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Post by rsmatto on Apr 21, 2014 16:39:08 GMT -5
O M G I can now say I have heard the WORST song ever recorded. I mean this is worse than "You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals so lets do it like they do on the discovery channel" by the Bloodhound Gang! In any genre of music I have never heard a song this bad! If radio actually even takes it to the top 40 I will help bury Country music once and for all cause there is no coming back from this mockery. If Johnny Cash could claw his way out of the grave and kick Jerrod's ass for recording this song, he would! It's FAR from the worst song ever recorded. There are SO MANY bad songs that get recorded and sent to radio/iTunes, etc. Seriously go look through a new release section of eMusic one day (try tomorrow) and listen to some of those songs before calling this the worst ever). It may be a ditty with a crazy premise but it is far far far from the worst song ever recorded. Then again, you're entitled to disagree. ;)
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Post by countryqueen on Apr 21, 2014 16:45:06 GMT -5
yea its not the greatest song by any means but if "save a horse, ride a cowboy" can get airplay im sure this will too. The highway on Sirius xm has already made me sick of it though! Save a Horse, Ride A Cowboy is a masterpiece compared to this utter crap. Seriously, how the hell is this the same man who wrote "Good Ride Cowboy" for Garth? OMG this pisses me off so much. Correction: Jerrod did not write this song. But I don't understand how if he is capable of a great songwriting, he can be ok with this horrible song.
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Post by churchchoir on Apr 21, 2014 17:11:48 GMT -5
I really don't see this working well at radio. I'm sure it will get Jerrod's name out there and make a lot of money on digital sales, but if Toby Keith could barely scrape the top 10 with "Red Solo Cup" and the Big & Rich song some folks have brought up couldn't quite crack the top 10, I see no reason why a relatively new artist who hasn't been a consistent radio hit-maker lately will be able to get a novelty song into the top 10. I'm sure this won't be a total flop and miss the top 30 because there will definitely be a lot of buzz around it, but I think what is likely is this having a really fast climb and then hitting a ceiling around #15 and fizzling out quickly.
This isn't the worst song ever by any means and I still think it's pretty funny as an album track, but I wish Jerrod would try to release more of a variety to radio. "Donkey" is just too much for me to hear on the radio in high rotation. I guess I can't fault Jerrod and his label for releasing this as a single since Jerrod has tried his unique style of music with the last album and it didn't work out. They're just trying to chase what is popular right now and this will certainly bring in a lot more money than Jerrod's music has in the past and draw much more attention to him. Even if this misses the top 10, it may be what Jerrod needs to build momentum and then he can release something with more substance as single #3.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 21, 2014 17:56:00 GMT -5
They're just trying to chase what is popular right now and this will certainly bring in a lot more money than Jerrod's music has in the past and draw much more attention to him. Even if this misses the top 10, it may be what Jerrod needs to build momentum and then he can release something with more substance as single #3. That's exactly why Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville suggested this be the next single.
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Post by McCreerian on Apr 21, 2014 18:13:26 GMT -5
O M G I can now say I have heard the WORST song ever recorded. I mean this is worse than "You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals so lets do it like they do on the discovery channel" by the Bloodhound Gang! In any genre of music I have never heard a song this bad! If radio actually even takes it to the top 40 I will help bury Country music once and for all cause there is no coming back from this mockery. If Johnny Cash could claw his way out of the grave and kick Jerrod's ass for recording this song, he would! It's FAR from the worst song ever recorded. There are SO MANY bad songs that get recorded and sent to radio/iTunes, etc. Seriously go look through a new release section of eMusic one day (try tomorrow) and listen to some of those songs before calling this the worst ever). It may be a ditty with a crazy premise but it is far far far from the worst song ever recorded. Then again, you're entitled to disagree. ;) Ok this is the 2nd worst song recorded, behind the Barney TV show theme song... Really it isn't the worst song recorded, but I do think it's the worst single sent to Country radio from an established artist that I can remember since I started tracking singles as a teen in the 90s. Before this song my vote for that was "Brown Chicken, Brown Cow." This is worse. All I can think of hearing this is WWGD (What Would George Do?)-either George!
