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Sheryl Crow Calls Out Jason Aldean Over Song “Promoting Violence”: “This Is Not American Or Small Town-Like. It’s Just Lame”
Deadline ^ | 7/18 | Armando Tinoco

Posted on 07/19/2023 11:48:29 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Sheryl Crow is stepping into the conversation being from a small town and calling out Jason Aldean after the country star was accused of promoting violence with the song “Try That in a Small Town.”

“Jason Aldean, I’m from a small town. Even people in small towns are sick of violence,” Crow tweeted mentioning his colleague. “There’s nothing small-town or American about promoting violence. You should know that better than anyone having survived a mass shooting.”

Crow continued, “This is not American or small town-like. It’s just lame.”

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Jason Aldean Stops Connecticut Show After Suffering Heat Stroke Crow quoted a tweet that mentioned Aldean was in a mass shooting back in 2017 when he was performing in Las Vegas. The shooter killed 60 people and injured over 400 concertgoers.

Aldean’s music video for “Try That in a Small Town” has been removed from the CMT programming after backlash. In the video, the singer is seen performing in front of an infamous courthouse known for lynchings.

Lyrics for the song say “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.” In another part of the song, Aldean sings, “got a gun that my granddad gave me, they say one day they’re gonna round up, well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck.”

Aldean has denied that his song incites pro-lynching and says that “not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far.”

In his statement on Twitter, Aldean said the song “refers to the feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief. Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences.”


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KEYWORDS: brave; crowssecurityteam; jasonaldean; sherylcrow; sherylssecurityteam; singlesheetcheryl; singlesheetsheryl; virtuesignaling
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To: nickcarraway

Crow’s is dried up, Aldean’s isn’t.


21 posted on 07/19/2023 12:00:05 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
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To: Dead Corpse

They’re not white.


22 posted on 07/19/2023 12:00:11 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway

hey Sheryl, shut up and sing.

Jason is right.


23 posted on 07/19/2023 12:00:33 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: dead

Or the Turtles?...................


24 posted on 07/19/2023 12:00:37 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

She needs to pull her head out of her unclean butt.

A change would do her good.


25 posted on 07/19/2023 12:01:46 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: nickcarraway

Did she step out of her nursing home?


26 posted on 07/19/2023 12:01:57 PM PDT by struggle
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To: nickcarraway

It is a fine song and I downloaded it today, no one will take that off my library..


27 posted on 07/19/2023 12:02:00 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: nickcarraway

She’s an old bag with a big mouth and saggy boobs


28 posted on 07/19/2023 12:02:03 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: nickcarraway

As usual Crowe misses the point. Aldean is not promoting violence. He is deterring violence. She’s a commie air head.


29 posted on 07/19/2023 12:02:12 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: ryderann

Bravo Jason Aldean!!!

I grew up in a small town. Approximately 100yrs ago the KKK came to my town to trash immigrants and Catholics. My Great Grandfather and Grandfather were part of the group of “locals” that “met” the Klan in the middle of the bridge leading into town.

I’m proud that my Kin Beat The Living Hell out of the Klan that day and the few days that followed. The KKK ain’t been back since!!!


30 posted on 07/19/2023 12:02:30 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: DeplorablePaul
She’s a commie air head.

Well her friend's a Communist.

31 posted on 07/19/2023 12:02:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

Sheryl Crow lived with Lance Armstrong and off his celebrity and couldn’t have said more lofty things about him until later when it became public that he was a phony who stole his seven Tour de France championships and she distanced herself from him like greased lightning.


32 posted on 07/19/2023 12:03:24 PM PDT by laconic
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To: ryderann

yup, small town guys are not metro sexuals.

you come out here thinking you are gonna act a fool, we’ll make you regret your life choices.


33 posted on 07/19/2023 12:03:53 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: EEGator

It doesn’t fit the “template”... I get it Was kind of my point.


34 posted on 07/19/2023 12:04:03 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: immadashell

Remember, Only two sheets, Sheryl. What a putzina.


35 posted on 07/19/2023 12:04:10 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: laconic

I have more respect for him than her.
All of those dudes were cheating.
To quote Bill Burr,”Our ‘roided up guy beat your ‘roided up guy.”


36 posted on 07/19/2023 12:06:34 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway

Sheryl ‘You lowlifes will use one square of toilet paper when you poop while I fly in my private jet’ Crow?

THAT Sheryl Crow???

🖕

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/apr/23/musicnews.music

What did she know about boyfriend Lance Armstrong’s doping and when did she know it?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/oct/10/sheryl-crow-lance-armstrong-wheelmen-blood-transfusion


37 posted on 07/19/2023 12:06:37 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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One Square Sheryl


38 posted on 07/19/2023 12:08:31 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: nickcarraway

Sheryl is annoying. She’s the female version of Bruce Springsteen, had a great career for about 15 years, now shows up at every function and $hits all over thing.


39 posted on 07/19/2023 12:09:07 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!!)
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To: usafa92

...and only uses one sheet to wipe up.


40 posted on 07/19/2023 12:10:02 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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