Montgomery Gentry’s “Titty’s Beer” (A Rant)
America, my apologies, but yes, this truly does exist.
This isn’t a cry for relevancy folks, this is a blood-curdling scream; a banshee yawp from the innermost depths of holy hell, destined to beset the eardrums of all rationally-minded music listeners with a cursed memory so potent and terrible, it will be well-documented as a clinically-certified precursor to the most acute and debilitating onset of post traumatic stress disorder, terrorizing the very sanity of any semi-intelligent human.
If a truly good country song is represented by a delicate pair of supple female breasts, then Montgomery Gentry’s “Titty’s Beer” would be a rack of cellulose-addled man boobs replete with coarse and graying disheveled chest hair, pock marked with skin Cancer and bisected by a grizzly double bypass scar.
Originally recorded by the Country Music Grimmace Colt Ford, “Titty’s Beer” is an ode to idiocracy and a battle hymn for the forces of misogynistic cultural reduction. The premise doesn’t even make sense, but you can see some oaf going, “Well hell. I like titties, and I like beer, so….” And no folks, this isn’t some buried album cut from the once high flying country duo, this song has its own video and is being pushed hard to the teeming masses.
Oh the poor Troy Gentry, trying to stay hip by squeezing his doughy, middle-aged chub into an extra-shrunk child’s medium Affliction shirt, while the steamy day stimulates beads of Just For Men dye solution to roll down his wrinkled brow buffed over with multiple layers of man-formulated Maybelline. This silly arse is even rocking the wallet chains, just like all of those cool, hip male pop country acts. You know, the ones that actually still sell records?
And what’s up with Eddie Montgomery in this song and video? This dude is doing even less shit than Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line does. The video is clearly being shot in the blinding heat of summer, with chicks in bikinis running around everywhere, and yet this dumbass is duded up like he’s ready to take the stagecoach over the Continental Dive in the dead of a Wyoming winter. Eddie Montgomery must have more sweat cascading down his ass crack than the water of the roaring rapids in the wild and scenic Snake River.
And somebody take that stupid microphone stand Eddie’s poking the crowd with away before he punctures a slew of silicone boobs and they have call out the Hazmat unit for a chemical spill. Seriously, there’s more synthetic components embedded in that crowd of floozies than in a semi-truck full of iPhones.
The worst part about “Titty’s Beer” is that the song doesn’t even work on any fundamental level. There’s actually a legacy in country music that uses innuendo and wordplay to veil sexually-charged content that can be both witty and entertaining. But “Titty’s Beer” bears it all, leaving nothing to the imagination.
Two guns way down!
July 16, 2013 @ 12:44 pm
What happened to the days of story telling and nuance?
July 16, 2013 @ 12:52 pm
This is Blake Shelton, aka The Decider’s leadership at work.
July 16, 2013 @ 12:49 pm
Well,at least they got off the “where we came from” catalog I guess? lol
July 16, 2013 @ 12:54 pm
Just when I thought country sank as low as it could possible go I get surprised 🙁 .
The horny male fans from 16 to 30 that this trash is aimed at will love it. Female fans should be offended sine it leads to a stereotype. This is one of the worst songs and video ever.
July 16, 2013 @ 12:55 pm
Not sure what to say here…I’m sold..lol! This definately brought out the 15 year old boy in me like seeing a Girls Gone Wild commercial on late night television. It’s no grammy winning country song by no means but I sure do enjoy titties and beer as spoken by this oaf. Haha
July 16, 2013 @ 12:58 pm
By the way was there really a song in this video…wasn’t paying attention 🙂
July 16, 2013 @ 1:00 pm
Whoever wrote this godforsaken idiocy probably learned to write songs from this: http://open.salon.com/blog/frank_michels/2013/07/13/you_can_write_a_hit_country_song_2013_edition .
July 16, 2013 @ 1:12 pm
Great review. Musically it doesn’t sound bad, and if it were playing in the background somewhere I might hum along, but the lyrics are just so dumb/lacking innuendo its embarrassing.
Good description on Eddie Montgomery too. He sings in about half their songs and in the other half he just has to stand there poking the crowd with his mike stand.
Can they even play this on the radio though. On the radio shows I listen to they always have to beep out ‘tits’ or ‘titties’
July 16, 2013 @ 1:49 pm
This is anything but a “great” review.
July 16, 2013 @ 3:26 pm
You’re right, not actually a review. Other than the parts about Troy though I still found it “great”
July 17, 2013 @ 5:52 am
It also doesn’t say review. It says ” a rant”.
July 17, 2013 @ 9:10 am
I’m aware. I was simply using the same lingo that Matt was. He called it a review and I did the same in my refute. That said, it IS plainly marked as a rant.
July 16, 2013 @ 1:41 pm
What’s next? Is ol’ T-roy going to shoot a stripper in a cage?
July 16, 2013 @ 1:45 pm
Falls a little flat for me, I’d give it an “A cup”
July 16, 2013 @ 2:23 pm
(rim shot)
July 16, 2013 @ 1:49 pm
You know in a time long ago Mongomery Gentry has the occasional decent tune. However, the evil scourge that is Colt Ford has taken their souls away from them as they have made a deal with the “Hick Hop Devil incarnate”. They are dead to me. Excuse me, I have to throw up now.
July 16, 2013 @ 2:01 pm
Next thing we know, there is going to be a remix for this song with JayZ or something. Better yet, why not go all the way and record it with One Direction. Instant global appeal.
July 16, 2013 @ 3:37 pm
Jay-z is to popular it has to be a rap artist that has fallen off the map for the formula to work. So, more like Bubba Sparxxx or JaRule.
