Blake Shelton’s New Song “Hell Right” (A Rant)
WARNING: Language
The entirety of Blake Shelton’s career just devolved quicker than a political discussion with your drunk and racist uncle at Thanksgiving dinner. All the nice things said about Blake in the spirit of coming together in country music fellowship after his idiotic “Old Farts and Jackasses” comments back in 2013—and when it really did seem like he was making a concerted effort to be more adult and more country with his last record Texoma Shore and the song “God’s Country”—all that has just been unconditionally and irrevocably eradicated forevermore, and evaporated into thin air upon the release of his new song “Hell Right.” With this song, BS has now racked up such a monumental deficit of ill will with actual country music fans, he’d have to play Hank Williams covers exclusively until 2028 to pay his debts to country music society, and even then, his name would be tantamount to a swear word to many in the country music community into eternity.
Holy shit this song sucks. For making this “Hell Right” atrocity, I hope Blake Shelton’s penis falls off, and his unborn kids go blind. I don’t even know what the second half of that statement means, or how it’s even possible. All I know is hearing this song played anywhere within my general vicinity makes me want to revitalize the Faces of Death movie franchise by drinking a lug of Drano as opposed to being exposed to even a fraction of a second more of this audio monstrosity.
Gwen Stefani should refuse to fuck Blake Shelton for making this song, and hold steady until he pledges to pull this musical abortion from the airwaves and makes a public, tear-filled apology. It is rape and incest of the ears to be susceptible to even a second of “Hell Right.” It’s the country music version of a pandemic biohazard. I would recommend you wear rubber gloves and a respirator even if you just want to take a sniff to see what all the fuss is about. Not even a dig at Lil Nas X can make this song redeemable. In fact all it does is render it hypocritical since “Hell Right” features idiotic monotone rapping and electronic beats just like “Old Town Road,” only rendered severely inauthentic since it’s coming from some cracker Oklahoma farm boy that’s slowly going grey and might as well be yelling, “I’m still relevant!”
Even Trace Adkins, who joins Blake Shelton on the track, seems to scoff at Shelton’s pathetic attempt to coin some new colloquialism with the title and lyrical hook of this “song.” Last time we heard from Trace he was trainwrecking his career with a song whose video featured puppet sex, and was beating the shit out of an impersonator of himself on a booze cruise. Apparently Adkins has sobered up since then, but he’s none the wiser if he’s collaborating with Shelton on this piece of shit. This song is dumber than getting your out-of-date Trace Adkins ponytail stuck in a piece of farm machinery.
Trace Adkins has one of the best voices in country music, and Blake Shelton really had turned a new leaf recently. And now this? Even Blake Shelton’s “Boys ‘Round Here” co-writers Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson are texting themselves each other back and forth today all “Man this song really does suck.” “Hell Right” was partially written by that country music hemorrhoid “Hardy” who has that idiotic “Rednecker” song out there as well. If you needed further evidence that this Hardy guy is preying on the stupidity of some country fans, “Hell Right” would be the honey pot.
In the last few years mainstream country music has been making serious strides in the right direction, and Blake Shelton has been a significant part of that, releasing country singles of substance, taking legends out with him on tour like John Anderson and the Bellamy Brothers, and recording classic songs by George Jones and Bobby Bare. Now this? If Blake believes this is the checkmate to the Lil Nas X/Blanco Brown scourge, he’s sorely mistaken. Just like those “artists” and their signature songs, Blake Shelton’s “Hell Right” is only country in superficial and stereotypical surface elements, and should be unceremoniously kicked off the country charts as well.
All the headway country music has made over the last couple of years, and now we have to figure out how to maneuver around this “Hell Right” bullshit. “God’s Country” was a major success because it united country fans. “Hell Right” is just another embarrassment that makes many country fans hide their heads in shame. Hopefully it flops and proves that this type of preta Bro-Country needs to be put to bed forevermore.
Fuck. This. Song!
August 16, 2019 @ 11:44 am
I’m not sure how you were able to write this review. The bizarre mixture of musical styles left me completely unable to collect my thoughts and understand what I was hearing.
I think you’re pretty much right, though.
August 17, 2019 @ 12:46 am
Blake has always been a douche bag chump, this doesn’t surprise me coming from him.
August 21, 2019 @ 5:32 am
His first few albums were great … after that? Yup, douche bag!!
August 16, 2019 @ 11:47 am
This song is a new low. Which is saying something for Blake Shelton.
August 16, 2019 @ 11:48 am
lmfao he said it would piss you off and it did. that’s what he was trying to do. in any case, you hoping that his “unborn kids go blind” is beyond fucked up and you should delete that shit. you can be mad about the song but making shitty remarks about that in an attempt to be witty is one of the most fucked things you’ve said along with your blatant sexism in other posts. Blake always wanted kids so the fact that he doesn’t have them and probably won’t because of timing issues makes you an asshole. things like kids, fertility, and families and the like should be off limits. Fuck off with that shit.
August 16, 2019 @ 11:52 am
Oh calm down. It’s called sarcasm. I wouldn’t REALLY rather drink a lug of Drano and kill myself than listen to this song either.
August 16, 2019 @ 12:05 pm
Doesn’t matter. It’s messed up. There are ways to criticize the song without taking personal attacks like that about something so delicate. If you’re gonna run a blog that specializes in criticizing, then take criticism directed at you. That shit was insensitive sarcasm or not. Inb4 your readers call me a “snowflake” for calling that out.
August 16, 2019 @ 12:12 pm
I can take criticism all day. That’s why I’ve provided you and anyone else a direct platform to share it publicly. But this wasn’t criticism. This was a rant.
August 16, 2019 @ 2:51 pm
You can take criticism all day? You shit yourself when Maren Morris said you lived in a basement. You were so offended when Bebe Rexha called you out you started clutching your pearls because she said fuck on stage.
You’re ranting now because Blake made fun of you because you are the easiest person to Trigger. It’s glorious.
August 16, 2019 @ 3:02 pm
Wait, Bebe Rexha called me out and Blake Shelton made fun of me? Please supply quotes. I need to add them to my Wall of Fame.
August 19, 2019 @ 4:27 pm
Trigger I love ya but you took this criticism way too far brother.
BS is a perfect name for him as an artist but to insult his unborn kids. That’s low brother….
August 16, 2019 @ 7:45 pm
I’m not even a Blake Shelton fan much less a country music fan. From what I heard the song is good from a musical point. The lyrics didn’t piss me off. But this article rubbed me the wrong way because your spreading hate. I hope a more peaceful life for you Tigger. Gbu
August 17, 2019 @ 4:29 am
Not a country music fan and yet some how you ended up here on a country music website. I don’t think you understand how cathartic this is for country music fans to read these reviews. It means somebody in music journalism can hear the moans of disgust we register in our homes and cars and is speaking for us.
This nobody cares what you think attitude towards criticism is over the last ten or so years is why mainstream music blows. Most people do not have the cajones to say how they really feel. So we end up settling for this era of anyone can be a musician/celebrity mainstream mediocrity stan culture.
I like a journalist is not afraid to be disliked by the masses for being authentic in how they feel.
August 17, 2019 @ 5:12 am
I used to watch the voice. That’s how I got to know about him. I keep up with him and Gwen Stefani as she is a favorite of mine. I have read other articles about this song. This song is not a rant or a assault against Lil nas. It was just saying that, that song was playing a lot, and it was good to change back to listening to regular country song. Billy Cyrus who made a remix. Version with Lil Nas, has a good friendship with Blake Shelton. So Blake explained this to Billy Ray, and he thought how funny it was for people to judge Blake’s song as a rant or a attack. I think your over exaggerating the context of the lyric and taking it too hard. Blake is just saying let’s have some fun with life and music.
August 17, 2019 @ 7:47 pm
U r 1 stupid ass person. Straight up! Get a life!
August 21, 2019 @ 3:44 pm
Although most of us wish You would go ahead and put yourself out of your misery so we didn’t have to listen to your dumbass attempts to be funny.
December 17, 2019 @ 11:00 am
The “Lester Bangs” of Critic Country! About Fucking Time….
August 16, 2019 @ 12:01 pm
Somebody better call the wahmbulance.
You want some cheese with that whine?
August 16, 2019 @ 2:18 pm
Thanks for showing up (die hard fans), what took you so long?
August 16, 2019 @ 7:00 pm
You realize I’m not referring to Trigger, right?
August 17, 2019 @ 8:44 am
Oops
August 16, 2019 @ 12:56 pm
You’re right, if Trigger was more sensitive he’d have wished Blake’s unborn kids were deaf so they didn’t have to grow up listening to this song around the house.
This site has always been a mixture of satire and deeper criticism, with much more of the latter. If you’re not able to differentiate that’s your problem, but no routine reader is impressed by the transparent virtue signaling.
August 16, 2019 @ 1:43 pm
This site is “satirical”? Lmfao okay. If that’s how you want to explain this then fine I guess but don’t act like the sexism from other posts I mentioned is fucking “satirical”. That’s a real problem in country music that he has added to and was rightfully called out for. Trigger has a history of being hateful and one can even argue misogynistic (i.e. any post with Maren Morris) so let’s not. My bad that my first assumption of a rant written by him were that he was touching on one particular subject was insensitive and wrong. I can’t imagine how I would think that considering how fair and respectfully he constructively he criticizes everyone. I truly can’t.
August 16, 2019 @ 2:14 pm
Me and Paul never said this site was “satirical,” (as you put between quotation marks, as if it’s a quote). What they said was, “This site has always been a mixture of satire and deeper criticism, with much more of the latter.”
