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Post by matty005 on Jul 8, 2015 5:33:08 GMT -5
My money is on label-mate Karen Fairchild of LBT. Karen recently answered a fan question via Twitter on "Who would you like to duet with in country music?" Little Big Town @littlebigtown Jun 5 .@lukebryanonline - KF Good to see the "surprise" collaboration is finally revealed to the rest of the world. They've been dropping subtle hints for awhile now. Hoping the duet with Karen Fairchild will be the 2nd single and there's plenty of TV promo. It'll create plenty of buzz if it's released to radio on same week of album release. Also excited about Luke's Farm Tour and the special guest opening act. Plenty of young fans will be very excited when news is officially announced, but probably not at Pulse though. ;) I doubt it will be the second single. LBT should release another single and they're currently on the single with Miranda so having another would seem foolish to me (but then again, it's Luke so it probably won't matter for THIS song, but I worry it would hurt the chances of the other songs).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 23:57:48 GMT -5
Another lengthy interview from Hits Daily Double - this one is with Luke Bryan. hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=296751An excerpt that I found to be a bit...troubling. I...really don't even know what to say about his response. It reads to me as if he's saying all "outlaw" country artists do cocaine, run around, and lay in the gutter, strung out on drugs. I'm sure some people have experienced that, but just, wow.
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Post by dajross6 on Jul 10, 2015 0:27:16 GMT -5
I hope this current single stays at number 1 the rest of the calendar year and his next release is the exact same sound - again.*
*-reverse psychology
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 10, 2015 2:43:41 GMT -5
Luke Bryan is so ignorant. Those comments. I literally can't even comprehend them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2015 6:52:51 GMT -5
Those comments anger and yet shock me at the same time. Lukes never been one to really stick his nose into this kind of thing, heck even when Zac Brown called "That's My Kinda Night" the worst song ever Luke STILL didn't say anything. I finished Willie Nelson's book "It's A Long Story" not too long ago and you'd be surprised to know that anyone on his tour who was caught sniffing the powder was immediately fired.
Plus, Luke doesn't even come CLOSE to defining an outlaw. And outlaw is someone who takes creative control of their music and does things their own way, and hell, by those standards I guess every Alt/Texas/Americana/Red Dirt...etc artist is an outlaw then.
No wonder no one wants to preserve the roots of country, mostly because they don't even know what those roots are....
I may never have been a huge fan of Lukes output, but I always had respect for him for not being an arrogant prick who makes comments like this, not anymore.
Plus, Luke covered "Pancho & Lefty" for Merle's tribute album, so he SHOULD know that outlaw country isn't even really about that stuff.
Also, Luke, it's LYING in the gutter
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Post by trebor on Jul 10, 2015 8:01:54 GMT -5
Pretty tough stuff! Why do singers even get there and then get carried away to make statements like that? Didn't expect him to be that a snoozer.
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Post by tim on Jul 10, 2015 10:30:16 GMT -5
Seems Luke has likely ticked off the great outlaw Merle Haggard. He shared this article on his Facebook page. I'm mobile so don't have opportunity to expand my thoughts for now, but I'd think Luke will probably have to issue some kind of clarification about his remarks and maybe an apology or two. Seriously, he put his foot in his mouth and these comments really disappoint me as I really didn't expect it to come from him.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2015 11:10:20 GMT -5
Luke Bryan oh boy! How ignorant. Does he realize how shallow his comment is. I might not like his music but I respected him as a person. Not anymore.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 10, 2015 12:41:25 GMT -5
Seems Luke has likely ticked off the great outlaw Merle Haggard. He shared this article on his Facebook page. I'm mobile so don't have opportunity to expand my thoughts for now, but I'd think Luke will probably have to issue some kind of clarification about his remarks and maybe an apology or two. Seriously, he put his foot in his mouth and these comments really disappoint me as I really didn't expect it to come from him. Merle's family/management writes the twitter/facebook pages. Luke certainly didn't mean it the way it came out but then again, that's the problem with some interviews. We'll likely hear some sort of clarification, perhaps after/before quotes from tonight's Nashville concert.