July 16, 2013 @ 2:02 pm
You know, Trigger, I question a LOT of what you write, but this is the first time I can say that I was outright offended by one of your articles. I’m a fan of Montgomery Gentry: they’re not my favorite artist, but they have many a great single under their belt (if not necessarily albums). That said, this article is asinine. Just what the HELL does insulting the two men have to do with this song? Much less their demeanor? Just what the crap’s wrong with Eddie Montgomery or Troy Gentry dressing the way they do? Oh, and this is a DUO. You know, the kind that trades off vocal duties? Unlike Brian Kelly, Montgomery actually contributes.
The opening and closing paragraphs are the only sections of this rant that get close to resembling criticism of the song itself. The rest is simply mindless fodder aimed at a duo that’s seen better days. How cute. The song is horrid and I am ashamed of it, but this article makes you look like an angry teenager that sits in his mom’s basement and tries to think of ways to make himself known on the internet. Did you slap this together in about five minutes? It sure seems like it.
July 16, 2013 @ 2:24 pm
Oh, and I forgot to mention: the microphone stand is sort of like Eddie’s trademark. Since they’ve apparently never been on your radar, you wouldn’t know that he’s been using mic stands of similar make and model for over a decade now. But, we fans will give him a call and tell him that Trigger is upset and he’ll know what that means. No more mic stands. I know that your negative appraisal of it was completely relevant to the quality of the song, though, so I’ll leave it be.
July 16, 2013 @ 2:32 pm
And my trademark is to call country stars out when they start acting like douchebags.
And that’s what makes the world go ’round.
July 16, 2013 @ 2:31 pm
“The opening and closing paragraphs are the only sections of this rant that get close to resembling criticism of the song itself.”
Dude. This is a rant, spelled out right in the title. It’s not labeled under “reviews” but “Down with Pop Country.” You may think this exercise is folly and that is fine. But I can’t see how you can criticize me for not being more objective when it should be taken as a given objectivity is thrown out the window on an article like this.
Montgomery may have had some good songs in the past, but we’re talking about this one, right here, right now. And in my opinion, it deserved to be called out.
July 16, 2013 @ 2:50 pm
“Dude. This is a rant, spelled out right in the title. It”™s not labeled under “reviews” but “Down with Pop Country.” You may think this exercise is folly and that is fine. But I can”™t see how you can criticize me for not being more objective when it should be taken as a given objectivity is thrown out the window on an article like this. Montgomery may have had some good songs in the past, but we”™re talking about this one, right here, right now. And in my opinion, it deserved to be called out.”
No kidding. Do tell me at what point I referred to it as a review, other than in my above response to Matt (which was the result of HIM calling it a review)? And no, I don’t think this exercise is folly. This song DOES deserve to be called out, but differently. I typically enjoy your rants because they tend to be well-written and have something resembling a point to get across that’s intrinsic to the source of the rant (i.e. the song). THIS article could and should have been done better; it’s not up to your usual standards. Had it been, I probably would have been laughing or fuming along with you. But I fail to see how “calling it out” has anything to do with what Montgomery or Gentry choose to wear. It would be fine if you devoted a line or two to this “issue,” but it makes up the majority of the rant. Are we hear to read about the song or how little you like their outfits or hair products that they may or may not use?
“And my trademark is to call country stars out when they start acting like douchebags. And that”™s what makes the world go ”™round.”
So cutting ONE terrible song means that an artist is acting like a douchebag? I’d like to see what it means when they cuss at their audiences and cut racist songs like David Allan Coe, but we haven’t gotten any articles about that yet.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:19 pm
You’re kind of on a roll. And definitely spot on. David Allan Coe was acting like a douche bag decades ago, and “Finger F*****g Sally” is slightly more offensive and contains slightly less innuendo than this song.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:50 pm
The reason I brought up their dress is because I felt it was relevant to the idea that these guys are trying to stay relevant by not being themselves, but following the current trends. Now maybe that is not true with Eddie Montgomery, but again, this article was written in a certain context, and should be approach as such.
Also, I am sick and tired for having to answer for all of David Allan Coe’s sins over the years, as if I had anything to do with them, or they are relevant to any current conversation, or like I haven’t addressed them in the past. If David Allan Coe put out a sexist/racist song as a single and/or with a video in the last week, maybe I would comment on it. But he didn’t. Montgomery Gentry did. Also, when DAC did put out questionable material, he purposely did it in a way to make sure it wasn’t available to the wide masses. Same can’t be said for Montgomery Gentry.
And for what it’s worth, I did mention in my 4th of July Live Blog from Willie’s Picnic that David Allan Coe shot the crowd the double bird.
Also, I am not saying, or condoning taking this song and using it to judge Montgomery Gentry’s entire body of work. I know some may take it that way, but that was not the point her, and that shouldn’t be implied as part of my position. Either take this as what it is supposed to be, which is a funny piece about and unfortunate song, or leave it.
July 16, 2013 @ 5:12 pm
Montgomery Gentry have been dressing the same way for years. Look up some pictures, why don’t you. And who’s asking you to answer for D.A.C.’s sins, here? I’ll admit, I drop his name like a broken record, but that’s because I feel that he represents a double standard around here: criticize the artists you don’t like but make excuses for the ones that you do. Nobody’s perfect and I certainly don’t expect you to be, but it’s unfair. Not all modern/mainstream artists are bad (even if they have regrettable moments such as this). And like I said earlier, it’s not that I’m opposed to the idea of this article. The song is trash and deserves to be treated as such. I just don’t think the insults have much to do with it. I’ve taken this article for what it is (just as I do with all of your articles), I’m complaining about the CONTENT.
