Sellouts In Suits : The Rise of Country’s Metro-Bro
Out with the old and in with the new. You thought Bro-Country was bad? Well just wait until you hear what country music has in store for you now. White washing away anything and everything to do with country, here comes a completely new style that unlike Bro-Country, isn’t being segregated to a dedicated segment of country music, but is here to take over entirely and spare no one.
Forget brow beating listeners over the head with country-isms in list form, it’s time to trade in the Chevy for a Scion, roll up to the jet-setting club decked out in a three-piece suit, and to take ultra-modern R&B and EDM sounds and call them country because nobody in the industry will complain. It’s all about chasing the success of Sam Hunt and his unabashed labeling of urban music as country, and in the vacuum of any true original ideas or inspiration, Music Row’s copycat conveyor belt is churning out one Metro-Bro after another.
Though Bro-Country was terrible—possibly even more terrible from a sonic standpoint than Metro-Bro—this new movement is more effusive, and less country at its heart. Frankly put, if Metro-Bro is allowed to completely permeate mainstream country, it could be the death knell for the genre since it will leave country music virtually indiscernible from the rest of popular music.
Welcome to country music’s new hell. Here are some examples:
Zac Brown Band – “Beautiful Drug”
There is one thing to take away from “Beautiful Drug” and one thing only: Zac Brown wants your money America. I would label this a sellout moment, but even that seems to slight just what depravity of character the Zac Brown Band evidences by releasing this song, especially as the first track on an album. He might as well have just cued up a mic and screamed “Fuck You!” to start this thing off. Dig deep in those pockets, put your dollars on the table, and nobody gets hurt except the souls of country music fans. It’s time for the Zac Brown Band to get paid mother truckers, so quit your bellyaching and pony the hell up. (read full review)
Thomas Rhett – Crash and Burn
Like Mephistopheles himself gorged on a diet of the most grotesquely valueless souls, and then 36 hours of insidious churning in the innermost bowels of hell amidst unholy gastric juices eventually putrefied a malevolent impaction to be shot out of the Satanic anus like a worm-riddled disease baby, Thomas Rhett has unleashed a new single on the planet called “Crash and Burn.”
May the ghost of the great Sam Cooke kick Thomas Rhett’s ass eternally for ripping off the iconic rhythm and cadence from the classic American standard “Chain Gang” in such an open and arrogant manner that even a villainous bystander like Vanilla Ice would give this the hairy eyeball. (read full review)
Eli Young Band – “Turn It On”
The Texas country outfit now turned Scott Borchetta Republic Records signee Eli Young Band were so eager to get their EDM/R&B/Dance contributions out to the malleable and easily-bemused country music public, they just rushed out a digitally-exclusive four song EP featuring nothing but this Metro sound called Turn It On. The title track is the EP’s first single. “We live in a time when fans are consuming music at a voracious pace as well as having a strong penchant for instant gratification.” The president of Republic Records Nashville Jimmy Harnen literally said that in a press release about this song. (read full review)
Eric Paslay – “High Class”
When the hints began to drop days before the release of “High Class,” showing images of Paslay dudded out in a black suit, you immediately knew where this was headed. This whole Metro-Bro mess is like the zombie apocalypse of country music, sparing not a single soul, and instead of turning its victims into flesh-eating undead, it turns them into blazer-sporting, martini-sipping, cocaine club douche rockets with their manscaped bodies quaffed in Axe, and racked with a raging, incurable case of shallow, self-absorbedness. (read full review)
Gary Allan – “Hangover Tonight”
This is Gary Allan’s big sellout moment ladies and gentlemen. No pretenses, no qualifiers, just come out and act like you’re into what Sam Hunt and Thomas Rhett are into at the ripe age 47. This is even a bigger sellout moment than Tim McGraw with “Truck Yeah” and Jerrod Niemann with “Drink To That All Night” because you half expected those moves from those knuckleheads. But Gary Allan? The tatted up, “Get Off on the Pain” guy? What, does he have a boat to pay off? (read full review)
September 22, 2015 @ 6:35 pm
To be fair to Rhett, is it really “selling out” if you were never good to begin with?
September 22, 2015 @ 7:09 pm
That’s what I’ve been saying in slight defense of Florida Georgia Line as well.
You can direct plenty of negative adjectives both their directions, but “sellout” isn’t one of them because they have been transparent as commerce-minded, mindless party Bros from the very beginning.
No, the true synonyms of “sellout” are Easton Corbin, Eli Young Band, Zac Brown (probably not his band, though) and (possibly) Gary Allan.
September 22, 2015 @ 7:15 pm
Sellouts? No, they aren’t sellouts, but there’s plenty of other things they are 😀
Same could even be said for Sam Hunt, not a sellout, but not someone we want/need in the genre
September 24, 2015 @ 4:39 pm
Easton Corbin???? He didn’t sell out….I have his new album and its the most country mainstream album that ive heard in at least two years…
September 22, 2015 @ 7:39 pm
I mean, Rhett showed a small amount of potential with “Something To Do With My Hands” and “Beer With Jesus.” If I remember there was a noticeable gap of time between “BWJ” and “Goes Like This.” Maybe he sold out after his first two singles under performed.
Randy Houser better fits the idea of a sellout to this trend in my opinion. “We Went” is pretty bad. And Craig Campbell’s new single is just another “sexy time” song. Campbell definitely had potential.
September 22, 2015 @ 7:58 pm
To each one’s own. I actually consider “Beer With Jesus” Rhett’s second-worst single to date (only behind “Crash and Burn”, and really only because it blatantly plagiarized Sam Cooke) how disingenuous that whole attempt at sincerity and baiting religion rang.
I still don’t consider “We Went” an especially bad track. It’s certainly not good at all, mind you, but I don’t consider it among the worst offenders either. It’s just sadly desperate more than anything.
September 22, 2015 @ 10:55 pm
When I first heard “Beer With Jesus” I immediately wished I was listening to Mojo Nixon’s “Are You Drinkin’ With Me, Jesus” – infinitely better song as far as cleverness and even emotion.
September 23, 2015 @ 8:46 am
You know your music sucks when someone suggests that they’d rather be listening to Mojoooooooo Nixon…
September 25, 2015 @ 5:04 pm
Lol you are obviously just being dramatic. Beer With Jesus is basically his best song and only good song.
