Obscene Music on country radio-----

Eddie D.Bollinger · From: Calhoun City, Mississippi

Has anybody heard this song on country radio that says--"Save a horse--Ride a cowboy" ? I don't know who the so-called artist is and I don't care. This crappy song almost has a rap/ hip/hop beat. I am calling my local stations to launch a protest of this song.

I suppose the left-wing, immoral,anything
goes crowd would say thats censorship but
I am not comfortable with my 10 year old
daughter being subjected to this from the
radio.

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Eddie B.
Carter D-10
8 & 2many
msm@tycom.net

[This message was edited by Eddie D.Bollinger on 26 July 2004 at 12:57 PM.]

David L. Donald · From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

I agree the song is in bad taste for exposure to the young... in concept

but I would have agreed with you more if you hadn't made it political.

Theresa Galbraith · From: Goodlettsville,Tn. USA

I agree Eddie.

Unfortunately, Big & Rich & Gretchen with their suggestive lyric matter is selling Big Time!
They are teamed up in writing and preforming together. They appeal to the Hank & Waylon crowd & younger.

Man, I'm getting old!

Theresa

[This message was edited by Theresa Galbraith on 26 July 2004 at 03:24 AM.]

Stephen Gambrell · From: Over there

I agree with David 100%!! This "song" is not only offensive, it's plain out STUPID, as I posted when these morons performed it on some awards show awhile back. But to tie this song to the left-wing immorals? NAAAH, don't think so. Not even to the Waylon/Willie crowd, although I THINK I heard Willie's name in there somewhere.
Instead, tie it to the fact that the entertainment industry is a bunch of greedheads, who know better than anybody that "sex sells." That great American, Toby Keith, didn't mind putting a topless gal in one of his videos. Remember the old song,"Birds do it, Bees do it..."
ANY kind of suggestivity is gonna inspire curiosity, and that curiosity spells record sales.
Or did the Democrats write "Louie Louie?"

Kevin Hatton · From: Buffalo, N.Y.

We just worked this song up note for note. We didn't really want to do it but it goes over like gang busters with the younger crowd. We were inundated with requests to do it. By the way I was shocked at how good the rest of the Big and Rich CD is. I think "Save A Horse" is just radio material. There is some VERY country material on their CD. There is also rap. Very innovative. Reminds me of The Tractors.

[This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 26 July 2004 at 06:16 AM.]

Tim Whitlock · From: Colorado, USA

I just saw this video. It's another attempt to re-invent country music to appeal to folks that really don't like or understand traditional country music. It's a mockery.

They should sell gazillions.

Bob Hoffnar · From: Austin, Tx

Kid Rock for even stupidier people.
(although I sorta like Kid Rock)

Bob

Wayne Carver · From: Martinez, Georgia, USA

I like the song with the line "I got the horse if you got the saddle." I think Mel Tillis did it. My grandmother thought that was a really dirty song!

Joey Ace · From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

They will probably welcome your "ban the record" efforts.

Nothing sells more songs, or get the youngsters interest more, than offending the elders.

IMO, the song sucks, but hey, that's showbiz. I'm sure it sold more CDs than all the great traditional country CDs released in the last year combined.

It ain't Art, it's Business.

Ray Minich · From: Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra

Saw the video, couldn't believe it, went back to the Discovery Channel, something about some guys building the worlds largest geetar...

David Nichols · From: Black Diamond, Washington, USA

Let's leave the politics out of it.

I'm not crazy about the song and I haven't heard the album, but I DO like Gretchen Wilson's stuff. More than that, though, what I REALLY like is anything that inspires people to go to clubs and hear live music! Here in the Seattle area, there just isn't a whole lot of venues for country groups, traditional or otherwise. I keep hoping it's just a down cycle and something, perhaps the Muzik Mafia, will inspire a resurgence of "clubbing".

Eddie D.Bollinger · From: Calhoun City, Mississippi

In my household, there is only right and
wrong in this case. Trash on the airwaves
is no better than trash on your coffee table. The producers thereof should be held to a higher standard. I may fail horribly,
but my kid is going to have some leadership
as she makes choices. Responsible parenting
is not politics.

Eddie

Rick Schmidt · From: Prescott AZ, USA

I agree, the song (or whatever it is) really sucks! The "singers" can't sing, and the video is everything that country music use to be against.