July 16, 2013 @ 3:32 pm
Another problem I have (which isn’t necessarily your fault) is that, in response to this article, however well- or badly-written it might be, all of the SCM sheep will come out of the woodwork to whine about how “terrible” Montgomery Gentry are as artists and how they “need to quit making pop and calling it country.” 1) They’re decent artists and also decent guys, which is why I got upset with your barrage of insults at them, personally. They don’t deserve it as men, no matter HOW terrible this song is. 2) This is the first objectively bad Montgomery Gentry song I’ve heard and by FAR the first one I’ve ever heard by the duo that I would label as anything resembling offensive. I don’t care what anyone says: MG have always made COUNTRY music, give or take a song or two. I don’t think that one terrible song means they deserve to be disowned in a barrage of hellfire, it simply means they need a slap on the wrists and a reminder of their potential.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:08 pm
Holy shit..calm down. You’re gonna give yourself an aneurysm.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:20 pm
What a thoughtful contribution your post has been.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
I don’t have a problem with Acca Dacca or anyone voicing their dissent here. That’s what the comments section is here for.
July 16, 2013 @ 8:36 pm
Dude, you got a lot of problems….. MG was never an act that will leave a dent in Hank;s caddy as it runs them over. they always were and always will be road kill at best. A manufactured duo with manufactured #1’s. Trig is spot-on on this one period. I would add both dudes look like they have had plastic surgery. It is the disco era of country, just like the Bee Gees caved in so are yesterday’s has been that never were.
July 16, 2013 @ 9:22 pm
I think you have me confused with someone who cares how an artist I like measures up with Hank or his legacy. I like Montgomery Gentry because their neo-traditionalist/southern rock blended sound speaks to my ears, not because I think they’re an heir to Hank’s throne. Call their music “manufactured” if you want, but neither your or Trigger’s opinion of MG’s music has any bearing on mine (and yes, the assertion that their music is “manufactured” is an OPINION. That’s a fact. Period). I have a lot of problems because I found Trigger’s points (or lack thereof) to be off-topic. Oh, and could you explain this gibberish to me: “It is the disco era of country, just like the Bee Gees caved in so are yesterday”™s has been that never were”?
July 16, 2013 @ 11:26 pm
The bottom line here is that you are making an issue out of rant, which was obviously intended to humorous and not making an issue out of the fact that this song is awful and a likely indication of artistic exhaustion and irrelevance. Granted, I do think that this rant does not live up to some of Trigger’s past pontifications (the rant about 1994 was genius) but that does not negate the fact that MG has churned out a turd of enormous proportions with this song. Rather than nit-pic the rant, put your efforts into condemning the real travesty (which is the song, if that is not obvious). Also, for what it is worth, I do not think that enough is made of the fact that MG chose to cover, of all people, COLT FORD. Artistic exhaustion and irrelevance indeed.
July 17, 2013 @ 10:17 am
I made an issue of the song with some friends of mine at work and also on Triggers article about “Walmart Spreading Hick Hop.” Given that the song has yet to start polluting the airwaves as of yet, I bet that’s where Trigger heard about it anyway because Montgomery Gentry sure isn’t on his radar. This SONG sucks and deserves to be burned at the stake. However, instead of focusing on the song, Trigger focused on the attire of the artists that cut it. That’s just crappy writing.
July 17, 2013 @ 10:52 am
Just to clarify, I did not “focus” on their attire, I focused on the song, and mentioned the attire in correlation with the idea that their straining beyond their true selves to stay relevant, and that what Eddie Montgomery was wearing was completely inappropriate to the setting.
July 17, 2013 @ 12:30 pm
I got no problem with people voicing their dissent either. I do have a problem with this dude Acca referring to everyone sheep just cause they don’t like Montgomery Gentry. Seriously they have never been a good band. As for spooney I was only joking, but if you would like for me to add something of value that’s fine. Here it is. You gave credit to Acca for referencing DAC and saying he created way more offensive songs and that’s true. The problem is that’s right where the similarities stop. The one big difference between MG and DAC is a thing called “Pandering”. MG has made a whole career off of this. Farms, Tractors, Trucks all that shit. If you like it great all the more power to you. Then I also suggest not clicking on things that clearly warn you the subject matter is a rant and not praise. Then for some reason go ape shit after you read something you don’t like. This song is just another death rattle of a career going to the wayside much like the shit Joe Diffie and Tim McGraw just put out.
July 17, 2013 @ 1:59 pm
1. My handle is Acca DACCA, not just Acca.
2. You’re right about Montgomery Gentry having “never been a good band.” They’re a DUO; slight fundamental difference, there. And their music has always been DECENT, if not necessarily great (though they’ve had moments of greatness in the past. “Titty’s Beer” certainly isn’t on of them).
3. If you’re talking to Spooney, why did you reply to MY post?
4. I wasn’t calling anyone specifically a sheep, nor was I saying it just because someone may not like Montgomery Gentry. I don’t really care if a bunch of narrow-minded traditionalists don’t like the same music that I do just because it’s “new” or “mainstream.” It’s the fact that people who never say anything bad about them and wouldn’t know their own opinions from the quote at the top of this site suddenly pop out of nowhere and start ratting on MG’s music because Trigger wrote an article about them.