September 25, 2015 @ 6:21 pm
Aside from several demos preceding his debut album that were alright, Thomas Rhett hasn’t had a single decent song on a studio album until now, with a moment off of his newly released album”Tangled Up”.
“The Day You Stop Lookin’ Back”, aside from some frustrating touches of overproduction especially in the percussion, is lyrically decent and delivered respectably. If Rhett focuses more on covering material in this vein from here on, I wouldn’t mind.
And even though it is a blatant nod to Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” and loses a little credit because of that, his new single “Die A Happy Man” is, dare I say it, his best single to date? It’s still only passable at best to my ears, but at least it has some instrumental touches that are distinctly country and it doesn’t either make my ears bleed or roll my eyes like every single preceding single of his has done.
The rest of “Tangled Up” is pretty much disposable at best, absurdly awful at worst (“South Side” takes the cake for the most disgusting of the dumpster fire and is an EASY contender for Worst Song of 2015).
*
But no, I fully stand behind my stance on “Beer With Jesus”. It really rubs me off the wrong way much like Luke Bryan’s “Drink A Beer” did in how shallow and contrived both songs are in their disingenuous stabs at tackling more heady or inspirational themes.
September 24, 2015 @ 4:42 pm
“We Went” is not a sellout single. When I first heard it I thought it was another track off Randy’s last album, and not actually a new one thats to-be released. That song is no different from his other singles….same sound and lyrical content.
September 25, 2015 @ 5:01 pm
I agree when you say Craig Campbell had potential. You Probably Ain’t is one hell of a country song, maybe one of the best I have heard. I still throw that song in the playlist ever since he released it. Chillaxin is another good traditional tune from Campbell. Its too bad he fell off.
September 23, 2015 @ 6:58 am
Ya Thomas Rhett has planned to go in the direction that he is since the beginning. Half of his new album was written before his debut album even came out and Make Me Wanna was the planned segway from that album into his sophomore album. He probably needed the legs to stand on first.
September 22, 2015 @ 6:36 pm
Every time I see that picture of Thomas Rhett in the tux I am reminded of those Geico caveman commercials.
September 22, 2015 @ 6:57 pm
He’s about my age. I hate people my age.
People my age do shit like that. People my age are stupid.
September 22, 2015 @ 9:35 pm
For the record, I’m also Thomas Rhett’s age (I was actually born in the same month as him). Maybe we need to form a group like “Millennials for Real Country Music” or something…
September 23, 2015 @ 7:29 am
Haha yeah, me too, in fact he’s a bit older than me… It irritates the bagels out of me because he and especially Luke Bryan are adults (in body not mind)
September 24, 2015 @ 4:43 pm
I’m 24. I enjoy pop country and traditional and neo-traditional and even some bro country. But this metro-bro shit…..fck no…
September 23, 2015 @ 4:48 pm
I’m 31: which puts me on the cusp if Generation X and Millennial (Generation Y).
Most outspoken country music critics I know also tend to skew younger than the mean country listening age demographic, at least all the way up through these past couple of years (between 42 and 45 years old).
September 23, 2015 @ 10:02 pm
The mean country listening demographic has traditionally been in the mid-to-late 30s, and that figure has dropped significantly after the advent of bro-country. If the critics are in their 40s, then they are much older than the current country music fan base.
September 24, 2015 @ 8:43 pm
I’m 39 years old and I like country music since 1985 and country music was good until 2010. I am more into the country 80’s and 90’s era.
September 22, 2015 @ 6:40 pm
Also, Eastons has to be the most laughable since he has the metro look……but he sold out to bro country……uh hey you’re 2 years too late there buddy.
September 22, 2015 @ 7:05 pm
Yet that sisn’t stop him from getting a #3 hit earlier this year with boasts about being the buzz in his Dixie cup and his “Hell yeah!”. -__-
September 22, 2015 @ 7:07 pm
True, but the sales for that song were HORRIBLE. So it’s debatable whether it actually helped him or not, and thankfully “Yup” isn’t looking so hot right now
September 22, 2015 @ 7:11 pm
Right.
And his poor sales are why he has nowhere to go but further down from here. Each album he had released to date has opened with sales a third less than its predecessor, also. He barely cracked 20K this go around.
September 23, 2015 @ 6:36 am
But..but…he is “a little more country than that”, right? Haha.
September 24, 2015 @ 4:45 pm
Why is everyone talking shit on Easton Corbin? he is one of the FEW mainstream country acts that still makes neo-traditional sounding country. I have “About To Get Real” in my car’s CD player and it’s by far one of my most favorite albums…even has a steel guitar and fiddle in some of the songs.
September 24, 2015 @ 5:37 pm
I agree I like Easton Corbin too and he is not a sell out because he sounds more country than the others.
September 25, 2015 @ 5:07 pm
How is that album one of your favourites. You don’t listen to a whole lot of country music do you.
September 22, 2015 @ 6:51 pm
Wow, that is a lot of sad sacks who wish they were Justin Timberlake. And a jean jacket with a tie? Classy, bro.
September 22, 2015 @ 6:52 pm
Professional wrestling is more real and legit than these guys.
September 22, 2015 @ 7:32 pm
Well, it’s at least more entertaining
September 22, 2015 @ 6:53 pm
C’mon Trigger ….fess up . You took these photos of ugly male models from a JC Penney catalog ….right ? And yes …I said CATALOG . Not everyone trusts this newfangled technology enough to give away their name and address and bank account numbers , sonny . I’m gonna see if this inter-web thing lasts first .
September 22, 2015 @ 6:53 pm
I can’t put into words how much I hate this shit, no offense to actual feces. I refuse to call it music.
Anyone who trashes “Achy Breaky Heart” needs their head caved in after they are deafened by this nonsense. Most pop is terrible, and this isn’t good enough to be on pop stations, so they have to ruin a perfectly fine genre.
September 22, 2015 @ 6:59 pm
I have a theory, and it is this.
Mikel Knight and a coalition of hick-hoppers who have been repeatedly ignored and/or snubbed by country radio organized a SWAT-TEAM esque raid on Music Row with a wide weapons arsenal including the Auto-Tuba, an Interchangeable Cliche Gattling Gun, and an electromagnetic force field to ward Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves and Sturgill Simpson (also stunned by the “You’re Actually Americana, Not Country!” sniper rifle) from the radio airplay gates. They also broke open the ventilators and unleashed the deadliest neurotoxin known to human existence that annihilates self-awareness and emotional range like sulfuric acid when even a tenth of a milligram is exposed to the nostrils.
