Looking at Twitter....yeah...he's gonna be fine
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
If Ariel Pink can get a sympathetic ear from Fucker Carlson I’m sure this clown can too
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
Imagine what a absolutely shitty neighbor Morgan Wallen must be if someone on his street took the effort to examine their Ring footage, download it and then send it to TMZ
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link
Now dropped by his agency (WME).
― babe for the weekend (morrisp), Friday, 5 February 2021 01:37 (three years ago) link
Yeah the whole busted-by-Ring aspect of this is very Black Mirror.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:08 (three years ago) link
The surveillance state is woke
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 5 February 2021 02:28 (three years ago) link
I dgaf about this stupid Morgan Waller guy but when Isbell inevitably has his own caught-on-tape moment I'm gonna laugh so hard
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 5 February 2021 02:36 (three years ago) link
really
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 February 2021 03:14 (three years ago) link
Wtf
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 5 February 2021 03:25 (three years ago) link
fuck off
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 February 2021 03:30 (three years ago) link
BMI apparently thinks BeBe Winans has nothing more important to do than go counsel this shit-kicking hick about his public image.
BMI, the music rights management organization, says it can’t kick Morgan Wallen from its ranks, but has asked the iconic gospel singer BeBe Winans to educate the disgraced country music singer-songwriter about being a more “empathetic person” https://t.co/vgRbq4mkO1— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) February 4, 2021
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 February 2021 03:37 (three years ago) link
i was worried things like that were gonna happen but i figured it'd be one of the small number of black stars in contemporary country who'd be enlisted
― dyl, Friday, 5 February 2021 03:47 (three years ago) link
BMI also removed Wallen’s photo from its Twitter page this afternoon, going from this……to this:
…to this:
The artists got whiter tho(?!)
― babe for the weekend (morrisp), Friday, 5 February 2021 04:21 (three years ago) link
I don't believe there's any precedent for revoking someone's membership in a performing rights organization for something like this. I mean Phil Spector and Jim Gordon were/are both still BMI members.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 5 February 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
Is this the first time someone was cancelled while they had the number one album?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 5 February 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
Billboard reports that his latest album sold 25,000 copies during the week ending Feb. 4, an increase of 102%, according to MRC Data. Billboard reported that that the album’s streaming numbers slightly increased by 3%, representing roughly 160 million on-demand streams. Song downloads from the album also went up by 67%.
From an AP news article. His sales and streams increased when this news came out
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 01:24 (three years ago) link
if this nips his career in the bud, i don't think it will hurt the label system much. some fans will be spurred to defend him or clamor for some kind of reconciliation, but many are already repulsed. the country audience isn't quite as hard-right as people sometimes presume.
― dyl, Thursday, February 4, 2021 12:16 AM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
keep trying to square this with all the country music fans i grew up with and what they post on facebook, but the numbers seem to back up my instincts
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
I would wager that the great, great majority of people on both the left and the right don't even have the "can I still support this artist" argument with themselves and just like what they like
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
^^^ largely OTM
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:48 (three years ago) link
So... A portion of this money goes to me, since I wrote ‘Cover Me Up.’ I’ve decided to donate everything I’ve made so far from this album to the Nashville chapter of the @NAACP. Thanks for helping out a good cause, folks. https://t.co/Ch3FlDBmJf— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) February 10, 2021
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 22:32 (three years ago) link
Good on Isbell, seems like the right thing to do in this case. Just don’t tell Paul Ponzi.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
Pledged to donate $500,000 but Rolling Stone can’t find evidence he donated that much:
Nearly eight weeks after making these comments, however, it remains unclear if Wallen actually donated the entire amount he said he would. In a statement to Rolling Stone, BMAC — the only organization Wallen mentioned by name in his GMA interview — criticized the singer, saying they were “disappointed that Morgan has not used his platform to support any anti-racism endeavors.” While the group received some money from Wallen, they said the $500,000 number “seems exceptionally misleading.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/morgan-wallen-charity-1209084/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
Yikes:
Lil Durk releases the video to his single “Broadway Girls” featuring Morgan Wallen. pic.twitter.com/w6P0d7uZKc— Rap Alert (@rapalert4) December 20, 2021
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
"Eminem featuring Elton John" - 2021
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
It's got the same ominous trap/twang as "Old Town Road" and unfortunately is stuck in my head after a few listens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpz4Ro5iD1Q
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
Billboard Hot 100: #14(new) Broadway Girls, @lildurk Feat. @MorganWallen.— chart data (@chartdata) December 28, 2021
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 04:17 (two years ago) link
Last night @opry you had a choice- either upset one guy and his “team,” or break the hearts of a legion of aspiring Black country artists. You chose wrong and I’m real sad for a lot of my friends today. Not surprised though. Just sad.— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) January 9, 2022
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 10 January 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
Wait so looking through the replies on that, someone is saying that "all about the Benjamins" is an anti-Semitic slur?