5. David Allan Coe, the biggest self-promoter in country music history, doesn’t pander to anyone? That’s news to me.
6. I’ve said numerous times that I “went ape shit” not because the article was negative, but because it is negative about things that are immaterial when taken with the song. Trigger and I hardly ever agree 100% and this is the first time that I’ve been UPSET by anything he’s said. Even then, it didn’t bug me as badly as everyone who’s getting pissed at my questioning of Trigger seems to think. The song DOES suck and I’ve said it in almost every comment I’ve posted on this article.
7. Joe Diffie’s career sounded its death rattle at the tail end of the 90s. “Girl Ridin’ Shotgun” was simply his last gasp of air before they shoveled six feet of dirt in his face. Tim McGraw, on the other hand, has improved with his last few singles, such as “Highway Don’t Care.” The song isn’t great and it’s still very pop, but at least it isn’t rap.
Any more concerns?
July 17, 2013 @ 2:19 pm
Duo or Band..Fine they have never been a good duo. Secondly you claim to not be calling people sheep but go straight into “I don”™t really care if a bunch of narrow-minded traditionalists don”™t like the same music that I do” huh? So, I take it I must be a “narrow minded traditionalist” since I don’t like MG. When in all actuality I have a vast acceptance of all different types of music. Like I said before if you like their music then that is your prerogative,and I am certainly not going to insult you for it. Although, I have the right to voice my opinion about them and say THEY FUCKING SUCK AS A FUCKING DUO. Also “pandering” is much different than self-promotion. This day and age you must self-promote the shit out of yourself or else you aren’t going anywhere. Also why go ape shit on a negative article but go extremely negative towards anyone with a different view for example “sheep” or “narrow-minded traditionalists”. Also “last gasp” sure sounds like the definition of death rattle to me..doesn’t it?
Any more concerns?
July 17, 2013 @ 2:47 pm
Here’s the “sheep” quote:
“all of the SCM sheep will come out of the woodwork to whine about how “terrible” Montgomery Gentry are as artists and how they “need to quit making pop and calling it country.”
So, yes, Acca Dacca wasn’t calling anyone a sheep specifically. He was calling anyone who might eventually weigh in negatively on Montgomery Gentry a SCM sheep IN ADVANCE. Totally different.
July 17, 2013 @ 5:19 pm
“Duo or Band..Fine they have never been a good duo. Secondly you claim to not be calling people sheep but go straight into “I don”™t really care if a bunch of narrow-minded traditionalists don”™t like the same music that I do” huh? So, I take it I must be a “narrow minded traditionalist” since I don”™t like MG. When in all actuality I have a vast acceptance of all different types of music. Like I said before if you like their music then that is your prerogative,and I am certainly not going to insult you for it. Although, I have the right to voice my opinion about them and say THEY FUCKING SUCK AS A FUCKING DUO. Also “pandering” is much different than self-promotion. This day and age you must self-promote the shit out of yourself or else you aren”™t going anywhere. Also why go ape shit on a negative article but go extremely negative towards anyone with a different view for example “sheep” or “narrow-minded traditionalists”. Also “last gasp” sure sounds like the definition of death rattle to me..doesn”™t it? Any more concerns?”
1. I didn’t call anyone specifically a sheep, and if you were to read my original comment without judging, you might understand that I didn’t direct it at anyone nor did I mean to make anyone angry. I’ll be honest here: I don’t like bandwagoning and I’ve seen it happen a lot on SCM. Artists who’ve never been criticized here (or in MG’s case, one’s that have even been commended in comments on certain articles) are suddenly disowned just because they cut one or two bad songs and Trigger writes a negative article about it. I don’t like the traditionalist side nor do I like the modernist side of the country music argument. They’re both based on more generalizations than facts, in my opinion. When it comes to traditionalists, I’ve argued with quite a few who mindlessly slap “modern” together with “pop” or “new” with “crap.” I apologize for not giving you the benefit of the doubt, here. I didn’t mean to phrase my comments to make it sound as if simply not liking or being negative toward MG means that you or anyone else is a “sheep” or “narrow-minded traditionalist.” I was referring more to bandwagoners and those that simply hate modern country music because it’s not Waylon Jennings and they’re so disposed to the idea that modern country is pop that they won’t even give MG’s better music a chance before saying that they hate it.
2. With that in mind, if I insulted you or anyone else in any way I’m truly sorry. I wasn’t intending to INSULT anyone, though I was being extremely negative. In my own defense, however, I’ve only been responding to comments that have been directed at me, not just any old comment on this article (save for one comment at Matt). Scroll up or down and you’ll see. So, technically, I’m not “going ape shit” on anyone but those that decide to start talking with me, and even then I’d argue that I’m not going ape shit at all. Just because I’m venomously defending my opinion doesn’t mean I’m pissed at anyone. The only reason we’re having this conversation is because YOU started talking to ME in the above comments. Either way, you have a point and I have been getting a little too up-in-arms about something as purely subjective as music.
3. Self-promotion can involve pandering depending on who we’re talking about. In my opinion, DAC pandered to the country music crowd. I’ve never heard of another artist that drops their own name in almost all of their songs, exaggerates the length and severity of a prison sentence for reverence and constantly tries to explain that they’re part of the “outlaw” crowd and should be treated as such. The second definition for the word “pander” on Dictionary.com describes the act as “a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others.”
4. On your defense of Coe’s self-promotion, that’s all fine and dandy. Coe released his first album in 1969, so his career existed long before “this day and age,” so theoretically he had no need to self-promote (assuming that the rules have changed in some substantial way). In fact, in this day and age, I’d say that he’s laid off of his self-promotion a bit. Regardless, he has some great music, no matter how much I choose to criticize his personality.
