The popular hero that Joe has become defies reason.
This is more akin to a football player making a rap or dance video than anything remotely musical, such as the Monkees, American Idol or "My Girl Wants to Party All the Time." Someone wants to milk his celebrity status for all it is worth. Good luck.
More telling is that the country music industry has embraced politics. It is no longer enough to promote American values by singing sentimental ballads. Probably each new act must be vetted to project a conservative point of view in a very political way.
FJ:
Our local alternative weekly has a contest every year called "You are so Nashville if ..." The winning entry in 2003?
"You are so Nashville if you need a war to sell records."
OUCH!
FJ,
Does that mean JtP and Sarah Palin will fight it out to see who is the Monkees and who is Milli Vanilli?
PS Any political/social/musical community that throws away a song like "Travelin' Soldier" because it was by the (shudder) Dixie Chicks deserves all the scorn one can create.
My votes for the title?
Palins Ripped My Flesh (rizzz!)
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Campaign
(mucho apologies to the memory of Frank Zappa)
"Joe the Plumber and the K Street Band"!!
As much as I would love to hear Sarah doing Minnie Pearl's "Hoooow-dee!", I'm rootin' for Joe. With apologies to Willy, if Joe can get the rights to this song, consider my contribution a gift.
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be lib’ruls
Don't let 'em vote commie and drive ‘lectric cars
Make 'em cut taxes for plumbers and such;
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be lib’ruls
They'll never cut taxes, no matter the facts is
Even when times are tough.
Lib’ruls ain't easy to love and they're hard to understand
And they're always talkin’ ‘bout givin’ poor folks a hand;
Greenpeace bumper stickers and “Save the Whales” T-shirts
Each day they fight for the cause;
And if you can’t rig the Diebolds and close the polls early
They’ll probably let black people vote.
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be lib’ruls
Don't let 'em tax windfall profits for oil
Alternative energy totally sucks;
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be lib’ruls
They'll never drill offshore and dig up the ANWR
Even for the oil we love.
Lib’ruls like socialized medicine and clean air and water
Health care for seniors and children and illegal aliens;
And we that know better fight funding for college
The free market always works best!
They ain't just wrong, they's different from decent Murkins like us.
Isn't his 15 minutes of fame over already? Shit.
Country Joe?
I'd like to hear Country Joe bid farewell to the Bush 43 Administration with a recessional Fish Cheer, followed by that old favorite, the "Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag".
Country music people are funny, they don't like the idea of someone trying to buy their way into the business or trade on their celebrity to make some records.
I'm not sure that was ever true, but it sure isn't true now. Darius Rucker, anybody?
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