They kidnapped Zac Brown, mutilated his skullcap and, after putting him in a coma, performed a lobotomy on him, inserted a nanotechnology chip in his cerebellum that makes him the default kingpin of metro-bro, and patched the scar up by installing his signature Varvatos top hat upon his head: the Global Positioning Nexus of Metro-Bro.
A leaked memo reveals that Zac Brown is plotting his next campaign against Josh Turner. He is also strong-arming Congress to pass immediate legislation requiring all artists labeled as “country” to dedicate at least 65% of their setlists to cover songs: of which only one can be a country song and that it can’t precede 1998.
September 23, 2015 @ 8:14 am
Josh Turner wrote “Man Stuff.” He can take Zac Brown.
September 23, 2015 @ 12:13 pm
Word has it Zac Brown is working up a sweat on his brow trying to think of how to abduct Jon Pardi and make him his next victim………….but he’s still confident he’ll find a way! =/
September 22, 2015 @ 7:14 pm
I dont even understand this movement. Most of these singles are tanking and not even popular. What is the motive behind these atrocities?
That being said I’m gonna enjoy Jon Pardi’s new single “Head Over Boots”, which is a decent little song with traditional country roots. He seems to be one of the only artists who hasn’t sold out in some way yet.
September 22, 2015 @ 8:02 pm
Hey, someone needs to make music that’ll be played in hair salons, might as well be these douchebropolitans.
September 24, 2015 @ 4:49 pm
I love Jon Pardi. He’s a true country guy and he keeps his music real. It’s a real shame there is few who likes him and he remains unpopular, probably because he’s not that great looking and thus, women don’t want to buy his music. Only reason women love Sam Hunt, Luke Bryan, and Blake Shelton, etc…is because they are good looking dudes. Jon is likely to NOT sell out ever, at least so I hope.
September 22, 2015 @ 7:14 pm
I’m positive Zac Brown and Gary Allan (at least) have actually been replaced by alien shapeshifters, the same ones Sturgill referenced.
September 22, 2015 @ 8:27 pm
But those guys pull out your pain, they don’t cause it.
September 22, 2015 @ 8:45 pm
The aliens within the song were benevolent, but that doesn’t mean all of them are. Just like many humans turn to evil, some of these aliens go rogue and cause chaos. It is these aliens terrorists who are aiding Borchetta and his Country Music Illuminatii by replacing artists who would not obey them. We can only hope the real Zac Brown and Gary Allan are still alive, and the intergalactic police will return them to us and bring these evildoers to justice. Then the Illuminatii will be exposed for the fascists they are, and country music can finally be free from their reign of tyranny.
September 23, 2015 @ 12:28 am
The key to bringing Zac Brown back (ha, see what I did there! 😉 )………………..is 1) to destroy his Varvatos hat which is the aforementioned Global Positioning Nexus of Metro-Bro and 2) following his descent into a state of disorientation, consult the expertise of only the world’s most experienced neurosurgeon to successfully extract the nanotechnology chip from his cerebellum without paralyzing him for life.
Not sure how to rescue Gary Allan yet! =(
September 22, 2015 @ 7:22 pm
In defense of Gary Allan, that video harkens back to early 90’s Dwight Yoakam videos. And other than the video, the song doesn’t seem to be stopping to the low that the others are. He maybe abandoning the Bakersfield sound, at least on this song but I don’t see how he is selling out. Is he gonna sell major units with this release? A decade or so ago, wasn’t he kind of on the verge of going ‘big’ but never seemed to get over the hump.
I can’t stand pop country either. If it’s not Cody Canada, Reckless Kelly, Radney Foster, Isbell or Sturgill, I am probably rolling my eyes at it. I do however own the first 3 or 4 of Gary’s albums. Loved Smoke Rings in the Dark:)
September 23, 2015 @ 11:36 am
I own those same Gary Allan CD’s. Love them. Have a ton of Dwight’s, too. They just need to do what they’ve always done, and not worry about having hits on the radio and their fans will still buy their music.
September 22, 2015 @ 7:24 pm
Crash and Burn is a great song without the Sam Cooke background. Even still, don’t blame this kid Thomas Rhett. This is another example of Chris Stapleton playing both sides.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:55 am
Chris Stapleton isn’t playing both sides… Consider this: If I throw away a bag of manure, which stinks and is gross, and somebody else makes a million dollars by turning it into a manure sculpture, good for them… I threw that manure away because it was shit, and it’s still shit, and that’s what goes on when Stapleton writes a bad song. He knows it’s bad, he throws it away, and if somebody else gets rich then good for them, it’s still shit. It would be nice if he didn’t write the bad songs in the first place, but everybody poops.
September 23, 2015 @ 5:14 pm
Stapleton hasn’t been just shitting bad songs as an accident. It has been on purpose to give the machine what they want and to make money for himself no matter what it does to the genre. When you make choices to write lyrical themes that pander to the bros and you specifically choose to make a hip hop dj your regular writing partner, you are choosing the dark side. Then start wearing a cowboy hat with feathers and grow a long beard, and act like you above all of that. There is a lot more than meets the eye on Music Row pal. Your thinking is naive. Yes, everybody poops but everybody doesn’t set out to formulate a big ole’ nasty runny shit on a regular basis. That is what is going on in the writer rooms on 16th and 17th avenue. Factory shitting and if you look at the songs and co-writers credits, you will see that Chris is a pretty damn good shit maker… on purpose.
September 23, 2015 @ 6:53 pm
Yeah he’s written some awful stuff, BUT he isn’t the one RECORDING this garbage… I’m no Stapleton fan, but writing a bad song on paper that I haven’t heard is a way lesser offense that Luke Bryan recording that awful song and making he hear it… I couldn’t care less if someone writes a bad song, the problem is when somebody records it.
September 23, 2015 @ 7:11 pm
That’s not how it works here Fuzzy TwoShirts. It all starts in the publishing companies and writer rooms or what the pluggers/publishers are telling the writers what they can easily get cut. There’s lots of pressure to write for the low hanging fruit. It’s a choice that is made at the writer level. It all starts with a song. Putting out shit in the universe to make money is what it is whether you just write it or record it too. Stapelton wouldn’t write that shit unless there was a paycheck on the other end. It’s not a case of “oh, they cut his lesser material”. Those pandering to the lowest common demographic songs he’s responsible for were calculated and written like a math equation. He also happened to write for the Brad Paisley/Chris Dubois owned publishing company SeaGail Music. Some of the biggest offenders in modern country music. You don’t think he was influenced by those guys? You don’t think he purposely sold out in a big, big way. I actually like this “Crash & Burn” song but in no way do I think Chris Stapelton has the integrity of writers like Buddy Miller or others.