5. Death rattles are actually the result of saliva buildup in the throat or mouth due to the person not being able to swallow properly. They can happen days ahead of time and be a precursor to death, not necessarily a sign that it is happening at that moment. So, no, I wouldn’t consider a death rattle the same thing as a last gasp of air.
July 17, 2013 @ 5:36 pm
“He was calling anyone who might eventually weigh in negatively on Montgomery Gentry a SCM sheep IN ADVANCE.” — Exactly my point. It is still an attempt to insult people if they have a different point of view. It leaves no actual room for debate or level of respect. Anyways, I’ve spent more time talking about Montgomery Gentry as I would ever hope for. This sheep is over it.
July 17, 2013 @ 5:42 pm
Aight Acca Dacca…You made some good points there. Ignore that last comment cause I posted before I just saw what you had to say.
July 17, 2013 @ 5:59 am
They have been hitting every shameless marketing idea thrown at them since the beginning. I don’t really think they were ever really that good. Over produced sound, check. Taking mainstream societies latest fashions and putting on a cowboy hat and boots, check. Taking advantage of a traumatized country after a horrible tragedy, check. Exploiting patriotism and the blue collar man/women just for a catchy song, check. Honestly, I couldn’t tell them apart from all the other has been pop/country acts out there. It doesn’t take talent or tenacity to do what they do. Just a shitload of money and a narrow mindset to make more. Thanks.
July 17, 2013 @ 10:22 am
Do tell at what point MG had an overproduced sound, aped mainstream fashions, took advantage of a traumatized country and exploited patriotism/blue collar workers. I have all of their albums but this is news to me. We could have a debate on “talent” or lack thereof about everyone from Hank Sr. to Johnny Cash to Taylor Swift and it won’t make a difference. Everyone has their own opinion on what is good and bad. It just takes a shitload of ego and a narrow mindset to ignore that fact. You’re welcome.
July 17, 2013 @ 7:57 am
Open your eyes…
Middle aged men acting like frat boys = PATHETIC
July 17, 2013 @ 10:25 am
Open your eyes”¦
You’re right, it IS pathetic, but at no point did I even get close to defending the song. I’ve done my part to condemn it elsewhere. If you had bothered to actually read my comments instead of assuming my intent, your comment might have been less ironic.
July 16, 2013 @ 2:11 pm
I can’t bring myself to play the MG clip, but I’m guessing the song has nothing to do with Frank Zappa’s “Titties AND Beer”…
http://www.allmusic.com/song/titties-beer-mt0028705734
July 16, 2013 @ 2:23 pm
That’s what I first thought of. And, uh, no, it doesn’t.
July 17, 2013 @ 12:24 pm
Or the Rodney Carrington song with a similar title.
July 19, 2013 @ 9:50 am
Ha! I kept reading just to make sure and see if anyone mentioned FZ’s Titties and Beer. A great song and I was lucky enough to see performed live.
July 16, 2013 @ 2:34 pm
I doubt if Montgomery Gentry”™s ever been on anybody’s radar. They were a flash in the pan.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:04 pm
Ya, they’re nobodies. They only have 6 number ones, the most played song of 2005, 7 successful albums over an 10+ year career, 3 of which went platinum, 1 gold, their own restaurants, several nominations and 3 wins….
Ya, total flash in the pan that no one ever paid attention to…
/sarcasm
All that said…this song is a disappointment if it’s a real thing. But hell..no one’s perfect and when their last few albums not selling as good as the previous ones, even though was still decent stuff, they wouldn’t be the first to go after some easy money…even Trace Adkins did that badonky thing when he’s normally much stronger than that.
July 17, 2013 @ 1:58 pm
I missed them since I don’t listen to mainstream radio and haven’t in over 15 years.
July 16, 2013 @ 2:42 pm
Wow, they look so “dangerous” in that Press release photo up at the top.
July 16, 2013 @ 3:22 pm
That isn’t a press release photo, it’s the cover for their 2006 album “Some People Change” without the title. Trigger couldn’t be bothered to get a relevant photo because he was too busy complaining about the Montgomery Gentry’s fashion choices.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:40 pm
I used that photo because it is in the public domain, and was square so it fit my format. Unfortunately I’m not the AP and can’t pull from a vast file of copyrighted images.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:45 pm
I’m aware and I don’t hold it against you. I was being facetious here.
July 16, 2013 @ 3:34 pm
I thought I heard someone else cover this banal, shallow rot.
It is to songwriting what doggerel (there once was a man from Nantucket …) is to poetry.
July 16, 2013 @ 3:51 pm
Why do some people come to this website to defend mainstream shitbag artists? Can’t speak for everyone but we come here to rave about music we love and berate this new country filth.
Being a good guys doesn’t absolve Montgomery Gentry from recording this song. It opens them up to criticism. Colt Ford and Trent Tomlinson (guy I used to respect) too!!
July 16, 2013 @ 4:42 pm
That’s a good question. Another good question is why do some people automatically equate “new” or “mainstream” with “filth” with little to no reasoning or thought behind it? Or how one crappy song in a career of mostly decent and some great songs suddenly makes certain artists shitbags? Or why you think that the only reason I come to Saving Country Music to defend an artist or two? There’s just a whole cavalcade of things that don’t make sense around here, aren’t there?
July 17, 2013 @ 7:00 am
I would not care if the artist that put out this song was a band I had always loved. I would not stand for this country rap crap. It just happens to be MG that slid over to the dark side and recorded their fellow labelmate Colt Ford’s ignorant tune. They deserve to get called out. It does not make them bad humans just short sided as artists but yes it does make them seem desperate to stay “relevant” whatever the heck that means.
