brad paisley, has their ever been an artist w. a v. good voice so ill served by his material ?

though i hope "sweet as dixie crystal" is a meth ref

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXD-XH5QKew

Mainstream country is inextricable from pandering bullshit, alas. They might as well rename the subgenre pandering bullshit.

Though the question is, is the pandering bullshit of mainstream country any more notable/prominent than the pandering bullshit of metal or rap?

well compared to metal they enunciate

True, they do make it awfully easy to discern the pandering bullshit.

the storytelling gag songs on this album (death of a single man/karate/harvey bodine/outstanding in our field) are WAY more crazy than accidental racist, they just feel less trolly
wish i didn't like them (except for karate which kinda sucks)

"Karate" is hot trash, yes

If ever an album would have benefitted from growly death metal vocals, it's this one. Hell, I'm surprised he didn't toss in a metal track, a reggae track ... I'm having a lot of trouble listening to this, which is a first from Brad, I think.

great whiney interview with LL: http://www.spin.com/articles/ll-cool-j-authentic-accidental-racist-tour-van-halen-legacy/

while the song doesn't really pull of the "I'll stop being mad about the past if you stop being racist murderers today" message he claims he was going for, glad to read this after all the accidentally racist "brad, i am offended you think this man has any right to speak about race" thinkpieces

it always helps to actually talk respectfully to the person who did the damn thing

best critique of the song remains the snl skit

"Did I say that? Hmm. Kind of sounded different when I said it to my MacBook."

The problem I have with the interpretation presented in that interview is that the character Paisley created in that song is actually a racist who is more concerned with not looking like one than not being one, not someone who isn't a racist but sort of looks like one, which completely neuters LL's point of view and puts more onus on his black character to just get over slavery before everyone can finally get along. The biggest problem with LL's thesis statement behind his final chorus ad libs is that the historical weight and import of the doo-rag/hoodie is nowhere near the historical weight and import of the Confederate flag, which represented an entire sovereign nation that attempted to secede from the United States in order to preserve an economic system built upon the blood of black people. Furthermore, to go off of the characters in the song and assuming that LL is supposed to represent the barrista (because if he doesn't, what is his narrative purpose beyond "hey look, a rapper"), no one thinks their barrista is going to jump them regardless of any doo-rags or gold chains said barrista may be wearing.

I wrote somewhere, maybe on Facebook, that LL was responding much more to Brad the person than Brad the character on that song and his response in that interview confirms that impression for me. I get the sentiment but it's a super stupid song.

otm. if he'd actually mentioned trayvon martin, he might have actually got across that he's aware of more heinous crimes than skynyrd fandom going on today, though i wonder if brad would have scrapped his "forgive me, starbucks employee" story if he knew LL was going to raise the stakes.

i forget if the snl sketch was posted, but just in case.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/478687

"We spent 11 minutes writing the song"
"I almost finished the whole pizza!"

Anyway, a new interview:

http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/what-brad-paisley-learned-from-accidental-racist.html

Great interview. I like Rosen's take on the album, too -- i'd be willing to argue that "Accidental Racist" is the first and only bad song Paisley has written.

That's excellent.

I like that Rosen brings up the T. Coates article

I like that Paisley had a great response for the suggestion that he do something to celebrate MLK's birthday, but honestly I thought TNC's piece was a rare instance of him bringing very little to the conversation with all that "why was it LL and not Talib Kweli?" talk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co9BY6ZyQvA

Probably like a zillion dudes will do this now, but what a dope move.

For god's sake, Brad.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/06/showbiz/cmas-highlights-brad-paisley/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

lol wait you're actually siding with all the people whining about the joke on twitter?

Ok, I didn't even make it that far into the article.

oh I thought this thread was revived to discuss how "Perfect Storm" sucks.

Continuing to be the king of amateur cover art:

http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/tasteofcountry.com/files/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2014-09-03-at-5.36.54-PM.png

still can't get over his career downturn album literally featuring him about to belly flop on the cover

Social media was undecided on whether his dig at country music's predominantly white stars (and predominantly white fan base) was funny or racist.

I really hope to see a sentence open with "Social media was decided on..." someday.

lol

He should put out another shut up and play your guitar album.

Speaking of which, occurred to me that I never listened to his last one or the most recent one. Am I missing anything? I sort of think I have as much by this guy as I need.

It's better than his last. I still listen to "You Shouldn't Have To" and "Shattered Glass."

It's like he's on the fast path to late-era Prince, from "hey, check this out!!" to "hey, this isn't that bad" to "hmm, I liked the last one better" to "ho hum, another record with one or two worthwhile tracks."

Occurred to me that I still haven't bothered with his last two, and that we are also probably due a new one. It's too bad he's such a huge star, because I'd love someone to cut his budget in half.

Brad Paisely, where is the song to unify us all right now?

Like all fading stars, he's taken to TV.

I heard him guest hosting some comedy show on satellite radio.

Apparently his Netflix comedy special, which was released today, features bestiality and incest jokes.

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...

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.

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