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Post by sabre14 on Mar 23, 2015 19:20:04 GMT -5
Artist: Toby Keith Single: "35 MPH Town" Writers: Toby Keith, Bobby Pinson Album: 35 MPH TownLabel: Show Dog Nashville Add Date: April 13th, 2015 Source: Country Aircheck (3/23/15) All Access
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Post by matty005 on Mar 23, 2015 19:31:59 GMT -5
At least the title sounds promising.. at least compared to his last few singes.
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 23, 2015 20:53:03 GMT -5
And it doesn't sound like a drinking song! But we haven't heard it yet... lol
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2015 21:02:35 GMT -5
It is hopeful from the title that it isn't a drinking song, but knowing Toby who knows. I can hear it now...
On this stool, living full speed/ A drink for you, and two for me/ When we're drinking it all slows down/ This 35 MPH Town
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Post by rsmatto on Mar 24, 2015 10:09:55 GMT -5
Considering that was the title track to his album, it was expected to be released at some point. I still think the UMGN A&R/marketing help will have the album featuring more than just one outside song (the first single). We shall see of course.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 24, 2015 10:18:54 GMT -5
It is hopeful from the title that it isn't a drinking song, but knowing Toby who knows. I can hear it now... On this stool, living full speed/ A drink for you, and two for me/ When we're drinking it all slows down/ This 35 MPH Town
That actually sounds like a chorus from a pretty nice, small town life-kinda song, actually, so I wouldn't mind that at all, lol. Either way, it really does sound like this song will focus less on alcohol by the very nature of its title. I don't mind a lot of his drinking tunes, particularly the more reflective ones, but I do agree with the consensus that he needs to branch out a little more from them as of late.
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Post by ryankentm on Mar 25, 2015 9:44:57 GMT -5
It's a mid tempo song about how unsafe and unmoral the world has become. It's not about drinking at all.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 25, 2015 9:47:58 GMT -5
It's a mid tempo song about how unsafe and unmoral the world has become. It's not about drinking at all. You mean it's Toby Keith's first 'serious' song since Made In America in 2011? That's a shocker.
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Post by phil1996 on Mar 25, 2015 10:10:53 GMT -5
Yikes.. tough crowd on one of the most successful country singers alive.
After all the absolute masterpieces he's recorded over his huge career, I'm not really concerned about the number of drinking songs he releases lol.
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Post by Kat5Kind on Mar 25, 2015 10:14:05 GMT -5
Yikes.. tough crowd on one of the most successful country singers alive. After all the absolute masterpieces he's recorded over his huge career, I'm not really concerned about the number of drinking songs he releases lol. He's released too many lately. That coupled with being too drunk to even sing onstage? I'll pass.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 25, 2015 10:20:09 GMT -5
Yikes.. tough crowd on one of the most successful country singers alive. After all the absolute masterpieces he's recorded over his huge career, I'm not really concerned about the number of drinking songs he releases lol. Since Made In America, Toby Keith has released Red Solo Cup, Beers Ago, I Like Girls That Drink Beer, Hope On The Rocks, Drinks After Work, and Drunk Americans. To compensate for that, I will list some of his classics from early in his career. They are: Should've Been A Cowboy, Who's That Man, Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You, How Do You Like Me Now, You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This, and My List. I think I can safely speak for everyone here and say Keith needs to return to the latter six songs instead of rehashing different songs of the former six.
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Post by Kat5Kind on Mar 25, 2015 10:26:16 GMT -5
If he did more like Hope On The Rocks or his early career, I might have a little bit of a different view of him. As is, I don't care for Toby or his music. Here's hoping this is a better song.
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Post by matty005 on Mar 25, 2015 10:28:07 GMT -5
It's a mid tempo song about how unsafe and unmoral the world has become. It's not about drinking at all. If this is true, I wish he would have released another drinking song. The world is the safest it's been since 1963 as far as serious crime. So unless, Toby is longing for the days of his toddlers days, he is living in the safest time the US has had in his lifetime. I understand that because of TV, Internet, etc, you hear about the bad things more, but the facts are the world is a much safer place right now compared to when we were kids. As for the world being immoral, that is a matter of opinion. But the fact that 50 years ago, a majority of the country hated all other races, and gays, and women were expected to be a mom and nothing else, I say the world is in a much better place now. * *Still has ways to go, but it's getting better, not worse.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 25, 2015 11:54:23 GMT -5
Description makes me think of the premise of "Beer for My Horses," much like how "Drunk Americans" seemed to recall "I Love This Bar." I liked his last single quite a bit, but I do hope that this one is a lot stronger and that it'll be a bigger hit, too.
