Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Truck Yeah? Truck No!

Watch this video.

 
What did you think? Pretty good song, standard run of the mill Tim McGraw.
So, why don't I like the video? There's a few reasons.
Number 1. The first line. What redneck is listening to Lil' Wayne? No disrespect to Mr. Wayne, but come on. That ain't country. Not even close.
Number 2. That ain't a crew cab.That's a reg cab. Come on Tim. Surely you could have afforded a crew cab. You're frigging loaded, aren't you?
Number 3. Pavement Princesses. Ask everyone who has ever gone mudding if they would transport their truck by semi to the place they're going to play. I promise you the answer is going to be no EVERY TIME!
Number 4. Pavement Princesses again. Who gets together with their buddies to drive their jacked ups around on dust covered cement? Not rednecks.
 
I think what this video really goes to show is that Tim McGraw has become a studio cowboy. He doesn't relate with country music anymore. Come on Tim. Country music can NOT be about the money. We aren't that easily fooled. A catchy hook isn't going to be enough to sneak past the genre that lives off lyric. Just a few hints, Mr. McGraw, next time you want to write tune about trucks, let them do truck things. Like this.

Or even this one.

 
That's how a song about trucks should be. Sorry Tim, you've let this redneck down.