But....

I was at a crowded "Country Music" club last weekend where the majority of the crowd were off duty, non deployed, young enlisted men from a nearby base and the girls who like 'em out for a Saturday night. When the DJ put that song on, the whole place seemed to go into a high level frenzy of YAH-HOOism. After that when the band was on stage, I heard more requests(i.e. demands) for that song yelled at the band from the beer guzlin', Red-Man spittin', 21 year old "Country Music" fans.

This folks...is what we're dealing with.

Ron Jones · From: Lenoir City, Tennessee, USA

Maybe parents of 10 yr olds should not subject 10 yr olds to radio. Personally I'm not into Old McDonalds Farm E I E I O.

Steinar Gregertsen · From: Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.

Well, I won't get into s debate about moral, but all this made me kinda curious (never heard of these guys before).
So I visited their website, and quite honestly, it all looks (and sound) like one big joke to me. From the three songs that's looped on their website I could hear them making fun of some typical C&W cliches, but not only that,- also Prince and Red Hot Chili Pepper are made fun of if you listen carefully.
But maybe it's just me who has a twisted sense of humour and these guys really are serious after all.....

Steinar

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Ron Jones · From: Lenoir City, Tennessee, USA

Sorry guys I should not have posted that reply and I apologize to Mr. Bolinger. I read this forum everyday and it seems to be about everything but steel guitar. I love this instrument and most of the players and pioneers. I just think we should leave the politics to the politicians and the preachin to the preachers. And I'll just keep trying to make sense of this instrument.

David Cobb · From: Chanute, Kansas, USA

As a kid I was always embarrassed when Conway's stuff came on the radio.
Much of it seemed suggestive and sleazy to me.
But not as downright vulgar like Julie Roberts' chart climber "Break Down Here".
"Everything I own is in the back in a Hefty Bag,
I'm outta cigarettes and I'm down to my last rag,
I'd sure hate to break down here."

Terry Edwards · From: Florida... livin' on spongecake...

Country music is not for young children. Never was. Unless you want your child to be exposed to drinkin' and cheatin', and killing, and D.I.V.O.R.C.E., and more drinkin' and jail time in folsom prison, and on and on and on.

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James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

I played with a band at a club this weekend, and on the band's breaks, a DJ in a cowboy hat played rap/Gretch W./and more rap,and then the band again. And, during the breaks, the floor was packed with dancers gyrating leud, obscene gestures. When the band started up again, the floor stayed packed, but the dancing cleaned up, until the next break. When the band went back to playing, the DJ came over to the band leader, and told him to MAKE SURE THE STEEL GETS CRANKED UP LOUDER--THESE PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR THAT STEEL!!!! Go figure!! I'm soooo confused! Guess I should go to town more often.

Eddie D.Bollinger · From: Calhoun City, Mississippi

Moderator close this thread. I thought
decency and common sense would push this
thread forward. Forward is not possible
in this case.

Orville Johnson · From: Seattle, Washington, USA

"I suppose the left-wing, immoral,anything goes crowd would say thats censorship but I am not comfortable with my 10 year old daughter being subjected to this from the radio."

news flash: if your radio is anything like mine it has an OFF button. use it if you don't like what's on it. and don't call patriotic americans who believe in the constitutionally protected right of free speech left-wing and/or immoral. what i and other americans choose to listen to, read, or say is none of your business. if you don't want your daughter hearing such things be a responsible parent and monitor her media time. don't depend on censors to do your work for you at the expense of our constitutional rights. by the way, i've never heard this song or heard of the artists but my and other citizens rights are more important than your desire to be a lazy parent.

James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

Sorry Eddie, You posted an issue, and you got a reaction--------------------no offence was ment.

Eddie D.Bollinger · From: Calhoun City, Mississippi

Mr. Johnson, Do you think it is possible to
monitor the "media time" of my daughter
while she is in a carpool on the way
to school. I can't control the radios of the
world and I don't want to. Obviously, I was not talking to you. I was talking to parents
or others with any moral tone whatsoever.
This thread is about indecent music that
has left the spectrum of right and wrong.
Also, If I were a lazy parent, I would not
have brought it up.

This is corny but it fits,
"You have to stand for something--
Or you will fall for anything."

Eddie