- Buddy Jewell is cornering the market on ill-conceived, opportunistic patriot anthems. Visit his website to hear the song after “This Ain’t Mexico” on his upcoming album. It’s called “What This Country’s Comin’ To” – immediate red flag – and the lyrics read, in part:
I’ll defend your right to set fire to the flag I love
If you’ll wrap yourself up in it before you fire it upAlso, he’ll put a boot in your…
- Jeff at BuddyTV talks to Nashville Star judge Jeffrey Steele, who says that Melissa Lawson is the best singer, Gabe Garcia will probably win, and Ashlee Hewitt will do something regardless of how she finishes.
- Speaking of Nashville Star, here are articles about two traditional singers who didn’t make the show: Kelton French of Milton, FL and Chris Morris of McAlester, OK. Sorry, guys, Gabe got your spot.
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution prepares for an Alison Krauss / Robert Plant show by recounting a few recent country-rock pairings.
- A listening party for Randy Travis’ new album, Around the Bend (via a tip posted at Real Country Radio forums)
- The Arkansas Democrat Gazette talks to Robbie Fulks, whose son and father-in-law apparently came in third place on The Amazing Race last year. Anyone see it?
- Cinema Blend has a curious list of the “Top 5 Artists Willie Nelson Has Never Worked With… But Should.” The author evidently hasn’t heard of Nelson’s recent collaboration with Snoop Dogg.
- Chris Morris at LA CityBeat reviews a new Bear Family boxed set, Act Naturally: The Buck Owens Recordings 1953-1964, which will be the first in a series of Owens sets from the well-respected company.
- Charlie Louvin has two new albums coming out by year’s end. The gospel-themed Steps to Heaven is due in September. Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs will follow in December. Sounds to me like a winning combination. Good work, Charlie.
- George Jones is sticking up for friend Ronnie Gilley in a radio ad airing in Alabama’s 2nd district.
What has become of this guy. I used to think he had a nice voice and pleasant enough songs, particularly “Sweet Southern Comfort.” But he’s really taken a strange turn. I didn’t bother listening to the other tracks on the album that was on his site, but this song was as offensive as “This Ain’t Mexico.”It was both ignorant and confrontational. How juvenile is it to come up with the line of burning up someone wrapped in a flag? How closed is it to suggest that if you don’t like things about this country, you can leave? I love it how in both songs, he tries to claim to not be closed minded, “I don’t care which way you vote” (or something to that affect), but he’s being absolutely divisive with these songs. Furthermore, it’s odd how his voice sounds so bad in both songs. It used to be nice and smooth, but now it sounds like he can’t hold out notes and might need to clear out his throat a little. Either his recording equipment is cheap, which it kind of sounds like it might be, or he’s trying out this new persona that’s rather baffling.
I agree on all counts, Leeann. I liked him on Nashville Star and have both of his first two albums, but this latest turn is very off-putting. If going independent has given him the freedom to reveal himself more fully, I think I’m discovering that I just don’t like him much as a person.
Seems like you only dislike Buddy’s music when he defends the USA against those who want to diminish our freedom!
Hmmmm…
do you feel the same way about Charlie Daniels???
This is a statement from Charlie Daniels.
I simply say, “AMEN” !!!!!
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There are probably some of you folks out there who are wondering
why
we didn’t appear on the CMT Country Freedom Concert for the
Salvation
Army to benefit the victims of the September 11th Attack on
America.
We were announced and scheduled and had every intention of doing
the
show, until we gave the CMT folks the lyrics to a new song I had
written and wanted to perform on the show.
After receiving the words they informed us that we could not do the
song on the show and when we asked them why they said that the
show
was a healing type show and they were afraid that the song would
offend someone.
I would never do anything to hurt the show but I knew that they had
the very epitome of country stars and didn’t particularly need us to
sell tickets. With this in mind, I decided to pull off the show for
personal reasons which I would like to share with you.
Let me preface my remarks by saying that I respect CMT’s right to
not
allow anything they don’t agree with to go out over their airwaves.
And in all fairness, I guess they were taking the sensibilities of the
victim’s families into account. But I respectfully and vehemently
disagree with their stand.
First of all, I don’t feel that this is the time for healing. I feel
that this is the time to rub salt in the wounds and keep America
focused on the job at hand. We lost almost seven thousand people
in
the Trade Towers and Pentagon and we’re worrying about offending
somebody?
We have seven month old babies infected with Anthrax and we’re
afraid
we’ll hurt someone’s feelings?
Brave Americans forced a plane down in a field in Pennsylvania and
we’re worried about ruffling someone’s feathers?
We’re sending our sons and daughters off to fight and perhaps die
in a
war we had nothing to do with starting and we’re concerned about
insulting somebody?
I felt to give into this political correctness would be to turn my
back on the people who lost their lives on 9-11 and on the brave
men
and women who defend this country.
