Luke Bryan's Knockin' Boots sounds like late 1970s and 80s hit that some country artists did back then. Lets not knock Luke down on his songs. It is Nashville heads pushing those songs. Blake, Luke, Chris Young, Justin Moore and even some of Thomas Rhett is going retro thanks to Luke Combs, Jon Pardi, Cody Johnson, Chris Jansen, Aaron Watson and others bringing back country classic sounds back. Plus, you all have not seen Garth Brooks on Saturday Night Live. It is who he is. Garth as the Ol' France Ho as Garth dressed up as a France prostitute. He was funny on there.
Nay Slayer first I love your name. Second I think another reason no one cares about her plastic surgery is because Dolly is such a classy lady. She is just so down to earth. She doesn’t seem to judge anyone so why would someone judge her over something that frankly doesn’t matter. 🤷♀️
@@mokat2240 Yep. People feel good about Dolly, Dolly feels good about herself, Dolly encourages people to feel good about themselves. It's just a win-win. lol
Will forever be upset that Maddie & Tae had to split up their concept album into two EP’s like you mentioned. Now that we’ve heard all of the songs it would’ve been such a great, cohesive full length album that could’ve been a career-changer for them.
I can't get enough of Eric Church's voice. It's one of the great things about country music. So many of my favorite vocalists had unique styles, like John Anderson, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette, Tracy Lawrence, etc.
@@7frozendawg I'm sure there's some bad performances out of the thousands he's done. I've seen plenty of live clips of Eric, and he generally sounds great. He played "Some of It" live and acoustic at the CMA's this week and sounded great.
Hugh's comment about Brad Paisley not being a legend because he's not Garth Brooks level is just such a bad statement honestly. Garth is the biggest thing ever in country, so obviously Brad isn't "Garth level", but that in no way means Brad isn't going to go down as a legend in country music.
Let the hating begin but I have never been a Garth Brooks fan. Just do not care for him or most of his music. I like good songwriting. The Dance was an exception. The other being Shameless which was a redo of Billy Joel's. I think there is such a thing as overexposure. Just because a certain singer puts out a song or music does not make it good. Everybody has an opinion so take it for what it is worth. But then again, I never watched Titanic either 😨 To each his own.
Agreed, my thought when he said that was "who alive really is on Garth's level?". Of course not all of Brad's stuff is amazing but given his success (19 number ones, 32 top 10, member of the Grand Ole Opry etc.) saying he won't be a legend is...odd. All because he won't have the success of Garth... Given his success who knows what he will do in later years but if the bar to meet for legend status is Garth Brooks everyone in the industry is bound to fail.
I love Brad Paisley and his music because you can tell how much he enjoys what he does through his lyrics and he just has fun with it ( even though he has so more serious/sentimental songs) and he is also a great guitarist!!
Totally agree.Their songs are ok if they were pop songs,but apparently they are country songs.Some people say they sound good,but to me their voices(especially in Speechless)sound awful.
Angel Lunsford Rascal Flatts are a million times better. Rascal Flatts are one of the originators of their particularly sound. Their songs actually have substance.
The appalling treatment of women in country music has been going on for about 2 decades now. The 60's & 70's gave us some real country legends (Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, Dottie West, Anne Murray, Reba McEntire etc), not much in the 80's, then the 90's gave us some big new female artists who were amazing (Lorrie Morgan, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Terri Clark, Jo Dee Messina, Sara Evans, LeAnn Rimes and Lee Ann Womack among them), but sadly by the late 90's/early 00's, women became uncool or undesired at radio and they began to fade away or have disappointing chart performances. Since then, for every Carrie Underwood or Miranda Lambert there have been countless briliant new artists (like Tammy Cochran, Chalee Tennison, Catherine Britt, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Sonya Isaacs, Jessi Alexander, Sherrie Austin, Anita Cochran, Amber Dotson, Kellie Coffey, Danni Leigh, Allison Moorer, Whitney Duncan, Susan Haynes, Jamie O'Neal, Kellie Pickler, Julie Roberts, Ashton Shepherd, Gretchen Wilson etc) who have been largely and criminally overlooked.
