Jason Aldean's problematic song unfortunately goes number #1 on iTunes

[keatonzee]

 

 

[getBusy]

Why is it problematic?

[PoisonedIvy]

13 minutes ago, getBusy said:

Why is it problematic?

He filmed the video in front of a courthouse where a black man was lynched after being dragged through the streets on the back of an automobile. All to make a lyrical point that small towns fight back against progressive changes in social policies.

[SoldierofLove]

Looks like the MAGA country genre is here to stay 
 

8 minutes ago, getBusy said:

Why is it problematic?

 

Country Music Television has pulled a music video for the song “Try That in a Small Town,” by the country music superstar Jason Aldean, which was filmed at the site of a lynching, amid accusations that its lyrics and message are offensive.

 

The video, released in May, was shot in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tenn., a site known for the 1927 mob lynching of Henry Choate, an 18-year-old Black man, and is interspersed with violent news footage, including protests. An American flag is draped between the building’s central pillars, while Aldean, strumming a guitar, lists what he imagines as big city behavior that would not be well received in a small town; “carjack an old lady”; “cuss out a cop”; “stomp on the flag.”

 

State Representative Justin Jones of Tennessee, a Democrat, condemned the song on Twitter, describing it as a “heinous song calling for racist violence” that promoted “a shameful vision of gun extremism and vigilantism.”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/arts/music/jason-aldean-try-that-in-a-small-town-cmt.html

 

Lyrics:

 

Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk
Carjack an old lady at a red light
Pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store
Ya think it's cool, well, act a fool if ya like

Cuss out a cop, spit in his face
Stomp on the flag and light it up
Yeah, ya think you're tough

Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town

Got a gun that my granddad gave me
They say one day they're gonna round up
Well, that **** might fly in the city, good luck

Try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town

Full of good ol' boys, raised up right
If you're looking for a fight
Try that in a small town
Try that in a small town

Try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town

Try that in a small town
Ooh-ooh
Try that in a small town

[Rev8]

Is anyone surprised?

We've seen this episode before

[Katamari]

well yeah that was gonna happen anyways. its probably like 500 sales now  

 

it wont mean anything really. radio is not gonna support and its OUT on streaming! 

 

[MusicLoverDude]

6 minutes ago, Rev8 said:

Is anyone surprised?

We've seen this episode before

And we didn't like the ending 

[getBusy]

11 minutes ago, WeFoundTrouble said:

He filmed the video in front of a courthouse where a black man was lynched after being dragged through the streets on the back of an automobile. All to make a lyrical point that small towns fight back against progressive changes in social policies.

 

11 minutes ago, SoldierofLove said:

Country Music Television has pulled a music video for the song “Try That in a Small Town,” by the country music superstar Jason Aldean, which was filmed at the site of a lynching, amid accusations that its lyrics and message are offensive.

 

The video, released in May, was shot in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tenn., a site known for the 1927 mob lynching of Henry Choate, an 18-year-old Black man, and is interspersed with violent news footage, including protests. An American flag is draped between the building’s central pillars, while Aldean, strumming a guitar, lists what he imagines as big city behavior that would not be well received in a small town; “carjack an old lady”; “cuss out a cop”; “stomp on the flag.”

WTF

I f*cking hate this country so much

[keatonzee]

hoping Jung Kook & Latto drop another remix of "Seven" to dethrone it

[slw84]

Free Promotion...it sells itself.

 But why his face look like that, though. NVMD

[Domination]

Wow, matching the success of that song by Trump and the January 6th jailbirds and every Nicki Minaj song released this year  

[G.U.Y. Gaga]

Liberals are the biggest promoters of conservatives tbh

[ifyouseekLEM]

Yikes

[KKW]

We already know that controversy ignites a fire under conservatives 

[Frozen99]

are we surprised? alexa play this is america.mp3 

[GivingCher]

To be fair I could buy any random song on iTunes right now and it would probably at least break into the top 100

[Green]

It's irrelevant because it won't do nothing on streaming and radio and it will be lucky to chart on the Hot 100   

[Tropez]

iTunes? lol how much did it sell? 5 copies? 

[gagacasanova]

[nadiamendell]

53 minutes ago, G.U.Y. Gaga said:

Liberals are the biggest promoters of conservatives tbh

I mean, it's kind of true.  Conservatives LIVE to "own the libs"/ cause them outrage so when they see any sign of it they all jump at once. 

[Bloo]

 

57 minutes ago, G.U.Y. Gaga said:

Liberals are the biggest promoters of conservatives tbh

Conservatives do the same thing. I’d have no idea who Dylan Mulvaney was if it weren’t for their transphobia compelling them to scream about her nonstop. 

[Cruel Summer]

The strangest thing about this whole ordeal, to me, is that this song about small towns is being sung by some guy who has never lived in a small town. He was born in a city with a metro area population of like 240k and moved to Nashville. I mean, add to that the actual lyrics being weird-as-hell conservative fetish material, the racist implications of the filming… like I get why they’re buying this song, since it’ll be prime playlist material on their “own the libs!” playlists for the rest of time, but I just wonder why none of them ever stop and realize how ******* weird the whole thing is. Like it’s weird to fantasize about living in a small town and shooting people. Spend that energy on your kids, your jobs, things you like, new experiences.

[Ger]

A mess.  

[crf13]

I can never take country music seriously

[livelikemusic]

He looks like he smells like cigars, menthol cigarettes and stale, cheap beer.