Blake Shelton: Superstar or Country Hack?

robslob · 2015-02-25T12:05:17Z

I had a 60 Minutes segment on Blake Shelton on my DVR and played it this morning. At one point the female host (can't remember her name) asked him somewhat mockingly about the lyrics to one of his biggest hits, "Boys 'Round Here". Backwoods legit Don't take no lip Chew tobacco Chew tobacco Chew tobacco SPIT Wow. Then they showed a live shot and of course you could see all the 20/30 somethings, mostly female, in the front rows mouthing the words "chew tobacco chew tobacco chew tobacco.....SPIT". Blake's defense? "Hey, it's just good time music, I'm not trying to make anyone think, just have a good time." And I know from the segment that he's had thirteen #1 country singles. I'm not saying all his tunes are that stupid, but it's just hard for me to get past that. I mean, can you really imagine Gregg Allman or Dickey Betts writing a lyric like that and putting it in a song? I guess I should know going in with a commercial country artist not to aim TOO high. And I know Shelton's got a nice voice..........I remember loving his segment on the Grammies last year with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard. But those lyrics can only be described as BANAL. And it's not only that: It's the wrong message. It happens to be on the front page of today's San Jose Mercury News that the California State legislature introduced a new bill just yesterday. If it becomes law, "smokeless tobacco" will be banned in every baseball venue in the State, and that means from sandlots up to Major League Baseball. It's already banned in the minors. Let's not forget that beloved San Diego Padres star Tony Gwynn died of oral cancer at age 54 and attributed it to "chew". [Edited on 2/25/2015 by robslob]

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My wife is a huge country fan. Loves everything about it. She saw him in concert 2yrs ago and says if you gave her free tickets she wouldn't go see him again. Talked more than he sang and was just plain annoying.

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