Lewis' State I'm In album arrives April Home News. Tricia Despres Published: March 29, But that success had a steep price, and the subject matter began to wear heavily on Lewis. The songs lyrics dripped with darkness, depression and despair.
The year-old husband and father of three girls needed a new vehicle, one that better reflected his current lifestyle. So in , he turned to country music.
Rather, he went back to it. My grandfather was a country music fanatic. It was all of the outlaw country from that time. That kind of stuff. This is not right wing propaganda. The Biden Administration is very concerned about this, while the zoonotic never held much water and continues to lose support by the day. Heyday July 18, am. They have maintained and codified into U.
But now you are saying companies like Facebook and Twitter a have no right to promulgate guidelines i. You keep acting as if Trump et al were not allowed on their formats. They were. But they continually broke the rules they agreed to abide by, so the private company did exactly what it said it would do — namely, bar them from using the service. As a result, Trump was free to launch his own service. He did. It crashed and burned. I write a letter to the editor of the paper. Who do I take my complaint to?
Who should force the newspaper to run the letter? The government? Brust July 15, pm. The big social media companies have every right to throw someone off their platform, for any reason. They are not subject to freedom of speech requirements. Stoking people to do things that are completely out of character of our nation…. It was considered racist, and medical misinformation.
You would think we could discuss something that has killed 4 million people and turned the world economy upside down on social media without being censored.
The right wing view is completely marginalized. You basically listed the only right wing networks. Just not true. Aaron never claimed to have written this song. I have never heard of him before but maybe he sings this song bc this is how he feels along with LOTS of other people. The 1st amendment allows us to speak our own truth. I personally feel our country is going downhill quickly and turning into something true Americans will not like.
Our freedoms are being taken away on a daily basis. Soon America will no longer be a free country. The damage is done. Mandating things is not Freedom. Choice is freedom.
Your freedom to choose anything is withering away. SmittyD58 July 15, am. In my opinion a great message, well written and spot on. Aaron Lewis is not the only one, there are millions of us shaking our heads as we watch the TV news. I try to appreciate good music for the sake of the music. My politics, as you have probably already guessed, are bright red conservative but I still enjoy listening to my beloved Drive By Truckers who are way left liberal now.
Thanks, Trigger, for writing thought provoking articles, exposing us to new artists and celebrating and honoring the classics. Jake Cutter July 15, am.
That said, you hit the nail on the head in regards to why this will resonate with so many people. Who is actually fighting for ordinary working folks?
Not MAGA, sorry. Which faction is going to put the most cash in my pocket? Wake up. Most of the some nonsense is coming from the Hillary wing not the Bernie wing by the way. NorCalTrees July 15, pm. Agree with you on working people needing to wake up and getting robbed while the rich get richer. Maybe that dog whistle has deafened me…. See some states clutching their pearls while they try to ban trans people from track and field or whatever the religious right is upset about today.
Jake Cutter July 15, pm. This right here illuminates part of the problem. Nor is it surprising that the hard partisans are so triggered by it. Wilson Pick It July 15, pm. And trust me, the wealthy vote with their wallets. Those are good values you listed. So we might as well fight to benefit from our taxes. No politics in the bar man! But I would be happy to BS with you about good beer and good music. Have a good one. Fair enough and good point on the kitchen table.
Fight or flight needs to be in play; freedom and safety are an inverse relationship. It used to be a summer job was milking cows, now good luck finding that or anything to start out on because Latinos have taken almost all those jobs.
I have watched interviews with Bernie and will say this. Now, the comeback too that is that if those jobs paid more, more white people would work them. Now, we could push for better farm wages which might improve things and get more white people to take those jobs….
I live and work in the rural midwest and I hear these types of comments all the time. The people actually starting businesses in these small farming communities are immigrants. The 5 young white people left are either spaced out due to substance abuse issues or seem to believe that having no work ethic, no appreciable skills, etc. He is a tyrant. Steven July 15, pm.
Bernie is an old man still dreaming of becoming the first president of the USSA and aoc, well, has she recovered from that near-death experience yet? Big Daddy July 15, am. That said, Aaron Lewis is the only concert I have ever left early from.
Between the Pledge at the beginning of the show to the political commentary in between songs, it felt like a Trump rally this was before the election and Covid. Aaron is certainly free to present a show like that and I am free to go home early. Right or wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinion and the potential consequences that go with. Just not enough hours in the day to take them all in. Like others have said, Trig hit the nail on the head. The real problem is the rich keeping us divided while they plunder.
JS July 15, am. Ben Parks July 15, am. Brandon July 15, am. This song, however, is awful. The problem with this song and pretty much every song by Aaron Lewis is that the lyrics are always on the nose.
No nuance, no poetry, no clever turns of phase. Good call on Smoke in a Bar. Good article. One of your best. What I was trying to do there was explain why this song is resonating with people so much. I do think he brought a lot of passion to this and it comes through. Peter hinch July 20, am. Jim L. I have. Reminds of songs by the current Ronnie Van Zant-less Skynyrd.