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Post by bjer127 on Jul 10, 2015 13:26:18 GMT -5
Funny because those guys that were strung out on cocaine and laying in the gutter....made much better music! Hell, maybe everyone should snort a line and then a write a song. That will probably strike a never with alot of country fans, but the bulk of Luke's fanbase probably think the names "Willie, Merle, Waylon" are just the names of their grandfather's bird dog. I'm not shocked by the statement, but pretty dumb of him to say that. I am sure he's at least a casual fan of those guys, but you never diss a legend, in any genre.
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Post by bjer127 on Jul 10, 2015 13:26:55 GMT -5
Sorry for the double post, ^^ the word "never" should have been "nerve", typo. Sorry
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 10, 2015 13:29:02 GMT -5
Sorry for the double post, ^^ the word "never" should have been "nerve", typo. Sorry You CAN edit your posts. ;)
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 10, 2015 14:14:35 GMT -5
Luke didn't think his response through, that's for sure. Expect the clarifications, explanations, and apologies to follow shortly.
I get what he was trying to do- he was trying to defend/explain why he records the music he does, but dismissing country music's history and labeling "outlaw country" as a group of artists who are no good, low-down druggies was an incredibly dumb and insulting thing to do. I don't think his intention was to be disrespectful, but that's unfortunately how it ended up coming across. It definitely had a "I'm better than those guys" feel to it. He's always seemed like a nice guy and I'm not ready to join any "he's such a jerk" clubs, but he could have expressed himself in a much better way.
Also, I think he insulted himself a bit. He made himself sound like a one trick pony. He seems to think the frat boy party life is all he knows to sing about. Well, that can't be true. He's a husband, a father, and has suffered some great personal tragedy in his life. If he can successfully tap into those parts of him, and I'm certain he can if he tries, the musical results could be extremely powerful.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 10, 2015 14:53:59 GMT -5
Seems Luke has likely ticked off the great outlaw Merle Haggard. He shared this article on his Facebook page. I'm mobile so don't have opportunity to expand my thoughts for now, but I'd think Luke will probably have to issue some kind of clarification about his remarks and maybe an apology or two. Seriously, he put his foot in his mouth and these comments really disappoint me as I really didn't expect it to come from him. Merle's family/management writes the twitter/facebook pages. Luke certainly didn't mean it the way it came out but then again, that's the problem with some interviews. We'll likely hear some sort of clarification, perhaps after/before quotes from tonight's Nashville concert. The "clarification" (if he provides any) will just be him trying to cover his ass. I don't see any way around his comments that he could've meant something else. Either he doesn't know sh*t about what he's talking about or he's not a fan of the artists/music/etc. that he's openly dissing in that statement... or it could just be both. His comments were disrespectful plain and simple.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2015 15:11:07 GMT -5
I can just picture it now....Merle Haggard giving his take on the matter...
"To be clear Luke, I said we DON'T smoke marijuana in Muskogee"
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 10, 2015 15:25:04 GMT -5
Merle's family/management writes the twitter/facebook pages. Luke certainly didn't mean it the way it came out but then again, that's the problem with some interviews. We'll likely hear some sort of clarification, perhaps after/before quotes from tonight's Nashville concert. The "clarification" (if he provides any) will just be him trying to cover his ass. I don't see any way around his comments that he could've meant something else. Either he doesn't know sh*t about what he's talking about or he's not a fan of the artists/music/etc. that he's openly dissing in that statement... or it could just be both. His comments were disrespectful plain and simple. Did I say it wasn't disrespectful? Nowhere did I say that. I only stated that he clearly misspoke and didn't say what he likely meant to say.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 10, 2015 15:31:37 GMT -5
The "clarification" (if he provides any) will just be him trying to cover his ass. I don't see any way around his comments that he could've meant something else. Either he doesn't know sh*t about what he's talking about or he's not a fan of the artists/music/etc. that he's openly dissing in that statement... or it could just be both. His comments were disrespectful plain and simple. Did I say it wasn't disrespectful? Nowhere did I say that. I only stated that he clearly misspoke and didn't say what he likely meant to say. No, no, the part in bold is what I have a problem with. Maybe he didn't mean to say that because he'd probably rather not make people upset, but you say this as if he accidentally said the exact opposite of what he intended. Luke may not have been aiming to offend with those comments on purpose, but I don't see how he "misspoke" at all because I think it's pretty clear what he was trying to say.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Jul 10, 2015 17:10:33 GMT -5
Ugh Luke can be so mean. Why would he say something so stupid and hurtful? Anyway I'm really hoping this makes it to number one soon because I want to hear the second single. Hopefully that duet with Karen Fairchild (of Little Big Town) is the next single.