July 17, 2013 @ 10:27 am
I’ve said numerous times that they DO deserve to be called out, Trigger just did a crappy job of it in this article. To be honest, I’m a bit depressed that MG has sunk so low as to cut this song AND apparently take a stab at making it a hit on radio. Actually READ my comments and you might discern that I’ve been saying that since my first post.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:13 pm
Did you just jump the shark, or what? Do you really think this is going to be released as a single for radio play? It’s a novelty song. Ever heard “Blow Up Plastic Girl” by Randy Roger’s Band or “Nymphomaniac” by Jason Boland? And comparing Eddie Montgomery to the tool in F.G.L.? Choke yourself. You actually hear Montgomery on this track, and he sings lead in many of their radio singles. I enjoyed the video anyhow.
July 16, 2013 @ 4:53 pm
Did you just tell me to choke myself?
I only compared Montgomery to the guy in Florida Georgia Line in the context of this video.
Good gosh.
July 16, 2013 @ 5:17 pm
I did, same as I would tell any friend in real life who drew a comparison between the asshat whose apparent sole contribution to his “duo” is to lip syncs in videos and Eddie Montgomery. I’ve been an avid reader for some years now, and I’ve disagreed with things you’ve said before but not like this. This is a big letdown.
July 17, 2013 @ 12:08 am
Comparing this song to “Plastic Girl,” which was written by the great Kent Finlay and also cut in the ’70s by Mel McDaniel, by the way, would be like comparing Old Milwaukee’s Best to a nice Shiner Black: it may be a bit catchy and funny to some, but it ultimately leaves the listener feeling underfed. “Plastic Girl” is as clever and nuanced as it is catchy. As for Boland’s “Nymphomaniac” tune, well, it’s extremely catchy and it does get on my damn nerves after having heard it trillions of times back in the day, but damn, I’d still rather hear that than “Titty’s Beer.”
July 16, 2013 @ 6:38 pm
What a shame…I used to like Montgomery Gentry, but not after this!
July 16, 2013 @ 7:35 pm
I think what bothers me the most about this (besides the obvious objectification of women) is the move on MG’s part to pander to the 20-something college crowd. This video makes it pretty obvious that they’re going for that spring-break feel and I’d say that Luke Bryan and Kenny Chesney have fairly strong holds on that part of the market already.
Suffice it to say that I’m getting really tired of middle-aged men whose most popular music can’t seem to get past the good ol’ days of high-school football glory and drunken college parties. I really don’t want to see MG going this route, but people will probably eat this up, anyway. The sad thing is that we know MG is capable of making better music. They’re just choosing not to and it’s kind of a train wreck.
July 16, 2013 @ 7:57 pm
What Mike2 said.
I saw them do a special with Lynrd Skynrd and really thought it was all cool.
Talk about sinking low.
July 16, 2013 @ 8:39 pm
This song is downright horrible, but… So many times artists get called out for being fake or not real however this isn’t the case for Montgomery Gentry. Eddie Montgomery is from a small town with one stoplight called Perryville, KY which is about 30 minutes from my house. He has a house there and I have even met him at my local Walmart where I see his tour bus about once a month. I’ve also seen him at one of our high school football games. He also owns a steakhouse in Harrodsburg, KY and makes appearances there. My little rant I guess. The song does suck but to criticize his dress so much was unnecessary considering this has been his outfit from the beginning.
July 16, 2013 @ 8:48 pm
I thought the article was very entertaining and spot on – made me laugh. And I don’t think I’ll ever grab a titty beer with Acca Dacca.
July 16, 2013 @ 10:00 pm
Aww ….. now you’re starting to hurt my feelings! Whatever will I do???
July 16, 2013 @ 9:06 pm
I can’t say if I really thought better of them or not, as I never really listened to them much in the past. I do remember hearing them a little back when their first album came out and thinking it was better than the stuff my pop country loving ex liked at the time, so I certainly didn’t hate them.
This song is utter crap though. Another one of those songs that I would have been mortified if anyone had seen me listening to it.
July 16, 2013 @ 9:08 pm
Videos not that bad if you mute it 🙂
July 16, 2013 @ 9:16 pm
That was just some dumb ass shit…don’t really know what else to say after seeing that.
July 16, 2013 @ 10:17 pm
I had no idea SCM was this frequented by liberal bedwetter and feminazi types who are so eager to go Vlad The Impaler on Montgomery Gentry for recording such a chauvinistic song! I think I could help you write a grant for federal funding after this one.
July 16, 2013 @ 11:08 pm
Well now you know. Now I must head off to the Occupy sit-in with my vegan lunch.
July 16, 2013 @ 10:55 pm
I don’t know what’s worse, this song or the fact that a pretty darn good, popular and one of the most country mainstream duos with a long list of ACM and CMA nominations cut it. Sony wouldn’t have allowed them to cut this and in this case that’s a good thing. So much for creative freedom. The only possible explantion is if he really has an uncle that told this story, which still makes it one of the worst songs ever. I’m guessing they got the idea from Rodney Carrington’s Titties & Beer and at least he’s a comedian known for this type of humor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgyeshD8RJY
There’s nothing country about Titty’s Beer and it’s on that dumb “Mud Digger” hick-hop album.
I know 2 guns down is the lowest rating but I’d give this 3 or 4 guns down, even better just shoot it.
July 17, 2013 @ 12:17 am
I always though MG were cliched all to hell anyway, so this song simply highlights and underlines that fact for me!
July 17, 2013 @ 6:44 am
MG doesn’t normally make me reach for the buttons on the radio whilst driving, but that song surely will as its pure dreck.
