Now Zac Brown Has Some Terrible Rap Song on the Way, “God Given”
Oh God this sucks.
At this point you just can’t even look away. Like coming up on some grisly roadside accident, you know it’s going to be grotesque, horrific, and mentally scarring for the rest of your life. But even as you cover your face, the index finger raises ever so slightly, and you sneak a peep. And yes, it’s as bad as you expected, except now it’s so damn bad, it cycles back around to imparting a belly full of inadvertent entertainment value from just how bad it is.
What we’re talking about here is some terrible new rap song that The Zac Brown Band have been performing live in concert recently called “God Given” that makes reference to Gucci Bags, Veyron whips (huh?), and other stuff most God-fearing country music fans have to consult Mr. Google to decipher. The chorus goes, “Gucci bag, stacks on stacks, diamonds fill up the champagne glass, Veyron whip, G5 high, you have class that you just can’t buy.”
This is pretty bad in itself, but the unfortunate reality is these blinged-out choruses are pretty par for the course for some radio country stars these days, and at least it has some sort of melody tied to it. Oh but then Zac Brown devolves into downright white boy rapping while wearing some hipster Amish hat and a Cabela’s fishing shirt. At that point the whole thing goes beyond any criticism, and you just feel bad for of this poor guy’s all-enveloping and downward-spiraling midlife crisis.
This must be one of the songs Zac Brown promised us recently would “…be really fun to play and fun to perform because they’re interactive. A lot of them have callbacks where the audience can sing back with us, and some of these were written to play in stadiums and big venues.”
Zac Brown. Buddy! You’ve got one of the best live bands in the game, and garnered a big grassroots following over the years. Look in the mirror, cry it out, come to Papa, and just STOP.
March 14, 2019 @ 7:28 am
Why does Zac Brown dress like Wyatt Earp is about to come in and bust up his poker game?
March 14, 2019 @ 7:43 am
Earp: Damn Zack…what kind of dumb-ass transparent rapper brings a decorative cane to a gun fight?
March 14, 2019 @ 8:56 am
Skin that smoke wagon and see what happens…
March 14, 2019 @ 9:16 am
“Hurts dont it”
March 16, 2019 @ 12:23 pm
He’s got nothing on Hank jr. with his shitty hats and screaming chicken logo. Don’t get me started on Charlie Daniels’ lid
March 14, 2019 @ 7:37 am
I got 8 seconds in, laughed and stopped the video! oh man, how terrible! This guy is lost in life.
The good thing is I highly doubt country radio will play this crap.. I mean rap.. I hope!
March 14, 2019 @ 7:48 am
You give country radio too much credit.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:07 am
You’re likely right! I still have hope though.
However this rap song is on a completely different level than how Aldean unfortunately incorporates rap into his songs so I kinda feel like radio wont touch this.
March 14, 2019 @ 7:39 am
Stop hating on Zac so much Trigger. He and his whole band are into all kind of charitable endeavors. Pick on the bad guys not the good guys. You never mention any of those things. His camp, Coy’s children’s books, Danny’s charity efforts. Do you realize 2$ from each of his concert tickets go to his camp?
March 14, 2019 @ 8:05 am
You do realize you are visiting a site called Saving Country Music, right? What does his charitable endeavors have to do with his new music and the fact that he turned away from making country music?
March 14, 2019 @ 8:16 am
I am just saying why does he hate on Zac so much. Have any of ever even been to a ZBB show??? I highly doubt it. If so, you would see he plays music from all genres. He is an ENTERTAINER!!!!!
March 14, 2019 @ 8:44 am
Never said he wasn’t good. This is just a shitty song.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:46 am
Then he should have the label “Entertainer” not “Country” artist
March 14, 2019 @ 11:15 am
But isn’t that part of the problem? Why are people so militant about “country” music, or any “type” of music? Isn’t there really only two types of music – good and bad and I (or you) get to choose what is what? I started this morning listening to Living Colour, took in some King’s X, and am not listening to The Cactus Blossoms based on Trigger’s review. It’s all very different, but it’s all very good.
Personally, I don’t want to hear Zac Brown rap, and honestly don’t want to hear anyone rap. But that’s not because it’s not “country” music, but rather because I think it’s bad.
