Presley |
=3 |
2 |
| Beyoncé |
* |
3 |
| Led Zepplin |
* |
4 |
| George Strait |
7 |
5 |
| Bruno Mars |
* |
6 |
| Neil Diamond |
* |
=7 |
| Eagles |
* |
=7 |
| Celine Dion |
1 |
=7 |
| Garth Brooks |
* |
=7 |
DROPPED OFF OF LIST IN 2014
U2 (was No. 2), Tim McGraw (was No. 5), Lady Gaga (was No. 6), Rascal Flatts (was No. 8) and Alan Jackson and Frank Sinatra (both ties for No. 9)
TABLE 2
TOP MUSICIAN AMONG DIFFERENT GROUPS
| AMONG: |
2014 |
| Men |
Beatles |
| Women |
Beyoncé |
| Millennials (18-37) |
Beyoncé |
| Gen X (38-49) |
Metallica |
| Baby Boomers (50-68) |
Beatles |
| Matures (69+) |
Willie Nelson |
| Republicans |
Beatles/Willie Nelson |
| Democrats |
Beatles/Bruno Mars |
| Independents |
Beatles |
| East |
Beatles |
| Midwest |
Bruno Mars |
| South |
Beatles |
| West |
Beatles |
| Parent of child under 18 |
Bruno Mars |
| Not parent of child under 18 |
Beatles |
August 30, 2014 @ 9:22 am
It’s always great to see validation for Traditional Country like this.
August 30, 2014 @ 9:50 am
It’s funny how much better the public’s music taste is when 10-17 year old girls are not included in the poll.
August 30, 2014 @ 9:51 am
are you sure this isnt a Harris poll that asked 2,306 white people who they’re favorite artists are? this list is vanilla as hell,lol.
August 30, 2014 @ 11:24 am
I don’t know. Beyonce coming in at #3 is pretty big when you consider the legacies of all the other artists listed. Also Bruno Mars makes a pretty big showing.
August 30, 2014 @ 12:40 pm
white people love them some Beyonce and Bruno Mars. those two would probably be at the top of everybodies safe, non-threatening diversity picks…i’m sure Seal is too.
August 30, 2014 @ 2:42 pm
You’re obviously trying to make a thinly-veiled point – just come out and say it
August 30, 2014 @ 4:19 pm
i’m not smart enough for thickly veiled let alone thinly…
August 30, 2014 @ 5:12 pm
And they talk with that accent that black comics use when they’re imitating white people.
August 31, 2014 @ 12:46 am
i’m picturing listening to Richard Pryor’s version…
August 30, 2014 @ 10:17 am
This is somewhat of a media driven popularity contest (who radio played for years, who played the Super Bowl, etc.). It also shows that great music stands the test of time. Taylor Swift didn’t stand a chance since they polled 18 and over and a huge portion if not most of her fans are 17 and younger. She won favorite female and Hunter Hayes won favorite male at the teen choice awards.
August 30, 2014 @ 10:42 am
It is also interesting that there are no female country or crossover artists from any age group on the list. No Carrie or Miranda, no Shania Twain or Faith Hill, no Reba or Loretta Lynn either. Is it possible that there aren’t a lot of female artists getting airplay on country radio because most of the public (well, at least most adults) isn’t that enthusiastic about their music?
August 30, 2014 @ 2:03 pm
Interesting but not surprising. Only 3 country artists made the list because 2 or 3 other genres are more POPular and sell more and some of the non-country artists did highly visible things like play the Super Bowl. Shania is one of the best selling artists of all time and she’s not on this list, maybe because she went inactive and disappeared for years. Garth recently made a huge comeback announcement plus he’s had concerts in recent years, and I believe he’s had more airplay and #1s than Shania and Faith. Radio always and recently played George plus he has recent tours. I’m guessing some country women with a lot of past or recent airplay like Reba, Dolly, Loretta, Tammy, Carrie, and Miranda were ranked high even though they didn’t make the top 10.