July 17, 2013 @ 8:20 am
I am not surprised by these songs anymore. in fact i’m not really annoyed at the ‘artists’ who put these songs out, as I used to be. my annoyance has shifted away from the ‘artists’/record labels, and moved more towards the people who buy this music and keep it going, encouraging other ‘artists’ to do the same, because it sells.
Why does this sell!!!??? The crappy music isn’t the problem-the fact that it sells is the problem!
July 17, 2013 @ 9:18 am
I think I read once that “Hillbilly Shoes” was about the people whose land was inundated by the TVA dam projects (I admit I may be wrong). So not only was it a cool song, but it told a story.
I guess what I’m saying is wow, MG has really gone downhill.
July 17, 2013 @ 10:22 am
I was speaking of the readership who is so up in arms for “objectifying women!”
July 17, 2013 @ 1:53 pm
So objectification of women (without a wink) is a good thing? You know this isn’t a mainstream Hip Hop blog don’t you?
July 17, 2013 @ 6:17 pm
Women have breasts. Men generally don’t, and certainly aren’t supposed to, ever. Me like women’s breasts. Is that a bad thing?
July 18, 2013 @ 6:42 am
As do I, but objectification has nothing to do with admiration. I’m not a feminist or even a liberal for that matter. This song has zero content other than objectification, both beer and women, honestly the objectification of booze irritates me more…
July 17, 2013 @ 1:31 pm
Montgomery Gentry deserves to be called out on this. They used to make some pretty decent music. A lot of people on here probably disliked it because it wasn’t traditional country but I thought they were pretty decent. This song is just insulting to their fans and any legacy they might have.
July 17, 2013 @ 6:06 pm
This is ten kinds of bad. Talk about juvenile. This might be borderline amusing if they were in 8th grade but give me a break.
July 17, 2013 @ 6:09 pm
There is something I have wondered about for many years. Which one is Montgomery and which one is Gentry?
July 17, 2013 @ 6:50 pm
A bit humorous coming from the duo that wouldn’t sing “a box of tampons” when they covered REK’s “Merry Christmas from the Family”.
July 17, 2013 @ 7:22 pm
The song is catchy. The video is full of women in bikinis. I don’t have a problem with either. Compared to most country songs today it’s really good. My problem is Montgomery Gentry singing it. They ain’t the worst group in the world, but coming from them it makes them look like that uncle your parents would never leave you alone with. I prefer this thou…
http://youtu.be/SgyeshD8RJY
July 17, 2013 @ 7:25 pm
This is the hip hopification of country too. Just like shitty rap videos are full of bitches, blunts, asses and benzes this garbage is full of blondes, beer, titties and trucks.
Maybe L. L. Cool J and Brad Paisley *are* on to something.
July 17, 2013 @ 11:03 pm
This is the stupidest, funniest, most ridiculous song I’ve heard in ages.
I hate to admit it, but I kind of like it. Not in a serious “gotta hear it more because it touches my soul” sort of way, but more like a “Damn that was stupid… play it again, I’m not sure I heard that right.” sort of way.
Didn’t actually watch the video itself though, for all I know it was garbage, just hit play on the vid, then tabbed over to a news site I read so I could get two things done at once.
Though, I do wish MG would get back to their own music… they’ve been covering a lot of other peoples stuff lately, including completely wrecking Kevin Fowler’s “Long Line of Losers”.
July 18, 2013 @ 12:48 am
Once upon a time Montgomery Gentry, yes somehow the same duo we’re discussing here, released a son called “Speed”. I really liked that song and would wish that whomever kidnapped those two members would return them. That was a good song by an at least, passable duo at that point in their careers.
July 18, 2013 @ 5:53 am
Awwww did the word “titties” offend you bunch of whiners??? The song is not meant to be award material, it is just done for laffs for goodness sakes.. Life is too short to spew hatred at a silly, fun loving song. Get over it already. LOL.
July 21, 2013 @ 11:43 pm
Well we know that beer ain’t for T-Swift! But Shania can bring her D cup and have a few drinks (:
July 18, 2013 @ 7:51 am
this song has already been done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD5nfY5YZqs
July 18, 2013 @ 8:09 am
Ken Carlyle has been singing about Itty Bitty Titties for 30+ years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsiOylsLpg4
July 18, 2013 @ 9:42 am
“My Uncle Thomas had a bright I-DEAR…” No, Troy, that wasn’t an exaggerated country accent at all…ROFL! 😛
Is this really going to be played on the radio? Could they really get away with playing something with “titties” being repeated over and over?
July 18, 2013 @ 9:52 am
Wow. Terrible. I like Montgomery Gentry and this stings a bit. But after I heard “Kiss You there” a few weeks ago I guess nothing shocks me.
July 19, 2013 @ 11:44 am
I thought Rodney Carrington as a comedian does the best titty beer song so this vomit is just ripping him off aint it
July 20, 2013 @ 6:31 am
Has anyone seen Acca Dacca and Montgomery Gentry in the same place?
July 20, 2013 @ 8:03 am
I’ll stick with Murderface’s beautiful folk ballad – titty fish
September 8, 2013 @ 4:41 pm
Or my ballad “Underwater Friends!!”
July 21, 2013 @ 9:00 pm
Very disappointing song. I remember about 10 years ago I used to hear a Montgomery Gentry song on the radio about a girl who tried to go the hip hop route, but changed her mind because “she couldn’t change me”. That was one of their better songs. It seems ironic that now they have gone the hick hop route and mainstream music industry has changed them.