But I will agree that one’s socially responsible behaviors doesn’t make up for shitty music.
March 14, 2019 @ 9:44 pm
You don’t have to put a label on everything. Zac Brown is like any other artist in country music. Leave the man alone.
March 14, 2019 @ 11:41 am
As long as he doesn’t release it to country radio, I don’t care if he records or performs EDM, rap or Albanian death metal. Once he starts calling it country, that’s when we have a problem.
Until Brown stops waffling and either goes back to making music with some semblance of country or publicly declares his intention to leave the genre behind permanently, he will be subject to such criticism at this website. If it offends you, I’m sure there are plenty of websites that keep their lips permanently affixed to Brown’s derriere.
March 14, 2019 @ 7:47 pm
@Chris Albanian Death Metal!!! LMAO!
More related to country, though, it sounds like a working title for a potential Jerry Jeff B-side.
March 14, 2019 @ 1:58 pm
Maybe because ZBB used to be one of the best things going in mainstream country and now they’re doing stuff like this. When they’re good theyre great but when they’re bad you end up with a song like this. And people will say this is country because of who it is when it is clearly not country anything.
June 19, 2019 @ 5:43 am
Zac Brown concerts are horrible now. I’ve warned you
March 14, 2019 @ 12:10 pm
According to that logic, nobody should ever say anything about mafia crime families since the mob bosses are very charitable and donate money to Catholic community services and Children’s burn centers..
March 14, 2019 @ 12:58 pm
By your reckoning, who are the bad guys?
March 14, 2019 @ 7:40 am
This guy has no shame.
Chases every money-wrapped cock flapping in the wind.
March 14, 2019 @ 7:41 am
Cocaine abuse is hell on your left ventricle. I think Zac Brown would know. This abortion was hell on my ears.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:11 am
last time Im tellen u boy keep a way from my wife
March 14, 2019 @ 7:43 am
it’s so bad it’s laughable. Give us back Travis Tritt, screw new Zac Brown and Jason Aldean.
March 14, 2019 @ 7:49 am
How low can he go? That’s the question. Amazingly Zac Brown Ipad is now worst than Luke Bryan et al. Ahahaha
Here’s my theory., This guy has invested a lot of money and he is on high leverage therefore he is back in the corner to remains “relevant”. The fear of bankruptcy or perhaps drug abuse are the only two reasons that could “explain” this downfall. What else am I missing? How can you go down from being one of the most popular country southern rock to a ridicule parody such as this one?
March 14, 2019 @ 8:03 am
Wow. Zac Brown even kinda looks embarrassed singing it. As he should be.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:13 am
Seeing how I could never understand the appeal of Zac Brown, this isn’t any more disappointing then the previous music I tired to give a chance. That being said, the quote about writing music with call backs and for playing in stadiums reminds me of the scene in Bohemian Rhapsody where Brian May is showing the band the stomp-stomp-clap for We Will Rock You. I think Zac must have watched that and thought…hey we’re as good as Queen, let’s try the same thing!
March 14, 2019 @ 8:13 am
I was at his show in NOLA this weekend and this felt like more like 80’s glam rock than a rap song to me. It was riff heavy, although he was sing talking/rapping, if you want to call it that. They closed the show with rage against the machines “bulls on parade”, which was cool.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:15 am
Specifically, it felt like “pour some sugar on me” to me
March 14, 2019 @ 8:14 am
“WHATCHOO GOT IS GOD GIVEN.” is a true and great message, despite not personally enjoying Zac’s performance and choice of embellishments. Kudos anyhow. Takes guts.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:14 am
I would love to know why you are only publishing comments that agree with you
March 14, 2019 @ 8:18 am
That doesn’t really look to be the case to me. First time comments do go through moderation, but they will get posted.
March 14, 2019 @ 10:58 pm
Unless you’re on the blacklist. Ol’ Kyle has a very fragile ego.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:15 am
What does his record company have on him? That is all I can think what happened. Why else would a decently respected musician and artist with a great band commit such an atrocity? This reeks of a record label’s strong arm. Or maybe Zach just lost his mind.