“Is it possible that there aren”™t a lot of female artists getting airplay on country radio because most of the public (well, at least most adults) isn”™t that enthusiastic about their music?”
Possible but the facts show otherwise, that radio isn’t or stopped playing some female country artists even after they proved the public is very enthusiastic about their music, and most country women aren’t even getting that chance. Why didn’t any of the 26+ men country radio currently plays in the top 30 make this list? This top 10 list doesn’t show most of the artists people want to hear on the radio today. What sells big is what radio plays and people like, country radio isn’t playing most women, and 2 of the 3 they regularly played for the past 8 years are played less than quite a few men. I don’t buy music I don’t hear and am not enthusiastic about. Who has sold more music than many men radio played in recent years? Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Gretchen Wilson, Miranda Lambert, Kellie Pickler, and Kacey Musgraves. Why did they sell more than many men people hear more because radio plays them more? Because people are more enthusiastic about their better voices and music, yet radio unfairly stopped playing half of those 6 women. For years and decades, radio played many Dolly, Reba, Tammy, Loretta, Shania, Barbara etc. singles to #1. Why? Because people are enthusiastic about hearing women and great country music on the radio. Today some people running things like to replace country women and music with men and pop. 🙁
Radio callout polls also show that country radio listeners want to hear more women. Why do you think radio played all of Kellie’s first 6 singles to #8-19? Because people love hearing her voice and songs on the radio. And why didn’t they play her next 6 singles? To maintain their constant very low level of airplay for women and virtually unlimited room for men. Here on page 8 is her latest single at #17 on the Radiofeedback poll, above many songs radio played to #1 or close:
http://www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/BCU_mw_0508.pdf
Radio killed it around #60 instead of playing it to at least top 10 where it belongs. And apparently they are doing the same thing to Kacey now. I say play Kellie and Kacey to #1 plus more highly talented country women to #1 and top 10-20 and keep them there like they deserve and do for many men and just 3 women. Anything less is unfair bullshit.
Pop vs. country radio number of solo females played to #1 in 2013:
Pop: 6 (37.5%)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mainstream_Top_40_number-one_hits_of_2013_%28U.S.%29
Country: 0 (0%)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_country_singles_of_2013_%28U.S.%29
Your comment is like saying country radio shouldn’t play any of the men they play or pop radio shouldn’t play any of the women they play who didn’t make this list. Great country music (male or female) is great country music, period, deserves to be heard on the radio and we deserve to hear it. I supported country radio for years and it pisses me off that they are screwing over us female and country fans now.
August 30, 2014 @ 2:15 pm
I would personally like to hear more female country artists on country radio. But my point is that many of the popular mainstream females of the past 20 years did not record the greatest music in my opinion. Shania and Faith were commercially successful largely due to the marketing of their sex appeal. Carrie and Taylor benefited from being marketed as America’s sweethearts. I don’t think they are admired by most adults for the quality of the music they recorded. The industry sacrificed the long term legacy of contemporary female “country” music by marching artists down the paths of sex appeal and identity politics.
August 31, 2014 @ 8:06 pm
“I would personally like to hear more female country artists on country radio.”
Are you sure because your comments aren’t helping that cause. You’re suggesting “__________ is why radio isn’t playing more women” and it’s all wrong.
“But my point is that many of the popular mainstream females of the past 20 years did not record the greatest music in my opinion.”
Oh look it’s the “women don’t have great songs” bs theory again that we’ve already debunked and buried.
Let’s pretend every song popular mainstream females recorded over the past 20 years is terrible. Even if that were true, is it a valid excuse for radio to refuse to play the great songs women send them today? No and obviously it’s not stopping radio from regulary playing 3 solo females and a couple of groups with female leads. Again country radio’s limit is just 3 solo females played regularly to #1 for the past 8+ years and “to hell with the rest” no matter how much more talented they are than men they play, how great their music is, how many Grammys they win, or what they do. And nearly EVERY song women recorded during the past 20 years blows away the quality of many generic male songs radio plays today.