― castanuts (DJP), Monday, 10 January 2022 14:30 (two years ago) link
Has that always been a thing or is this new? I don't remember ever hearing or seeing anything tied to that phrase that was claimed to be anti-Semitic (aside from recent political posturing against Ilhan Omar but I tied that to her criticizing Israel by invoking a money stereotype rather than the specifics of using the term "Benjamins" to reference $100 bills)
― castanuts (DJP), Monday, 10 January 2022 14:33 (two years ago) link
I genuinely haven't heard that take until just now, be curious to know if this was a more widespread reading.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 January 2022 14:40 (two years ago) link
It does seem sprung from the Fox/etc coverage of Omar's tweet. Otherwise it's Ben Franklin 100%.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 10 January 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
Never thought about it at all, but don't know the lyrics so looked it up and there's a line "You should do what we do, stack chips like Hebrews." Maybe that's what people mean? Apparently "Hebrews" has been (or is often?) edited out of the song?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 January 2022 14:54 (two years ago) link
Indeed, "Hebrews" is cut out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c58ppLPJcQ
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 January 2022 14:56 (two years ago) link
(lol of course "all about the Benjamins" exists outside of the Puffy song, that's just where my mind first went to, so it's a weird coincidence that there is an anti-semitic connection!)
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 January 2022 14:59 (two years ago) link
morgan wallen’s thoughtless redemption tour is the nail in the coffin of me realizing these systems, and this town is really not for us.imma keep making my lil music in my attic, y’all can listen if you want. i don’t know that i’ll do this work forever.— Joy Oladokun (@joyoladokun) January 9, 2022
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 02:35 (two years ago) link
no thanks! @PLPMngnt pic.twitter.com/FqafaC7XgE— The Black Opry (@BlackOpry) January 10, 2022
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 02:42 (two years ago) link
I finally heard a Morgan Wallen song, ama
― castanuts (DJP), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:00 (one year ago) link
have you seen his hair
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:00 (one year ago) link
are you safe?
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:01 (one year ago) link
I have not seen his hair lately.
I am safe and extremely bemused.
― castanuts (DJP), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link
how bad was it?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:20 (one year ago) link
was it about drinking?
― The Beatles were the first to popularize wokeism (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:31 (one year ago) link
The worst thing about it was how anonymous it was. I am admittedly not a pop country person but I didn’t identify anything about it that would merit Wallen’s elevation above every other semi-talented hack half-assembly churning out pop country bullshit. There was absolutely nothing remotely like the turns of phrase or presentation of the confessional that Taylor Swift brings to the table, for example; it was just country brostep nonsense that I’m struggling to actually remember because it was so aggressively uninteresting to me.
― castanuts (DJP), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:32 (one year ago) link
I am embarrassed and sorry that I was captured on tape.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
What if everytime a musician committed any infraction, their punishment was to have the Engineer pretend to hit record, and then release a blank CD on release day
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
In Wallen's case it would go platinum
― The Beatles were the first to popularize wokeism (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
Pretty sure I've still never heard a Morgan Wallen song but perhaps the worst part of this, the worst song I've ever been subjected to, was making sure to name check the racist country bro in the country bro rap track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnujskEgHnY
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 21:57 (one year ago) link
pull uphop outWalmartlate night
― alpine static, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 22:25 (one year ago) link
Christ, 31 of the top 50 songs on Spotify are by MW
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Sunday, 5 March 2023 03:21 (one year ago) link
Makes sense, probably a similar percentage of the rest of the internet is racist, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 March 2023 04:21 (one year ago) link
then it might land on someone
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 17:11 (two months ago) link
The cops could cordon off the block
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 17:27 (two months ago) link
Cool. I don't care if anything happens to Morgan Waffen
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 17:29 (two months ago) link
It would be the best thing he's ever done.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 20:42 (two months ago) link
Foreshadowing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GOkEmhQucY
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 21:28 (two months ago) link