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Post by dajross6 on Mar 25, 2015 12:39:06 GMT -5
I would personally love for Toby to sing ballads all day every day. I'm not sure of the last up-tempo I've liked from him.
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Post by jesster on Mar 28, 2015 12:38:22 GMT -5
I can't really guess what this song will be like from the title. Look forward to hearing it. I didn't mind Drunk Americans but it was so much a roll-up of several different Toby themes/styles that it would be nice to hear something fresher.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 28, 2015 13:33:05 GMT -5
I can't really guess what this song will be like from the title. Look forward to hearing it. I didn't mind Drunk Americans but it was so much a roll-up of several different Toby themes/styles that it would be nice to hear something fresher. ryankentm mentioned earlier in the thread that it's a "mid-tempo song' and talks about how "unsafe and unmoral the world has become." We shall see when the audio is available. I think ryankentm is right though.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 29, 2015 20:36:51 GMT -5
Apparently this was debuted on WYCD in Detroit this past week, so I'm assuming it will officially be sent to radio either tomorrow or the Monday after Easter, at the absolute latest. Which means the studio audio should be available any day now. Too bad I don't know anybody in the Detroit area on here who might have heard it, lol. It was beaten by Thompson Square's "Trans Am" on their Country Showdown, 80% to 20% ( here).
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Post by rsmatto on Mar 30, 2015 12:42:11 GMT -5
This single is the BEST Toby single in ages. It has a story that's certianly to hit home with the heartland audience, particularly anyone 35 and older. It's more of a story song so that'll be interesting (and a radio drawback) There's no real chorus but it repeats "35 MPH Town" (said "thirty five mile per hour town") quite a bit. Lyrics: roughstock.com/?p=33896
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Post by George Strait Junkie on Apr 2, 2015 12:07:02 GMT -5
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 2, 2015 12:56:36 GMT -5
I must say, I like most of the lyrics though the song as a whole might make some turned off with the premise of how bad the world has gotten which is both true and false IMO, but the clip sounds fantastic - the kind of production and sound I want Toby singing more of. I've only heard a clip and it's already miles ahead of "Drunk Americans".
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Post by Kentucky25 on Apr 2, 2015 13:29:13 GMT -5
It'll wait until I hear the full song, but I like the lyrics and (as many have said) to not have a central theme/focus on beer is welcome at this point.
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Post by kw9461 on Apr 2, 2015 19:15:43 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but this song is utter garbage. Blaming the problems of the world on a lack of Christianity is so lazy and just plain wrong. I'm sure uber-conservatives will love this, it's even got a potshot at welfare for good measure, but I have a real problem with this kind of lazy blame game. I kept waiting for him to correct Mama, but sadly that never comes.
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 2, 2015 20:11:20 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but this song is utter garbage. Blaming the problems of the world on a lack of Christianity is so lazy and just plain wrong. I'm sure uber-conservatives will love this, it's even got a potshot at welfare for good measure, but I have a real problem with this kind of lazy blame game. I kept waiting for him to correct Mama, but sadly that never comes. I'm neither Conservative nor even that "Christian" and I totally disagree with it being lazy. The overall message is that things ain't like they used to be. FWIW Toby's not "Conservative" either.
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Post by matty005 on Apr 2, 2015 20:21:19 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but this song is utter garbage. Blaming the problems of the world on a lack of Christianity is so lazy and just plain wrong. I'm sure uber-conservatives will love this, it's even got a potshot at welfare for good measure, but I have a real problem with this kind of lazy blame game. I kept waiting for him to correct Mama, but sadly that never comes. I'm neither Conservative nor even that "Christian" and I totally disagree with it being lazy. The overall message is that things ain't like they used to be. FWIW Toby's not "Conservative" either. I usually agree with you on most things, Matt, but the overall message is what I don't agree with. Well, actually, I do. "How they used to be," meant living in the closet forever if you were homosexual or having a very tough life. Life was being shunned if you were a woman who didn't want to get married, have kids and stay at home. "How they used to be" meant if you loved another person of another race, you were subject to daily verbal abuse every time you walk down the street. Yeah, I'd rather not deal with the, "selfie generation," The Kardashians, and every one on their iPhone 24/7, but I'd much rather live today than how people lived, how they used to.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 2, 2015 21:20:38 GMT -5
I think it's a mixed big. Even though gay people and black people, etc. have more rights now and are "safer," I also wouldn't say that the world we live in today is safer overall. There's always been bad people and crime, but I feel like as technology grows and protection becomes better, you have the criminals become more advanced, too.