I agree about all-women tours. I'm glad people are starting to pay attention to the lack of air time given to women, but I find it condescending and insulting to play it like women need to be thrown a bone or given special treatment in order to keep up with male vocalist. If a female artist has good material, play them. If they don't, don't play them. Same with male artists.
completely agree with this! I also dont think the women now are getting good material to work with or maybe they are just not picking well. The songs just arent that great. So maybe its a demand thing, they arent getting played bc the public doesnt request their songs. I feel like women country singers are being forced down our throats and for the most part right now its just not great music
Yes, I agree before Ashley Mcbryde, I don't think I've heard a female country song I've really liked in years. Hopefully she'll start being played since she's won at the CMA's
I agree, I was a teenager in the 90s and the women in country music were absolutely my favorites. I loved all of them (I liked the guys too but the ladies were awesome). I used to be a huge Carrie fan, but I haven't liked any of her songs in years, same with Miranda. Honestly Carly Pearce is one of the few current female country singers I actually like, along with some of Runaway June's songs. I don't think the quality of either voices or songs from the current ladies is up to par with where the women of country were 20 years ago and that's why they're not as popular today.
When I saw the title of the video I was very interested to see what you where going to say about Turnpike breaking up. I was fully prepared to fight you both, then I actually agreed with the take. A sad solo Felker album is what I need, what we all need, right now. But they don’t have to OFFICIALLY break up... he just needs to do a solo album. Evan and RC have written the soundtrack to my life so far and I’m only 25 so I need at least 40 more years worth of tunes.
Hot take. Brooks and Dunn's Reboot album was a troll by Ronnie to highlight how inferior everyone else's voice is compared to his. Shows on Luke Comb's 1, 2 Many as well. He takes over any song he's singing.
@@joeszalwinski7392 You didn't like Brand New Man or Red Dirt Road? I thought those 3 were good, but the others were meh. Neon Moon was ruined in the Reboot.
New series idea: do a series of quick (or long) reactions to the country charts over the years. Pick a week at random, like your birthday week, and pick a starting year (2019, 1990, whatever) and then move either backwards or forwards in like 6 or 12 month steps and see how the top 5 or 10 songs change over time. You might even dig up semi-recent songs you forgot about! It could be fun. Thanks for your great content!
Luke, happened to see a Twitter post by ZBB right after the CMAs. Said something about them being on Kimmel? & congratulations to the winners. Stood out like hey we're still here. Agree with your comment.
@Grady Smith you're awesome. I love to watch your videos. Believe it or not, it is my first comment ever. You're so great that I've decided to show my appreciation for your incredible work. I live in a country where nobody listens to country music and thanks to your channel I can listen to someone who has similar opinions. Keep up the great work.
I'd love to see more Hot Take vids like this. Question about you're thoughts on Randy Houser. I personally feel like he is grossly underrated and deserves much more publicity and radio play then he gets.
I think Jon Pardi and Luke Combs are both great but I think JP is bringing back the old school country sound better than anybody out there right now. Love the hot takes Grady!
The situation for women in country is tough and the solutions are complicated. I don't mind tours and spaces devoted solely to women. The Lilith Fair comes to mind. A lot of people put it down now, but it was an empowering thing for women to come together and create a tour like that. It was extremely successful and raised millions for various charities. Women are being pushed out of mainstream country and struggling to get air play that is equal to men. I'm not sure what more they can do. They're certainly making great music, but it's not getting the attention it deserves. I grew up in the 1990s and early 2000s when I remember women being all over country radio and CMT. Martina, Trisha, Shania, Faith, etc were the norm and they were powerhouses. If they tried to launch their careers today, it would be a different story. At the same time, it does feel condescending to just devote one hour of radio to women instead of including their songs the entire time. And it's easy to put all the women on stage at the CMAs and make a performative gesture about the value of women but it's much harder to change the systemic issues that are causing all of this in the first place. I don't have the answers, but I hope things are changing. I think with Kacey winning at the Grammys, the release of The Highwomen record, and now this focus on women at the CMAs hopefully the tide is turning. I'm really glad that Carrie and Miranda continue to champion and lift women up on their tours. Just my two cents. Great video as always!
I absolutely love Brad Paisley and his guitar playing is legendary. That’s his signature for sure. I do think you comment about “dad joke lyrics” could be true that he’s wore that out a bit but I’ve noticed that he hasn’t had a #1 single or a single nomination at an awards show since he began producing his own albums. Wheelhouse was his first one. Love & War is a well done album with a very good message but it is deep and isn’t as tongue in cheek as some of his past stuff. The same thing happened to Alan Jackson. Once he started producing his own material with Thirty Miles West the Hits stopped coming. Same with Toby Keith. Also in the industry today it seems to me like shelf life for radio is about 15-20 years of your a established artist otherwise you get 1-2 years to make something happen before they chew you up and spit you out for the next thing.
