The last week has seen 2 big controversies rage in music. Well....sh-t music that a lot of us have begged to see ended for years. But were forced to sit and hear it on radios due to lots of young women eyeing the male singers. So were forced as a nation to bear this ....and have for years.
The guy in the picture is Jason "Squints Hard" Aldean. A modern era country singer who has released 10 albums of material that really , I'd only play if I chose to torture my ears and had lots of liquor to drink. Because the pain of listening to that crap would shatter my soul. Somehow its sold 40 million albums , mostly to 30-40ish women who miss their HS days and picture Aldean as their husbands.
Beyond torturing us for years and 10 albums , back in 2017...while playing in Vegas ; Aldean was miles away from one of the deadliest shootings in US history. Where a man killed 60 innocent people. This tragedy seemingly inspired Jason Aldean 6 years later (and writers for this song) to believe this wouldn't have happened in a small town.
The song "Try This in A Small Town" was released and CMT removed the song. The lyrics could be interpreted in various ways. I won't go into that . This led to a controversy where 30-40ish women were offended their stallion was getting a song not played. Where they have raged for days over it on social media. Because ....darn it ....Jason Aldean is a MAN. This led to the Conservatives to chime in to PROTECT JASON ALDEAN !
Which is pretty funny considering we had a conservative dude burning Barbie's just recently over a film subject matter , while they are mocking libs for being snowflakes over a song lyric.
AldeanGate continues to rage on. With fake articles being linked to claiming singers like Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton were removing their deals with CMT. For awhile a lot of us breathed a relief....this modern country music era was ending. More could follow and we could see a barren wasteland and change finally. Instead.....
It was all fake. No.....not real. So our torment will continue on. All while we get more crap from these guys.
That same week Miranda Lambert (not a fan either really) was performing a concert. She grew tired of someone taking selfies in the crowd and called them out. Which really some few applauded and has had stars like Dave Chappelle , Jack White and others bring up how people act with phones at concerts.
The same people ready to get fully behind Mr. Squinty eyes ....were busy giving Lambert PURE HELL online for her calling this out. It was delicious to see people angry , blasting her for ruining a concert etc. It was very wild to see 2 sides of country music fans in a week attack someone and then back someone.
In either way its like modern country music had hit its hardest moment. One where its very fans seemed to be in full rages on. A lot of us sitting back wished it would have ate itself. But alas ...that won't happen.
During all this controversy ...Pat Boone rematerialized to form a deeply conservative man who blasted the moral sickness in this country and more for Jason Aldean's song. To the shock of many....yes Pat Boone is still alive. He hasn't been relevant in years but still makes music.
Its just music your grand folks listen to , unless its the Metal album he did. Which they think Boone lost his mind then in 1997. But he still makes wholesome music for your grandparents.
https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/pat-bo...oral-sickness/
Either way....it appears we as a country is cursed.
CURSED....
To more modern country music.
Oh man...I'm gonna drink some Jack Daniels after typing this.