I always felt that "Blue Velvet" was a good representation of life in a small town- lots of secrets under the facade😎
Later, Ranger On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 10:37 AM Marti Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > I think many of them still want to pretend that "small town life" is the > idyllic world of Mayberry. > > ~Marti > > > On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 6:26:25 PM UTC-5 Kevin M. wrote: > >> I know Chris Willman, the writer from Variety who posted the article >> yesterday critical of the music video that boosted the signal which led to >> its removal. Willman’s now getting threats and slurs from exactly the sort >> of people you’d expect. >> >> As I commented on his Facebook page, if we want to have a serious >> discussion about small town life, let’s discuss that small town residents >> are more likely to be addicted to drugs and alcohol. They are also more >> likely to be involved in domestic violence. And small towns typically have >> poorer schools than most big cities, and poor to nonexistent medical care. >> I’ve never understood those who boast about small town living… as someone >> who, unlike Aldean, actually lived in a small town, it’s horrible and songs >> should be sung about the reality of that. >> >> On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 4:10 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The former Country Music Television, which still plays videos in the >>> overnight hours amongst a schedule of mostly sitcom reruns (and has the >>> 24/7 vidclip channel CMT Music), will not play the new music video for bro >>> country stalwart Jason Aldean's three-month-old single "Try That in a Small >>> Town" (single has already peaked at 35 on Billboard's country chart and is >>> nowhere on the Billboard Hot 100), which presents news clips and security >>> camera footage of thefts and riots in the big cities with the song lyrics >>> that they won't put up with that in real Small Town AMURRICA--Aldean (born >>> in Macon, Ga., population 157,346--SAAAA-LOOT!) denied on Twitter that it >>> was an attack on Black Lives Matter and said that he is only pointing out >>> some truths: >>> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/jason-aldean-music-video-pulled-cmt-1235539052/ >>> >>> My view: Aldean, whose winning streak of country number ones seems to >>> have dropped off lately, is trying a last ditch effort to turn his stiff >>> (not written by him, but by four of the usual Nashville hacks) into a hit >>> by betting on the volatility of streaming and TikTok and any publicity he >>> can get off the video to get noticed and maybe get crossover airplay (like >>> fellow bro Luke Combs currently is with his remake of Black lesbian Tracy >>> Chapman's "Fast Car"). MAGATs don't listen to Top 40 radio, Jason--ain't >>> gonna work. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e1181742-5697-4e92-afb3-74575b9cdb0dn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e1181742-5697-4e92-afb3-74575b9cdb0dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/642858f3-ecc2-45ce-a899-6448010077e1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/642858f3-ecc2-45ce-a899-6448010077e1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABQp-5LefLHHk6-trbOO2%2B_UwRFxLUoqTKnc298yo4W23%3DV3sA%40mail.gmail.com.