I agree with the Dolly thing. I love her to bits, but it’s gotten out of hand, and looks... sad. I also find it sad that she never felt pretty enough on her own (which she has said multiple times).
If there's possibly an even cheesier, cringier ballad than Love Wins by Carrie Underwood, it's People Loving People by Garth. Glad you brought that up.
Stopped the video after the Brad Paisley segment: There's a part of me that is disappointed that Brad isn't bigger. I always liked his sound growing up and people around me also liked his music. The biggest compliment that someone told me about Brad was 'He's going to be one of those artists that other musicians will do covers of his songs.' Now, I didn't delve into his music history but I'm pretty sure that I've never heard someone cover his songs. I'm not taking away his success, just seems like he never crossed that threshold. Maybe that's a video idea. Lol.
I completely agree with the idea that Red Dirt music is unnecessarily lumped in with Texas Country. They are two completely different sounds. At least they were. And it doesn’t matter where anyone is from. I think Randy Rogers is Red Dirt and Aaron Watson is Texas Country. Yes, it’s all considered one scene, but they are two separate genres. It’s like they’re step-siblings, different parents, but living under the same roof. Same family, different DNA.
I kinda have to agree with Hugh on the Evan Felker topic.. I'd hate to see the band fall apart and never hear another album from them but at the same time I think it would be awesome if Felker would put out a solo acoustic album like he talked about..
Eric Church is a supreme poser who never lived the life he sings about, also one hell of an entertainer, top 3 best shows I’ve ever seen. Two things can be true at the same time.
No one says anything about all male tours, so I don't get why it's not helping women... If men don't do it, we might as well make it happen for ourselves
ummm that bra off song is actually perfect???? my boyfriend... i guess he’s my ex now... just broke up with me a few days ago and i felt like a really bad person but like, i just felt so much more at peace, that song spoke VOLUME. it’s no fun losing someone, especially someone you put everything into, like i did with him, but idk i think i found some kind of peace and this song just really helped me feel less bad about it. don’t feel bad for liking the song man, it’s good
I think the female (not being played) thing is largely because the songs really are not on par with the 90s ladies and before. A large majority of the female songs are like man hating (I can buy my own drinks / before he cheats etc etc) and not to many males would LIKE that type of song so right off the jump they are cutting their audience in half by alienating that demo. Among other things but this is something I haven't heard discussed and it is something I know I feel when i hear that type of song. Men frame songs borderline worshiping women...the opposite coming from the other side.
Totally agree regarding Kacey Musgraves. "Pageant Material" is a splendid country album while "Golden Hour" is a boring pop album. But what puzzles me most is that Norways biggest newspaper gave a glowing review of "Golden Hour". "What, have we listened to the same album?!" I asked myself.......
eTHAN bATSON Them, mike and the moonpies, kolton moore and the clever few, jason boland and the stragglers.... how can ya not like those guys?? Solid country gold
This does sound like something I would say, but I do not remember saying it. I gave Shane Smith a try earlier this year and it just was missing a spark for me. But I loved the writing. And Mike and the Moonpies, I LOVE EM
@@GradySmith Shane Smith is always hit or miss with me, but their song The Mountain gives me chills EVERY single time. Not that you have a lot of time on your hands, but it's worth a listen in my book.
@@GradySmith You should check them out again then, cause they've got some pretty good stuff. Also check out a live show if you can. They take it to a whole other level. I saw them opening for Cody Johnson and thought they actually put on a better show.
Saw a tweet yesterday saying that Staci Felker had an IG Live video saying that Felker is in a great place and the rumors of a potential Turnpike reunion are starting to create a little smoke.
Comment has nothing to do with the video (maybe Garth) but how long is the shelf life of an artist before they start fading away? Is it until the next new "thing" arrives, 3rd release album, they've hit the multi million level? All the above or something else? Music Industry is fickle. One day you're hot & the next you're not. Whose holding the hot/cold meter? Makes me think about Kenny Chesney & how he was everywhere. Now, he's a pirate sailing around the Caribbean.
