Looking at the original premise of this thread, I find it kinda odd. Nobody is into Paisley because of his voice--in country terms it's serviceable but hardly distinctive. He's a good songwriter and a great guitar player who doesn't venture out of his comfort zone. I like the guy and think he could do a lot more were he not into makin' zillions of dollars as a country musician. So you gotta love him because he's a success and modest about it.
― ebbjunior, Friday, 30 July 2010 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
No discussion on his latest album?
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
Is it good? Love "Water".
― uberweiss, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
wtf at this shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a_qbt1EVuw8
brad paisley: so like i get that the confederate flag is offensive to black people and i'm sympathetic but also i'm proud of where i'm from but i don't want to offend you but we have to realize we can't change the past so i guess just deal with it?ll cool j: ok i'm going to do the world's worst rap now
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 8 April 2013 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
Some discussion here: Anticipate Brad Paisley's "Wheelhouse"
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 April 2013 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
one time i was flipping around on tv and i turned to pbs and they were showing a recent steve miller band concert and it was all original steve miller band, all old white guys, except the keyboard player was a younger black guy, and they did they long jammed-out version of "fly like an eagle" with a million solos and weird parts and then they break it down and the keyboard player comes out front and starts doing this rap about "you got to fly like an eagle and you can see/we need to live in peace and harmony" and it still wasn't as bad as ll cool j in that brad paisley song
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 8 April 2013 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knVbfhmME1g
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 April 2013 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
"they called it Reconstruction / fixed the buildings, dried some tears"
lol
― Heyman (crüt), Monday, 8 April 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
I am literally beside myself
― relentless technosexuality (DJP), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
If you don't judge my gold chainsI'll forget about your iron chains
send this shit to #1 immediately
― relentless technosexuality (DJP), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
i plan on using this song to instantly rebut anyone who tries to persuade me there's anything worthwhile going on in "modern country"
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
you needn't get smug if you haven't heard Ne-Yo and Tim McGraw.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
tbh i do think it's a little interesting that paisley's trying to write a nondogmatic, even-handed song about a controversial topic, like just from a songwriting perspective, but otoh there's a reason people don't generally try to do that and also ll cool j is garbage
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
He's also written a few good songs that touch on being a southern liberal without being as dogmatic and stupid as this one.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
brad paisley "ok some people think grits are gross, but i like grits, and they're part of my heritage, but i don't want to offend you when i eat grits, but grits have been around for a long time and we can't turn back history"ll cool j "is it time for me to do a shitty rap yet? it is? cool."
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
it's just so weird that this actually got released. like I can see LL, Paisely, producers, label dudes all letting it get as far as a rough mix. or even a final mix. but how nobody at any point puts his foot down and says BRAD. LL. DO YOU WANT TO GO VIRAL WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD LOLS is beyond me, everybody's got managers and press people, literally nobody had the fortitude to go GUYS. GUYS. DON'T DO THIS
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't heard this yet, but did't Paisley do this thing already re: the confederate flag?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 April 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Camouflage:
Well, the stars and bars offend some folksAnd I guess I see whyBut nowadays there's still a wayTo show your Southern pride
The only thing as patrioticAs the old red, white and blueIt's green and gray and blackAnd brown and tan all rolled into ....
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 April 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
man I don't remember that Camoflauge verse
― Heyman (crüt), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
that one isn't bad!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
that one = "Camouflage"
the fact that "Accidental Racist" starts with:
To the guy who waited on meAt the Starbucks down on MainI hope you understand
is the most amazing thing
― relentless technosexuality (DJP), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I was like "ooh this is gonna be good"
― polyphonic, Monday, 8 April 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Holy shit this song.
― carl agatha, Monday, 8 April 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
To the guy who gave stinkeyefor my stars and bars tattooI'm now inspired to share in songa different point of view
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
gave me stinkeye dammit, numbers count
"but how nobody at any point puts his foot down and says BRAD. LL. DO YOU WANT TO GO VIRAL WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD LOLS is beyond me"
they probably stopped there and were like YES, OF COURSE.
― shit tie (Jordan), Monday, 8 April 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
"We're still paying for the mistakes that a bunch of folks made long before we came."
Oh wah. WAH. Shut up. SHUT UP.
― carl agatha, Monday, 8 April 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
what the actual fuck??
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
haha i peeped this song title/feature credit on the tracklist of his album like a month ago and had been rubbing my hands in anticipation ever since
― the drummer for gay Daddy Yankee (some dude), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
Guilty! Of! Being! White!
― how's life, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
oh my god LL Cool J what on earth are you doing?????
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
"The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin'" - lmao i hear this like "punk rock girl" by the dead milkmen
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
did not expect this to be a 6 minute power ballad
― the drummer for gay Daddy Yankee (some dude), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Worse than the KRS-One rap on Too Much Joy's "Good Kill"
― how's life, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
ll is ready to forget those iron chains, v charitable imo
― am0n, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha YES
― carl agatha, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
mason dixon needs some non-phixion
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
glad brad paisley and ll cool j are finally starting that honest conversation about race we have been afraid to have
― --808 542137 (Hurting 2), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
This is so sad for LL Cool J, ;_; forever
― Tim F, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Now, I don't know 'bout the stars and barsBut I know beer, and I know carsAnd staring up into the starsAt the glory that is America.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/73481/the-road-to-accidental-racist-is-paved-with-ll-cool-j-and-brad-paisleys-good-intentions
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
idea: klezmir/skinhead crossover called "I'm a little agnostic-a/bout your swastika"
― --808 542137 (Hurting 2), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2012/july/images/accidental_racism1.jpg
― am0n, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
"we're all still learning hoss / sorry bout that burning cross"#accidentalracist meme sweeping the internet
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
Can we list all the rhyming opportunities passed up by Paisley/LL.
― Tim F, Monday, 8 April 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
corn cobs / lynch mobs
don't wanna be a grinch/just want to avoid getting lynched
― --808 542137 (Hurting 2), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
phat beats / white sheetsgoin' muddin' in my chevy / redboxing the new Tyler Perry
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
thread is starting to remind me of So Nick Cannon's new song consists of the full-grown ghost of his potential self singing to his mom, asking her not to abort him?
― the drummer for gay Daddy Yankee (some dude), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Like all fading stars, he's taken to TV.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:48 (six years ago) link
I heard him guest hosting some comedy show on satellite radio.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:55 (six years ago) link
Apparently his Netflix comedy special, which was released today, features bestiality and incest jokes.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 01:00 (six years ago) link
On this one year anniversary of the invasion, I'm reminded of the ways we are all so similar.Here is the first song available from my new project. This is "Same Here". Featuring Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa)https://t.co/oWdVc8e7dv pic.twitter.com/AsivvDponb— Brad Paisley (@BradPaisley) February 24, 2023
The comments are, predictably, a shit-show. He's well past his A-list days, but this still strikes me as a pretty gutsy thing for someone in the current country industry to put out. I'm sure John Rich will be screaming about it by the end of the day...
― jon_oh, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
As the sun rises and sets, this grifter is using Paisley's song with Zelensky to push his own invented persecution narrative: pic.twitter.com/E0mDxSTOLR— Country Universe (@CountryUniverse) February 25, 2023
... And I was right. Neat-o.
― jon_oh, Saturday, 25 February 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
Arguably, the three tenors (Pavarotti, Domingo, Carreras) may belong here too.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:46 PM bookmarkflaglink
uh WAHT
― HI DERE, Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:52 PM bookmarkflaglink
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 February 2023 17:16 (one year ago) link