March 17, 2019 @ 1:26 pm
One of those seems to be the case because he had an incredibly quick downfall. Everything following Uncaged has been a headscratcher, except maybe Roots or whatever his acoustic album is.
Now, I’m not going to say his forays into the questionable waters have been bad. He and his band have incredible skill, but it was such a quick jump with ZERO warning that I’ve never seen before in any genre from any artist.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:21 am
He was always a corny songwriter. He knows he can’t go back to Chicken Fried and warmed over Jimmy Buffet because that market has sailed. This is just proof that country is the low-tier genre regarding talent and creativity
March 14, 2019 @ 11:07 am
You forgot a “t.” Jimmy Buffett was once a great American songwriter. Please respect the Parrot.
March 14, 2019 @ 3:43 pm
Buffett’s first 4 albums for ABC are chock full of amazingly well crafted songs.
March 15, 2019 @ 10:50 am
Absolutely. White Sport Coat, Living & Dying in 3/4 Time, and Havana Daydreamin’ are great albums. A great artist until he became a parody of himself.
March 15, 2019 @ 1:23 pm
You didn’t mention A1A, my favorite of the bunch; also not as country as the others (especially 3/4 Time). The saltwater cowboy blend (or gulf+western if you like) was perfect on that one.
Nowadays he’s committed himself way too much to the “island” thing, which wouldn’t be bad, except the island in question is Kokomo instead of Key West.
He still coughs up a good tune every now and then, but they’re few and far between.
March 15, 2019 @ 7:46 pm
With the exception of Come Monday, every Buffett song sounds like a novelty song to me. Not all bad, just about the equivalent of CW MCall’s trucking songs. Most are fun, but frivolous and very forgettable.
March 16, 2019 @ 12:30 pm
Maybe he’s just doing what he wants he doesnt owe sidelines a damn thing
March 16, 2019 @ 12:32 pm
“He went to Paris” ain’t no novelty song.
It was real enough for Waylon to cover it.
March 19, 2019 @ 4:52 am
Yeah. Once that parrot head crap started, I was done with him. He’s all about that buck.
March 14, 2019 @ 7:45 pm
I’d say that TRUE country music takes more talent than any other genre. Mastering a guitar, banjo, steel guitar, or heck, even a violin and writing meaningful, relatable songs is a lot harder than programming beats on a MacBook and singing about sex. Unfortunately, modern country music has become a dumping ground for pop-star rejects…
March 15, 2019 @ 5:35 pm
I think A1A is Buffet’s best studio album. You Had To Be There is one of the best and most authentic live albums you’ll hear.
March 16, 2019 @ 12:36 pm
I take it you’ve never been to a ZBB show then. Everything but maybe the pedal steel is in his band.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:30 am
You know the music is terrible when you have to search for compliments… nice hat though
March 14, 2019 @ 8:40 am
This is obviously laughable, and while Zac Brown is clearly lost regarding his musical direction, at this point I consider his band complicit, too. I imagine that may go without saying, but with such talented musicians, it’s a wonder none of them have walked away from this mess. Zac Brown Band has always been an outlet for Zac Brown’s music, but for the band members to stand by him while he ruins any last bit of credibility they had is baffling.
March 14, 2019 @ 7:47 pm
IVE THOUGHT THE SAME THING!!! How could they all just sit there and allow this to tarnish their own reputations???? They deserve to be in a better band, they’re fantastic musicians with a crazy man leading them.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:43 am
It’s sad when someone wasted so much talent. It’s kinda like Tim Mcrgraw. He went from singing songs like Real good man to Neon Church. I wish most of these artis would stick to the standards that their fans expect. It’s teslly sad ewjen people pay money for a concert only to find out that the artist has changed, and makes completely different music. Zac Brown is definitely in a decline phase. Just hope other “Country” artist like Luke Bryan or Maren Zmorris are off the radio soon.
March 14, 2019 @ 8:58 am
If these “country” artists are off the radio, what are the chances they don’t replaced with people worse? Sometimes you’ll never know how good you have it, till it’s gone.
March 14, 2019 @ 9:42 am
”If these “country” artists are off the radio, what are the chances they don’t replaced with people worse? Sometimes you’ll never know how good you have it, till it’s gone”
I say we get rid of them and take our chances , Gabe . Columbus did .