Some popular mainstream men and women recorded the greatest mainstream music of the past 20 years and some didn’t. Today and in recent years women are outdoing men in music quality, which is why the 6 women I named above sold more than many men radio played equally and more. Yet radio stopped playing/tossed out half of that small number and most other women, so they can’t become and remain more popular like the 3 solo females and many solo males and male groups they keep in the top 30. Today country radio plays men with generic pop music instead of better writing and singing women with better, more critically acclaimed country music. Radio not playing most women causes more men to get first pick of the best songs from writers. Even so, many men aren’t picking those songs anymore and write or pick watered down pop songs instead.
Some women have many much better songs than men radio plays have on their albums. Most of the artists topping the critics’ best country albums lists are solo females (Brandy Clark, Ashley Monroe, Kellie Pickler, Kacey Musgraves, Holly Williams, etc.). Kellie’s 100 Proof is the best and #1 most critically acclaimed country album of 2012 and topped Saving Country Music’s and most of the 2012 best albums of the year lists. Her 4th album The Woman I Am came close for 2013 but radio didn’t play either album (5 singles total) even though she sent them many very radio-friendly songs and they played her first 6 singles. That’s country radio’s solo female limit at work again and I can’t think of any man they played 6 singles from then suddenly STOPPED playing altogether. Brandy, Ashley, and Kacey topped many best albums lists in 2013 but radio didn’t play the 1 of those 3 albums promoted to them much (Kacey) either. Like radio always treats new solo females for the past 6.5 years, they played just 1 of Kacey’s singles to top 20 then shut her out, while playing weaker new male acts and music to the top 20 and #1 (past Kacey and Kellie’s multiple singles).
http://www.mjsbigblog.com/the-country-radio-climb-how-are-major-labels-serving-new-acts-male-female.htm
Ashley’s 3? singles didn’t even make top 30 and Brandy didn’t bother to promote to radio.
Maybe I could understand radio playing 2 of the very best, most proven (at radio, sales, acclaim, etc.) solo females’ (Kellie and Kacey) recent singles to #10 or #15 instead of #1 where they deserve to be, but dropping them from around #8 to #30-#60 (almost no airplay) is far beyond ridiculously unfair. At least keep playing them some instead of nearly or completely tossing them out. I’ve love to hear their new songs on the radio at least once a day and that’s better than never.
“Shania and Faith were commercially successful largely due to the marketing of their sex appeal.”
And the men with thousands of teen girls and women crushing on them aren’t? LOL I caught Luke on GMA and he said his friends give him a hard time over this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvQbOFR_Vp0
Chase Rice tweets about “panties droppin” when Luke performs and if you ever look at Luke’s mentions during a show you’ll see he’s right.
http://twitter.com/ChaseRiceMusic/status/452979731638394881
A woman grabbed and held Tim McGraw’s jeans and another grabbed his junk on stage.
It seems like some men are being signed and played almost because they look hotter than they write and sing, and some made pure pop albums being marketed as “country.” I know some of the men are capable of making better country songs because we’ve heard it but they chose to do worse and sell out to pop and I doubt that will sell some of them more records. I haven’t heard anything to indicate that some of the other men radio plays to #1 are capable of better songs and I know they can’t sing better and some sound irritating. Radio should be playing Pickler, Musgraves, and more top talented and selling women AT LEAST as much as these newer male acts they’ve made much better songs than, outsang, outsold, etc.
“Carrie and Taylor benefited from being marketed as America”™s sweethearts. I don”™t think they are admired by most adults for the quality of the music they recorded.”