Nothing I have said about Maren Morris has been hateful or misogynistic. But remember, she said of me, and I quote, “some cowardly basement dweller (no disrespect to basements) with a keyboard.”
I have never written a rant about Maren Morris because she’s too fragile to take it. Meanwhile Blake Shelton said before this song even came out that it would piss off bloggers. Far be it from me to disappoint him.
This is a stupid song, and a stupid article in response. When you can’t laugh at problems like bad country songs, THAT’s when you know you’re taking things too seriously.
August 16, 2019 @ 2:28 pm
I’m not gonna argue with you about Maren. It’s clear from other peoples’ comments on your posts about her that I’m not the only one who feels that you have been sexist and misogynistic towards her. And this has nothing to do with laughing at bad songs. I literally said that there are ways to criticize the song without taking personal attacks, which you did. You can keep the whole rant and it would’ve been fine had you not taken personal attacks. I don’t care if you don’t like the song. You are entitled to that. My problem is that you feel like you can get away with low blow personal attacks like the one you made and then you and your stans come here and brush it off like it’s nothing. You could be a really good blogger if you backed away from that and gave actual constructive criticism instead of just attacking someone’s character as if you know them. I’ve learned about some pretty cool songs here but your attitude and entitlement is off putting.
August 17, 2019 @ 7:16 pm
S talking about other Maren comments calling Trig sexist. A couple pink pussy hat wearing rolling stone writers/bloggers were the only ones. Most others agreed that she is an arrogant bitch who thinks her shit don’t stink.At least her 15 is about up.
September 13, 2020 @ 10:38 am
“This is a stupid song, and a stupid article in response. When you can’t laugh at problems like bad country songs, THAT’s when you know you’re taking things too seriously.”
And yet you called Rednecker “idiotic.” Probably because you took the lyrics of that tongue-in-cheek song too seriously.
September 13, 2020 @ 10:42 am
“This is a stupid song, and a stupid article in response. When you can’t laugh at problems like bad country songs, THAT’s when you know you’re taking things too seriously.”
And yet you called Hardy’s song Rednecker “idiotic.” Probably because you took that tongue-in-cheek song too seriously.
August 16, 2019 @ 3:33 pm
Hmm yes I’ve read those articles in question with Maren Morris and I’m not really aware of what the sexist remarks are. That she has a big ego? That she’s a pop star making mediocre pop music that’s played on country radio? I’m not sure how any of that is unique to her being a woman. Any article on here that broaches the general subject of sexism in country music is quite informative and Trigger tends to take a very nuanced approach, explaining all sides of the argument and contributing factors, which is something that’s just hard to find in 2019 where everyone subscribes to a tribalistic ideology. That’s why you see just as many comments here calling Trigger a hippie social justice warrior as you see the “thAt’S SeXIst!” remarks by the virtue signalers without any substantial evidence. In fact you’re really furthering sexism by throwing the term around baselessly to stir emotion rather than exposing any serious underlying issue.
August 16, 2019 @ 3:48 pm
Kinda like social justice warriors calling people racists and cheapening the word, S is cheapening the words “sexist” and “misogynistic.”
S should’ve never left his echo chamber.
The reality is that S doesn’t matter.
August 16, 2019 @ 4:17 pm
You must be a man. Criticizing the way a woman acts, dresses, and the fact that she’s outspoken isn’t sexist? Ok. Trigger was even demanding a fucking apology from Tamara Saviano for calling out his sexism both on his website and at some event. Later we got Trigger writing a long ass post defending himself from sexism claims because he dug himself into that hole. The truth is, many people feel the same way. It would be one thing to criticize her music being “pop” or whatever but when he attacks and demeans her because of how HE thinks she should act, dress and talk then guess what? That’s sexism. If you refuse to see it, that’s on you.
August 16, 2019 @ 5:28 pm
S,
I believe you when you said you didn’t want to debate the merits of my Maren Morris coverage, but I too was going to evoke the name of Tamara Saviano. One of the things that Tamara said, and I quote, is:
“There is an entire industry of women who have Maren’s back, and all the other women in our business.”
This is the reason multiple women—two weeks after I posted my article—called out the (non-existent) sexism in it. It’s because the “have Maren’s back,” could not deal with the fair and objective criticism, and instead, and in an unethical and unprofessional manner, banded together in an attempt to deplatform me by lying about the nature of my coverage. This includes members of the media, who literally Stan and lie for artists like Maren Morris regularly, and for other women (Saviano’s quote) seeing her as an ally in tribal warfare. This, by definition, is sexism.
The reason I criticized Maren Morris was because I believed, and still believe, that she is making herself an unnecessarily polarizing public figure, and that she is demeaning others, especially women, with her pompous, arrogant, and objectifying deportment. She can take that constructive criticism or leave it. It appears she’s left it. But that is my opinion, and I stand behind it.
August 16, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
Trigger is a fucking feminist you dipshit. If this was a Miranda song he would be blazing the guns up. This woke shit is funny when the sheep start going after each other.
August 19, 2019 @ 7:14 pm
What really bothered me about that was people I respect sticking up for Maren Morris just because she was from Texas. I mean, really?
August 17, 2019 @ 8:42 pm
Misogynistic? Hardly. His criticism of Maren Morris has nothing to do with the fact that she is a woman. It has to do with the fact that she’s an arrogant Beyonce/Rihanna wannabe with no class. And even that could be forgiven if her music were country (which it isn’t).
August 16, 2019 @ 3:43 pm
Here’s something to choke on, S.
Your industry is disappearing. You and your ilk are no longer needed for singers to be “successful.”
Radio? Dead. Billboard Charts? Dead.
Keep whistling past the graveyard though.
August 16, 2019 @ 4:23 pm
Okay. And? I’m not needed and neither are you yet here you are commenting on the same on post. Also, “the reality is that S doesn’t matter.” And you do? Lmao right.
August 16, 2019 @ 5:43 pm
LOL yes I am a man.
You know what I see though? It’s not Trigger that’s sexist, it’s you, Saviano, and other women that work in the business. I think you’re merely projecting your feelings on men because you work in a business where women shedding clothes is encouraged by men and women alike.
How many secrets are you holding because you don’t want to lose your career?
How many sexual assaults are you keeping quiet about because you don’t want to lose that money pipeline?
August 16, 2019 @ 4:28 pm
I don’t know about the sexism you mentioned, but I agree that he shouldn’t have said that about his unborn children. As someone who has lost an unborn child before they ever made it into this world, that really took things to far, even if in sarcasm.
August 17, 2019 @ 7:30 am
You and S(ironic that they are using the same letter that shit is spelled with) would fit in better on a CNN comment section
August 17, 2019 @ 1:25 pm
I think that you are mistaken. I said that I never saw any sexism. And I am as anti liberal as they come, so I don’t believe that a CNN comment section and I would fit well together.
August 16, 2019 @ 6:57 pm
There wasn’t any “sexism” in other posts. Completely fabricated as a result of him rightfully criticizing terrible songs and artists.
August 17, 2019 @ 4:51 pm
It’s his blog. If you don’t like it, don’t read it. You are obviously a Blake Shelton apologist. Don’t put the man down because he offended you by being sarcastic. Have you read any of his previous “rants”? It’s part of the blog!
August 16, 2019 @ 11:56 am
I liked a couple of his more recent releases. He was harkening back to the sound of his earlier records a little. This however is a piece of crap. Worse than Boys ‘Round Here and Honky Tonk Badonka Donk. These two should be ashamed. Just awful.
Now the re-release of Robbie Fulk’s Country Love Songs…that sounds great!
August 16, 2019 @ 11:58 am
I like it. Then again, I like orange socks, and diesel exhaust.
August 16, 2019 @ 11:59 am
An embarrassing cliched bro country song that is just a re-tread of “Boys Round Here.”
August 16, 2019 @ 12:04 pm
Hoss, your review should have just been “Hell no”!
August 17, 2019 @ 11:49 am
“Hell Wrong.” Opposites, opposites, opposites.
August 16, 2019 @ 12:07 pm
Wow, sarcasm? I would say more like character assassination. Time for you to step away from the keyboard, turn on the light and leave the basement.
August 16, 2019 @ 12:50 pm
Wait, did you just hyper embellish the low standards of my living situation to be humorous?
August 17, 2019 @ 4:33 am
If Blake’s character gets killed as a result of this review I will further applaud the work done here. And Blake can go home and sleep on his pile of money and not think about what he did.
This kind o lazy music making is a insult to this countries musical history and the fans of that music, specifically in this case country.
August 16, 2019 @ 12:22 pm
Gods Country is a really good song and so was I Lived it. Otherwise I haven’t liked anything from Blake is a very very long time. His early stuff was country but then he went all bro/pop country. I wont even give this one a try. I trust your review lol
August 16, 2019 @ 1:11 pm
absolutely agree!
August 16, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
I agree the song is absolute trash and literally one of the worst songs but dude your really getting out of hand with some of the jabs sracasm or rant come on, hitting way below the belt.
August 16, 2019 @ 12:30 pm
Calling all old farts and jackasses to rise up and slay Blake Shelton!! (I didn’t get a ‘harrumph’ outa that guy)
August 16, 2019 @ 1:09 pm
Give the governor a harrumph.
August 16, 2019 @ 2:18 pm
I got my eye on you…
August 16, 2019 @ 12:31 pm
Part of me loves when bad country songs are released just for your rants
August 16, 2019 @ 12:41 pm
That song was trash.