July 24, 2013 @ 8:32 pm
Uggh. What pop cunt-try nonsense. The first thing I thought of was Zappa’s immensely superior “Titties and Beer.”
Oh, there is a beer company called “Titty’s?” Really?
What is the next song gonna be about Dickens Cider?
Clee Taurus Motors?
Disgraceful, especially from somebody who has had a successful career.
I could understand a 20 something selling his soul to the devil to make a
million dollars and be a one hit wonder with “Titty’s Beer.”
But this. UGGGGH.
August 15, 2013 @ 11:10 pm
LOL…I noticed that when I first saw these guys. Montgomery has made a living out of twirling a microphone stand.
A couple of bo staff lessons at your local dojo and an online shopping spree at Shepler’s and, viola, you too can be a country star!
September 4, 2013 @ 12:39 pm
I’m sorry, but you must be some kind of serious stick in the mud to not like this song. That or some seriously prudish fiend. This song is amazingly funny, hillarious, and just a “good time” song. Hell if there was a “Titties Beer” I’d probably drink some, or at least buy a “rack”. I understand that not all songs are going to appeal to everyone, but you must see how some people could find this song really funny, and have a good ol’ time with it. There is truly no reason to go on a rant about this song, it just makes you seem petty and narrow minded. If you want good “clean” music, turn on gospel and praise Jesus.
October 1, 2013 @ 7:44 pm
I understand that the music business is hard, but come on!!! Sound to me like another “movement” attempting to gain attention. Of course the song is aimed at those under 30. WHO IS PAYING TO GO TO CONCERTS? WHO IS BUYING THE APPAREL? (sorry, someone needed to shout) These days music and videos are just downloaded, mostly illegally, for free. There is nothing wrong with having a target audience. Especially when it is exactly what the song leads to….SEX! Don’t know if you pay much attention to the mainstream or not. The reality is that today’s “youth” is all about suggestive lyrics and if the female is there, the male will follow. It’s a woman’s world in the club and bar industry. I’m not complaining, just saying. With all that is wrong with the world today this is a minor “pebble.” Just walk right over it without paying attention. Country artists have made these songs for years. It is a sign of the times that it has overcome the “b-side.” Thanks for listening, now it’s time for a cold jug of !^!!&’$.
October 10, 2013 @ 8:46 am
What an ill-advised and deeply flawed choice they’ve made.
Wyoming Continental Divide and Snake River? Now that’s funny.
Grizzlies biting your face off vs. bears in a cage….not too funny.
The Grand Tetons? I think not.
November 23, 2013 @ 2:26 pm
Ok, I forgave your little rant, so hopefully you can forgive mine. This song upsets you? ”¦Really? Sorry, but its clever and catchy, and I like it. Too bad for you. This site (which I just now stumbled upon) claims to be about saving country music and its culture. ”¦Really. ”¦A form of music which has always sung (rather, whined) about cheating, drinking, fighting, pickup trucks, tractors, farms and John Deere Green, ”¦and THIS crosses the line. A culture which bases its entire fashion sense on clothing from the mid 1800’s, bad hair, plaid, boots, rhinestones and long tassels hanging from the sleeves on jackets, ”¦and you’re complaining that THIS is low brow. Oh, the irony is just killing me! In fact, its beyond hysterical! If I were to look up the word “irony” in the dictionary, there would be a link to this URL!
May 23, 2014 @ 6:30 am
Wow so ya dont like a song thats about beer and good looking women”¦ do you like other men? News flash you dont like it dont listen to the song. Dont know why people get offended over a song thats meant to be funny
February 11, 2017 @ 11:14 am
Oh my god, get the stick out of your a$$. Maybe I am morally challenged but I like it. Let loose and dance.. 🙂
September 15, 2017 @ 4:31 pm
Had I ever heard it, I’m sure I would have been offended too by such revolting 15 yr old boy in what I would expect to be a man premise for a song. I like MG, finally got to see them and had a great time. I felt happy that day. I was hoping to see them again. But I would have been slightly sickened and embarrassed by the lyric that you all have been discussing. I can get as loud and rowdy as the next festival attending hillbilly-for-a-weekend type, but I would not want to have been standing there with my kids when they were young, teens/ or as adults today and hear that song from a duo that I professed to be a fan of. Say what you will in its defense, you are wrong. ). It is NOT ok. (though it sucks if the tune IS catchy) I am sorry for loss of Troy for all involved.
December 1, 2018 @ 9:22 pm
Wow!! The ludicrous comments about not liking this song. If you don’t like a song don’t listen to it. Change your tampon and quit taking music so seriously. Listening to music is supposed to fun. Listen to music you like. I don’t like Rap so I don’t listen to it. I don’t waste my time complaining. Get over yourself you are not that important. I doubt you are affecting record sales by any more than one.
Personal attacks on the personnel in the duo, how trite. Shows that you are either jealous or petty or most likely both. Sad, sad, sad.
Vote Democrat they’ll outlaw music soon enough.
January 14, 2023 @ 11:03 am
SHUT UP!! It’s a fun silly song. Different
? yes. Most people that don’t listen to country, is because they find it depressing.. So crawl down off the cross, we need the wood.
February 29, 2024 @ 3:16 am
I don’t know about you, mr big mouthed SJW hater, but I’d buy the shit of this beer for my big fun party. There will be a lot of women who are proud to be the part of inspiration. And you, sir, are not invited.
What happened to the world? How is praising women’s beauty offensive?
April 18, 2024 @ 11:17 am
You must be a LibTard! This a great song! You on the other hand are a POS!