it was released barely 6 months ago, it's just entering its first barbecue season!
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Friday, 8 June 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
Who are you even kidding?
― how's life, Friday, 8 June 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
it's an even more try-hard i got friends in low places and not as good
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 June 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
but it's still ok
Went to a party last weekend and the bar stools had red solo cups painted on them, along with lyrics from the refrain.
― how's life, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
Heard it three times this weekend in three different places.
"I Love This Bar" >>> "Get Drunk and Be Somebody" >>>>>> "Red Solo Cup"
but who am I kdding
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
I've never actually heard "Red Solo Cup," but I mentioned it the other day and was mildly surprised that people knew what I was talking about. (The only contemporary country fan I know IRL is my mom.)
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
"I Love This Bar" is pretty good, isn't it?
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Thursday, 8 August 2013 01:01 (ten years ago) link
Yes. The 2002-2006 period is worth a Spotify playlist.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 August 2013 01:06 (ten years ago) link
I love I Love This Bar, whatta melody on the chorus.
― Euler, Thursday, 8 August 2013 01:46 (ten years ago) link
i'm not happy about this
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:37 (seven years ago) link
stealing the young girls' hearts
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
for a while he was a Democrat. RIP.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:54 (seven years ago) link
Wow what a surprise he turns out to be a shithead who could have seen it coming
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 04:28 (seven years ago) link
musician who makes bombastic songs for republicans turns out to support bombastic republican president
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
like, I'm sure it was fun for the people playing 20-dimensional music critic chess with this guy's not-remotely-murky politics (if you qualify as a celebrity, which if you're a musician giving an interview in a major publication you qualify as in this metaphor, the political views you claim in an interview are whichever views will best "activate" and/or placate the fans) but come on
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
for a while he was a Democrat
Hey, remember Zell Miller?
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
well, I never gave a shit about his politics, which were obvious from about 1998 onwards. But he still made good records until 2006 so
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱),
and George Wallace
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
Toby Keith is a gigantic cock.― HI DERE, Monday, May 21, 2007 2:07 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― HI DERE, Monday, May 21, 2007 2:07 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I still stand by this.
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link
also, he looks like bathing offends him
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
They don't call them the Great Unwashed for nothing.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
i wanna talk about me & as good as i once was are all-time songs and it's hard for me to reconcile the cleverness and self-awareness of them with someone who'd agree to play for fucking donald trump, and actually this is one of the awfulest things about people like trump, or marine le pen, or other shit-stirring know-nothing populist nativist dickbags, is they end up appealing to some otherwise fine, funny, decent, interesting people who unfortunately have been culturally isolated enough to not think very deeply about what they're getting into and suddenly before you know it they're posting racist facebook memes
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
he still made good records until 2006 so
this. plus a handful of really good singles for four or five years after that.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
they end up appealing to some otherwise fine, funny, decent, interesting people who unfortunately have been culturally isolated enough to not think very deeply about what they're getting into
i don't think toby keith is culturally isolated, and i assume he does think about what he's getting into. i also assume, based on keith and assorted others who said yes to this gig, that not having had a hit in several years makes it either a) easier to say yes or b) harder to say no, or both.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
he also wrote a song about kicking terrorists in the ass with your boot
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
toby keith also played the RNC, it didn't come out of nowhere (he said he "would have played the DNC if they offeredd" but that's kind of like me saying that I'd accept $1 million from trump if he offered: so unlikely a possibility as to be moot)
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
the one time i saw him live, about 10 years ago, he was great for the 80-ish minutes of his regular set, then he came back for the encore and the entire arena, not just him, turned into a red, white and blue kick-terrorists-in-the-ass-vote-republican-and-be-christian rally. it was legitimately scary. but those 80 minutes were still great.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
i kinda liked this song o_O
no you're right he doesn't really have the same excuses that say my jackass father-in-law does
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
it's not as poignant as Alan Jackson's
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
May very well be Trump's secret ISIS plan.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
"Beer for My Horses" just went by the radio and, wow, I can't believe any station would play this in 2020. Also, wtf, there was a movie??
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Thursday, 2 July 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah, used to hear this on the radio all the time (back when I lived in a red state small town) and always did a double take at the lyrics. The awful thing is the chorus is kinda catchy so when I hear it on the radio I sometimes catch myself humming it later that day.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 2 July 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
NEWS: Amid impeachment effort, Trump is giving medals to @tobykeith and @RickySkaggs — national medal of the arts, several sources tell me— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 13, 2021
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
RIP
― jaymc, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 13:14 (three months ago) link
if I speak
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 13:18 (three months ago) link
“A Little Too Late” “As Good As I Once Was” “Just Talking About Tonight” all classics imo
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 13:21 (three months ago) link
what????