August 16, 2019 @ 12:48 pm
I know this blog is all about “real” country music but I think the song is kinda catchy. It’ll be fun at concerts which was probably the point. Plus Blake has done more for traditional country and country legends in the past few years than his contemporaries have done in their entire careers. His next song will probably be “safer”. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
August 16, 2019 @ 5:39 pm
No it’s not. Look at the latest Miranda post.
August 18, 2019 @ 5:21 am
For the song to be fun at concerts though, someone would have to want to sink low enough to go to a Blake Shelton concert….
August 28, 2019 @ 2:31 pm
Blake has sold out quite a few shows. Got a plaque a month or two for breaking attendance records, so I think he is doing fine.Trigger’s hyperbolic rant was overdone and some of it in poor taste. Jr. High school mean girl tone and very poor judgement assailing infants. I can understand him not liking the song, but Dude, it’s just a song. A light hearted song. Sadly, his severe BDS informs everything he writes about Blake.
August 16, 2019 @ 12:53 pm
Carl liked it
August 16, 2019 @ 12:57 pm
Rape, incest, blind fetuses, abortion. Trigger, my man, ease off the pedal.
August 16, 2019 @ 1:03 pm
so that is just about the BEST , most impassioned , funniest ,no-hold-barred rant you’ve ever posted , trigger , and I’m still laughing my nads loose 5 minutes after reading it.
i’m was already contemplating checking into a spiritual retreat ( psyche ward ) to try to understand what the world drank to make ‘ol town road’ so ubiquitous . now this . THIS !
my first question in the sweat lodge is gonna be ” this ….but not alan jackson …? ”
for God’s sake SOMEONE find my ruby slippers and put me on the next swirling barn back to earth …..
oh and that song will be a number one smash here in the great white north simply because cuz its B.S !!!!
two thumbs ….cut off
August 16, 2019 @ 1:09 pm
Because I respect your opinion, I won’t even listen but wishing ill will on children makes me a little uncomfortable
August 16, 2019 @ 1:18 pm
And here I got crapped on by some people over my refusal to support Garth’s “Dive Bar”
August 16, 2019 @ 3:37 pm
Dive bar is HORRIBLE.. Not sure why people continue to put Garth on a pedestal.
August 16, 2019 @ 4:34 pm
I hate Dive Bar. It sucks too. Just like this dumb song, it panders to the lowest common denominator of mainstream country “fans.”
August 16, 2019 @ 1:18 pm
” billy ray cyrus ..?……but not alan jackson “
August 16, 2019 @ 1:23 pm
Dude, I think you need to institute a new scoring system for cases such as this – the “Triggered” scale, because you’ve definitely got both hammers tripped.
August 16, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
This song has probably the worst hook in the history of music. What the fuck is a “hell right”?! Just think about all the people involved in the making of this song… songwriters, artist, record label, producers, engineers, session musicians, etc… And not one person objected to this bullshit?! Smh
August 17, 2019 @ 11:57 am
Good ol’ boys say “hell right” all the time. Where you been?
August 17, 2019 @ 12:33 pm
Bob….
I’ve heard…”Hell, Yes!!!” and….”Hell, No!!!” and….”What the Hell???”
And there was one time when I finally kicked my crazy ex out of the house and my brother asked….”Is she gone?” And I said…”Yes, Hell Left…”
But I’ve never heard anyone say…..”Hell Right”
August 17, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
I must be behind the times I guess, or maybe I’m just not as southern as I thought lol
August 17, 2019 @ 5:26 pm
I’ve heard once heard anyone say “hell right.”
August 16, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
I wonder how Trigger feels about this song?
August 16, 2019 @ 1:38 pm
Luckily I was riding the porcelain pony when I read this, I laughed so hard. But now I’m afraid to listen to the “song”….
August 16, 2019 @ 1:42 pm
You said penis…. hee hee hee….
August 16, 2019 @ 2:01 pm
Well. Guess REBA and Blackstocks gave a thumbs up for this single.They are his management.Blake may get half of the next 2020 ACM’s Show. He maybe given a COUPLE of mics this next go around while sitting in the crowd.Its all about getting HIM noticed. He has the God single, now this one. Thank God Stefani is back to save The Voice (as Blake stated)
August 16, 2019 @ 2:03 pm
Hell No!
New Stuff:
Gina Jeffreys – Beautiful Tangle – Album (14 Tracks) – Released (08/08)
Gina Jeffreys started her career 28 years ago, a five time Golden Guitar winner & she received gold & platinum records for three of her albums down under.
Her new album is a winner. Country & folk mixed with a little bit of swing here & jazz there. The first single “Cash” (about touring with Johnny Cash in 1994) is the current #1 single in Australia (for 5 weeks now). Highlights: “Gypsy Soul”, the single “Cash” & the duet with superstar Lee Kernaghan “He Still Wants To Dance With Her”.
Tracy Lawrence – Made In America – Album (12 Tracks) – Released (08/15)
100% Tracy Lawrence. Good album but i miss the real highlights. Best track: “When The Cowboys Gone”
Rodney Crowell – Texas – Album (11 Tracks) – Released (08/14)
Loaded with guests (Lee Ann Womack, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Randy Rogers, Billy F. Gibbons, Ronnie Dunn, Ringo Starr, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle & John Jorgenson) the new Rodney Crowell album is…well…not my kind of music. It’s not bad but i can’t get into the music. Best track: “Deep In The Heart Of Uncertain Texas” (with Dunn, Nelson & Womack).
Kolby Cooper – Good Ones Never Last – Album (14 Tracks) – Released (08/14)
The first full album for Kolby Cooper. After a couple of singles & EPs the album contains new tracks & songs previously released on EP. Mixing country (on the slower tracks) & Country-rock (on the faster tracks).
My highlights: “Tired”, “Wide Open (Not So Great)” & “Fall”. Unnecessary: just another song about Tom Petty.
August 16, 2019 @ 2:32 pm
That new Crowell album takes the award for disappointment of the year.
August 16, 2019 @ 7:02 pm
I dig Kolby Cooper’s sound but man oh man are some of his songs bitter (Tired, It Ain’t Me). I do enjoy Tired, mind you. That’s how your incorporate distorted guitar into country music. Kudos to Cooper for being open and real, I guess
August 20, 2019 @ 8:20 am
heard a couple tracks and yeah ….that was enough . never been a HUGE rodney fan but the recent stuff hasn’t done a thing for me . I did like some of the stuff w/ emmylou ….but mostly cuz it was emmylou . there’s just so much better stuff out there ….we hear it when trigger brings it to SCM . life’s too short .
August 16, 2019 @ 9:45 pm
I am have been really listening to Kolby Cooper a lot. Curse October should get a look at for song of the year. So raw and real.
August 17, 2019 @ 2:38 am
“Take It From Hank” was my Song of the Year 2018.
Kolby Cooper is a big talent (20 years old) & he will find his place with the new album in Texas & beyond.
August 17, 2019 @ 7:45 am
I really liked Kolby’s EP. Wasn’t aware the album came out. Looking forward to hearing it.
As to this thread, good lord people, lighten the fuck up. It’s called “exaggeration for comedic effect.” No one wants anyone’s kids to be born blind (and I agree with the person who wrote that Trigger should have gone with deaf so they wouldn’t have to hear anything Shelton does). But Blake Shelton sucks. He is the country music version of Adam Levine. What sort of person would just as soon be on The Voice as have a legit music career? The type of person who just wants to be rich. And there is nothing wrong with that. Hell, I’d like to be rich but I’ve not yet gotten to the point where I will sell crack to schoolchildren to do it.
August 18, 2019 @ 10:44 am
I just listened to “Curse October.” I agree that it’s a good song, but no matter how raw and real it is, it’s not refined enough for Song of the Year consideration. It’s real to him. It’s raw to him emotionally, but it’s just lacking in the specificity department. The truly great songs about such topics are a little more in depth. I’d say he should take 5-10 years to develop as a writer and allow natural emotional maturation to take place. At that point, I’d love to hear him tackle the subject again.
August 18, 2019 @ 1:06 pm
Thanks for the Kolby Cooper plug. He and his crew have a phenomenally well crafted sound for their age.
It’s, funny, he does a lot of name dropping, but if I were to identify his sound it would be with Wade Bowen. Smooth vocals through a four piece rock band, with one of the guitars being run like a steel guitar. Good enough to run the MP3’s through the checkout at Amazon.
August 16, 2019 @ 2:06 pm
Do we dismiss that Hardy cowrote “God’s Country” as well?
August 16, 2019 @ 2:24 pm
Blake Shelton releasing “Hell Right” directly diminishes the quality and importance of “God’s Country” because it exposes it as just some demographic pandering super hit formulated by a writer who is actively gaming the pliable mainstream country fan for reactions. I don’t love “God’s Country,” but I thought it was good. It was likely a “Song of the Year” and “Single of the Year” contender for the CMAs and ACMs. Now, I don’t think they touch it. All sarcasm aside, this was a terrible move by Shelton. Not saying the song won’t be popular, but it will destroy all the good will he’s sowed in the last few years for a short-term commercial boost. “God’s Country” put Blake right back at the top of the genre. “Hell Right” puts him in the company of the Bro-Country washouts.
August 16, 2019 @ 2:19 pm
Favorite line in a long time…………….”country music hemorrhoid “Hardy” “…..LOL You’re being to kind to him Trig but he’s right up there with Man bun chode Filmore. Yes this song is the worst of the worst and to get the taste of 1 full listen out of my ears I’ll be drinking adult beverages and mingling with real Country fans while enjoying the Steel Woods tonight and our favorite new gals the Steel Blossoms tomorrow.
