Celebrity chums add depth* and chuckles** to a play-it-safe set. Still country's most incisive raconteur.
*John Fogerty, duetting on the title track: a worthy update of Creedence's Fortunate Son.
**Mick Jagger, given the chance the play the louche lizard again on Drive Of Shame.
See also this: the year's best song about growing old. Still makes me laugh and cry.
And as for the internet...
Your grandmother's in an open casket
You're in a suit and shades
You take your iPhone out and snap it: #sadday
You oughta be ashamed
You're in a suit and shades
You take your iPhone out and snap it: #sadday
You oughta be ashamed
Posing in the bathroom mirror, in a skimpy little two piece
In the background there's a toddler, cryin' on the toilet seat...
You oughta be ashamed, of your selfie
Now why you gotta go and tweet it?
When you really oughta just delete it
Now we all want to unsee it but we can't
You oughta be ashamed (but you're not)
Now why you gotta go and tweet it?
When you really oughta just delete it
Now we all want to unsee it but we can't
You oughta be ashamed (but you're not)
Next: This is what happens, Larry...
Hadn't heard this one as I'm not a huge fan but enjoyed it greatly. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! So glad there are lyricists like this around too - definitely seems to be the job of current country artists to spin some down home philosophy in this ridiculous world. I could imagine Kacey Musgraves singing this... maybe more slowly and perhaps with a minor key twist but the words would suit her really well.
ReplyDeleteMade a note to investigate Brad's music the last time you featured him. Lost the note, obviously
ReplyDeleteThat's a great lyric about the internet, and so true! I only know of Brad Paisley because of following your blog but always enjoy his music. I wonder if he would have come across to Paisley in Scotland if they'd won the UK City of Culture bid rather than Coventry - Now we'll never know.
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