I thought both have some critically acclaimed albums and critics don’t go by looks, just talent and music. At least most of their albums topped many male albums radio plays in quality of music and on critics’ lists. Plus Carrie is probably the best vocalist in all of music. And again nearly ALL female country artists including those radio isn’t playing or is refusing to play are better vocalists than many men they play, so men aren’t being played and overplayed for better vocals or songs. When See You Again was a single, it was the best song I heard during an entire hour of listening to country radio. And the same can be said for any Pickler or Musgraves single they aren’t playing. All 4 of those women and Miranda outsold equally good looking and nice guys. I don’t see many people talking about how sexy or America’s sweetheart Gretchen Wilson is and she sold millions of records.
“The industry sacrificed the long term legacy of contemporary female “country” music by marching artists down the paths of sex appeal and identity politics.”
The industry, more specifically country radio, is sacrificing the long term legacy of contemporary female country music by refusing to play that great music, and more and more people including some male artists radio plays are calling radio out on it. Brad Paisley has a great new song called Shattered Glass and said it’s his favorite song on the album. It’s not specifically about radio but you get the point and country radio really needs to get it.
Nearly ALL mainstream artists, male and female, gain fans partly because of their looks. It was the invention of the music video and MTV that started that or made it much more so. And some country artists, the men without critically acclaimed music, get by on looks more than others. But that isn’t why pop radio plays more women and country radio doesn’t play enough. Country radio is a very sexist boys club, going pop and 24/7 frat party and refuses to give more than 3 country women a fair chance at the top, even though some of the women they aren’t playing have proven to be better and more popular in all aspects including radio than the new male acts they keep playing past them to #1. Plus they shut most women out of the top 20 after just 1 single if a woman is lucky enough to get played to the top 20 at all. So country radio has a glass ceiling at #20+ on the chart.
http://www.mjsbigblog.com/the-country-radio-climb-how-are-major-labels-serving-new-acts-male-female.htm
Radio should shatter their glass ceiling for good.
If you really want to hear more female country artists on country radio, start stating reasons why radio should play them instead of why you think they don’t.
September 1, 2014 @ 10:49 am
Chris, I agree that bro country has little or no artistic value, and that the quality of music typically played on country radio is poor. But that wasn’t my point. Could there be other reasons why female country did not rank among the top 10 in this survey? Is it possible that female country doesn’t occupy as much space in the mind of the general public than some other types of music?
There is plenty of good music that does not have big mainstream appeal. I’ve enjoyed the traditional sounds of female artists such as Lee Ann Womack, Alison Krauss, and Patty Loveless, while I can acknowledge that most of their songs might not connect with the average American radio listener. I think this could also apply to Kacey – she has recorded some good songs, but I’d guess that the average young person who has been exposed to mainstream popular culture is in a different place culturally than she is.
Carrie Underwood is an excellent vocalist. However she has not realized her full potential from a purely musical perspective, due to many disappointing song selections. This has prevented her thus far from growing into an iconic music artist like George Strait and Garth Brooks. I don’t think most country music fans will look back 10-20 years from now and remember those classic Carrie songs.
The cowboy also occupies a special pop cultural and historical place in the minds of many Americans. He was part of American history and folklore. There isn’t really a comparable female counterpart. One could argue that this was inequitable, and it was, in the same way that none of the founding fathers in the 18th century were female, but history is what it is, and the reality that the cowboy occupies a certain place in American tradition does not prove that modern day Americans are sexist.
August 30, 2014 @ 2:12 pm
Willie was the favorite artist of “Mature Adults” (69 or older), and was tied with The Beatles for the favorite musical artist amongst Republicans (despite Willie”™s left-leaning politics).
Something tells me this is more than a tad ironic and not just because of Willie. Not to stereotype, but wasn’t that whole fracas about John Lennon claiming the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus” situated amongst conservatives? It’s interesting how time is affected by culture and culture is in turn warped by time.
August 30, 2014 @ 4:30 pm
i took this poll. the choices were Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. i went with the lesser of the two evils.
August 30, 2014 @ 5:15 pm
“The lesser of two evils?” I personally like both Kris and Willie as people but don’t know a whole lot about their politics (thankfully). You seem a bit jaded by them.