September 23, 2015 @ 7:33 pm
I think even you would admit that there’s more money in performing than there is in writing, but I wouldn’t know…
I never said he had integrity comparable to Buddy Miller, he doesn’t. But his solo album was very solid, very authentic and just darn good… Jamey Johnson wrote that awful “Badonkadonk” song, Red Simpson wrote “Sam’s Place” (not as bad as Badonkadonk but I cannot tolerate that song) and Bob Dylan wrote “I Want You.” Every writer turns out some clunkers (except Harlan Howard he can do no wrong hahaha) BUT Dallas Davidson is a far more offensive writer than Chris Stapleton.
September 24, 2015 @ 5:26 pm
There is more money in the writing/publishing of hits than there is in the performing of them.
Naturally, the devil’s going to be in the details of the record deal … but most Artist deals these days are 360-deals that suck as much $$ as possible from the performer’s coffers. Not only does the label take the lion’s share of sales profits, but now they insert themselves in the performance fees, merch sales, likeness rights, etc. It’s ridiculous.
Deals are better now than they were in say, 1970, but they’re not great if you’re an artist that isn’t getting publishing or isn’t writing his/her own music.
Plus, it’s a numbers game… a guy like Stapleton can make many multiples the income of his touring/performance profits by writing and publishing music for others to record. Why spend a bunch of money marketing a song, promoting it, flying around and playing it, if an act like Brad Paisley will spend all that money and take it to #1 for you?
September 25, 2015 @ 7:13 am
Dukes: thanks for the input, very helpful… I guess my question is why the deals are so bad for the performers? I mean, if I were a performer, I’d have to be pretty stupid or desperate to sign a really bad deal (not that I think Luke Bryan is very smart, maybe that’s the reason)
Consider this: With the performer’s celebrity status, can’t they have the leverage to put deals in their favor?
I’m using as a reference point the almost legendary deals that Col. Parker made concerning Elvis, yeah it’s not current, and he’s thirty times the star Luke Bryan could ever be, but you’d think with all the LB fanbrats running around that LB would have more leverage and more earnings than an unknown writer…
But I could be wrong.
September 23, 2015 @ 6:57 pm
Yeah I agree that he’s been responsible for WRITING some bad songs, but the people RECORDING the bad songs are the ones responsible for the state of Country Music…
September 23, 2015 @ 6:58 pm
Oops tried to edit and it double posted sorry
September 23, 2015 @ 11:39 am
don”™t blame this kid Thomas Rhett
Why not? He’s the one recording the crap. And he has defended his direction more than once.
September 22, 2015 @ 7:33 pm
Not to be a pain in the neck, but if anybody remembers, I was the one who originally proposed using “metro-bro” when Trig posted an article calling the trend “metropolitan.” I am glad to see that this phrase is being used instead. It perfectly captures the music it describes.
Plus, some artists don’t mind being called “bro-country.” There’s no way they’ll enjoy being called “metro-bro.” I think we should do everything we can to make this name catch on.
September 22, 2015 @ 8:04 pm
Yes, all credit goes to you Six String Richie. I couldn’t remember where it came from, but it clearly hopscotched my feeble attempt at coining a term. If the term happens to go viral, I’ll insist you make all the T-shirt money.
September 22, 2015 @ 8:10 pm
I don’t know if that was sarcastic or not. If it was, I didn’t mean to come off like an asshole. If it wasn’t, I’m glad to have helped name this music trend!
September 22, 2015 @ 8:18 pm
Not sarcastic at all. Well, the T-shirt money maybe, because as we’ve established, my ability to launch a title is pretty circumspect. But seriously, all credit goes to you for Metro-Bro. We’ve been using it around here like it’s the only right term even if it hasn’t taken off any farther.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:12 am
I feel so special! My name will go down in history next to Jody Rosen as people who name country music sub-genres!
September 22, 2015 @ 8:19 pm
You need the money so you can fund this website. Tell ya what, if I ever get super rich, I’ll finance everything.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:49 am
If I ever get super rich I’d hire him to run MY website…
September 22, 2015 @ 7:45 pm
At least Bro-Country was somewhat relatable to the most hardcore rednecks and their “girls.” But this… There’s no trucks, no dirt roads, there are no objects that could possibly be considered country-related. In fact, the urban themes and jargon within these songs are the exact opposite of country. The Bro-Country crowd can’t relate to this, so why aren’t there a bunch of rednecks outraged that their lifestyle has been replaced by a completely different culture? Unlike Bro-Country, which at least had an audience that could relate to it, Metro-Bro doesn’t even seem to have a purpose. The only people who could find any pleasure in Metro-Bro are urban pop fans, but Metro-Bro sucks compared to even that. Why would a pop fan listen to Metro-Bro when they could just listen to regular pop, and why would “country” fans even consider this urban dance club EDM mess to be country? It baffles me.
September 23, 2015 @ 1:11 am
It makes me wonder if, say, Urban radio was abruptly invaded and transformed one day to where, instead of playing rap music, morphed to where it was playing nothing but Viking metal. Or gamelan. Or bal-musette.
Would we really expect legions of Urban listeners to shout to the Saving Rap Music counterpart: “You’re just a hater! Rap must evolve! This is soooooooooooooooo rap!” or “Old rap like Public Enemy and Tupac are soooooooooooo boring! Rap is awesome now!” -__-
Or imagine, if you will, Oxford English Dictionary and its official German counterpart chose to have a Freaky Friday moment…………….and suddenly swapped lexicons as though we are just blindly supposed to accept German is in fact English. Would tens of millions claim: “Dictionaries must evolve! This ain’t your old fart’s dictionary anymore!” @.@
September 23, 2015 @ 7:32 am
Of course that wouldn’t happen, the only people who want Country to evolve wouldn’t ever open up a dictionary anyway, and their subpar grasp of the language would make it easy to fool them into believing German is English anyway…
September 22, 2015 @ 7:45 pm
I’ve had actual people tell me that they liked this shit. Bro-Country eat your heart out because this sub-genre is the prime example of dumbing down a listeners judgement.
