Riding high on the success of the club mix of his massive hard-rock hit “She’s Country,” Jason Aldean has announced plans to follow that up in coming weeks with a country remix, or re-imagining to be exact, of the crossover smash.
The song, which was Jason’s second #1 hit and the first metal song to claim the pinnacle on the major country charts, will receive quite a makeover for this incarnation. Instead of the gigantic guitar riffs, there will be searing fiddle shreds. The rapid-fire, machine-gun-style reading of the lyrics will be replaced by a slow, note-bending drawl of the sort once employed by Lefty Frizzell. There may even be some audible steel guitar, clearly signaling a radical departure for the up-and-coming Georgia boy.
Whether this release will continue Aldean’s winning streak is yet to be determined, but many behind the scenes are questioning the move. “Who’s gonna play it? I mean, this thing is like, old-timey sounding and stuff,” said Clearchannel country radio DJ Trey Turner. “You can’t bang your head to it… I don’t like it,” complained Kawntrygull56 on Aldean’s online message board.
Jason, for his part, maintains that this will play to a new demographic he hasn’t reached before. “The people who actually like the organic, authentic-sounding stuff like Merle Haggard and George Jones…” said Aldean, preening the early growth of a soon-to-be mullet, “that’s an audience we haven’t spoken to yet.”
Reported by “Trailer” Parkman of Farce the Music
Unfortunately, the song would still suck.
To Chris D: THAT IS SO NOT TRUE!!!!!! FIRST OFF THAT SONG IS GREAT! IT IS PRACTICALY THE STORY OF MY LIFE AND IT IS ABOUT TIME US COWGIRLS GET THE RECONITION WE DESERVE! WE TRULY ARE HELL RAISON SUGAR, CRAZY MOTHER TRUCKERS AND WE KNOW HOW TO RIP UP THE TOWNS! YOU ARE JUST JELIOUS!
On some days I am a little slow. Was the preceding comment a parody of a Jason Aldean fangirl’s reaction or was it for real?
I think that was a legit Jason Aldean fangirl reaction.
‘JELIOUS’? Good lord, if my sixth grade school teacher ever spent any time reading these kind of comments, her head would explode.
Weird. I wasn’t expecting any backlash from my stating of the obvious truth…
Uhoh, I’ve heard rumors that are contrary to this reporting! In order not to confuse his fan base (most of which struggle with simple math), I’ve heard that Jason plans to change the title of this re-mixed song to “She’s a City Girl” and re-write the lyrics as well to substitute urban/suburban cliche’s! Jason was quoted as saying “Since “She’s Country” had nothing truly country about it, I felt it best that I maintain the contrast or irony, or whatever you call it, on this this rootsy remake. Also, I don’t want this controversial version of my biggest song driving off all my mosh pit loving, body surfing dedicated fanbase. For that reason I’m thinking of releasing “She’s A City Girl” under an assumed name, like maybe Chris Gaines…”. It will be interesting to see how this pans out for this wildly popular retread southern rocker!
in my opinion we have no future. but i may just be “jealious”.