August 17, 2019 @ 6:30 am
Ok, had to look up “chode”, recommend you don’t if you are drinking anything LOL…
August 16, 2019 @ 2:21 pm
This is so shitty it makes the Rappin’ Duke sound like Folsom Prison Blues.
August 16, 2019 @ 2:30 pm
Jesus wept.
August 17, 2019 @ 3:33 pm
lol this is my favorite comment on the whole thread. It’s all just so sad.
August 16, 2019 @ 2:56 pm
How is Blake Shelton so famous? He is so blindingly bland in both general presence and voice, it’s hard to even feel incensed at this cornball shit.
Also wish mainstream male country singers would give up trying to sing (or in this case, rap…) with that overly affected low drawl – it makes them sound profoundly moronic (the affectation that is, rather than the drawl).
August 20, 2019 @ 8:29 am
most women I know or meet at gigs etc all seem to love blake shelton . and there , it would seem , is the answer to your question JK . in fact , its probably the answer to why most mainstream males are famous .
saying that ..we have never ONCE had anyone request a shelton song at a gig ….no surprise , though …. so few BS songs work on the dance floor and neither will this one . not saying a song HAS to be dance-friendly but it had better be if there’s no narrative or emotion .
August 16, 2019 @ 3:36 pm
Trigger,
Haven’t commented much on here, but am wondering when you’ll review one of Whiskey Myers’ new songs. It sure as hell beats having to review Shelton, and I would think would put you in a much better state of mind. I know their album is still a month or so away, but damn, if you like Southern Rock, Rolling Stone or Bury My Bones need some love.
August 16, 2019 @ 5:12 pm
Hey Tony,
I posted a succession of articles on Whiskey Myers earlier this summer about the new album and included “Die Rockin'” in that coverage. As has been discussed on this site over the last couple of weeks, I’m sort of down on the idea of so many songs being released ahead of albums (working on an article about it as we speak), so frankly I avoid subsequent songs after the first one or two. When the Whiskey Myers album gets released, I’m sure I’ll be covering it in depth with a review and further coverage.
As a side note, I expect this Whiskey Myers release to be huge. If things hold form, I wouldn’t be surprised if they even beat Tyler Childers’ numbers during the debut week. Stay tuned.
August 17, 2019 @ 6:45 am
Thanks for the reply, Trigger
August 16, 2019 @ 3:43 pm
Dude I have loved this site so much and have read your articles for years… but you took this shit way too far man. The song is trash. And that’s coming from a fan of Blake Shelton. I’ve always hated this side of his music. And you should too. It’s trash. Not country. But don’t mention his kids that have yet to be born. That’s immature even though it’s a joke. Blake has made a lot of good music and he understands what real country is. And he has made music for that audience. But he also makes songs like this and “Boys round here” that are disgraceful to the country genre. I do agree that he should not be making music like this… but at the same time there is an audience for that music these days. And as bad as this hip-country is, at least he isn’t singing pop ballads about the same damn thing everyone else is singing about in the mainstream. It’s not 1984 anymore. And although that’s the music I love and I hope can make a resurgence, i’m not going to attack this mans family (or potential family) just because the song doesn’t align with my personal taste in music. Man up. Give an honest review about how Blake and others can do more for country music today, rather than ranting like a 12 year old who dropped his lollipop.
August 16, 2019 @ 8:13 pm
Dude, its not a serious rant. Trig wasn’t typing the rant red faced in a basement at 3AM. its meant to be taken tongue in cheek
August 19, 2019 @ 7:02 am
Oh no! Not the unborn children that may or may not ever exist! And what about all the future wives and future great-grandchildren and cousins? Think of the children, Trigger!
August 19, 2019 @ 7:55 am
Someone finally gets the full complexity of that joke.
August 16, 2019 @ 3:43 pm
I sometimes think that Hardy is in on the joke. Like he writes these pandering songs, kind of tongue and cheek. Gives it a wink and a nod and sends it down the line, just to see how “good” his “bad” song can do. He cashes his checks and writes another, all the while thinking ok, this one won’t possibly be a hit.. I swear he is playing games with Music Row, and laughing all the way to the bank.
August 16, 2019 @ 9:45 pm
man I wish you were just joking but I’m damned near convinced this is the case with some of this shit . ” how far can we push this before they’re on to us ? “
August 17, 2019 @ 12:10 pm
Good ol’ boys say “hell right” all the time. Where you been?
August 16, 2019 @ 3:45 pm
“But when the story was told the next day at the graduation ceremony
Everyone said that when the ambulance came
The paramedics could hear “Hell Right” still playing on the stereo
You know, it’s a very long song…”
August 16, 2019 @ 7:06 pm
Well done.
August 16, 2019 @ 4:09 pm
I mean… it’s bad. Really bad.
Am I the only one who hears Nickleback I this and in “God’s Country?”
August 16, 2019 @ 5:08 pm
Yeah you’re the only one. And it’s not that bad.
August 16, 2019 @ 5:17 pm
I may be the only one who hears Nickleback, but clearly I’m not the only one who things this song is REALLY bad.
August 17, 2019 @ 8:09 am
I heard a lot of similarity in this song to God’s Country for sure. Kinda weird. When I first heard God’s Country, I heard a lot of Country Boy Can Survive vibe. I think you brought up the Nickleback thing before. Not sure about that. Any song in particular it reminds you of?
August 17, 2019 @ 10:35 am
A lot.of Nickleback songs sound alike…so it reminds me.of the whole Nickleback vibe…but “Rockstar” is the one that it REALLY reminds me of.
August 17, 2019 @ 10:11 am
You know, Nickelback is a punching bag, but for all of the criticism they get (some warranted, some not) at least they’ve stayed relatively true to their roots and musical identity. Yeah, they’ve had the odd pop song and big ballad here and there, but rock has always had a cozier relationship with outside influence than country (or it’s generally more accepted, anyway). Me, I just think of them as a modern AC/DC: all their songs sound the same, all of their lyrics are redundant and they even rewrite their own songs. The difference is that time won’t be able to rehabilitate Nickeback’s reputation as it did AC/DC’s, due to their existing as part of the social media age. At least 95% of Nickelback’s catalogue can be counted on to rock; can 95% of any bro-tool’s catalogue be counted on to give any true blue country goodness? I think not, and I like plenty of older songs from artists like Blake Shelton who have changed drastically over the years.
August 17, 2019 @ 12:15 pm
That is the first thing I thought myself!! Sounded just like Nickelbach. The days of AUSTIN are dead, I presume. This new one is soooooo bad. I didnt think he could go lower that chew tobacco spit……terrible. . He embarrassed himself and his bro country compadres, but that bar is low….
August 17, 2019 @ 1:28 pm
I thought same thing right away about Nickelbach.
August 16, 2019 @ 4:19 pm
This isn’t a song, it’s a t-shirt made in Bangladesh that soccer moms buy at Target before heading up to the lake house to do jello shots together, wink at poolboys, and then commiserate over the state of their sexless marriages to housing contractors who were sick of their shit a decade ago and now spend the evenings drinking beer at the clubhouse and going home to tinkle. But you keep bumpin that chicken, Blake.
August 16, 2019 @ 4:35 pm
The song is trash and so are Blake and Trace as artists. That said, I wouldn’t mind the rants being shelved for awhile. I think this site has so much influence that directing the time and energy towards good music, good artists, and music that gets little press attention is a better use of energy.
Not trying to be critical and I realize there are economic realities involved in the sense a Blake Shelton related article probably makes the site more money than a Hellbound Glory article, but just a long-time fan and readers feedback.
August 16, 2019 @ 5:02 pm
Let me pull back the curtain a little bit here.
First off, this is the first proper rant I have posted since April of 2018 when I took on Parmalee’s song “Hotdamalama.”
(https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/parmalees-last-dying-gasps-at-relevancy-hotdamalama-a-rant/”
So it’s been 16 months, and roughly 850 articles ago since I last posted a rant. So the rant’s were shelved, and really, have never ever been a significant, or even a minor content component to this site. Even when I was writing rants more often, it would be about five or six a year out of 600 to 700 articles. It’s that the people who don’t get them tend to flip out about them, and that impression looms large in people’s minds, and goes on to make some believe that’s all I ever do. That’s one of the reasons I stopped writing so many of them. I made an exception here for numerous reasons, including to test the waters. And yes, I have confirmed that true sarcasm is dead, people are too uptight to laugh about anything, and we live in a much darker and dangerous world because of it.
As for the economic impact of an article like this, it is inconsequential. First, this article really isn’t getting that much traffic. The Randy Travis article I posted earlier today is receiving 3 times the traffic as this one. If I took economics into concern, I would close Saving Country Music and go work in the lumber department of Home Depot, where I would make twice as much money, and spend half as much time. If there was anything to write about Hellbound Glory, I would write it. And as soon as something happens, I will. Until then, I will cover the important topics of the day. No artist, song, or album has ever, or will ever NOT be covered because I choose to cover something else, rant or otherwise. This is a continued misconception on how content creation works.
Lots of people love to read rants. Some don’t. I get they’re polarizing subject matter and appreciate that feedback.
August 16, 2019 @ 8:08 pm
Power to you trig. Your rants always have me falling out of my chair laughing. Either way you run the Most Badass Country Music Website
August 17, 2019 @ 4:54 am
Interesting to learn a bit about the behind the scenes info. Again, not trying to be critical, this site is a multiple visit site for me per day. I’m all for sarcasm and wasn’t offended in the least by this article, I think I just get exhausted learning how crappy mainstream Country songs continue to be since I am so detached from that world.