Hell when I expressed my anger over Garth recruiting FGL and Aldean for Friends in Low Places, I was called adversarial, crotchety and that I didn’t belong to their website and that I belonged to this website more than planetgarth.com. I got news for them, I’m not gonna apologize for speaking my mind. Because what kind of real Outcast would I be if I didn’t.
September 22, 2015 @ 8:12 pm
Amen. We are all outcasts because we speak out against this insanity while everybody else sings along.
September 22, 2015 @ 8:54 pm
I’ll admit … I’m a little confused … How is FGL and Aldean singing a song that is a 100 x more country and better than the horse manure they normally sing … a bad thing?
September 22, 2015 @ 9:07 pm
Because they flat out DO NOT belong in that song. I can understand Keith Urban and Strait because I liked some of Keith’s earlier stuff and George Strait is George Strait but that song would’ve been better off with people like Dierks Bentley and Tim McGraw or maybe put Trisha Yearwood and Sunny Sweeney in there to give it some female blood.
But Aldean and FGL? Fuck that shit!
September 22, 2015 @ 8:15 pm
It is so appropriate that I’m just finishing up taking a dump and reading this article. I just named my brown cast offs Mr. Rhett and Zack Attack as they swirled down the bowl.
September 22, 2015 @ 8:20 pm
And we’ll never be country (country)
It don’t run in our blood
That kind of music won’t get us play
Not on the radio today
We gotta dress like douchebags (douchebags),
And sing with Autotune
And girl we’ll rule, we’ll rule, we’ll rule, we’ll rule
‘Til the format lies in ruin
September 23, 2015 @ 12:55 am
I got a great idea for the pre-chorus! 😉
*
“But every song’s like,
Bud Light, tanlines, jacking up your tailgate,
moonlight, cutoffs, cranking up Blake and Drake,
we don’t care,
we’re Tennessee waltzin’ in our dreams,
but everybody’s like AXE Spray, T-Pain, slide that sugar shaker,
#Redic, friend zones, don’t be such a hater,
we don’t dare,
here’s a quarter, call somebody who cares.”
*
September 23, 2015 @ 1:11 am
“here’s a quarter, call somebody who cares.”
Clever 😉
Actually keeping the original “someone” would make the flow just perfect.
September 23, 2015 @ 12:15 pm
Point well taken! ^__^
September 25, 2015 @ 8:16 am
Hmmm………can I use some of this in my next write Nadia ?
September 22, 2015 @ 8:38 pm
Punk(s) will save country from Nashville…
September 22, 2015 @ 8:59 pm
Wow! country music has gone corporate and that’s best for business. Wrong because country music is going hell hole since the last few years and it is worse now. Where are the late legends of country music when we need them.
September 22, 2015 @ 9:11 pm
You are missing the biggest douche of them all Blake Shelton! I mean he had a man holding an umbrella over him at a NASCAR race. Come on Dandy!
September 23, 2015 @ 1:38 am
The one that has to hurt the most is Gary Allan. He kept it country for so long I never thought that he would stoop so low
September 23, 2015 @ 2:16 am
So instead of a bromance they’d have a metromance? Ugh. This will remembered just like hair metal with a little gag and cough up of spittle but unlike hair metal this will not age well enough for any classic station or any gran nostalgia double bill tours. Because NOBODY wants to see 50 years old Luke Bryan in skinny jeans pairing up with Jason Aldean still trying to sing to sixteen year olds.
At least hair metal had SOME musicians ship and songwriting craft and of course wonderful theatrics. Bro-cunrty ha nothing but cliches and asshats.
September 23, 2015 @ 4:29 am
I say scrape together whatever samples of real country DNA can be find and send them over to Americana music. That seems like the most hospitable place to safeguard it for now. Hopefully, at least–until some time in the far distant future when country music has devolved to the point where it stands about as much a chance of surviving as the final version of Seth Brundlefly. Maybe then there can be country music again.
September 23, 2015 @ 7:32 am
This will kill the genre at least on commercial radio like you said. Agreed. I feel the world is turning into just 1 big dance/pop music station. Beyond the sole classic rock station left, Rock stations are gone near me. Such a shame. It’s country and dance pop and with this…no more country soon (even if it was terrible these days).
September 23, 2015 @ 7:33 am
Hey, at least you can say Gary Allan wasn’t trend chasing on that one..
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YBL-O%2BWBL.jpg
God, that is a nineties suit. One, that I will sadly admit, I completely ripped off around that time as well. 1998 was weird, man.
September 23, 2015 @ 7:38 am
Man–this article is right on the mark, so true! Maybe they can have a new genre–call it–‘Kinda Country’.
September 23, 2015 @ 4:56 pm
Or “Anti-Intellectual, Emotionally Flat, Banal, Pseudo-Positive, Bare Minimally Country Radio”.
September 23, 2015 @ 7:39 am
Careful Trigger, don’t upset Cthulhu by criticizing the electronic beats…
Also, just letting everybody know that I’ve got “That Ol’ Wind” by Garth Brooks stuck in my head… That is a gorgeous song…
September 23, 2015 @ 8:44 am
A song for Cthulhu:
(Drum loops) bump bump, bump tap, bump, bump, bump tap.
Lemme hear dem beats, beatin’ on yo stereo
Gotta hear dem beats so I can get my groove on
Don’t need no steel guitars or fiddles, no, no, nono no
Gotta have dem beats so kuntry can evolve, yo
September 23, 2015 @ 8:05 am
Who’s the dude top center, Thomas Rhett? Good lord that’s atrocious. First off, it’s a sport coat and jeans, not a damn tux jacket. Second, Good lord that jacket is 3 sizes too small and cut “small”, which homeboy is decidedly not. If they’re going for “suave” or debonaire, they ended up with “I picked up the wrong tux for prom at men’s wearhouse”.
September 23, 2015 @ 8:54 am
This just reminds me of the absurdity of legitimate artists like Jamey Johnson writing bro country garbage like Honky Tonk Badonkadonk and Chris Stapleton writing many of the most terrible metro and bro country songs on the radio right now…
At least Tim McGraw should be happy about the rise of Metro Country, as his silly fashion style fits more comfortably with the genre.