March 14, 2019 @ 12:02 pm
I don’t know if it can get any worse
March 14, 2019 @ 8:51 am
Pretty much what I expect from anyone with tattoos on top of their hands ????♂️ Damn shame really. They’re a great live band.
March 15, 2019 @ 11:14 am
John Moreland has tatoo’s on his hands and his music lays over most like a tent.
March 15, 2019 @ 11:20 am
Its a general rule that is pretty helpful in life. Of course there are exceptions, but if you have neck or face tats, or tattoos on the tops of your hands, chances are that you are an unsavory character. Does that mean that you will be excluding some decent people? Yep. But, it was their choice to mangle their body.
March 15, 2019 @ 12:30 pm
If you want to hold a prejudice against musicians with tattoo’s on their hands that you’re own concern, I’ll choose to listen to them based on the music they produce. I agree with the sentiment here though, ZBB’s choices of music the last few years have been horrendous.
June 19, 2019 @ 5:36 am
Not anymore. Saw them early June, Never again
March 14, 2019 @ 9:07 am
Maybe he and Maren Morris can go out on tour together. Stacks on stacks, indeed . . . 2 stacks of shit, piled high and higher.
I’d sooner spend my concert going cash on seeing 2 blinged out manure piles than those 2, anyway.
(Making me lose my appetite for pi, dangit.)
March 14, 2019 @ 4:06 pm
Haha great idea. Zac can come out when she sings about P Diddy’s yacht and do a Gucci break down rap!
March 14, 2019 @ 9:14 am
Weird thing is, hip-hop has never been outside the Zac Brown Band’s wheelhouse. They’ve been covering Snoop and Goodie Mob for years. The difference now is that they covered songs that fit in with their “down home” attitude. Real songs (and raps) about real places and real people. Not Gucci and diamonds and champagne.
I love ZBB, but this is one album I’m not looking forward to.
March 14, 2019 @ 9:24 am
Way past time for an intervention.
March 14, 2019 @ 9:26 am
Just for giggles – compare this to the new Reba song – “Tammy Wynette Kind of Pain”.
March 14, 2019 @ 9:46 am
”Just for giggles – compare this to the new Reba song – “Tammy Wynette Kind of Pain”.”
Reba’s tune is a country music clinic, lugnut . real fans of the genre should be crying when something this good reminds us of what the hell radio has come to .
March 14, 2019 @ 9:36 am
the internet still can’t make us do things we don’t want to do . thank God for that .
i refuse to watch THIS U-tube roadside wreck …..
“Gucci bag, stacks on stacks, diamonds fill up the champagne glass, Veyron whip, G5 high, you have class that you just can’t buy.”
the man wasted his time writing that line….wasted his band’s time singing it , wasted your time listening in order to review it trigger , wasted my time reading it and i’ve already waste too much of OUR time commenting on it .
along with so many other clowns , i think zak was done when ringling bros rolled up the big top …they just forgot to mothball his ringmaster’s hat as a souvenir of another time .
now I’m going to close my eyes and remember that time ……a time when people wrote songs that mattered ….not sonic fodder designed to dupe the species into believing they are experiencing art .
March 16, 2019 @ 12:41 pm
Kinda like that really deep soul wrenching song,All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight by Bocephus?
March 14, 2019 @ 9:44 am
That could not have been worse if he’s started with “I’m Zac B and I’m here to say/I’m gonna rap rhymes in a country way…”
March 22, 2019 @ 8:53 pm
At least that sounds like it could’ve come from a Slick Rick song.
March 14, 2019 @ 9:47 am
Uugg. C’mon, Zac. This is what side projects are for, to separate your embarrassing mistakes from your main band.
March 14, 2019 @ 9:47 am
33 seconds. Was really hard to turn away from the train wreck.
March 14, 2019 @ 10:24 am
I sure hope the groups that he’s going for by his music because he’s lost me.
March 14, 2019 @ 10:37 am
Talent without integrity is like noise in the wind. And this ear-hurt is definitely noise.
March 14, 2019 @ 7:32 pm
Zac has neither talent nor integrity.