Not to get off-topic, but have you thought of doing something like Patreon for the site? I suspect like all silicon valley inspired sites Patreon takes a big cut, but I would gladly throw in a monthly or yearly contribution to the site if given the opportunity! I know you have the Amazon affiliate link, but a more direct way to support the site would be awesome.
August 17, 2019 @ 12:26 pm
I have an aversion to asking people for money. It’s my job to figure out how to make a living off this site, not my readers. That said, if a time came when it was doing something like Patreon or shutting the site down, I would consider it. One thing I think a lot of folks don’t understand is that Saving Country Music is a very big site as far as both the amount of content and traffic, esp. for what is basically a one man operation, and there is a lot of built-in monthly costs just to keep it up and running. So the site has to make money to survive.
My fear of Patreon is something that happened with Tyler Mahan Coe. Some people are incentivized NOT to produce and push themselves when they have monthly payments coming in regardless of their output. I like to stay hungry.
Read any list on the worst jobs in modern society, and writer is at the very top (or bottom), even above combat soldiers and garbage collectors, because at least they get benefits. But I feel infinitely privileged to be able to write about country music for a living, and to make whatever money off of it as I can. Having no underwriters, investors, employees to worry about, or direct advertisers to keep happy gives me flexibility to post articles like this without repercussions.
August 16, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
Horrible and disgusting. You’re an embarrassment and just an all around terrible person. No wonder people hate you. There’s always Karma. Maybe, all those terrible things you said might just happen to you – a self important, basement dwelling, loser blogger that will never accomplish half as much as all the singers you criticize. Keep posting your terrible YouTube videos. Also, keep kissing the ass of your favorite and their stupid auto tuned flop of a song. I’m sure their or PR pays you well.
August 16, 2019 @ 4:44 pm
YouTube videos?
August 16, 2019 @ 5:09 pm
I LOVE Trigs YouTube site, and of course all of his full throated support for auto tune songs on here.
Signed, someone who has never read this site (because I’m only ever on his YouTube page)
August 16, 2019 @ 5:53 pm
Ida is a rabid Shefani fan who has confused you with Grady and feels you both are diehard ML fans…she gets a little dramatic.
August 16, 2019 @ 9:28 pm
A few (not all) of the commenters here playing rabidly offended are Gwen/Blake Stan embeds posing as regular readers. Funny that I haven’t seen one negative comment about this on social media whatsoever in nearly 200 comments total on Twitter and Facebook.
August 17, 2019 @ 8:15 am
Stop excusing it by saying that all the people offended are Gwen/Blake fans. No one on social media, besides your regular followers, cares about an irrelevant blogger like you. Your nearly 200 comments total are from your followers that have the same stupid mentality as you. I’m sure if your personal attacks and critiques on artists became more mainstream people would see how horrible your “ sarcastic rants” really are. Also, Woman Nashville did tweet – Things we don’t compare to rape: songs we don’t like. Hmmm, I wonder who that was directed to?
August 17, 2019 @ 8:28 am
Woman Nashville is a Stan account. That is what it is. And yes, many of the shock and appalled comments here are coming from Blake Shelton/ Gwen Stefani Stans.
August 18, 2019 @ 11:28 pm
You mean like this tweet with a screenshot of your vile rant from a well-respected guy who actually hates Blake. That is where I saw it:
“By the way, if you’re a writer who might be thinking of calling on K*le C*rone*s to comment on Blake Shelton’s new song, or any other damn thing…you might want to think again.”
I am taking his advice. I’m out.
August 19, 2019 @ 7:53 am
Always name names. To do otherwise is cowardice, and proves you believe your position is tenuous.
August 17, 2019 @ 7:46 am
I’m not a rabid shefani fan. I am not confusing this asshole with Grady. What I meant was that someone posted a video of him singing and I finally got to see what this loser looks and sounds like. I should have clarified it. I could understand someone not liking a song but to make personal insults against someone is vile and disgusting. Is listening to this song comparable to rape and incest? Is it nice to wish someone a blind baby? Would you like someone to say that to you? Oh, but it’s sarcasm. Ha ha. He does kiss Miranda’ s ass though. I wonder why?
August 17, 2019 @ 8:26 am
Well, I’m not a singer either. So unless it was something posted in sarcasm, you’re still off the scent. But keep trying.
August 17, 2019 @ 8:19 am
I wasn’t confusing him with Grady. I also didn’t mention any artist by name, yet you knew who I was talking about. That just proves my point.
August 17, 2019 @ 8:31 am
Also, I never mentioned ML by name by you immediately assumed I was talking about her. I wonder why?
August 16, 2019 @ 6:24 pm
Maybe you should do a rant about how basements are rarer in Texas than a humble David Allan Coe moment. That way you can provide a PSA and not be accused of favoritism. Plus it may challenge your detractors to present a logical theory to the location of your computer in your house.
August 16, 2019 @ 8:01 pm
Don’t Deny having a Youtube Trig. We all know you’re secretly Grady Smith
August 17, 2019 @ 6:43 am
LOL I was thinking you just were getting punk’d there but good…or Ida has to lay off the sauce.
August 18, 2019 @ 9:39 am
YouTube videos? Seriously, how disconnected are you?
August 16, 2019 @ 5:06 pm
Oh this is too funny. He made a joke about purest cm bloggers crying. Isn’t it funny the top 3 Country songs on ITunes Country are “spoken word”. And no it won’t hurt God’s Country chances. I would suspect most who follow Blake’s career know he likes a fun, goofy song. I understand you want to be funny but, naw, you’re not. Just petty.
August 18, 2019 @ 2:15 pm
The Top 3 Songs on iTunes Country also have nothing to do with country music except for the label that was put on them.
August 16, 2019 @ 5:36 pm
Did Dallas Davidson write this? There are only a few song writers alive today talented enough to craft such technical and meaningful material.
August 16, 2019 @ 5:45 pm
This man has never outgrown his attention seeking ways, taking a dig at Old Town Road is really low anyway no surprises there…this coming from a man who left the beautiful talented Miranda Lambert for a woman 7yrs his senior smh!
August 17, 2019 @ 7:57 am
Ignorant and stupid comment. It wasn’t a dig at Old Town Road. That’s funny that you say he left Miranda for a woman 7 years his senior, when Miranda married someone 8 yrs her junior. I guess her husband married someone 8 yrs his senior. If you look at her paid pap strolls pictures you can see how apparent the age difference is.
August 17, 2019 @ 10:36 am
Those photos are all awesome, bc he’s hot, and she’s happy.
August 17, 2019 @ 11:32 am
Gwen is 50yrs old for God’s sake and no amount of plastic surgery will change that, Miranda is still young and juicy, there you have it, and yes it was a dig at Old Town Road however much he tries to deny it. Let’s see how his stupid song will fair.
August 17, 2019 @ 11:37 am
*fare
August 20, 2019 @ 8:51 am
we have to admit , i think ,that it doesn’t get any less country or any more surreal than blake shelton , of all people , calling out l’il nas’ ‘country’ song .you can’t even make that stuff up . this is seinfeld’s bizzaro ‘ country ‘ world .
i think this stuff REALLY kicked in when they told the dixie chicks ‘ there’s no banjo on a country record ‘ and the chicks said ‘ guess what ‘ . hell ….almost all of keith urban’s ‘country’ records had banjo after that ….lol . now THAT is ‘beautiful crazy ‘. bizzaro world , my friends .
we hated toby’s red solo cup . luke combs makes a career slurping from one on stage .
i’ll say it again …ever since tiny tim tip-toed through the tulips with his uke NOTHING on mainstream radio should surprise us ….NOTHING .
i mean hell …..sturgil’s sailor record won the grammy for country album of the year and ‘country’ radio won’t give alan jackson the time of day .
is it just me ? like doyle lawson said in concert recently when asked if he was ‘ off his meds ‘ :
( paraphrasing ) ” Hell ….i didn’t even NEED meds until I came here ”
carry on kids ……we’ll get through this …..
August 17, 2019 @ 1:23 pm
That is the first thing I thought myself!! Sounded just like Nickelbach. The days of AUSTIN are dead, I presume. This new one is soooooo bad. I didnt think he could go lower that chew tobacco spit……terrible. . He embarrassed himself and his bro country compadres, but that bar is low….
August 16, 2019 @ 6:02 pm
Sigh. My last post. I know many here come to hate on some artists while ignoring questionable behavior of others. You may not like Shelton’s music. Some is really good. I have seen him in concert and he was great. Strong voice. Funny. Interacts with audiences. But he does so much for Country Music that is never discussed. He promotes Country Music every week to millions. And it’s not just what’s new in the genre. He has gone head to head with producers who don’t want to use classic country music. He won that battle. You hear George Jones, Pam Tillis, LeeAnn Womack, George Strait to name a few. Most memorable Ricky Skaggs tearing up the stage with Emily Ann. He promotes older artists, younger artists, and those who play on the weekend. And has built places for them to perform. So go ahead hate him for a stupid, infectious song. Oh, and this will hurt the most, have it on good authority it wasn’t a dig at OTR. That younger people can consume OTR but still love and appreciate the older stuff. A nod to both. Something that’s missing here. Ciao.
August 16, 2019 @ 7:11 pm
“Have it on good authority.”
Code for “I’m making this up and I’m going to make it sound like I have super secret insider info.”
August 16, 2019 @ 8:12 pm
I do.
August 17, 2019 @ 12:53 pm
Oh, like Donald Trump when he says, “I’ve heard that a lot of people have said, are saying, etc.”
August 16, 2019 @ 8:39 pm
For the record, I have actually given Blake Shelton loads of credit for being a strong proponent of country music, and gone out of my way to do so, resulting in taking tons of grief from my main constituency for it.