September 23, 2015 @ 9:16 am
Johnny Cash always wore a suit. Go ahead call him metro or bro country. Do you even think about what you write before you post it? The only reason I saw this is because the legitimate Country Music media makes fun of your ridiculous articles.
September 23, 2015 @ 9:36 am
Thomas Newton,
If you’re coming here truly trying to say that I’m calling out Johnny Cash because he wore a suit, or am in any way comparing him to Metro or Bro-Country, then all you’re doing is exposing yourself as a shallow-minded Facebook ogre who is willing to shout someone down before actually reading the article presented. Funny I did not have to explain myself beyond a title and picture (which unfortunately is all Facebook users are willing to interact with before sharing their opinions) with anyone who came here directly, or from Twitter. Only Facebook can’t go on further and it needs to be explained to them that this issue goes much deeper, and that this article is in no way criticizing suits in country music. The reason suits were mentioned is because it is clear image consultants are being used to assuage these metro-bro performers into wearing them. It’s their calling card.
As far as these “legitimate Country Music media makes fun of your ridiculous articles,” my guess is this is built off of spite and jealousy, and if they are criticizing me for the same things you are, it shows just how shallow and lazy these media outlets are.
September 23, 2015 @ 9:47 am
Bro, can I call you bro? You totally “clickbait” titled this post! Your whole schtick is writing these pot stirring posts to draw people in and congrats bro, it’s working. But to imply the style of how one dresses labels them a sellout or not true to a style of music is a bit of a stretch. you want people to read your articles and not attack you from the title, then maybe think about making a more subtle title, but you won’t because you want those clicks bro!
September 23, 2015 @ 10:10 am
So basically you’re telling me that you’re too lazy to read beyond the title, and that’s my fault. The point of a title is to draw people in to get them interested in reading an article. In your case, it got you interested, but you’re not interested in actually reading, so you navigated to the comment section to bitch. Click the “home” button on the site, and look at my titles. Here’s some examples:
Song Review ”“ Michael Ray”™s “Real Men Love Jesus”
George Strait Announces New Album “Cold Beer Conversation,” Las Vegas Shows
Album Review ”“ Lucero”™s “All A Man Should Do”
Album Review ”“ Ryan Adams”™ “1989”
Jason Isbell Announces New Tour Dates, Nears 100,000 in Sales for “Something More Than Free”
Album Review ”“ Turnpike Troubadours (Self-Titled)
Willy Tea Taylor Readies Release of Anticipated “Knuckleball Prime”
How in any way are these titles “click bait”? They are plaintive descriptions of the content. Drawing a parallel between the use of urban-styled suits in country music and the rise of a new sonic style was simply an observation that I summarized in the title.
And yes, I want clicks. Every single website on the internet wants clicks. That’s our jobs. I write the best content I can, and then I do everything I can to get as many people to read it as possible. If it makes you feel any better, this website is tragically financially insolvent, I have ruined my life financially to keep it afloat, and there are no prospects for it ever making money in the future.
September 23, 2015 @ 5:16 pm
You should not be insolvent. I would rather download music illegally and send the $10 to you. I bet many of your readers feel the same. Post the address where to send the money and my checks in the mail. I have learned about so much great music from you that I would gladly contribute to return you to financial solvency. I am checking out Lucero next, thanks to you. Let me know how to get you my contribution to help maintain this website.
September 23, 2015 @ 9:44 pm
I appreciate your concern and offers Marky Mark. This is a problem for me to solve, and I hate asking folks for money. It is a privilege to write about music for a living, not a right. I’m working on some things that will hopefully put the site on the path to solvency very soon. I just hate it when I get accused of click-baiting or exploiting news stories for money, when in truth very very little money is being made here. Onward and upward!
September 23, 2015 @ 9:42 am
… because the legitimate Country Music media makes fun of your ridiculous articles…
Legitimate, eh? Too funny.
September 23, 2015 @ 9:49 am
I’d like to know what “legitimate” website this is, because all of a sudden there’s a bunch of ill-informed idiots out there lambasting Saving Country Music for attacking suits in country music.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:30 am
Johnny Cash wore a suit because he had class and integrity. I’m guessing these words are foreign to you, considering you must surely be fan of Luke Bryan the creepy 40-something clown and Chase Rice, the crass and offensive Luke Bryan wannabe…
“Legitimate media” huh? You mean the guys who couldn’t tell a country song from a wet tube of hair-gel? The problem is that these “legitimate media” persons are so in the bed of the institution that all they offer are parroted half-thoughts about the state of the industry, because the moment they have an original thought they’ll lose all the money…
September 23, 2015 @ 12:51 pm
The difference is that Johnny Cash wasn’t a douche wad and he didn’t make douche wad music.
September 23, 2015 @ 1:50 pm
Johnny Cash wore a suit because he was a grown-ass man from a time when grown-ass men wore suits, even if they were musicians.
September 23, 2015 @ 9:41 am
Is it about their wardobe or their music? Because artists wearing suits, ties and other variations on those have worn them as long as country music has been around. Suits are nothing new.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:01 am
Really Matt B.? You’re going to make this case too?
“Because artists wearing suits, ties and other variations on those have worn them as long as country music has been around. Suits are nothing new.”
Well no fucking shit. I expect this level of intellectual depravity and laziness from Facebook readers, but from you Matt B? What the hell is going on here? Am I really having to explain myself because people are too lazy to read beyond a title and picture? Where, anywhere in this article did I say or imply that suits are a problem in country music? I was simply drawing the connection between the rise of Metro-Bro and artists who never used to wear a suit previously, wearing suits now at the behest of image consultants.
If you, or anyone else takes this article to mean anything else about suits and country music, then I’m sorry, but you’re not ready for Saving Country Music. Perhaps only interact with websites that only use images and titles to get their points across.
I am embarrassed to live in a world where I have to explain myself like this.
And please, tell whoever it is that’s piledriving this “Saving Country Music is stupid because they don’t know about the history of suits in country music” thread to fuck off for me.
Thank you.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:15 am
I read the other stuff too. The suits headline pulls people in and while you’re really railing on “EDM’s” saturation into country and how you think that’ll last longer than some niche trend that “Bro” (which wasn’t as big as many made it out to be to begin with), you WILL lose anyone with that argument because that misleading headline makes it seem like the wardrobe or ‘look’ of a mainstream country artist is more at the root of the ‘problem’ with their music than the music is.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:27 am
Okay, so first you’re going to come here and offer me a history lesson, and then when I swat that out to half court like Mutombo you’re going to tell me the trouble is with my click bait title?