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 13:25 (three months ago) link
Yeah, he had a run of good to excellent albums in the mid '00s. I'd add "Somewhere Else," "I Love This Bar," and about a dozen others to PK's list.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 13:29 (three months ago) link
Requisite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyIwRoPr728
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 13:57 (three months ago) link
damn the taliban finally got him, sending love & light
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 14:06 (three months ago) link
no reason in particular. pic.twitter.com/Ycs9zqdTf1— lieutenant winslow (@lt_winslow) February 6, 2024
― glumdalclitch, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 14:19 (three months ago) link
Have they started leaving flowers at all the I Love This Bar & Grill locations?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 14:43 (three months ago) link
when I turned 21 and started going out the song that would play nonstop is "I Love This Bar", like every local place would have someone playing it 3x a night, one of the few songs I still actively hate, though perhaps "Red Solo Cup" is actually worse, perhaps because he was 50 years old when he wrote it, not to be ageist but if you're that old you should not be at those sorts of parties you giant fuckin weirdo
rest in peace
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 15:18 (three months ago) link
My aunt brought out red solo cups for our Noche Buena party in December. We were sitting outdoors.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 15:19 (three months ago) link
"I Love This Bar" is great.
I would argue with you Alf but I will show some respect for the recently deceased
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 15:22 (three months ago) link
When exactly did this racist asshole earn any respect?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 15:26 (three months ago) link
Some of us who write about country music loved the stuff he released between 1999-2006. We gotta deal with garbage like "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" and "Beer For Your Horses" the same way we gotta deal with "Okie From Muskogee" and "Fightin' Side of Me." But Toby Keith is responsible for the hesitation about assessing Toby Keith. I haven't listened to his last few albums, but it wouldn't surprise me if the white trash with money ethos he celebrated and in 2016 and 2020 implicitly empowered hadn't disfigured his songs. Keith had too much talent for it to happen. Or maybe the newer songs do get disfigured in the same way fascism shrivels whatever it touches, including the earlier material I've praised. Either way I wouldn't have bothered even if he'd rejected Donald Trump.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 15:33 (three months ago) link
“I Wanna Talk About Me” is an awesome songI think I have Tim H to thank for introducing me to “As Good As I Once Was” which is on the very top shelf of unimpeachably satisfying countrysongs
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 15:37 (three months ago) link
i thought Okie started as a joke? The story I remember reading once was that they were smoking weed on the tour bus and they passed Muskogee and someone in the band cracked "They don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee!"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 February 2024 20:41 (three months ago) link
the one time i saw him live, about 10 years ago, he was great for the 80-ish minutes of his regular set, then he came back for the encore and the entire arena, not just him, turned into a red, white and blue kick-terrorists-in-the-ass-vote-republican-and-be-christian rally. it was legitimately scary. but those 80 minutes were still great.― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, January 17, 2017 3:48 PM (seven years ago)
everything i loved and hated about toby keith summed in three sentences about 90 minutes. he was a phenomenal and soulful singer and songwriter. he had some deeply problematic ideas. neither of these things cancels out the other.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 8 February 2024 20:46 (three months ago) link
“Great concert, wonderful memories, shame about the Klan rally at the end but it was wonderful before that”
― the new drip king (DJP), Thursday, 8 February 2024 20:49 (three months ago) link
Leave Kanye alone
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 8 February 2024 20:57 (three months ago) link
"How Do You Like Me Now?" < the press photo of Trinidad James's visible underwear complete w/ noticeable skidmark
― never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Thursday, 8 February 2024 21:15 (three months ago) link
sad lol djp
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 February 2024 21:23 (three months ago) link
Blogged my favorite song of his a couple of days ago:
This isolation booth I'm in is dark and turning cold
And I reviewed him in the Voice in 2002:
Quiet Desert Storm
― Frank Kogan, Thursday, 8 February 2024 22:53 (three months ago) link
frank kogan, as i live and breathe. will wonders never cease. this thread has really delivered the old home week cheer!
― scott seward, Friday, 9 February 2024 03:25 (three months ago) link
yeah it is often difficult in the old home, it's nice when they give us a week.
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Friday, 9 February 2024 03:42 (three months ago) link
i'd say it's more like a weak cheer tbh
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Friday, 9 February 2024 03:43 (three months ago) link