Sounds off topic (and also unsurprisingly vague), unlike my example of attempted censorship from people getting "unreasonably offended" at somebody free speech.
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Sounds off topic (and also unsurprisingly vague), unlike my example of attempted censorship from people getting "unreasonably offended" at somebody free speech.No the one I was talking about was actually interfering with an election
On reflection I think you nailed the real problem with the song: the commodification of tribalist divisions. Raised right small towners (of which Aldean isnt even actually one) vs degenerate city people. Its just more of the setting-against-each-other that American needs. If I believed in "dark forces" I think theyd be spreading their wings and rejoicing at the success of this sort of thing.
On reflection I think you nailed the real problem with the song: the commodification of tribalist divisions. Raised right small towners (of which Aldean isnt even actually one) vs degenerate city people. Its just more of the setting-against-each-other that American needs. If I believed in "dark forces" I think theyd be spreading their wings and rejoicing at the success of this sort of thing.
I got it from reading the lyrics plus peoples description of the video. So I just watched the video and its worse than I had even thought. (And, just musically, the song is worse than Id imagined too - but thats not really the topic.)That's an odd analysis. I listened to the song and watched the video yesterday for the first time, and I have no idea how you came up with this summary. I'm wondering if maybe you're listening to a different song...
I got it from reading the lyrics plus peoples description of the video. So I just watched the video and its worse than I had even thought. (And, just musically, the song is worse than Id imagined too - but thats not really the topic.)
Its in the video where we see that all these bad-behavior people are city people, as opposed to the raised-right small towners.Could you highlight exactly where in the lyrics it talks about how city people are degenerate?
Its in the video where we see that all these bad-behavior people are city people, as opposed to the raised-right small towners.
The song title implies that. And the imagery is supposed to remind everyone of urban "blm" type riots. Im surprised that of all things we'd disagree on this point - which seems pretty clear to me,....but I don't see anywhere where it is implied that they are all "city people"......
The song title implies that.
And the imagery is supposed to remind everyone of urban "blm" type riots.
See! Thats how this works. Forget the loads mostly peaceful demonstrations in urban areas and pump up the violence and degeneracy. Us (raised right small town) vs them......Ah yes. Those "mostly peaceful" riots.
See! Thats how this works. Forget the loads mostly peaceful demonstrations in urban areas and pump up the violence and degeneracy.
Its the song too. "Raised right" is clearly meant to be a contrast to the raised wrong not-small-town people people.So you're not upset by the song so much, but rather by the fact that it exposes the very real, very violent demonstrations that happened? You'd like to pretend those demonstrations didn't happen?
Its the song too. "Raised right" is clearly meant to be a contrast to the raised wrong not-small-town people people.
Raised right vs the degenerate city people.
Maybe he should write a song contrasting the noble small towner vs the degenerate rural hillbilly who gets away with all manner of wierdness out of sight in one holler or another.
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