Every single one of the artists in the photo montage at the top of this article completely changed their public image to incorporate suits right before they released one of these “Metro-Bro” songs. That was the parallel I was attempting to build with the image, and the title. This is basic, basic shit. And the only reason this has become an issue is because some intellectually lazy assholes out there are too torpid to actually read the article reacted to the title and made misinformed statements about the nature of this article.
I’m sorry if you’re like Homer Simpson and can’t keep from clicking on something, but that’s your problem. I stand behind this article, the title, and the images used 100%.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:33 am
“”™m sorry if you”™re like Homer Simpson and can”™t keep from clicking on something, but that”™s your problem.” That one made me laugh… All this comments section needs is a post pertaining to a certain individual who will not be named to make every commenter lose his/her mind.
September 23, 2015 @ 12:28 pm
Easton Corbin’s career “evolution” is best spelled out by the cover photography for all three of his albums.
On his eponymous self-titled debut cover, he’s depicted strumming a six-string guitar in a ball cap, plaid and blue jeans on his front porch. On “All Over The Road”, he is depicted without a ball cap and sporting a white cotton T-shirt. Now, with his current album, he is depicted in a suit and tie.
Again, I’m not disparaging Corbin for his fashion choices. But the music explains it all in how this is crassly about image and marketing, as opposed to authentic self-expression.
September 23, 2015 @ 7:54 pm
I’m on your side because you open my eyes and ears and also change my opinion about today’s country music.
September 23, 2015 @ 12:23 pm
With respect, Matt, you just claimed Trigger would “lose anyone with that argument because that misleading headline makes it seem like the wardrobe or ”˜look”™ of a mainstream country artist is more at the root of the ”˜problem”™ with their music than the music is.”
“Anyone” is a superlative, and I for one understand what Trigger is saying and that the context of his remark is centered around the opportunistic marketing of artists toward trends, not the disparaging of fashion choices.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:38 am
The suits are a symptom of the disease inflicting country music, not the cause. You’ve got a bunch of “artists” here who’ve apparently given up any artistic identity they ever had to try to be Justin Timberlake clones instead of, y’know, country singers. They can wear whatever they want, but if their music suffers for their “image,” as it clearly is doing, then it’s all fair game.
September 25, 2015 @ 8:25 am
“The suits are a symptom of the disease inflicting country music, not the cause. You”™ve got a bunch of “artists” here who”™ve apparently given up any artistic identity they ever had to try to be Justin Timberlake clones instead of, y”™know, country singers.”
Yes yes and Yes Melissa . Disease, Integrity , Clones . You’ve crystallized the malady in 3 words.
September 23, 2015 @ 9:44 am
I’m really tired of Chris Stapleton getting a pass for all the garbage he’s written. Please stop mentioning him as one of the bar-none solutions to the misguided sound of country radio. He has contributed more to it than many of the lower-tier artists that we ridicule and criticize.
September 23, 2015 @ 9:46 am
I’m not sure who you’re directing this comment to, especially since I didn’t even mention Stapleton in this articles, but I personally have broached the subject of his spurious co-writes on many occasions and in no way am overlooking or trying to cover up that he’s bee a part of some terrible songs.
September 23, 2015 @ 9:56 am
The irony for me is that in the comments Nadia has listed Stapleton along with Kacey Musgraves and Sturgill Simpson in her satirical conspiracy theory as one of the artists being held off radio. Stapleton is there plenty. Look no further than the musical abortion that is Crash and Burn to find him.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:32 am
Hey, that’s a very good point. At the same time, Stapleton’s solo output is some excellent stuff. It’s a weird situation, but I’m not going to discount the joy I feel for his own material just because he also wrote some crap. I’m also going to check myself before I name him country music’s savior.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:40 am
At least he had the artistic integrity not to record his own trash…
Example: Don’t blame the man who craps, blame the guy who steals the crap and smears it on canvas and calls it art…
September 25, 2015 @ 8:47 am
In the ‘ old days’ ( 2005 and before ) producers – country and other genres -were hired by a label to bring out the best in an artist . They needed to discover who the artist was musically , his strong points , his weaknesses , where the artist saw himself in the pantheon , where he saw himself heading etc.and guide him accordingly . The producer was MORE than the guy telling an engineer to move that fiddle microphone . He needed to be an all-round alchemist , knowledgeable enough musically and technically to NOT look inept . He needed to be a therapist , a mind reader , an arbitrator , liaison, friend , father-figure and most of all he needed to have the reigns at all times ….and to be seen to have them . More and more with contemporary music , artists are having the last say ( indie scenarios , writing their own stuff for publishing revenues, copying what they think is working on the radio etc.. ) and it is often informed by their obvious lack of self-knowledge of the ‘ artist’ within or any passion for the work at hand. It is , obviously , a case of the inmates running the crazy house ( apologies to ANYONE who finds that metaphor offensive ) . It is not unlike the changes in family dynamics where the kids are telling the parents just how things are gonna be on the homefront .
Chris Stapleton does what he does and he does it in many ways in many different scenarios. He’s been mostly successful . However , his new record , while mostly terrific , has a lot of ‘ filler’ , cliched and overused ideas which could have been filtered out , I believe , had he not wanted so much say in the final product. Producers of old wouldn’t have let him water down the project with weak material . The fact that so many artists are expected to contribute writing-wise on ALL of today’s music makes the producer’s job that much harder- the LABEL wants the artist more involved ‘ creatively ‘- but ultimately that should make the producer’s role that much more important. Most country artists are not good writers at all . They have a title and , possibly , a few rappy-sounding lines …..but have nothing to say and a weak grasp of how to craft it or even phrase it effectively. Chris included , at times . He has an amazing voice , a passion for what he’s singing and has carved out a niche for his take on things …a difficult thing to do in these times . BUT he’s not flawless . I’m not convinced he has great ears for what works and what doesn’t commercially and a lot of his co-writes get cut because of the above points ….he’s working with artists who need to put their own writes and co-writes on the record . In other words , Chris , in those situations , knows how to pretty-up shit …but it will still stink if he’s just a hired hand and the producer loses the reigns.
September 23, 2015 @ 10:59 am
Gary Allan has slowly morphed in to the real life version of Jim Carrey’s Grinch
September 23, 2015 @ 4:07 pm
In his defense gary allan has worn suits a lot, most of his album covers have him in a suit.
