Brad Paisley, Razorbacks, and College Football
By Cory Thone
At the 3:30 mark, watch the Oklahoma State mascot murder the Arizona State mascot.
Country Music Superstar Brad Paisley has released a new song titled “Country Nation” that is the most wonderfully self aware video and song ever. There is no subtlety here and Paisley panders not only to country music fans, but to passionate fanbases around the country by trying to include as many mascots, nicknames, and jerseys into a 4 minute video as possible. (I want to see the outtakes where he has to change shirts 10 times and fake play guitar at Vanderbilt Stadium for 3 hours.)
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The video drops on the heels of Paisley announcing his “Country Nation College Tour“, where he will play a concert after a college football game in a different city each weekend. Paisley will be in Little Rock after the Razorbacks vs. Toledo game on September 12th, meaning that the already rowdy crowd at War Memorial will be staying even later into the night.
Of course, as a Hog fan, I’d like to remind everybody of the time that Paisley set fire to an Arkansas Razorback door mat to get back at Eden’s Edge, a now defunct country group from Russellville, Arkansas that had stolen his West Virginia hat.
HOGS DON’T FORGET, BRADLEY.
All joking aside, the song is silly and fun, and the video is the highlight. That’s high praise from someone like me, a self professed music snob. Although I can’t help but point out a glaring problem in the lyrics.
Throughout the song, Paisley keeps talking about college football fans wearing their uniform or aprons, but underneath that, they are actually Mountaineers or Hogs or whatever. Which is a fine sentiment. However, it seems that Paisley doesn’t think football fans can have white collar jobs. He references coal mines, steel mills, factory workers, farmers, FedEx drivers, waitresses, and mechanics. But no lawyers, bankers, accountants, or teachers.
What do you have against teachers, Brad?