Some examples:
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/blake-shelton-deserves-credit-for-success-of-friends-heroes-tour/
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/blake-sheltons-morphed-into-dad-country-its-not-an-entirely-terrible-thing/
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/wait-what-blake-sheltons-mission-is-to-expose-more-traditional-country-to-america/
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/blake-shelton-yes-blake-shelton-advocates-for-the-protection-and-exclusivity-of-country-music/
August 16, 2019 @ 6:16 pm
Deeply embarrassed to be a country music fan. 😭
August 16, 2019 @ 6:22 pm
This rant was the only redeemable aspect of Shelton’s release.
August 16, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
Blake Shelton’s song is silly and meaningless, just another get-drunk-and-party piece that will soon fade into oblivion. But as a blind person, I want you to understand how your rant has harmed a small subsection of the population you probably don’t often think about. People are more afraid of blindness than they are of almost everything else in the world. The only fates they fear worse than going blind are death and public speaking. Because they fear blindness, sighted people often avoid the blind, and blind people feel shunned and isolated. The quote in your post about hoping Blake Shelton’s unborn children go blind is directly responsible for at least one visually impaired person I know feeling temporarily miserable about her life and her place in society related to the sighted world. You didn’t need to say those words. They weren’t necessary, kind, or helpful. Blind people in America, even in 2019, have close to an eighty percent unemployment rate, not because of a lack of education or a lack of desire to work but because of a lack of access to jobs. Casual rants, jokes, and cheap shots like yours do nothing but widen the gap of fear and misunderstanding between blind people and those with other disabilities and their able-bodied peers in our society. Please think before you speak.
August 16, 2019 @ 7:58 pm
Calm down, I can personally guarantee no blind people will see his lighthearted Jab.
August 16, 2019 @ 8:32 pm
Really? *Insert eye roll here.* In case you truly are ignorant and not just some two-bit smart ass, blind people like me will “see” and have already “seen” these comments. With text-to-speech (screen-reading) software, we are as adept at managing e-mails and navigating the Internet as sighted computer users. As I said, this post was originally brought to my attention because a blind friend of mine was upset by Trigger’s insensitive remark about hoping Blake’s unborn children would go blind. So damage has already been done. Your sarcastic dismissal of the issue is only further proof that most people don’t care. Thanks, Tucker.
August 16, 2019 @ 9:22 pm
Look, it was a JOKE. It’s not real. Nor were any of the other digs in this article. It’s no more offensive than the multiple folks in this comments section saying I live in a basement, or the half a dozen jokes told in monologues on Late Night TV shows every day. Blake Shelton doesn’t even have any kids to go blind, which is the fact that went zooming over many people’s heads. I’ve actually got quite a few blind readers, including artists who’ve been featured on the site. I’ve heard from numerous of them today saying they thought it was funny, and that people are overreacting. Here’s one example posted publicly:
https://twitter.com/AshleyAnnMusic/status/1162436319366324226
August 16, 2019 @ 9:39 pm
That’s right. Justify, double down, tell how everybody else does it. It’s the American way. Whatever. Your concern is duly noted and appreciated.
August 16, 2019 @ 10:06 pm
On par with ‘basement living’? lol Bro read it back, not even close. You had some good points and then blew it with the personal overkill. And nothing went zooming over my head, you said ‘unborn’ kids. Offside.
August 16, 2019 @ 10:52 pm
Clearly my digs were not on par with the basement comments. Mine were much funnier. 🙂
August 29, 2019 @ 8:19 am
You can’t even show character when confronted about your immature and ill-chosen words. You went off the rails over a silly song and viciously attacked on all fronts. People would have more respect for you if you just apologized instead of doubling down on lame excuses. You are still talking about a joking comment Blake made over 6 years ago that you are determined to give him a life sentence over. I hope that’s what people do to you know on this, your latest hateful rant. Self-righteous people like you deserve the comeuppance.
December 19, 2019 @ 4:36 pm
Stupid doesn’t do you justice. You are out way past the ozone!!!
August 16, 2019 @ 7:10 pm
Not sure what’s funnier. The song, that picture of him that looks like he just shit his pants, the rant, or some of these dumb fuck comments.
August 16, 2019 @ 8:19 pm
Gwen not fuck Blake? why would you wish anything good for him!
August 16, 2019 @ 9:06 pm
Dude a bit much no? Don’t spin it now, it’s lame. If this was a joke rant, you over-shot your load by a mile. It was pure vitriol. Sack up and own it or maybe get that rage checked. It’s a party song ffs.
August 17, 2019 @ 2:20 am
I don’t know what happened to you, you were going great until the Tyler Coe story a few weeks ago, you’ve fucking lost it!
August 17, 2019 @ 2:31 am
Not a Blake Shelton fan but you people are some of the most sad, whiny people on the whole Internet. You need to get over yourselves man.
August 17, 2019 @ 5:25 am
Good Lord, there is something about Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert that just triggers (no pun intended) people. Every single time Trigger posts an article about either of of them we get indignant outrage or uncontrolled vitriol. Some people seem to be stuck in 2015. These are both important, influential country mainstream artists and that’s why Trigger writes about them (as he should).
No one with more than three functioning brain cells could really believe Trigger wishes harm on Shelton’s unborn children NOR could any reasonable person think he was somehow devaluing blind people. It was a joke. Maybe it was a distasteful joke, but it’s not worthy of such self righteous indignation as a response.
Blake Shelton is capable of making great country music and he CHOOSES to make shit like this and for that he deserves whatever criticism he gets. He KNEW he was going to piss off “purists” and practically dared them to react, which made Trigger’s response even funnier to me. Oh and he had the NERVE to take a swipe at OTR, which isn’t anywhere NEAR as offensive as Hell, Right because Blake and Trace should both KNOW better.
August 17, 2019 @ 1:26 pm
Best comment in this thread. Bravo.
August 17, 2019 @ 6:48 am
Lots of ridiculous comments here by unimaginative witless morons. Stop taking Trigger literally. Jesus Christ, his rants are pure comedy. Was George Carlin bound by the literal misinterpretation of his work? Fuck. Trig is right, these comments are representative of a larger problem with our society.
Trigger is The High Fucking Priest of Country Music Journalism. His output is Herculean. To call him prolific would be a huge understatement. Stop discouraging him from writing these rants. I need them to maintain sanity in this ridiculous 2019 American culture that is so clearly populated by dull unimaginative witless morons.
Nobody cares more about true quality country music than Trig. Nobody is a greater champion of true independent artists and unsung country music heroes. Which one of you dull witless unimaginative morons stood up before the Ashland, Oregon City Council to advocate for Don Maddox being honored for his country music legacy? Trig did. This guy cares. He spends his life championing quality country music. A big part of that is pointing out the bullshit that passes for country these days, i.e. sellout “artists” like Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, etc. His rants are Prozac for my soul. (Also, there is NOT a misogynistic bone in his body. The guy has a very open mind and champions the cause of female artists all the fucking time. Of course there is a small witch hunt tribe of ideological brain-washed morons who would argue otherwise, but whatever. There is zero logic to their arguments. But of course, critical thinking skills have long gone the way of the buffalo. These petty high-school gossipers all swim together like a school of fish. And where everyone thinks alike, no one is thinking much.)
Hopefully when BS and his ilk pass from this life, they are greeted in hell by a black-robed Johnny Cash who is strumming a guitar and singing Ring of Fire while these music industry puppets burn in eternal flames. Until then, let Trig bring a little justice to this world. These so-called “artists” (what an abomination of the word….) deserve to be roasted to the highest degree. The fact that Trig does it with so much humor and wit should be celebrated throughout the land.
August 18, 2019 @ 3:29 pm
Hangman nailed it…
August 17, 2019 @ 7:31 am
Outrageous! The era of being in a state of outrage, is well, outrageous- it’s an outrageous state of affairs when so many commenters make outrageous comments due to obviously thin skin- outrageous I tell you! What is called, “virtue signalling”- outrageous!
LOL- so many want to tell others how to act, how they should write, do this do that, “shouldn’t”, “need to” – ‘Murica, land of authoritarians- LOL, OUTRAGEOUS!
Fuck me running- I cannot believe the willfully “blind” with absolutely no self awareness or introspection what so ever. It’s outrageous I tell you!
Oh, the “outraged” one citing the Maren Morris mysogynist BS- I’m “outraged” at that BS- LOL- idiots. This is Triggers site- don’t like it don’t let the door hit you in your outraged ass when you leave- LOL
August 18, 2019 @ 6:50 am
Get off Kyle’s dick, DJ.
August 17, 2019 @ 7:55 am
As you alluded to, the worst thing about this song is that it came out after God’s Country. You get your hopes up about someone……..
August 17, 2019 @ 8:02 am
If you said this new song derails the Blake Shelton comeback tour, you would be, well, Hell Right. However, this is far from the worst songs put out under the “country” music banner and isn’t even Blake’s worst “country” song.
August 17, 2019 @ 8:18 am
Poor man’s “Bottoms Up”. Inspired to listen to Rednecker right now. IDK…that’s what these comments did to me, LOL!
August 17, 2019 @ 8:49 am
Haven’t seen a rant like this since the Bro Country and Sam Hunt days lol
August 17, 2019 @ 9:20 am
Your rants always give me a good laugh! This one is great.
August 17, 2019 @ 10:56 am
What a colossal waste of two good voices, session musician’s talent, and studio time. I can’t help but feel embarrassed for everyone involved in the creation of this song.