So I ended up in the video! Haha let me explain, I dont think that all my favorite artists need to agree with me, but when I look up to other genres and see so many artists bringing up important issues, I feel upset that country singers dont. With so many awful things happening in the US and abroad, I dont think you can be neutral in those kind of situations. And the backlash that the Dixie Chicks received was beyond acceptable, its sad that others may feel afraid to say something because of that
I went to a Steve Earle concert about a year ago and he was pretty outspoken about his political views, he'd connect songs he was about to sing to Trump or current events like the Parkland shooting and I watched a pretty sizeable amount of fans of his get up and walk out.
When Jason Isbell wrote White Man's World his was being political, this is the kind of thing I'm talking about, being aware of your privilege, your position and your context. I dont get mad when they dont speak out, but I do appreciate people like Jason or Kacey or Brandi that use their influence in a good and important way
Isabela Campos well, you continue to appreciate it, I’ll continue to find it obnoxious, they’ll continue to lose potential fans because most people don’t like being lectured or preached at by entertainers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Do a video on how so many country songs use the same exact beat with slight variations. When a new song comes on the radio I mistake it for 5 other songs. And I’m not talking about snap tracks. Ever seen the video were a guy synced up the top country tracks into one song and the beats matched up perfectly? lol
HOT TAKE: British singer Yola's "Walk Through Fire" album is the best female country record put out this year, but they tag it into "Americana". Don't @ me.
I get the Granger Smith comment. But before he got the quote on quote Nashville sound, he was an independent Texas country artist until he signed to a record label. I will say I wish he had better music because if you listen to some of his songs that are not singles, he is a really great songwriter. If you ever get a chance, one of his new songs is called heaven bound balloons.
One of the things about the all women events, I would say it's good, but in a way it hinders the over all reach of female artists. One thing I wish yal had touched on is the fact that if it's an all female tour, some people won't be interested in it all, but when a male and female tour together maybe fans come for one, but are then exposed to the other artist. Same with female artist hour. Some people might be like oh it's 8pm, female artist hour, I'm gonna do something else, but if you just play female artists during regular programing, people would leave it on anyways, as they listen and are then hearing an artist they may not know about.
The fact that you said man against machine was a terrible album couldn’t have been further from the truth that was a very solid album now the follow up gunslinger though it was good it lacked that star power songs But he bounce back very nicely with FUN That again is a very solid album
Ok, just wanted to comment on your Garth take about Tacoma. I freaking love that song and it's so good. The only other song on that album that I like is Cold Like That. What are your thoughts on that song?
I can turn on the radio and every little thing could be playing on 3 different stations...after him sam hunt plays, after him southbound plays(overplayed), after karie some awful luke bryan snap track garbage plays. Occasionally you'll hear heartache medication, on my way to you, or actual good songs.
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Hot Take Hugh has returned, and tbh, he is very disappointed in my final take.
Grady Smith I think we all were
Luke Bryan's Knockin' Boots sounds like late 1970s and 80s hit that some country artists did back then. Lets not knock Luke down on his songs. It is Nashville heads pushing those songs. Blake, Luke, Chris Young, Justin Moore and even some of Thomas Rhett is going retro thanks to Luke Combs, Jon Pardi, Cody Johnson, Chris Jansen, Aaron Watson and others bringing back country classic sounds back. Plus, you all have not seen Garth Brooks on Saturday Night Live. It is who he is. Garth as the Ol' France Ho as Garth dressed up as a France prostitute. He was funny on there.
Heads up! The link to the "First Hot Takes" just goes back to this same vid.
@@Spitfirethedragon preach
Its actually Jon Pardi who has an almost intolerable voice,,,,,not Eric!
The reason no one cares about Dolly's plastic surgery is b/c she acknowledges it and is self-deprecating about it.
Nay Slayer first I love your name. Second I think another reason no one cares about her plastic surgery is because Dolly is such a classy lady. She is just so down to earth. She doesn’t seem to judge anyone so why would someone judge her over something that frankly doesn’t matter. 🤷♀️
@@mokat2240 Yep. People feel good about Dolly, Dolly feels good about herself, Dolly encourages people to feel good about themselves. It's just a win-win. lol
Facts. No one will make fun of you if you make fun of yourself first. It shows your security.
i reviewed my surgeon online on this account and i couldn't be prouder.... REAL cowgirls have scars and they don't need to hide them.....
Dolly is a feminist and feminism is about letting women do whatever they want with their bodies. That's the real reason why nobody cares.
It wouldn’t be a Grady Smith video without the clip of Luke Bryan dancing lol
They just say so much so quickly.