March 15, 2019 @ 5:01 am
If this is the only song you have heard him sing i can see why you would say he has no talent.
March 15, 2019 @ 8:22 am
Oh, not at all. I’ve hated that toboggan-wearing moron since he was bragging about eating fried chicken in musical form.
March 14, 2019 @ 11:04 am
It’s time to stop writing about this guy. He’s no longer a country music performer.
Let his career die without an obituary.
He was country once, but no longer. Let him languish on his own without admonishment or consideration from your lectern. And his career will perish.
March 14, 2019 @ 11:13 am
“Colder Weather” this is not. Cue Nancy Kerrigan: “Whhhyyyyyyyyy!!??!!”
March 14, 2019 @ 11:44 am
That’s My Kind of Night Part2. Sad…
March 14, 2019 @ 11:47 am
Do even rap fan like this, an middle age man, trying to learn how to rap? It’s a bit sad really.
Luckily there are loads of video like this, with people, playing music just for the love of the music and nothing else…only missing Molly Tuttle….https://youtu.be/2lksDQbPMqc
March 15, 2019 @ 1:35 pm
No, rap fans don’t listen to this stuff, and if I was running a site called “Saving Rap Music,” I would be rightfully infuriated that a failing middle-aged white country music star was trying to encroach on my territory.
March 15, 2019 @ 3:48 pm
Those are my thoughts too. It’s not even rap he’s just talking…
But there are worse things happening. The producer Tucker Martines had his studio in Portland OR robbed last night. This is a link to a tweet where he list the items stolen, witch will most likely increase. https://twitter.com/tuckermartine/status/1106645974208790528
It’s fucking sad…
March 14, 2019 @ 11:51 am
Uh, isn’t he ripping off the chorus to “Walk the Dinosaur” by Was Not Was?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKupOsaJmk
LOL
Sad.
March 14, 2019 @ 12:14 pm
That hat must be a little tight on his head for him to even think this was a good idea.
March 14, 2019 @ 12:15 pm
Is he trying to be Kid Rock or something?
March 14, 2019 @ 12:20 pm
That sounded like a bad imitation of Bradley Cooper.
March 14, 2019 @ 1:06 pm
At this point, it is easy to say “I never liked ZBB anyway” but the the truth is, I never have. By his own confession way back during the Chicken Fried era, he is not country but is happy to use the genre to get his music out there (I wish I could find the interview). He has never had loyalty to country music, so his current direction should not be a surprise. His choice of headwear, however, is a shock. He is really giving that guy from Sugarland a run for his money.
March 14, 2019 @ 1:07 pm
My Lord Almighty……Everytime I think Zac Brown can’t possibly leave me anymore stunned than he has, he strikes again.
March 14, 2019 @ 1:56 pm
Next up, “Zakk Bröwn: The Metal Years”
March 15, 2019 @ 5:06 am
That would be enjoyable. Or maybe just some sort of hard rock like that time Chris Cornell sang with him. Be better than this
March 16, 2019 @ 5:28 am
The Varg Brownzum Band!!
March 14, 2019 @ 2:04 pm
I just scheduled an appointment with my counselor. That was a traumatic experience.
March 14, 2019 @ 2:52 pm
more and more it seems that the ‘business’ is driving potentially great artists away from music careers. I mean …why would someone with a unique and original vision want to join THIS club ? its all about trend-chasing ALL the time no matter the genre , no matter the artist , band or duo .
it just seems too controlled . we seem to hear so little originality …so few real and honest talents .
they keep telling is that ‘country music ‘ is now under a bigger umbrella ….but that seems to be a contradiction . the more generic influences and derivative styles that creep in , the less country there is left .
i honestly believe that the popular music business seems less inspired and original …and organic…… than its ever been . it’s geared to a listener who is unfamiliar with musical traditions , has a short attention span and too much pop entertainment at her disposal to focus or THINK so it NEEDS to grab that listener/consumer quickly . unfortunately , it seems , that sincere emotion plays into the equation less and less . not many true artists would want to play a game where emotion and personal perspective isn’t element ONE .
the bright side , as always , is that there is so much music history and greatness to explore .