AdamAmericana July 15, pm. Unlike Biden who just invited the UN in to criticize America and allows illegal immigrants to cross the border. As a noted history professor I regularly chat with says, the Confederacy by attempting to declare independence were following in the footsteps of the American colonies. It amuses me how secession was OK for the 13 Colonies but it has become wrong ever since for any state or individual to consider.
See when Texas discusses it. I have no problem if a state wishes to leave the Union. It is their right. To deny so is hypocrisy by America. We were founded by secession. The British loyalists all fled to Canada, which is still part of the Commonwealth today, and overall your average Canadian is doing much better than your average US citizen.
What the hell is a self aware wolf situation? Sounds like a term that stupid people think is clever. Point is clear. My response was logical and reasonable. Unfortunately, logic and reason are not the strong suit of liberals. Jeff Adamson July 15, pm. Springsteen sucks. He is a liberal douche…but I repeat myself. What really sucks is so many in the music industry are American-hating liberal douches just like BS.
In 20 years or so, you people will look back and wonder what happened. We old timers will tell you…. What if you changed that one word and reframed your arguments against the reality of what liberals are really trying to accomplish. Would it cut so deep then? Colt July 15, pm. Harris July 15, pm. It is nice to see a singer who sees America for the greatness that she is and not a brain-dead Marxist who wants to transform her into a failed state on the basis of proven failed policies.
If it is OK to knock down Confederate statues thus committing cultural genocide, how tolerant! After all, they fought against America? Why is it OK for their statues to stand? They killed and tortured Americans.
I guess some cultures have more privilege than others. Frankly, I am a fan of not knocking down statues like a bunch of French revolutionaries but I also believe in proper behavior. Love the site but the posting comments too fast alert jacked up my response.
Forced an accidental double post. I thought I was quite explicit in the article saying that not all statues razings are created equal, and the destruction of Abraham Lincoln statues and others was pretty ludicrous. At times the site will experience hundreds of spam comments an hour, and to keep them all down, the filter can get a little overactive. I do the best I can to make sure stuff does not get lost in the shuffle. You were explicit. But the site messed up and placed it down here.
NotCalTrees July 15, pm. I firmly believe that backwards, ignorant beliefs die in the sunlight. Which is why freedom of speech is so important. And the sentiment behind this song is that the growing movement and power behind it to censor more and more people is causing a net negative for public discourse.
Luckyoldsun July 15, pm. And the leaders of the Democratic party will not stand up in opposition to any of that. I agree, and I think this is where this song does try to meet the moment, even if it does it clumsily. The idea that the United States is the worst nation in the world when you look at the atrocities in the history of all sorts of nations, along with present-day atrocities occurring in places like China, The Middle East, South Africa, etc. And some of these people are totally trying to tear down every single established institution regardless of the history behind it just because they can get away with it in the current cultural environment.
Aaron Lewis and everyone else should stand up against this. I find it amazing that people can so vehemently defend the American Flag while also vehemently defending the Confederate Flag and statues of those who literally fought a war against our country because of their desire to own people.
Never heard of this before. Just had a listen. Despite commiserating with its message on a basic level, this song is pure cringe — but what else would we expect from the founder and frontman of third-tier nu-metal band Staind? Tells you something about his character and fortitude or lack thereof. Cackalack July 15, pm. Go on, I dare you. How can Aaron Tippin sing a song on this level and it feel genuine and this be so cringeworthy?
Lewis and Kid Rock are two turds in a toilet bowl who do anything for attention. Ask Marjorie Taylor Greene. Troy July 16, am.
Troy July 15, pm. Wobblyhorse July 15, pm. Why do i get the feeling if it was Sturgill or Isbore with a song about crooked cops or anti Trump that the rating would be 2 guns way way way way way way way way up? Trainwreck92 July 15, pm. Stringbuzz July 15, pm. Charley Country Crockett's Butter July 15, pm. Please explain to me why Americans are angry? Is it because of the election? Though Mushok, April and Wysocki do their share of thrashing around, Lewis trudges back and forth on the stage at an almost glacial pace.
He keeps his head down, his eyes half-shut and one arm folded across his stomach, his body language communicating anguish. Between songs, he rarely speaks. The singer was born in Springfield, Vermont, to hippie parents, Ted and Sondra. Their house, a log cabin whose front yard was littered with pot plants, sat on the side of a mountain adjacent to a dirt road too precarious to drive on during winter months.
My dad is very much like I am: laid back and kind of a procrastinator. My mom is the complete opposite. That lasted for three or four years. Ted and Aaron remain close — recently, Aaron took him on a fishing trip to Miami — and they talk on the phone frequently, even when Staind are on the road.
But Ted acknowledges that, even as a child, Aaron must have been sensitive to the tension between his parents. And Aaron probably felt that. My grandfather died, and his whole side of the family may as well have died with him, because we were basically disowned. To have half of my family disappear left me with a lot of abandonment issues.
It was a little more than that. Feelings of alienation, Lewis says, developed early. It was only a couple of years ago that Aaron told his father about his childhood troubles. But he held it in. Even my friends — I would be the brunt of their jokes.
People liked the reactions they got out of me.
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