Tee hee, I agree. It's becoming iconic & I'm starting to look forward to it.
True
God Bless
"Biscuits" from pageant material is one of my favorite Kacey Musgraves songs
Probably one of her most popular songs
It is really cute!
same trailer, different park is my favorite kacey album.
ricky coker same and then it’s her album with space cowboy and high horse and rainbow
“Most upvoted thing on Twitter.” Grady is a true redditor
When I saw “Eric Church can’t sing in the title.” I was ready to fight whoever said that😂
Same tho. After seeing him in concert I punch people who say he isnt country
Lol
Same
I’m boycotting this vid because of the blatant disrespect of Chief
He sound like mumbling in Keith urban song
hot take: It's honestly so cringe when celebrities name-search themselves on Twitter just to argue with people who didn't even tag them lol
Who did that?
Jacob Andersson 😂😂
Jacob R Russell dickerson
Will forever be upset that Maddie & Tae had to split up their concept album into two EP’s like you mentioned. Now that we’ve heard all of the songs it would’ve been such a great, cohesive full length album that could’ve been a career-changer for them.
Courtney coming through with the consistently great taste!
Courtney Kramer the concept album is coming April 10th!!!
I can't get enough of Eric Church's voice. It's one of the great things about country music. So many of my favorite vocalists had unique styles, like John Anderson, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette, Tracy Lawrence, etc.
Look up the accoustic does to me. He sounds bad.
@@7frozendawg Stop being a hater.
@@aspennvv548 I'm not hating. I'm being honest.
@@7frozendawg In your own opinion.
@@7frozendawg I'm sure there's some bad performances out of the thousands he's done. I've seen plenty of live clips of Eric, and he generally sounds great. He played "Some of It" live and acoustic at the CMA's this week and sounded great.
Turnpike is the greatest thing to ever happen to the music world. Change my mind.
God is good
No one:
Hugh: "I listened to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack at work today."
Hahah it was in reference to *Tolkeinism
Hugh's comment about Brad Paisley not being a legend because he's not Garth Brooks level is just such a bad statement honestly. Garth is the biggest thing ever in country, so obviously Brad isn't "Garth level", but that in no way means Brad isn't going to go down as a legend in country music.
Brad sucks. I could do without his bubblegum so called country “music”.
Let the hating begin but I have never been a Garth Brooks fan. Just do not care for him or most of his music. I like good songwriting. The Dance was an exception. The other being Shameless which was a redo of Billy Joel's. I think there is such a thing as overexposure. Just because a certain singer puts out a song or music does not make it good. Everybody has an opinion so take it for what it is worth. But then again, I never watched Titanic either 😨 To each his own.
Agreed, my thought when he said that was "who alive really is on Garth's level?". Of course not all of Brad's stuff is amazing but given his success (19 number ones, 32 top 10, member of the Grand Ole Opry etc.) saying he won't be a legend is...odd. All because he won't have the success of Garth... Given his success who knows what he will do in later years but if the bar to meet for legend status is Garth Brooks everyone in the industry is bound to fail.
Oh give me a break, Garth Brooks is so far from the biggest thing in country. I’m tired of people worshipping that guy. So painfully overrated.
jpippinator I can’t even bother to defend Brad here because I have no idea what you mean from the term “bubblegum”
I love Brad Paisley and his music because you can tell how much he enjoys what he does through his lyrics and he just has fun with it ( even though he has so more serious/sentimental songs) and he is also a great guitarist!!
How is Dan and Shay country? They belong on pop radio. Not country. There music is not country, sorry but I don’t see it.
Totally agree.Their songs are ok if they were pop songs,but apparently they are country songs.Some people say they sound good,but to me their voices(especially in Speechless)sound awful.
Ed DeVito exactly. There song 10000 hours is collaborated with Justin Bieber.
Matt Craft I’m not a fan of Dan + Shay but that song is actually pretty good
We already HAD a Rascal Flatts. What are Dan & Shay even for???
Angel Lunsford Rascal Flatts are a million times better. Rascal Flatts are one of the originators of their particularly sound. Their songs actually have substance.
Appalachian Country Music is the best type of country music right now
Tyler Childers is the dude
The Garth Brooks Facebook video had me rolling 😂😂 then you played the Zuckerberg one...y’all where are the bodies! 😂
Dope Eric Church painting in the back
I actually have a whole vid on how they were painted if you're curious. th-cam.com/video/DzzcT-FxdcE/w-d-xo.html
Y'all are almost like brothers. Love your interactions.