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Post by churchchoir on Apr 21, 2014 18:36:12 GMT -5
Even if this misses the top 10, it may be what Jerrod needs to build momentum and then he can release something with more substance as single #3. Wait... doesn't Jerrod have the #1 song in the country right now? I could see if they wanted to get him back on the map, but they already have done that, and if anything I think this will lose some of his momentum. Jerrod's album still didn't really sell too well, even though DTTAN had strong digital sales. He only sold 3,000 more first-week copies than Frankie Ballard's album did in its first week, and "Helluva Life" had way lower digital sales than Jerrod's song. I think Jerrod needs a song that attracts more attention to him as an artist and generates a lot of buzz. Even if "Donkey" doesn't go top 10 it'll still get his name out there. I don't know if it'll kill his radio momentum that much but Toby Keith followed up RSC with an even higher-peaking song, which was actually his last career top 15 single. Even if this does cause Jerrod's radio momentum to wan I think it'll attract more attention to him than another top 10 radio single that doesn't sell too well.
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Post by McCreerian on Apr 21, 2014 18:39:18 GMT -5
Wait... doesn't Jerrod have the #1 song in the country right now? I could see if they wanted to get him back on the map, but they already have done that, and if anything I think this will lose some of his momentum. Jerrod's album still didn't really sell too well, even though DTTAN had strong digital sales. He only sold 3,000 more first-week copies than Frankie Ballard's album did in its first week, and "Helluva Life" had way lower digital sales than Jerrod's song. I think Jerrod needs a song that attracts more attention to him as an artist and generates a lot of buzz. Even if "Donkey" doesn't go top 10 it'll still get his name out there. I don't know if it'll kill his radio momentum that much but Toby Keith followed up RSC with an even higher-peaking song, which was actually his last career top 15 single. Even if this does cause Jerrod's radio momentum to want I think it'll attract more attention to him than another top 10 radio single that doesn't sell too well. And if that doesn't happen, it'll do what "Brown Chicken Brown Cow" did by being the final nail in Trace's career coffin and becoming a total joke on him. This could go either way.
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Post by churchchoir on Apr 21, 2014 18:42:28 GMT -5
^Yep. I definitely agree this is risky and could be anything from a multi-week #1 smash hit to an embarrassing flop. It's quite a risk Jerrod and his label are taking but before this album Jerrod's career looked like it was going nowhere anyway. It might be that this is the risk he needs to take to gain more traction. I'm certainly not happy about it but I can see the logic behind it.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 21, 2014 18:43:02 GMT -5
Jerrod's album still didn't really sell too well, even though DTTAN had strong digital sales. He only sold 3,000 more first-week copies than Frankie Ballard's album did in its first week, and "Helluva Life" had way lower digital sales than Jerrod's song. I think Jerrod needs a song that attracts more attention to him as an artist and generates a lot of buzz. Even if "Donkey" doesn't go top 10 it'll still get his name out there. I don't know if it'll kill his radio momentum that much but Toby Keith followed up RSC with an even higher-peaking song, which was actually his last career top 15 single. Even if this does cause Jerrod's radio momentum to want I think it'll attract more attention to him than another top 10 radio single that doesn't sell too well. And if that doesn't happen, it'll do what "Brown Chicken Brown Cow" did by being the final nail in Trace's career coffin and becoming a total joke on him. This could go either way. Trace was on Show Dog then though, so we've seen how poor they were at promoting most of his singles while he was with them.
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Post by McCreerian on Apr 21, 2014 18:45:55 GMT -5
And if that doesn't happen, it'll do what "Brown Chicken Brown Cow" did by being the final nail in Trace's career coffin and becoming a total joke on him. This could go either way. Trace was on Show Dog then though, so we've seen how poor they were at promoting most of his singles while he was with them. That Trace song was so bad I don't think even the God of Nashville, Scott Borchetta, could have made that a hit!
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 21, 2014 18:50:14 GMT -5
Trace was on Show Dog then though, so we've seen how poor they were at promoting most of his singles while he was with them. That Trace song was so bad I don't think even the God of Nashville, Scott Borchetta, could have made that a hit! "Million Dollar View" was a good song and that had almost the exact fate as "Brown Cow" did. Believe me I'm not defending the quality of that song, cause I too thought it was awful. I just have more faith in Jerrod's label than Show Dog, that's all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2014 19:42:26 GMT -5
It's out there, probably too out there to be a #1 hit, but will likely sell crazily well and could become a cross-genre promo song like "Red Solo Cup."Good grief I hope not. I sure as hell don't want this song to represent country music it it were to cross-over.