August 30, 2014 @ 8:26 pm
i really should of put a “zing” at the end of that post…
September 1, 2014 @ 7:51 pm
John Lennon didn’t claim that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus as a good thing or something he was proud of. He said it in a way that was very telling of pop culture at the time. He was dissing pop culture that people would act as if a rock band was more important than Jesus.
September 1, 2014 @ 9:17 pm
Interesting. I’ve never heard it from that angle. Regardless, I’m mostly neutral on the whole affair anyway, I was just pointing out the discrepancy I felt was there. However, the actual quote is:
“Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue with that; I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock and roll or Christianity.”
Those knee jerk Christians aside, that’s a fairly inflammatory comment. However, Lennon went on to say quite the opposite in other interviews.
“It’s just an expression meaning the Beatles seem to me to have more influence over youth than Christ,” he said in the interview. “Now I wasn’t saying that was a good idea, ‘cos I’m one of Christ’s biggest fans. And if I can turn the focus on the Beatles on to Christ’s message, then that’s what we’re here to do.” (from http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/Books/carey_john_lennon.aspx)
Go figure.
August 30, 2014 @ 7:23 pm
For me , the most interesting thing about the poll is the name that keeps coming up over and over again. A band launched back in the early 60’s WHO HAVE NOT RELEASED A SONG SINCE 1970 is the hands down winner of a popularity poll done 45 YEARS AFTER THEIR DEMISE . Generation after generation has heard the timeless , inventive , extremely well-crafted and innovative recordings of the Beatles’ music and each generation responds in the same overwhelming way . EVERYONE loves the Beatles regardless of their ‘genre affiliation ” or demographic . On a personal level , I have young music students who want to learn Beatles songs all the time . HERE COMES THE SUN , BLACKBIRD , SOMETHING , and many many others . In asking and analyzing why ,consensus is that not only are the melodies amazingly memorable but the LYRIC is to-the-point SIMPLE . Not congested , not syncopated beyond recognition , not riddled with trendy phrases or street slang and not derogatory . Melodic , conversationally and rhythmically simple, and universally relateable . Where are all of THOSE tried and true ingredients in contemporary compostions ?
August 30, 2014 @ 11:04 pm
First of all, I love the Beatles. But I think the reason they get picked to be “best band in the world” by every demographic – in every poll – on every planet – has way more to do with default at this point. That’s not to say everyone doesn’t love the Beatles, but it wouldn’t be shot out of so many mouths as the default answer if it weren’t for people just being told their whole lives that they’re the greatest thing in the world. I’m not saying they’re not that great – I just don’t believe there are really that many people who consider them to be their favorite band in the last 2-3 generations. In my own generation (I’m 44) I never knew that people who had a lot of Beatles albums my age. I had them all, so did many others – but not most. And yet, I bet 90% of my generation answer The Beatles to that question.
But all generations definitely do love them – even the crappy stuff like “Paperback Writer” [ew!]. When I do cover song gigs, “Norwegian Wood” always goes over better than almost any other song I do – regardless of age group, and I do an equal blend of rock/pop/country from the 60s to current. Same goes with the Stones. Kids I play for in their 20s and even teens LOVE the old Stones stuff.
But to answer the “where is that today…” question… There is no label that would EVER in a million years release anything that far off the mainstream today. If it exists – and I know it does, you’re gonna have to go find it in your local dives, because you sure as hell ain’t ever gonna hear it on the radio – or even released to the bargain bin for that matter.
August 31, 2014 @ 12:33 am
Sam :“Norwegian Wood” always goes over better than almost any other song I do ”“ regardless of age group, …..”
Albert :”In asking and analyzing why ,consensus is that not only are the melodies amazingly memorable but the LYRIC is to-the-point SIMPLE . Not congested , not syncopated beyond recognition , not riddled with trendy phrases or street slang and not derogatory . Melodic , conversationally and rhythmically simple, and universally relateable .”