The title of the song is “This Ain’t No Rag It’s A Flag”, and I don’t
apologize for a word in it. I’ll let you all decide for yourselves:
**** This ain’t no rag it’s a flag and we don’t wear it on our heads
It’s a symbol of the land where the good guys live are you listening
to what I said
You’re a coward and a fool
and you broke all the rules
and you wounded our American pride
Now we’re coming with a gun
and we know you’re gonna run
but you can’t find no place to hide
We’re gonna hunt you down
like a mad dog hound
and make you pay for the lives you stole
We’re all through talking and messing around
and now it’s time to rock and roll
These colors don’t run
and we’re speaking as one
when we say united we stand
If you mess with one you mess with us all
every boy, girl, woman and man
You’ve been acting mighty rash
and talking that trash
but let me give you some advice
You can crawl back in your hole
like a dirty little mole
but now it’s time to pay the price
You might have shot us in the back
but now you have to face the fact
that the big boy’s in the game
The lightning’s been flashing
and the thunder’s been crashing
and now it’s gettin ready to rain
Chorus:
This is the United States of America
the land of the brave and free
We believe in God, we believe in justice,
we believe in liberty
You’ve been pulling our chain,
we shoulda done something about you
a long time ago
But now the flag’s flying high
and the fur’s gonna fly
and now the whole world’s gonna know
This ain’t no rag it’s a flag
old glory red white and blue
The stars and stripes
and when it comes to a fight
we can do what we have to do
Our people stand proud
the American crowd
is faithful and loyal and tough
We’re as good as the best
and better than the rest
you’re gonna find out soon enough
When you look up in the sky
and you see the eagle fly
you’d better know he’s headed your way
This ain’t no rag it’s a flag
and it stands for the USA
What do you think?
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but
it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Well, to be honest, I’ve never found Charlie Daniels especially interesting, so I couldn’t care less about what he has to say politically. He’s not even on my radar. I won’t address the rest of your post because (1) it has nothing to do with fajitas, Johnny Rodriguez, or the Alamo and (2) I tired of the debate at Country Universe about a week ago and don’t want to see it continued over here.
Hmmmm….Selective Memory. Perhaps you may recal this being posted above.
I’ll defend your right to set fire to the flag I love
If you’ll wrap yourself up in it before you fire it up
I knew that no matter who I quoted you would disparage them and try to nullify their valid Patriotic views about respecting our Flag and our freedoms. Seems it’s always about who you like and not about what someone is trying to say.
Sorry you don’t agree. I am through posting here and will leave you in your own little universe where the only person’s opinion that is valid is your own.
I’m the bad guy for not wanting to see anyone who disagrees with my politics burnt alive? Well, okay. I can accept that.
For the record John, I did not call you a bad guy…I don’t know you. But I do know from reading your posts that you are sophisticated enough to understand Lyrical Hyperbole. So Let’s not pretend you seriously think that comment was meant to be taken literally. That makes your “Burnt Alive” comment very easy to dismiss!
Good luck and I hope you enjoy this kingdom of yours where all your comments reign supreme!
Just for the record, the 12:52 comment by Russ appears to have been a duplicate that he deleted himself. I don’t want anyone to take the baffling “your comments reign supreme” accusation as evidence of any censorship on my part. I didn’t do anything.
Don’t worry, we, your loyal fans, wouldn’t think such a thing of you.
I’m with you on being tired of this subject already. I guess I’m not tired of the subject as much as I am just tired of arguing about it over this silly song that doesn’t contribute intelligently to the conversation.
–Leeann
“Lyrical Hyperbole” would be a good name for a poetry book.
Buddy Jewel…. It’s sad what you’ve come to. To think that I supported you back in your Nashville Star days. Little did I know that underneath this “God Loving, Flag Waving, Family Man” image of yours, you’re really just another disgusting racist bigot of the type that gives the Southern US a bad name. Besides, have you ever checked your DNA white boy? You don’t look that white to me Injun. From the looks of your slanty eyes, I’ll bet anything you got some Indian blood and perhaps even some Mexican blood you don’t even know about. Look in the mirror and get your DNA tested half-breed and quit insulting your own people.
Alright. I know this is waaay late but I must dispell ignorance where I see it. To address Leann and John Maglite: you are missing the point entirely. Buddy is not pushing the idea of mindlessly burning alive those with whom one may disagree. The point is this: if a citizen of a nation is willing to disrespect his homeland in such a disgraceful and arrogant manner, he absolutely does not belong there. The line about wrapping “yourself in it before you fire it up” was written as such in the interest of literary parallelism. The first part of the lyric speaks of burning the flag. And the point being made in the latter half of the lyric is dispelling and rooting out such anti-patriotic and unloyal action. The end result, utilizing parallelism, was to write about ousting such characters via death (in this case by burning). Extreme? When broken down to the literal translation, yes. But the whole point is to highlight the writer’s honorable and unwavering loyalty to not only the United States of America, but to OBEYING THE LAW. Buddy expressly notes a prejudice against criminals, not individuals of certain nationalities or races.
And as for you, AB…you need to learn some tact. What you posted was not only extremely immature and unkind, but ignorant too. I happen to know that Buddy has done extensive research on his family tree. I also happen to know (as does he) that his great-grandmother was full-blooded Cherokee. And no, there is no Mexican blood. Congratulations–you correctly deduced his Native American heritage. Pat yourself on the back. Now wipe that stupid smug off of your face and listen. If Buddy has even an OUNCE of Native American blood flowing through his veins, then he has EVERY right to complain about ANYBODY illegally entering this great land. Know why? Because a bunch of “white boys” invaded these borders centuries ago. Haha, I see you called him “half-breed.” What is this, Harry Potter? You immature prick, slinging unintelligent slime all over the place like a disgusting slug. Get a diaper for that mouth of yours. While you’ve got that spewhole plugged, take this little tidbit intravenously: Once after a show, a hispanic woman approached Buddy in the autograph line. Being unable to speak English efficiently, her companion translated for her as she spoke to Buddy. She told him how proud and happy she was that Buddy wrote such a song as “This Ain’t Mexico.” She went on about how it was hard work to come here legally, and she was very proud of her legal citizenship, and she despised the fact that more of her people are sneaking in as criminals. How’s that for “insulting your own people”? Even the MEXICANS want the “wetbacks” out.
The song “This Ain’t Mexico” is racist and idiotic. It has virtually no redeeming qualities. Buddy Jewell is a mediocre singer at best, too. The song is flat out terrible.