Hot take Hugh & Bra off Grady. Garth Brooks is Country Music's low hanging fruit and it's always been working for him.
Of course Garth Brooks is a serial killer. Don't y'all remember when he was "Chris Gaines" for about a year? He might as well go ahead and confess.
That was marketing for a movie that wasn't released.
The appalling treatment of women in country music has been going on for about 2 decades now. The 60's & 70's gave us some real country legends (Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, Dottie West, Anne Murray, Reba McEntire etc), not much in the 80's, then the 90's gave us some big new female artists who were amazing (Lorrie Morgan, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Terri Clark, Jo Dee Messina, Sara Evans, LeAnn Rimes and Lee Ann Womack among them), but sadly by the late 90's/early 00's, women became uncool or undesired at radio and they began to fade away or have disappointing chart performances. Since then, for every Carrie Underwood or Miranda Lambert there have been countless briliant new artists (like Tammy Cochran, Chalee Tennison, Catherine Britt, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Sonya Isaacs, Jessi Alexander, Sherrie Austin, Anita Cochran, Amber Dotson, Kellie Coffey, Danni Leigh, Allison Moorer, Whitney Duncan, Susan Haynes, Jamie O'Neal, Kellie Pickler, Julie Roberts, Ashton Shepherd, Gretchen Wilson etc) who have been largely and criminally overlooked.
Geoffrey Rodgers YES, thank you!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I agree about all-women tours. I'm glad people are starting to pay attention to the lack of air time given to women, but I find it condescending and insulting to play it like women need to be thrown a bone or given special treatment in order to keep up with male vocalist.
If a female artist has good material, play them. If they don't, don't play them. Same with male artists.
completely agree with this! I also dont think the women now are getting good material to work with or maybe they are just not picking well. The songs just arent that great. So maybe its a demand thing, they arent getting played bc the public doesnt request their songs. I feel like women country singers are being forced down our throats and for the most part right now its just not great music
Agree! And if radio isn’t gonna play them the best way to let fans hear their music is too put them on a stage.
Yes, I agree before Ashley Mcbryde, I don't think I've heard a female country song I've really liked in years. Hopefully she'll start being played since she's won at the CMA's
I agree, I was a teenager in the 90s and the women in country music were absolutely my favorites. I loved all of them (I liked the guys too but the ladies were awesome). I used to be a huge Carrie fan, but I haven't liked any of her songs in years, same with Miranda. Honestly Carly Pearce is one of the few current female country singers I actually like, along with some of Runaway June's songs. I don't think the quality of either voices or songs from the current ladies is up to par with where the women of country were 20 years ago and that's why they're not as popular today.
I agree, and I'm a guy.
When I saw the title of the video I was very interested to see what you where going to say about Turnpike breaking up. I was fully prepared to fight you both, then I actually agreed with the take. A sad solo Felker album is what I need, what we all need, right now. But they don’t have to OFFICIALLY break up... he just needs to do a solo album. Evan and RC have written the soundtrack to my life so far and I’m only 25 so I need at least 40 more years worth of tunes.
that eric church impression was hilarious 😂🤣
Hot take. Brooks and Dunn's Reboot album was a troll by Ronnie to highlight how inferior everyone else's voice is compared to his. Shows on Luke Comb's 1, 2 Many as well. He takes over any song he's singing.
Or maybe it wasn't even his voice. Maybe it was just his songwriting and music. I'd totally agree with that.
This would give me closure I was super dissapointed with that whole album minus boot scoot
What a flex
@@joeszalwinski7392 You didn't like Brand New Man or Red Dirt Road? I thought those 3 were good, but the others were meh. Neon Moon was ruined in the Reboot.
@@MrLanGT I like Cody Johnson but Red Dirt Road was boring imo, Brand New Man was good true but yea Neon Moon was by far the worst
I wanted some Riley Green hate and it didn’t take long.
Nobody is gonna link me to Hot Take Hugh's new channel?
When Hugh brings up tokenism 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💗🙌🏻 Y’all are thoughtful, smart, and fun to watch together.
Totally agree re: Pardi vs. Combs, and loved Pageant Material!