As for the song, I'll reserve judgment until I hear the whole song, but I did like the clip well enough. I haven't heard the entire song yet, but I highly doubt Toby Keith would endorse a message of along the lines of "Man, I miss the good ole days when we could hang black people and women stayed in the kitchen." He's a pretty accepting guy from what I've seen of him, and that wouldn't be what I'd expect from him.
And I'm not religious at all, but "Something in the Water" was one of my favorite songs this past year, and I like quite a few songs in that vein (Three Wooden Crosses, Long Black Train, I Saw God Today, etc.).
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Post by matty005 on Apr 2, 2015 21:57:26 GMT -5
I think it's a mixed big. Even though gay people and black people, etc. have more rights now and are "safer," I also wouldn't say that the world we live in today is safer overall. There's always been bad people and crime, but I feel like as technology grows and protection becomes better, you have the criminals become more advanced, too. As for the song, I'll reserve judgment until I hear the whole song, but I did like the clip well enough. I haven't heard the entire song yet, but I highly doubt Toby Keith would endorse a message of along the lines of "Man, I miss the good ole days when we could hang black people and women stayed in the kitchen." He's a pretty accepting guy from what I've seen of him, and that wouldn't be what I'd expect from him. And I'm not religious at all, but "Something in the Water" was one of my favorite songs this past year, and I like quite a few songs in that vein (Three Wooden Crosses, Long Black Train, I Saw God Today, etc.). Why wouldn't you say that? In terms if violent crimes, it's the safest it's been in over 60 years. People are living 6 years longer than they were in just 1990. Medicine can cure diseases that were deadly during our parent's generation. I get that in may not, seem safer, but the facts clearly show that it is.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 3, 2015 2:07:21 GMT -5
Why wouldn't you say that? In terms if violent crimes, it's the safest it's been in over 60 years. People are living 6 years longer than they were in just 1990. Medicine can cure diseases that were deadly during our parent's generation. I get that in may not, seem safer, but the facts clearly show that it is. I haven't heard these statistics if they're true. And either way, I feel like the crimes that do happen now are far more gruesome and advanced because of how the world has changed. There are these big terrorism attacks happening regularly all over the world in big cities (we just had a big one happen in Kenya yesterday that claimed almost 150 university student lives -- that shit don't sound like a safe world to me) that are supposed to be pretty "safe" and it's all over the news. Medicine isn't really what I'm talking about at all; I'm talking about things that are unpreventable, like if I were to walk into a store and get gunned down by a random robber because I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 2:40:32 GMT -5
Aside from the fact that Toby Keith's label Show-Dog Universal is totally helpless when it comes to radio promotion, so it's highly unlikely any Toby Keith single short of a career hit would crack the top 35, the lyrics of this song are going to alienate a lot of listeners. Christians will be alienated by the preachy approach the song takes in chiding them that they aren't raising their kids properly, or that they're not "good Christians" and should be reading the Bible with their children more. Non-Christians will obviously be alienated by the whole implication that society is losing its morality due to a lack of religion, which basically means that all non-Christians are inherently bad or prone to crime.
The intention of the song comes across as innocent but misguided to me. I think Toby Keith was attempting to go for a "statement song" as lots of artists who are losing their mainstream/commercial popularity do (Garth Brooks, for a recent example), but the lyrics really make Toby seem like "that guy" who is becoming out-of-touch, overly preachy, and perhaps even slightly, unintentionally bigoted. I find the song inoffensive and harmless enough, but certain lines definitely do not do the song any justice and will certainly cause this to have a hard time at radio.
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 3, 2015 4:56:01 GMT -5
Actually, these lyrics, to me, feel more about what his mother was talking about and that got Toby to thinking about things which he gets to in the chorus. All the "Christian" references here are really common sense things.
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