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 22, 2014 9:13:27 GMT -5
I really don't see this working well at radio. I'm sure it will get Jerrod's name out there and make a lot of money on digital sales, but if Toby Keith could barely scrape the top 10 with "Red Solo Cup" and the Big & Rich song some folks have brought up couldn't quite crack the top 10, I see no reason why a relatively new artist who hasn't been a consistent radio hit-maker lately will be able to get a novelty song into the top 10. I'm sure this won't be a total flop and miss the top 30 because there will definitely be a lot of buzz around it, but I think what is likely is this having a really fast climb and then hitting a ceiling around #15 and fizzling out quickly. This isn't the worst song ever by any means and I still think it's pretty funny as an album track, but I wish Jerrod would try to release more of a variety to radio. "Donkey" is just too much for me to hear on the radio in high rotation. I guess I can't fault Jerrod and his label for releasing this as a single since Jerrod has tried his unique style of music with the last album and it didn't work out. They're just trying to chase what is popular right now and this will certainly bring in a lot more money than Jerrod's music has in the past and draw much more attention to him. Even if this misses the top 10, it may be what Jerrod needs to build momentum and then he can release something with more substance as single #3. But if you look at his list of singles, not one song has sounded the same or even close to the same, until perhaps now, what with the 'electronic-inspired' production.
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Post by Zazie on Apr 22, 2014 11:48:35 GMT -5
Jerrod has a quirky sense of humor. The successful album two albums back contained plenty of great material, and also plenty of evidence that Jerrod doesn't think the way other people do. That's something I like to support, being another person whose ideas are sometimes way too far out there to attract much approval.
The negative here to me is not Jerrod's wackiness, it's the fact that so many good country songs are unable to break through at radio. If Alan Jackson, George Strait, and Patty Loveless had songs in the top 10 right now, I would find this song annoyingly un-musical and would avoid listening to it, but I wouldn't much care about whatever attention it wound up getting. But in a world in which Cop Car and I Got A Car and Gary Allan's last song and all of the Musgraves singles come up short, I can't help but take out my frustrations on Jerrod.
Still, I can't help but think that this is just a bad song. We've lived through hundreds of bad songs and we'll survive this one too.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 22, 2014 12:30:58 GMT -5
It's just unbelievably sad that labels are actually suggesting songs like "Donkey" to be singles. I am pretty sure most artists, especially newer ones, have zero say to what their singles are going to be. I mean that the labels are suggesting, therefore saying "Donkey" be his next single. I know that artist usually have little to say. My comment was on the fact that Sea Gayle/Arista thinks this song would work at radio! That is why it's sad.
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Post by ezherman on Apr 22, 2014 14:59:03 GMT -5
This sounds very similar to "Brass Monkey" by the Beastie Boys. That being said, every time I think a song is the worst thing I've ever heard, it goes to #1. So... congrats in advance to Jerrod!
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 23, 2014 9:30:11 GMT -5
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Post by rjz on Apr 23, 2014 14:55:25 GMT -5
What is incredible is that they don't even have to farce it to make it ridiculous! And, as the commenter pointed out they got one line wrong...... Before I ever listened to Country music I always thought it was the music of 'gentleman', be it as you may sometimes 'rough gentleman' Seems like Rap was the domain of disrespecting the opposite sex. I guess I was so wrong about that! ???
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Post by jferstler on Apr 25, 2014 22:22:24 GMT -5
I can't blame Jerrod for this. He released "Only God Could Love You More" and it did almost nothing on radio. If he wants to be successful in country music he thinks this is what he is going to have to put out. Hell, not even names like George Strait and Tracy Lawrence can be successful on country radio anymore with traditional sounding music. I don't think Jerrod had anything to do with this song being released as a single, I think it has a lot to do with his label, as well as other think this is the kind of music people want to hear.