September 23, 2015 @ 6:30 pm
By far, the most, if not only, disappointment on this list is Gary Allan. He was never the most country singer out there, but he brought good music and lyrics.and a California country style to pop country in the late 90’s / early 2000’s. He has some real quality songs. I’m saddened he’s turning away from his craft just to sell records.
September 23, 2015 @ 6:57 pm
Urban Cowboy 2015. I wouldn’t be surprised if they did a remake and put all this shitty new music in it.
September 23, 2015 @ 7:34 pm
Damn.
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/28/urban-cowboy-remake-works-fox
September 23, 2015 @ 7:50 pm
oh great
September 23, 2015 @ 7:49 pm
There are nothing wrong wearing suits because wearing suits are very nice and professional. The problem is they make some bad music for country music which isn’t country at all.
September 25, 2015 @ 7:17 pm
Whatve on all this. Marty Stuart and Superletives sold out Freight and Salvage in Berkeley California!!! Hes they only reall country music in country music today. He wears suits all the time. Your jealous or somebody dont like real country.
September 25, 2015 @ 7:36 pm
Idiotic comment. This article has NOTHING to do with criticizing suits in country music. It simply drew a parallel between the emergence of a “metro-bro” style of music, and the fact that as soon as these artists started playing this particular style, they also started wearing suits all the time. It wasn’t even the premise of the article, just an aside observation. Read the article.
Or maybe I’m jealous of Marty Stuart, who I’m sure I hate. For wearing a suit. Even though he was Saving Country Music’s “Artist of the Year” in 2012.
https://savingcountrymusic.com/2012-artist-of-the-year-marty-stuart
September 25, 2015 @ 7:45 pm
I read it Trigger an I guess your okay. Maybe you could do yourself a favor and learn a little something about real country music before you start shooting your mouth off about country stars wearing suits! Marty Stuart out there playing real country music to hippies in California in clubs while your sitting over there checking Facebook. Country music is about accepting people as they are. Im having some trouble accepting you as legit hoss.
September 25, 2015 @ 7:57 pm
So dumb.
September 28, 2015 @ 5:23 am
LuciGoosi: What you have commented is perhaps the most bizarre and curious example of absurd I have ever witnessed. At no point was there any sign of coherent thought or reasoning, you have received no respect from me.
And since when has country music been about accepting people as they are? depending on who you ask country music is either about nothing but tumbleweeds and our dogs dying or beer and trucks.
September 25, 2015 @ 7:54 pm
What about George Starit and Tim McGraw?? They wearing suits all the dang time accepting awards!!!!! Trigger its gonna be a long day in the wash fot you buddy. Why dont you come on down to San Marcos town for an ass whoopin from a girl!
September 25, 2015 @ 8:00 pm
I hate George Strait and Tim McGraw too, just like I hate Marty Stuart. Because they wear suits. Pretty much any country artist that wears a suit I hate. Johnny Cash? Hate. Hank Williams? Hate. HATE. HATE! HATE HATE!
Quote me baby.
—The Triggerman
savingcountrymusic.com
9/25/2015 10:00 PM CDT
September 28, 2015 @ 5:25 am
Who is George Starit? I’ve never seen him on any awards shows? is he any good?
September 25, 2015 @ 8:06 pm
You gotta smart mouth on you Trigger. Try using that saclk of assholes when your sitting there in person talking to damn Marty Stuart and Tritt. Marty would sit there like a gentleman but damn Travis Tritt reach across the table and rip yer damn eyelids off and put a quarter in your ass!!!! Whatere dude!!
September 26, 2015 @ 9:41 am
It’s sarcasm. If you don’t know what that means, just google it. 🙂
September 25, 2015 @ 11:16 pm
Easton Corbin had so much fucking potential and the music row suits ruined it in one single, solitary album. The guy burst on the scene sounding like a young George Strait with an albeit, middle of the road song in “A Little More Country Than That”. Nonetheless, the guy sounded as twangy and neo-trad as ever and I had such high hopes for him to help save country radio. Instead, the big radio execs turned him into another mindless robot. Hopefully he’ll regain his machismo once the major label he’s with gets tired of his under-preforming pop albums in a year or two.
September 26, 2015 @ 10:37 am
NO ONE is safe once they sign on the line . The Devil owns your soul …but you should know that going in so YOU are as much to blame as labels and radio .
October 7, 2016 @ 4:27 am
Man, this is going to sound WAY cocky so please forgive my immodesty in advance-
But y’all need me! 🙂 But as a 40+er I’m 10+ years outside of signable. Only one I finished was the second one and I can’t even remember the name.
I’ve got old school REAL country songs. Course, I’m not a “go along with the program” kind of fellar. So the industry PROOOOBABLY wouldn’t like me. Especially if they wanted me to make something like these songs. I’m a late 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and early 00’s. My radio in my truck was blown out in 2009 and I never fixed it. Not a lot of reason to.
But I will say that it’s not a bad thing to wear a suit. Think the mighty ones like Hank, Porter, Conway, Johnny, Buck, Alan Jackson and let’s not forget the King George. All of the greats have dawned the monkey suits at one time or other in their illustrious careers.
I think it’s HOW you wear it not just WHAT you wear. I have recently discovered that I LOVE said monkey suits. But I also like my jeans and t-shirt, or button down. I don’t think that an affection for a finely crafted piece of wearable art is a sell out. I think leaving the roots of the music and lyrics and tenor of the genre is selling out. Especially to the mainstream pop industry.
I LOVE the FEEL of a good suit. If a suit is too hot, too tight, scratchy, stiff, etc. then it’s not a good suit. And that is why country boys classically HATE SUITS. I pop in my suit. Add a nice El Presidente or fine Stettson and a popping pair of cowboy boots, no tie- that might not be cornfield but it is certainly still country. At least looks wise.
What I like about a suit, especially when I’m in Nashtown is that it’s an oddity. Not because it LOOKS odd, but rather it’s a step up in game a little. Everybody pretty much dresses the same on stage. Jeans, button down or t-shirt and hat. In Nashville though it’s good to stand out a little bit.
March 8, 2019 @ 1:46 pm
The difference is, country artists used to sing about real shit like being poor. See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5R-T_YF-wU
These douchebags are just modern day blingers singing about their shiny new car/girls/whatever.