August 17, 2019 @ 11:02 am
I’m not sure why you felt it necessary to mention Blake Shelton’s genitalia and sex life and wish bodily harm to him and his future offspring in a song review. If that’s where your mind goes when you’re composing your “rant”, that’s pretty troubling. Either you have some violent tendencies or you wanted to write something so flagrantly insulting that Blake would respond to you. I think it’s the latter. The whiff of desperation is strong in this piece.
August 17, 2019 @ 11:23 am
This song is GOD awful! Both Blake and Trace have great voices but these “old guys trying to stay young” song don’t help them at all. Both should embrace and sing quality songs.
Also wasn’t a fan of God’s Country lyrics. Liked the music but the words had shades of alt right thinking IMO. I wish he would go back to Honey Bee, Goodbye Time, Austin.
August 23, 2019 @ 5:00 am
“Alt right thinking?”
LOL. Please don’t repopulate the world before you develop some capability to use an intellectual thought process.
August 17, 2019 @ 12:43 pm
If it’s that bad it should be #1 next week on mainstream charts…lol
August 17, 2019 @ 1:15 pm
I made my living as a music reporter for more than a decade so have some frame of reference when I say, this is really unprofessional and inappropriate. You sound like the punk rock children who were always oh so ready to call everyone who wasn’t punker than thou a fucking poseur.
Lil Nas X and Blanco Brown aren’t a scourge, they’re artists who are doing something different with a genre, which is a perfectly okay thing to do. If you don’t like it, don’t listen to it,. And Blake’s song is a silly fun arena party anthem. Those exist in every genre from rap to heavy metal and there’s nothing wrong with that, either.
August 17, 2019 @ 5:29 pm
“Don’t like it, don’t listen”. His entire site is reviewing music so not really an option. As a “music reporter” you should probably be more supportive of an independent journalist/commentator. Don’t like his views? Don’t read his website.
August 17, 2019 @ 6:57 pm
There is a difference between not liking a specific track or album and explaining why, and declaring that no artist should vary from a particular sound or else they’re a scourge and/or their penis should fall off. Country rap is a thing. Country pop is a thing. Based on God’s Country and some of Jason Aldean’s heavier songs, country metal is a thing. None of those are evil. If you’re going to summarily hate an entire subgenre then you have lost objectivity and should refrain from commenting on said sub genre. And maybe give anger management a shot [insert smiley face here]
August 18, 2019 @ 2:23 pm
And if you don’t like his review, don’t comment. It works both ways, Dee.
August 18, 2019 @ 3:01 pm
Apples and oranges. Reviewers are not artists. Their aim is to view other people’s art objectively. Calling artists a scourge because they choose to have multiple genre influences isn’t objective, it’s narrow minded. And going off in a personal vicious way about a harmless party song is just plain inappropriate. As an analogy: my very first job was at a heavy metal magazine and my personal taste at the time ran to heavier speed metal rather than pop metal. But my job when reviewing a pop metal album was not to rail against the genre, it was to evaluate how this particular pop metal album stacked up against others. See how that works?
August 18, 2019 @ 6:19 pm
That may be, but you also worked for someone else’s magazine. This is Trigger’s blog and it has always had a specific voice. It is HIS blog and it is HIS prerogative to address the genre as he sees fit. And he has done it consistently.
His blog vs. your job working for someone else. See how that works?
August 18, 2019 @ 6:54 pm
So you’re saying one should only aspire to professional reporting when working for someone else? But, it is his prerogative just as it’s my prerogative to opine that “This fucking sucks I hate it” is not journalism. My last word on the subject peace out.
August 18, 2019 @ 7:28 pm
I’m saying he clearly labeled this “a rant.” And it should be taken as such…as hyperbolic satire.
And for the record, this song does fucking suck.
August 19, 2019 @ 7:22 am
They’re not doing anything with the genre, they’re working in entirely entirely different genres and claiming country because it’s easier to rise up the charts. You’d think as a former music reporter oud recognize this, but somehow I doubt your experience is very relevant to the reach that Trigger has.
August 19, 2019 @ 10:09 am
Well, I don’t know, my stuff appeared in Rolling Stone, Variety, Spin plus a whole bunch of magazines that aren’t around any more (This was in the late 80s to late 90s). And I was a concert reviewer for the Hollywood Reporter for like 15 years. So I’m happy with the reach of the music reporter segment of my career.
And, I disagree with you. Lil Nas X made a country/rap hybrid. I dont understand why all other genres are fine with hybrids (hip hop/pop is probably the most popular music right bow) but if it’s country it’s some horrible sin.
August 20, 2019 @ 6:27 am
It’s not taken as a “horrible sin.” It’s only taken as a “horrible sin” when it’s labeled as country when there is absolutely nothing country about it. For someone who claims to have written so much about music you certainly know very little about it.
August 20, 2019 @ 10:27 am
Consider the idea that your definition of “what is country” is overly rigid.
August 20, 2019 @ 2:41 pm
Consider the idea that your idea of what could try is is overly broad.
August 20, 2019 @ 6:14 pm
Consider the idea that your definition of “what is country” is overly broad.
August 17, 2019 @ 1:18 pm
Trig? Z’at you?
August 17, 2019 @ 1:24 pm
Bob, please don’t spam my comments section. Contribute, or move on. Final warning.
August 17, 2019 @ 1:31 pm
Hardy wrote “God’s Country” as well as “Hell Right” you know that, right?? So you call him a hemorrhoid for a song you don’t like, but no recognition for a song that you praised??
August 17, 2019 @ 1:32 pm
I already addressed this (see above).
August 17, 2019 @ 3:35 pm
Well, I came, I saw, I clicked, I listened, I puked, I read, I laughed my ass off. Shoot me.
August 17, 2019 @ 3:46 pm
God this song is horrible. Your rant is hilarious. The only way to take the blind children part seriously is to also believe you are currently chugging drano. And as someone who has actually been 100% pitch black blind in a hospital not knowing if you would ever see again…I wasn’t the least bit offended. So GTFOH with all the whining. Clearly not serious. Relax. These people act like it’s their first day on the internet or something.
August 17, 2019 @ 4:02 pm
All I got from this is that Trigger is disturbingly obsessed with Blake Shelton’s penis and sex life. Are you mad that he won’t respond to your thirsty DMs or something? It’s a party song. Chill.
August 17, 2019 @ 4:05 pm
“Gwen Stefani should refuse to fuck Blake Shelton for making this”….
That’s pretty hardcore ….
August 18, 2019 @ 1:49 am
AND, hilarious!
August 17, 2019 @ 4:35 pm
I’ve been a frequent guest to your website since about the time the Chief album came out, I love your takes and reviews and rarely comment, sure I disagree with some things said and I like artists you can’t stand, but am super thankful because I’ve discovered so many artists that I listen to daily thanks to you, I like Blake Shelton, seems like a good guy and I generally like his music but this song really disappoints me, really thought he was done with these songs because they aren’t needed anymore, I don’t blame some people for their release of the bro stuff because they were pretty much forced to do it but that’s not the case anymore and certainly not the case for Shelton, hopefully he’s just being a fucking douche and his album…..if he puts anything out anytime in the near future is country and he leaves this garbage off of it……rant made me piss my pants laughing btw, some of these comments are the reason comedy sucks these days, can’t say anything anymore
August 17, 2019 @ 5:32 pm
So, this is a good time for me to come from the other side of things. I’ve found myself being critical of Sturgill a lot lately. Based on the “thank you” video he recently posted, he’s heard that criticism. I’ve not been nothing but supportive of Tyler but, have questioned us as a community for not providing him an alternative to playing in the mainstream system. This is why!
First, I have completely given up on this garbage. I’ve still never heard old town road even one time. I just don’t bother. I heard “gods country” and, while admittedly catchy, it was lawsuit levels of derivative.
I do want to just take a global perspective for a minute though after hearing 30 seconds of this and reading the YouTube comments for the same amount of time. For the record, I’ve been critical of Sturgill lately because I think that, in the context of competing with himself at his best, I really enjoyed his older albums a whole lot and have felt let down since Metamodern sounds (minus a few special moments). That said, I’ve been critical because, at the end of the day, I want him to be who I thought for sure he would be one day after hearing high top mountain and even Sunday Valley. There’s a huge amount of respect there, he’s one of a group of artists I can count on one hand whose success I’m invested in. It should be noted that, I simply don’t care about any of this stuff enough to be bothered at all. This doesn’t anger me. I think it’s sad we live in a world where the 50 comments I read were all discussing how great this song is. Literally not a single negative statement on YouTube by the time I’d reached my limit. As critical as I may sound about Sturgill in these comments lately, I wanna take a minute to say, Idc if his next album is a grindcore album in Spanglish titles “traditional country music,” it would still be better than literally all of this stuff. It should be noted that I have to care to be bothered.
Secondly, while I’ve not been critical of Tyler, I have been critical of us, the so called “real country fans” for not finding some viable alternative to him having to play this game. This is why!!!! I find it shocking the song isn’t a joke. I feel that way about most “mainstream” country music. Then, of the 50 comments I read on YouTube, literally 100% cite this as “amazing country music.” Im sorry but, I think it’s time to colonize a new homestead for country music. It’s not that I don’t respect Tyler’s signing to a major and impressive negotiation of terms, I just don’t want him associated with this hot trash at all. The masses are zombies. They are no longer human, they’re mindless creatures, victims of whatever disease the Kardashian’s patient zeroed. It’s time to build something new surrounded by a barbed wire fence and machine guns. These people don’t deserve Tyler Childers. I respect him for thinking there’s still hope but, all hope is gone.
