Ok, so I'm going to join in on this thread not just from time to time, but on a daily basis. The why?
I almost keep that "What song are you listening to" going on my own haha!
Challenge accepted brother, you're not alone any longer.
But I'm going to put my own twist on this, otherwise known as the "how." This thread can get mundane for me at times, picking random bands or artists and posting their songs. Regardless of the good memories I may have, it often feels like more of the "same old, same old."
So I'm going to pick an artist, and post one song of his/hers/theirs for a week.
Week 1: Brad Paisley
Let me qualify this by saying that I'm not a country fan, but I am a Paisley fan. So much so that when his new album-
Moonshine In the Trunk- came out two weeks ago, I pre-ordered it and waited until 1am Eastern time for it to be available on Itunes, and stayed up until 3, listening through the album several times. Many of the typical country themes are portrayed here:
-Women
-Alcohol
-Friends
-Chasing Women with Friends while drinking Alcohol
-Love of the South
-Guns and Trucks
-Heartbreak
But Paisley goes much deeper than that, and this album is a far cry from his 2013 offering, the concept album
Wheelhouse. Here, he goes back to basics, but also offers up a hilarious duet that Carrie Underwood guests on about a bunch of rednecks who got a taste of cash, and once they had a taste of the "
High Life", they couldn't let go. So did they work hard in order to make the money necessary to continue to live such lifestyle? Verse Two and Verse 3 especially have the answer:
I heard a song a couple months ago
It was Carrie Underwood on the radio
Reminded me of a song my brother wrote
Back in Second Grade
Now I know she didn't steal it, but so what?
We laywered up and we sued her butt
These days we figured we pretty much
Would get paid to go away
Here's the full song:
High Life-Brad Paisley
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The song touches on the humorous nature in parts of Paisley's songwriting, which is evident in at least 2-3 songs on every album of his. That he used Underwood as the person the lowlife rednecks sued and had her drop in to sing background on the last verse was pretty funny to me, as were the inventive ways the family kept generating money, then blowing it.
I'll have Day 2 of the week with Brad Paisley songs tomorrow.