As for the song itself, it obviously is horrible. It definitely resembles "Loser" Beck. I don't really mind the sound as much as I mind the nonsense lyrics. Riding a donkey to the bar, and the girls liking the way he rides that ass... Are you kidding me? I don't mind a funny song, but this is to much. For those who are comparing this to Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy, I disagree. SAHRAC in my opinion is a good tune. Songs can be uptempo and fun, but this song here, I'd have to be extremely intoxicated to enjoy.
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Post by rjz on Apr 26, 2014 9:15:05 GMT -5
I can't blame Jerrod for this. He released "Only God Could Love You More" and it did almost nothing on radio. If he wants to be successful in country music he thinks this is what he is going to have to put out. Hell, not even names like George Strait and Tracy Lawrence can be successful on country radio anymore with traditional sounding music. I don't think Jerrod had anything to do with this song being released as a single, I think it has a lot to do with his label, as well as other think this is the kind of music people want to hear. As for the song itself, it obviously is horrible. It definitely resembles "Loser" Beck. I don't really mind the sound as much as I mind the nonsense lyrics. Riding a donkey to the bar, and the girls liking the way he rides that ass... Are you kidding me? I don't mind a funny song, but this is to much. For those who are comparing this to Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy, I disagree. SAHRAC in my opinion is a good tune. Songs can be uptempo and fun, but this song here, I'd have to be extremely intoxicated to enjoy. Yes, artists do have to feed their families. The blame lies more on corporate stations and PDs who just won't play anything else besides party songs, Bro songs, songs with rap elements.....while ignoring real country songs and wonderful female artists like Brandy Clark, Kacey Musgraves, etc, etc. I also agree 100%- Save A Horse Ride a Cowboy is no where near comparable to this steaming pile of......well, Donkey crap. It has gentler lyrics, is funny and doesn't have the obnoxious sound of Donkey. I don't mind a novelty song (except for the fact they overplay them-I still remember how sick I was of Pray For You) but this is over the top-beyond funny and into into crude/ridiculous without redeeming value territory.
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Post by 14887fan on Apr 26, 2014 11:16:51 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Apr 26, 2014 16:24:40 GMT -5
I was expecting something snarky from you, 14887fan, but that will do for now. Read through the lyrics on another website, and I'm gonna go ahead and call it strike 3 for me. Jerrod Niemann has officially lost it.
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Post by McCreerian on Apr 26, 2014 18:59:14 GMT -5
This is nothing like "Save A Horse." That was a clever tounge-in-cheek song. I still love it 10 years later even though I don't like most of their other songs.
"Donkey" is an embarrassment to songwriting and artistry. I love fun songs but this isn't fun. It's just uncomfortable to listen to, like a wasp flying in your ear and getting stuck. It's just as painful. I have next to no respect for the mainstream Country radio anyway, but, if this even cracks the top 40 any little respect left will be long gone.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Apr 26, 2014 19:18:18 GMT -5
After barely being able to listen to this in full, I want to put "Sunny and 75" and/or "I Hold On" on repeat for the rest of the weekend. Some of y'all may find it bland, but it's a breath of fresh air in today's radio climate imho. Anyhow, I officially have less confidence in one of my take-home finals after listening to...I don't even wanna call it a thingamabob. By the by, this should've came with some kind of warning like "The following song contains suggestive and possibly graphic lyricism. Listener discretion is advised."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2014 18:11:29 GMT -5
AllAccess confirms this as Jerrod's next single, going for adds on May 19.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 28, 2014 18:14:50 GMT -5
AllAccess confirms this as Jerrod's next single, going for adds on May 19. Let's make sure ALL of us are out of the country on that date.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 28, 2014 18:19:23 GMT -5
AllAccess confirms this as Jerrod's next single, going for adds on May 19. Even though I started this thread, I would have loved for them to change their mind and say "just joking"; here's Jerrod's actual next single.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 28, 2014 18:25:52 GMT -5
AllAccess confirms this as Jerrod's next single, going for adds on May 19. Even though I started this thread, I would have loved for them to change their mind and say "just joking"; here's Jerrod's actual next single. You did start the thread almost three weeks after April Fool's Day. Jerrod Niemann figures if you're not the lead Donkey, the scenery never changes.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 28, 2014 20:36:46 GMT -5
^ I believe they are recycling the same donkey from the "Drink To That All Night" video.
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