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Post by kanimal on Jul 10, 2015 18:17:09 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2015 18:23:52 GMT -5
Ok great for him. But he basically gave a shallow statement. Also to me giving the middle finger to fans of those artists. He categorized them as lawless sh*theads and well that's not gonna cut it. But this story will fly under the radar cause in country music eyes Luke can do no wrong. Bleh!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2015 19:04:43 GMT -5
^ For some reason that picture is not showing up for me. I'm assuming it's an apology statement or something like that? If you could provide a link to the article that features this that would be great. Thanks!
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Post by trebor on Jul 10, 2015 19:07:35 GMT -5
^ For some reason that picture is not showing up for me. I'm assuming it's an apology statement or something like that? If you could provide a link to the article that features this that would be great. Thanks! <QUOTE> Hey guys I've been thinking about this all day, every now and then I feel I need to defend myself in this business. I did a great interview with many topics discussed. It’s so frustrating that something negative has spun out of the story. I would never speak against any artist. It’s not my style. I consider Willie, Waylon and Merle musical heroes. I was trying to state what I was about and where I come from with my music. It’s simple as that. <UNQUOTE> Edit: It's from his Twitter account
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Post by Kentucky25 on Jul 10, 2015 19:27:32 GMT -5
Not defending him, but it's GOT to be annoying to have your entire career (I know he wasn't bro on his first couple albums, but everyone seems to dismiss that anyways) constantly criticized as not being worth anything...We may not prefer the bro-country here on Pulse, but I know a vast majority of the Country music fans do, so for almost every interview he does to always have questions where he has to defend the songs he sings could be a very frustrating task for an artist. Sure the statements were off based, but I feel as though it's just as likely that he had had enough of these questions and shot off a bit too radically...again, not defending him, but I can understand that as a highly scrutinized human being it's possible he could have misspoken.
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Post by dajross6 on Jul 10, 2015 19:57:23 GMT -5
Not defending him, but it's GOT to be annoying to have your entire career (I know he wasn't bro on his first couple albums, but everyone seems to dismiss that anyways) constantly criticized as not being worth anything...We may not prefer the bro-country here on Pulse, but I know a vast majority of the Country music fans do, so for almost every interview he does to always have questions where he has to defend the songs he sings could be a very frustrating task for an artist. Sure the statements were off based, but I feel as though it's just as likely that he had had enough of these questions and shot off a bit too radically...again, not defending him, but I can understand that as a highly scrutinized human being it's possible he could have misspoken. Umm, nope, you are absolutely defending him while trying to play coy with how you feel. That's fine, but as an entertainer who makes millions every year off of fans he needs to expect to be judged upon by the words he says, the music he sings, and the people he surrounds himself with. I can ALMOST see the argument if it was taken out of context, but comparing the legends to smoking cocaine? Give me a f***in break.
