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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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.”
She whores for Democrats.
Stealer’s Wheel — ah yes, the late, great Gerry Rafferty!
“Clowns to the Left...”
Jokers to the right
I am guessing that’s not the kind of thing he would share with her.
Don’t you love how multi-millionaires are always telling Johnny Lunchbucket what to think.
Or if “Right Down the Line” or “Mattie’s Rag” were sexist?
Sheryl Crow (pardon the spelling) isn’t that the adulteress who slept with Lance Armstrong while he was still married to a faithful woman who nursed him through a long bout with cancer. my point... how do some people talk about morality?
Another reason to watch the video and tell others.
Lance Armstrong was very stupid to trade in a woman who was loyal to him when he was nothing, for a woman who he was always going to be a flavor-of-the-month for. Maybe the steroids got to his brain.
Yep. Single sheet must be a WEF ho with her draconian stance on tp. What a rich narcissist. May her silicone and filler injections drive her to bankruptcy!
I remember that
cypress hill were, to quote ice cube “1 white boy and 2 f*****g cubans”
Sheryl Crow’s new song is a new genre: North Korean Country 🤓
I’m doing a reverse boycott on this. It’s not my kind of music (I quit listening to new music in 1982), but I still bought the single.
Lol, I don’t remember any white dude.
I guess he means the DJ. Maybe white means something else to O’Shea Jackson…
Is her hometown of 79k people considered a small town?
Oh Cheryl its an anti violence song.... read the words.
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