You make some good points , Sam . I’m sure many folks from the few generations that DID NOT grow up with the Beatles do have other bands they’d call their favourites- the soundtrack to THEIR youth , perhaps . I think the point I was trying to make is in the paragraph above . The Beatle stuff just seems to transcend time and musical styles for the reasons indicated . There is a young acoustic trio (17-20-ish) that busk on our local beachfront regularly . They are VERY talented young players and singers . Interestingly , their entire repertoire is BEATLES and they draw good crowds when they perform . AND make good coin , I might add . I’ve seen them many times and its always an all-age demographic and many of the younger ‘kids’ in the crowd sing along to the tunes . Granted , they may have grown up with this music in the house ( mom and dad’s or gramma and grampa’s collections ) which might account , to some extent , for the on-going popularity of Beatle music. But , I think , again , that what I hear from young students , players young and old and music lovers in general is what I’ve pointed out in the paragraph above .There is just SO MUCH forgettable , trendy , throwaway stuff released today by indie acts AND ESPECIALLY label acts that doesn’t seem to acknowledge and implement the ingredients as I and countless other songwriters and music critics have attempted to outline . Yes , the stuff may sell TODAY – hell – marketing can sell pretty much anything today . But the elements of the stuff that stands the test of time are , for the most-part , missing and it seems very unlikely that without most of those elements in place the modern stuff will be ( and is already being ) forgotten . The short-sightedness of labels and artists will only ensure that most of the newer music in their catalogues will never be covered by artists down the line – it just won’t stand up with the lack of strong melody and with lyric references which are dated so quickly .
August 31, 2014 @ 12:08 pm
I’m curious as to why beyonce ranks so high and why women chose her over all other acts. Worldwide Madonna is still the Queen. And in the US I feel like Beyonce is NOTHING special, a good voice and body but her music is so meh, great dance music I guess, but not really filled with any kind of great meaningful insight.
And the other charting woman was Celine Dion who also makes more of less basic safe pop music. If I were voting Linda Ronstadt would’ve been in the top 3. Song choices, phrasing, supporting new song songwriters…
And yet males chose the Beatles. And most of the male artists listed haven’t released anything new lately. And the content of there work I argue is more substantive than the two females listed. This to me is striking, especially considering the state of women on “country music” and classic rock radio.
I take polls with a grain of salt but well couple with other polls you do see trends.
August 31, 2014 @ 8:26 pm
Miranda is a big Beyonce fan. Besides her girl power songs and tours, since she’s new to the list maybe this has something to do with it
http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/Beyonce-s-Dad-Elevator-Fight-Was-a-Publicity-5725223.php
It’s partly a who’s on people’s minds lately list.
September 1, 2014 @ 3:01 pm
Beyonce is in the news more than Madonna. I think that’s a big part of it.
August 31, 2014 @ 2:26 pm
beyonce??? What a JOKE.
September 1, 2014 @ 5:52 pm
Beyonce = singer
Beyonce = musician
LOL
September 3, 2014 @ 9:03 am
Garth Brooks is supposed to save country music and his new single “People Loving People” is god-awful arena rock with lyrics that preach about how we should be living. What a disappointment this single is, a complete, abject disappointment. Here I built up hope that this guy would save country music and he’s out playing Bon Jovi Jr. again, as if he’s back in high school in the 1980’s. If this “We Shall Be Free” arena rock crap is what we’re getting from Garth on his next album then he can stay retired and never come back as far as I am concerned.
To think, I had real, legitimate hope that we’d get the “Two of a Kind”, “Much Too Young” or “Wild Horses Garth! Ha! I should have known we’d get the haughty, preachy, sappy, Bono wanabe, butt-rock Garth. Hey Garth, country radio doesn’t need another butt-rock song, it needs a country song. Release one or stay the Effffff home with Trisha and the kids.