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Post by Kentucky25 on Jul 10, 2015 20:13:01 GMT -5
Not defending him, but it's GOT to be annoying to have your entire career (I know he wasn't bro on his first couple albums, but everyone seems to dismiss that anyways) constantly criticized as not being worth anything...We may not prefer the bro-country here on Pulse, but I know a vast majority of the Country music fans do, so for almost every interview he does to always have questions where he has to defend the songs he sings could be a very frustrating task for an artist. Sure the statements were off based, but I feel as though it's just as likely that he had had enough of these questions and shot off a bit too radically...again, not defending him, but I can understand that as a highly scrutinized human being it's possible he could have misspoken. Umm, nope, you are absolutely defending him while trying to play coy with how you feel. That's fine, but as an entertainer who makes millions every year off of fans he needs to expect to be judged upon by the words he says, the music he sings, and the people he surrounds himself with. I can ALMOST see the argument if it was taken out of context, but comparing the legends to smoking cocaine? Give me a f***in break. I mean I disagree with what he said, I'm just saying he could've made a mistake...you're more than welcome to your opinion, but please respect mine and that I'm honest with what I write.
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Post by matty005 on Jul 10, 2015 20:46:58 GMT -5
Why does Luke have to respect the "legends?" I am sorry, but Merle was a cocaine addict who made amazing music. Why is he exempt from being criticized just because he made some great music? Why the uproar that Luke has to honor country music's past? I am not a fan of the comments, but I think I can understand where he is coming from. George Jones drove drunk, had high speed chases as well. Can we not talk about that? I felt like Luke's comments were honest. I am not a fan of everyone who speaks their mind, but I'd rather someone speak the truth then just say the status quo. Not sure how someone saying actual facts can offend people.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 10, 2015 20:53:15 GMT -5
Not defending him, but it's GOT to be annoying to have your entire career (I know he wasn't bro on his first couple albums, but everyone seems to dismiss that anyways) constantly criticized as not being worth anything...We may not prefer the bro-country here on Pulse, but I know a vast majority of the Country music fans do, so for almost every interview he does to always have questions where he has to defend the songs he sings could be a very frustrating task for an artist. Sure the statements were off based, but I feel as though it's just as likely that he had had enough of these questions and shot off a bit too radically...again, not defending him, but I can understand that as a highly scrutinized human being it's possible he could have misspoken. Who is criticizing his career as not being worth anything though? I mean if he reads Pulse, he might not exactly enjoy a lot of the comments made about his music on here, but in this same post you're pointing out that there's a lot of people out there who do like his music (and it's evidenced by his sales), so then who are all these people criticizing him as worthless? Also, being asked about why you make the kind of music you make seems like a pretty typical run-of-the-mill question to me for any artist, and it doesn't require him to answer by simultaneously tearing down others. He could've just said why he makes the music he does and not why he doesn't make the music he doesn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2015 21:00:00 GMT -5
What gets me is that he came off as he thinks he's so much better than them and I am no staunch traditionalist by any stretch but I mean come on Luke Bryan FGL and Jason Aldean compared to Willie George,and Johnny
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Post by Kat5Kind on Jul 10, 2015 21:05:18 GMT -5
Honestly, Luke was right about some of those traditional artists. He shouldn't have said that, but we all make mistakes. I'm just sitting back and watching the traditionalists flip out.
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Post by matty005 on Jul 10, 2015 21:22:36 GMT -5
Not defending him, but it's GOT to be annoying to have your entire career (I know he wasn't bro on his first couple albums, but everyone seems to dismiss that anyways) constantly criticized as not being worth anything...We may not prefer the bro-country here on Pulse, but I know a vast majority of the Country music fans do, so for almost every interview he does to always have questions where he has to defend the songs he sings could be a very frustrating task for an artist. Sure the statements were off based, but I feel as though it's just as likely that he had had enough of these questions and shot off a bit too radically...again, not defending him, but I can understand that as a highly scrutinized human being it's possible he could have misspoken. Who is criticizing his career as not being worth anything though? I mean if he reads Pulse, he might not exactly enjoy a lot of the comments made about his music on here, but in this same post you're pointing out that there's a lot of people out there who do like his music (and it's evidenced by his sales), so then who are all these people criticizing him as worthless? Also, being asked about why you make the kind of music you make seems like a pretty typical run-of-the-mill question to me for any artist, and it doesn't require him to answer by simultaneously tearing down others. He could've just said why he makes the music he does and not why he doesn't make the music he doesn't. Zac Brown and Gary Allan. I love all three artists, but they have made public comments about either Luke himself or general statements.
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