March 14, 2019 @ 4:28 pm
not only history, but the unsigned
personally, I’m looking for insightful people with unique voices who are good musicians and tell the truth
March 14, 2019 @ 3:24 pm
More “Sweet Annie” and “Colder Weather” please Zac.
March 14, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
It’s an extremely minor annoyance considering how bad this song is, but if you’re writing lyrics and want to brag about having money, why wouldn’t you name drop the Chiron instead of the Veyron? Or the Gulfstream GVI instead of the GV? It’s not 2006 anymore.
March 14, 2019 @ 5:43 pm
You can say anything when you’re being completely disingenuous.
March 14, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
So sad to see Zac’s demise. This is painful to listen too.
March 14, 2019 @ 5:22 pm
With the way ZBB’s music has been the more I think of how great it would be to be his fiddle player. I could get up in stage, hold it in my hand, bob my head up and down, and get paid. As long as I had ear plugs so I couldn’t hear whatever shit was spewing from Zac’s mouth I could think of worse and much more challenging ways to make a living.
March 14, 2019 @ 6:02 pm
Great music is still out there…just not on popular radio. Ray Wylie Hubard, the Turnpike Troubadours, Ryan Bingham, Jason Isbell, Blackberry Smoke, The Steel Woods, etc. etc. etc.
Agreed Zak has gone south (or north:-) the last few years and country music radio is terrible. Thank god we have many other options in today’s digital age!
March 14, 2019 @ 9:33 pm
Yep. I rarely turn on the radio anymore, if I do it sure ain’t going to the country music station. It is hard to tell what the difference is between pop and country radio is anymore anyway. Would rather listen to many of the artist recommended from this site for my country music fix.
March 15, 2019 @ 7:26 am
country is cool, some rap is alright,
but you mix country and rap
and inevitably you get CRAP
March 15, 2019 @ 7:51 am
I understand debate over what we think country music is. For me, Its Cody Johnson, Cody Jinks, Jason Cassidy, George Strait, Merle Haggard, etc.. For you it may be Jason Isbell, Sarah Shook, Whitey Morgan. It may be Upchurch, Demun Jones, Jagga boys. It may be Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Luke Combs. These debates over the music we love and live I understand.
But why, for the love of everything holy and decent, does the one song we can all agree is complete fucking bullshit get the most people coming out of the wood work to defend it???! Lord help us all. I love country, don’t mind pop. This is bullshit no matter where you put it. At this point he’s only country because pop will laugh at this shit show. Does he really think he can compete with Bruno Mars, Halsey, Timberlake, etc.? No. He knows he can’t. So he shits this out on country, the same way Sam Hunt, Maren Morris and the 73 iterations of the nameless R&B Ken Doll have.
March 15, 2019 @ 8:06 am
It’s all about “extending his fan base” and how to remain relevant. The problem though is damaging your reputation. Fans who enjoy country / southern rock won’t give this shitty material a listen.
I am not his biggest fan but for sure he has some great quality songs. Highway 20 ride is certainly one of my favorite. Country music should be about storytelling, instrumental and interpretation of the lyrics. That’s why there are songs that are played for decades and decades while other songs are forgotten as soon as they are released.
March 15, 2019 @ 10:24 am
Let’s not forget the power of PERCEPTION . If you are perceived as a star because of ANY kind of exposure ( and this is , in fact , the nut in todays’s mainstream entertainment world ), then you ARE a star in terms of marketability . People will ALWAYS want to feel part of a hip trend ….no one -particularly younger people – wants to be seen as or admit to being someone who just doesn’t get it ( emperor’s new clothes ). The more areas Zak is marketed , the more potential trend-chasers are exposed to him and the less the actual music matters .
Look no further, again , than the Kardashian and ‘reality TV ” phenomena to understand and accept the power or perception . In North America today , there are countless numbers of people considered famous and even successful and influential simple because they’ve been marketed as ‘famous ‘ …….they’ve been exploited to the max .
I don’t care what entertainers declare as ‘ artistic’ or ‘ entertaining ‘ . I care that people are so gullible that they believe the hype . I care that when it comes to music , in particular , we defer to marketer’s ploys , scams and misleading promotions more often than we do our OWN opinions and smarts . And I’m appreciative of sites like SCM that remind us that our opinions and smarts are not only valid but absolutely necessary if we are trying to remain vigilant in these messed – up and dangerous trend-chasing times.