Sturgill, if you’re out there, please know the difference. We miss you because, without you making country, we have Tyler and Cody and maybe 3 more guys/bands and this, just thousands of songs like this. Throw us a bone.
August 17, 2019 @ 11:30 pm
Just seeing the Sturgill Simpson “Thank You” video. A little strange.
August 17, 2019 @ 8:46 pm
Man he really lives in Trigger’s head rent free doesn’t he 😂😂😂.
August 18, 2019 @ 5:01 am
I love Blake Shelton and maybe I’m not understanding the song but I really didnt see what he said in the song that pissed everyone off? Either way I am and will always be a Blake Shelton can. People in this country are always offended by something and this article was absolutely over the top. I’m so sick of journalists writing like everyone thinks like them or has their same opinion. We don’t! And we definetly don’t wish evil on other people unborn kids. Blake will still have plenty of fans despite what other people are offended by. I’m offended by your article and it was worse than his song but of course you felt you had a right to write and post it. So in the same way you had your freedom to say what you want publicly so does Blake Shelton.
August 18, 2019 @ 8:52 am
“People in this country are always offended by something and this article was absolutely over the top.”
August 18, 2019 @ 5:46 am
Trigger, there are horrible people in this world but Blake Shelton isn’t one of them. The guy is consistently called one of the nicest and most genuine people in country music. People he tours with talk about how he goes over and above to make them comfortable, help their careers, help their families. He has rescued people from floods, pulled trucks from rivers with his tractor, changed tires for stranded moms on the side of the road, given millions to charity, done countless benefits. Always trying to help.
While I agree with many things you say about him and he makes me particularly frustrated because with his voice, personality, and songwriting, he could have been much more than he is, i loved his early stuff and his recent covers of The King Is Gone and Tequila Sheila. I love that he brought his heroes on tour.
I may dislike a lot of the music he made between 2008 and 2015, and yes, he jokes and he doesn’t run his statements through 8 PR people, but that’s one of the reasons he’s likable despite some of his poorer musical releases. His voice and encyclopedic knowledge of country music and many of his other choices should discount some of the ire. Maybe he’s so nice that he’s an easy target.
Last night he opened for King George Strait and told the crowd how humbled he was. The King’s crowd loved him. It’s apparent from their posts and clips and he had the entire, packed Gillette stadium on their feet.
For one song to inspire so much hatred towards him personally is a level of mean spiritedness and bullying akin to taking joy from hurting others. Do you feel he wields so much power in country music that this one song he had fun recording with a buddy and hero of his is going to be the tipping point for music? What could inspire this level of venom about an authentically nice dude who recorded a song you don’t like?
August 18, 2019 @ 6:46 am
“and his unborn kids go blind. I don’t even know what the second half of that statement means,”
It means you’re classless. Bringing kids into it? You need some perspective. Stuff like this is why you have no business preaching to your commenters about what they say. You’re a hypocrite of the highest order. Fuck Blake’s song, and more importantly, Fuck you Kyle Coroneos.
I’m done with this silly website.
August 18, 2019 @ 2:29 pm
Do you also think Trigger is chugging Drano? Or are you cherry picking which parts of the post you are taking seriously and which parts are hyperbolic satire?
August 19, 2019 @ 7:24 am
Oh no, not the imaginary kids!
August 19, 2019 @ 8:03 am
For real this time?
August 19, 2019 @ 10:09 am
“I’m done with this silly website.”
Posts this 4 minutes later:
Seth of the Wilderness
AUGUST 18, 2019 @ 6:50 AM
Get off Kyle’s dick, DJ.
Guess you weren’t done.
August 18, 2019 @ 8:57 am
Damn! Now I’ve got to go back to not listening to his fake-ass bullshit in the first place.
August 18, 2019 @ 1:20 pm
It’s my opinion that you should raise hell right in god’s country.
August 18, 2019 @ 2:42 pm
Gwen Stafani is really having a positive effect on ole Blake…..LOL!!!! he’s just showing his true colors and most likely is playing to his base. SAD. His second ex-wife is doing great without him.
August 18, 2019 @ 8:00 pm
In fact, his second ex-wife did not have a positive impact, judging by the reviews of the Trigger for the period of their relationship, Blake did not release anything worthy and only the TS album received a restrained positive review, but it was without her, not counting the fact that God’s Country is his biggest hit , on the basis of this I conclude that he feels fine without his ex-wife
August 18, 2019 @ 5:31 pm
HARDY pisses me off. This song was the same as – how many drinking songs out there? Then there’s the “Rednecker” song which I felt was a jab at traditionalists calling out bands like FGL. Honestly I hate HARDY more than Blake for this.
September 13, 2020 @ 10:23 am
I think there is more than one way to interpret the Rednecker lyrics. If you have the perspective of seeing it as just a lighthearted song, it is more enjoyable.
August 18, 2019 @ 8:16 pm
I laughed so hard one of my dogs peed on the floor!
This post and the comments had it all.
Haters. Defenders.Accusations.Good points.Lies.
And a Nickleback AND a Beavis and Butthead reference!
August 18, 2019 @ 10:44 pm
A hell of a lot of Triggered on Trigger here. If anyone for a second has took his wishes literally, you are a first class example of why we look at the US and think, dafuq?
August 19, 2019 @ 8:18 am
To anyone who is taking “I hope Blake Shelton’s penis falls off, and his unborn kids go blind.” seriously:
If his penis were to fall off (condition 1), then how would there be children yet to be born? You are manufacturing outrage over an impossible situation.
August 19, 2019 @ 9:07 am
Trigger gets the most traffic, comments, and interactions when he mentions Blake in any form. Fact. He should start sending Blake a monthly commission check at this point.
August 19, 2019 @ 9:58 am
Unfortunately, I had to see Blake Shelton Saturday because he was opening for King George and holy shit. This sounds infinitely worse than it did live. When he played it, I thought “Is this really that bad that Trigger had to write one of his most profane rants ever?” Then I heard the studio version and I get it now.
August 19, 2019 @ 4:19 pm
I stopped listening to mainstream country a few years ago but I have to look this one up because it must be a real doozy. This is a masterful rant, Trigger. congratulations.
August 19, 2019 @ 7:19 pm
Trigger thank you for writing this.
I’ve been waiting for you to address this ass clown Hardy. Some friends of mine back home in Virginia keep mentioning him and he seems like a soulless money grabber and his having written this song sets that in stone.
August 20, 2019 @ 7:54 am
What a masterpiece. This may be remembered as Blake’s greatest song to date. I love the groove. The way the chorus approaches subtly like a hammer on steel at 3 AM. Whoever thought about waking Trace up from his drunken stupor to bring his baritone in at just the right time is a damn genius. No sir, “Ol red” and “the baby” have been knocked from the mantle of grand achievement. If I were the CMAs I wouldn’t even have another song in the song of the year category. Contest over. The overall writing and construction of the lyric was remarkable. The pen has never been mightier. Let’s not forget the production. It’s almost as if Blake borrowed Chris Young’s production team for this one just to top it off. Forget about thumbs, this one deserves 2 middle fingers up!
August 22, 2019 @ 6:51 am
“Ya can’t make a record if ya ain’t got nothing to say” – Willie Nelson
August 22, 2019 @ 9:18 pm
Fuck You. Nobody has made you the Designated One to be in charge of what’s Good and Bad in Music. You aren’t even that well known but still the most commonly brought up when someone mentions Jack Ass in Country Music. Blake Shelton is a country music Icon and will be remembered long after you have run out of bridges to live under
September 5, 2019 @ 2:53 pm
Gwen, we know that’s you. You’re not fooling anyone.
And since you’re here, your music has been absolute shit since you sold out after Tragic Kingdom.
August 23, 2019 @ 4:58 am
You sadly barely write rants anymore yet you wasted a valuable slot on this song. It is no “Hillbilly Bone” but it is a fun song. Perfect radio filler.
Sure beats “Fastest Girl in Town” or “Comes Out in the Wash.”
August 23, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
I don’t know why… but I really didn’t think it could possibly be that bad.
But this is just stupid.
Oh and HA! Now who’s laughing, Blake Apologists? I am!
I feel so vindicated for never getting over “Old Farts”
December 19, 2019 @ 4:21 pm
It’s really very simply put…….YOU CAN KISS HIS COUNTRY ASS!!!! THEN KISS MINE!!!!!! YOU ARE SOME KIND OF SPECIAL STUPID!!!!! NOBODY,, NOBODY SHOULD EVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, SPEAK ILL WILL TOWARD ANYBODY’S UNBORN, OR BORN, FOR THAT MATTER, IN SUCH A WAY!!! HELL RIGHT, HELL RIGHT, HELL RIGHT!!!!! IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO PUT YOUR HELMET BACK ON, MAKE SURE THE WINDOW IS LOCKED, AND PROCEED TO COLOR IN YOUR COLORING BOOK!!!! YOU IDIOT!!!
January 19, 2020 @ 7:01 pm
Blake Shelton is pure garbage just like all modern country music is pure garbage. I’ll take Waylon, Haggard, Gene Watson, Chaley Pride etc You know the REAL COUNTRY AND WESTERN!
June 30, 2022 @ 5:15 pm
Trigger hit the nail on the head with this review. BS is a super douche and Hell Right is an abomination. I thought the review was funny and what’s even funnier are the legions of BS fans coming here to cry crocodile tears about Trigger’s “savage mistreatment” of a known misogynistic and racist POS who probably gargles with Gwen’s used douches. Hopefully, he will retire and spare us of any more releases like this steaming pile of excrement. And to all you snowflake millennial asshole fans of his….go fuck yourselves 😉