Staind "goes country" and holy hell is it ever awful

This song owns. Maybe you haters should go back to Russia.

i can't believe this isn't a joke?

this is the most inefficient song i've ever heard

he needs like 28 lines to describe two flags everyone's seen before

FLAG IN MY YARD

IT'S GOT RED STRIPES

BUT SOME STRIPES ARE WHITE

THERE'S A BLUE PART

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

AND STARS

AND THEN THERE'S THIS OTHER FLAG

haaaaaaaaaa

lol

this shit makes lee greenwood sound like the coup

What is that flag with dont tread on me? not seen that before

um are you an American

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag

No
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jvfd1730
3 days ago
Real musicians sing and play whatever they damn well want because they can pull anything off, exhibit A Aaron Lewis singing a song of who really is. A country boy myself I immediately relate to what he is saying, it dont matter what you put on your body or what you say, as long as its who you are your still being yourself. And that is how i can relate to this song. Sing it brotha!! Great song!

guys... its just about being true 2 urself... all u sneering cityboy liberals cant understand what its like bein a fat country boy in cutthroat hollywood.... alll tho;se slick empty suits tried 2 make him into something he isnt, bue he tsayed true to what he is!!!! now he murders deer

the Metallica flag

Nothing says hard-working red-blooded American like a neck tattoo of DON'T TREAD ON ME ensuring that you can never, under any circumstances, hold down a day job.

xxxxxxp:
There's always been a connection between biker-friendly metal and country. David Allan Coe played with the guys from Pantera, etc..

Hank III is popular because he started out playing hardcore/metal and mostly produces country so he can pay for all twelve paternity cases, right?

With Staind in between album cycles, frontman Aaron Lewis begins a 19-date solo acoustic tour tonight (Oct. 7) at Boston's House of Blues, in support of a five-song EP due out in the spring. Lewis tells Billboard.com the country-based effort, which marks his debut into solo waters, is a natural step.

"When you look at the songs in the past that I have sat down and written on an acoustic guitar -- 'Outside,' 'It's Been a While,' 'So Far Away,' 'Everything Changes,' 'Epiphany' -- if I had a country band behind me to put down country accompaniments, that would have worked, too," Lewis tells Billboard.com. "It just seems like being where I am, what my history is, country was kind of the next step. It made the most sense.

"It wouldn't have made any sense for me to put out a record that was like John Mayer," Lewis adds. "That doesn't really follow suit with the last 13 years."

The EP includes tracks "Vicious Circles," "Massachusetts" and "Country Boy," the latter of which is the lead single and was cut in both country and rock versions. Lewis said they will be serviced to radio soon, with the Nashville-sounding track debuting at the end of November on CMT.

"The country version has George Jones and Chris Young singing on it, and Charlie Daniels plays the fiddle and gives us a piece of his mind at the end of his song." Lewis says.

So is "Country Boy" the most political song Lewis, who says he's not a Tea Party member as much as he's a Constitutionalist, has ever released?

"Well, I'm pretty outspoken as to my political views, and how far this country is from what it's supposed to be right now," Lewis says. "I very strongly believe in the Constitution and I believe in the limited powers it puts forth. I believe that every person in this country would be better off if we went back to having the federal government do what it's supposed to do, and stop sticking its nose in places that it has no authority or right to be sticking it."

As for Staind, Lewis said the hard rock act starts recording in December with an April deadline to turn in its seventh studio release due out summer 2011. The new year also marks the 10th anniversary of Staind's five-times platinum 2001 effort "Break the Cycle." When asked whether the band plans on any special release to commemorate its anniversary, the 38-year-old laughs. "No. The whole concept sounds funny to me. I'd rather move forward."

I grew up more country that pretty much anyone else on the boards aside from jjjusten so don't think I don't know from country.

massive lol at "now he murders deer" tho

xp: oh man, that was my wife's birthday, I should have taken her to that

he's not a Tea Party member as much as he's a Constitutionalist

Huh, a bald man actually fighting over a comb.

There's always been a connection between biker-friendly metal and country. David Allan Coe played with the guys from Pantera, etc..

yeah i wonder what this connection could be

lol so did no one tell george jones that this song doesnt have a melody?

the poor guy is trying to sing along but its like a horrible prank was played on him

Is Jones hurting for money?

this should be aaron lewis f. alex jones... spoken word pieces about contrails and shit

anybody who wants to pack me off to a FEMA UFO excavation forced labor site has to come through me first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpUehXXOG4U

I grew up more country that pretty much anyone else on the boards aside from jjjusten so don't think I don't know from country.

massive lol at "now he murders deer" tho

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― BO (DJP), Friday, December 10, 2010 1:58 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

uhhhh

i grew up on a farm outside of Frost, MN (pop 193)...Hastings is like the upper west side by comparison!

There's always been a connection between biker-friendly metal and country. David Allan Coe played with the guys from Pantera, etc..

goes back farther than that (ie Motorhead)

uhhhh

i grew up on a farm outside of Frost, MN (pop 193)...Hastings is like the upper west side by comparison!

jjj and I didn't live in Hastings, though; that was the closest town. We were in Ravenna Township (pop 110 when we lived there).

Although in practical terms I concede the point.

let's not have a "who's more country?" pissing contest.

if you grew up as country as i did btw you'll find that is actually a real contest.

I wonder how painful the rock version of this song is

Oh great, just what this thread needed, a dick-waving contest about who is more "country".

my dark secret: i practically grew up in iowa (7 miles from the border)

but it was those 7 miles that made all the difference

*waves dick*

i wonder if the record company forced him to do a rock version..

lol

xp

only on ILE would people complain about an "argument" that had already resolved itself

must be a city thing

*goes bow hunting*

*lives off the land*

*stands up for freedom*

(btw nothing on that alex jones video? come on u guys)

must be a city thing

Except not.

*nukes a deer*

*gives George Jones a job*

*reads the Constitution*

it kinda freaks me out that i used to chew tobacco (kodiak) so gross :(

Yeah having grown up on the prairies I can attest that the dudes who liked country often liked metal and vice versa, with no contradictions seen at all. At my old store you'd get guys walking up with Metallica and Randy Travis CDs so I don't really see this as being some massive departure.

why would there be any contradictions involved? the genres share a lot.

early in HS i bought three pixies albums and two husker du albums off a kid for ten bucks. he had them cos some songs were on a thrasher video. then he decided he'd rather be a shitkicker and it was all brooks and dunn all the time. he friended me on facebook a while back and he's super into demo derby. i remember getting into a huge argument with him once about whether mariah carey was black or not.

no real point to that story i guess

it kinda freaks me out that i used to chew tobacco (kodiak) so gross :(

did that for a summer when i worked road construction, shameful part of my past

ha yeah that's exactly the type of job that's perfect for dipping

yeah dipping is kind of like putting soft, warm asphalt into your grill. i tried it once in college on a dare and wanted to kill myself, it was so bad.