March 15, 2019 @ 4:35 pm
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it!!!!
June 19, 2019 @ 5:28 am
Red October
March 16, 2019 @ 12:08 am
You are Absolutely over looking most of
The Amazing songs That Zac Brown band
Write an sing..plus all the Charitable work
He does do..You have set yourself up
As judge an jury on a couple of songs that
Are not to your liking!!
Every body has an opportunity to not listen
To what they don’t like..Maybe you are in the wrong business since nothing seems to suit you..????????????
March 18, 2019 @ 2:04 pm
This a message board, not a Shakespearean poetry slam. Please write your posts in normal paragraphs like the rest of us, okay? You’re trying way too hard to be cool, and it isn’t working. Thanks
March 16, 2019 @ 12:52 pm
Too much EGO. Just that.
March 16, 2019 @ 3:02 pm
WOW!!!! What a dork! Doubt any chairs would have turned on The Voice.
March 16, 2019 @ 6:40 pm
the guitar riff is okay but the “dayum girl’ ‘stacks on stacks’ ‘what u got’ too try hard womp womp
March 18, 2019 @ 8:37 am
I’ve never been a fan or a hater of Zac Brown, but I’ve read and been told great things about their live show, so this is very disheartening. They have a pretty hard core following too, so I don’t understand the thinking behind this mess.
Maybe Zac is on the wrong drugs now? xD
March 18, 2019 @ 2:56 pm
I’ve never went out of my way to see them live because I read that they obsess with cover songs in their setlists as opposed to, you know, playing many of their own tracks.
Seriously: they have enough hits to fit a two-disc album……………….and yet of the twenty-five to thirty songs that they usually play for a headlining gig, nearly half are covers………………….and even after taking that into account, another three tracks are interpolated with covers as well (“Free” with “Into the Mystic”, “Colder Weather” with “Take It To the Limit”, “Tomorrow Never Comes” with “Wake Me Up”, etc.)
I don’t want to spend my money on seeing them if they’re going to choose to be more of a cover band than a creative band.
March 18, 2019 @ 2:49 pm
Honestly, when it comes to the instrumentation, it isn’t bad. It sounds like swampy blues-rock that could potentially nod back to the “Uncaged” era.
What miserably derails this most of all are the lyrics.
They’re painfully superficial and smarmy in the vein of other recent debacles like Florida Georgia Line’s “Swerve”, but it obviously sounds worse coming from Zac Brown Band because you at least expect that sort of fodder from Florida Georgia Line, whereas they were never known for this sort of fare over the course of their first three albums at least.
“Someone That I Used To Know” was actually half-decent to my ears because in spite of the irritating vocal production and synthetic overall production, the lyrics did have some heart. This has decent instrumentation, but is ruined by everything else.
Seriously: Zac needs help!
March 31, 2019 @ 6:07 pm
Ok..forget for a moment the WAY the song is presented and focus more on the CONTENT that is being presented. I was at Bridgestone Arena last Thursday when the song was performed and being there with my wife and 15 year old daughter, I felt uncomfortable. The video silhouette that was showing during the song was of a very curvy figure in a short skirt, tight dress with all of the curves promimently displayed and playing up to the misogynistic intent for which the song was clearly written (I do not believe this was meant as an “audience participation” song as there were others that were designed for that.) The problem is that his fan base was made on his songs about love, and dedication to family, and down home roots…not girls, women, and their “god given” body parts. Part of a mid life crisis? Maybe (he did announce his divorce only 6 months ago…). But what he is doing is running the risk of alienating his core fan base by stepping quite far away from his music depicting “moral, christian values”, regardless of your personal beliefs on those topics.
June 19, 2019 @ 5:24 am
I saw Zac+Band in New Hampshire early June 2019. It was, without a doubt, the worst show I have ever seen. I guess he is deciding to focus on winning Music Video awards now. I was shocked at how bad the show was. Zac was disinterested (At Best) and had a terrible set list. Total snoozer. Will not pay to see his shows again. It was embarrassing.