New series idea: do a series of quick (or long) reactions to the country charts over the years. Pick a week at random, like your birthday week, and pick a starting year (2019, 1990, whatever) and then move either backwards or forwards in like 6 or 12 month steps and see how the top 5 or 10 songs change over time. You might even dig up semi-recent songs you forgot about! It could be fun.
Thanks for your great content!
The first comment.... Luke Combs hype is because he is amazing at what he does.
Zac Brown Band is over. They won’t come back again like when they released Welcome Home after JEKYLL AND HYDE. this is bad
Luke, happened to see a Twitter post by ZBB right after the CMAs. Said something about them being on Kimmel? & congratulations to the winners. Stood out like hey we're still here. Agree with your comment.
’Heartbrake Medication’ is better than ’what you see i what you get’ and i stand by that.
@Grady Smith you're awesome. I love to watch your videos. Believe it or not, it is my first comment ever. You're so great that I've decided to show my appreciation for your incredible work. I live in a country where nobody listens to country music and thanks to your channel I can listen to someone who has similar opinions. Keep up the great work.
Brad Paisley will be a hall of famer, he absolutely will be legend
Ben MacQuarrie yes and he should be. Totally well earned.
I'd love to see more Hot Take vids like this. Question about you're thoughts on Randy Houser. I personally feel like he is grossly underrated and deserves much more publicity and radio play then he gets.
I think Jon Pardi and Luke Combs are both great but I think JP is bringing back the old school country sound better than anybody out there right now. Love the hot takes Grady!
i love hearing grady say “i stan” unironically about pageant material
The situation for women in country is tough and the solutions are complicated. I don't mind tours and spaces devoted solely to women. The Lilith Fair comes to mind. A lot of people put it down now, but it was an empowering thing for women to come together and create a tour like that. It was extremely successful and raised millions for various charities. Women are being pushed out of mainstream country and struggling to get air play that is equal to men. I'm not sure what more they can do. They're certainly making great music, but it's not getting the attention it deserves. I grew up in the 1990s and early 2000s when I remember women being all over country radio and CMT. Martina, Trisha, Shania, Faith, etc were the norm and they were powerhouses. If they tried to launch their careers today, it would be a different story. At the same time, it does feel condescending to just devote one hour of radio to women instead of including their songs the entire time. And it's easy to put all the women on stage at the CMAs and make a performative gesture about the value of women but it's much harder to change the systemic issues that are causing all of this in the first place. I don't have the answers, but I hope things are changing. I think with Kacey winning at the Grammys, the release of The Highwomen record, and now this focus on women at the CMAs hopefully the tide is turning. I'm really glad that Carrie and Miranda continue to champion and lift women up on their tours. Just my two cents. Great video as always!
I absolutely love Brad Paisley and his guitar playing is legendary. That’s his signature for sure. I do think you comment about “dad joke lyrics” could be true that he’s wore that out a bit but I’ve noticed that he hasn’t had a #1 single or a single nomination at an awards show since he began producing his own albums. Wheelhouse was his first one. Love & War is a well done album with a very good message but it is deep and isn’t as tongue in cheek as some of his past stuff. The same thing happened to Alan Jackson. Once he started producing his own material with Thirty Miles West the Hits stopped coming. Same with Toby Keith. Also in the industry today it seems to me like shelf life for radio is about 15-20 years of your a established artist otherwise you get 1-2 years to make something happen before they chew you up and spit you out for the next thing.
I still think that Randy houser came out with the absolute best album of the year.
Is this man Turnpikes Advisor? Glad Turnpike is BACK!
But seriously though, A Very Kacey Christmas just might be Kacey’s best album! ❄️☃️🎄🎁🎅🏼 Christmas Always Makes Me Cry is my kind of Christmas song.
That really is a great album.
Give us More Hot take Hugh!
I agree with the Dolly thing. I love her to bits, but it’s gotten out of hand, and looks... sad. I also find it sad that she never felt pretty enough on her own (which she has said multiple times).
She take steroids
Appalled
If there's possibly an even cheesier, cringier ballad than Love Wins by Carrie Underwood, it's People Loving People by Garth. Glad you brought that up.
Stopped the video after the Brad Paisley segment: There's a part of me that is disappointed that Brad isn't bigger. I always liked his sound growing up and people around me also liked his music. The biggest compliment that someone told me about Brad was 'He's going to be one of those artists that other musicians will do covers of his songs.' Now, I didn't delve into his music history but I'm pretty sure that I've never heard someone cover his songs. I'm not taking away his success, just seems like he never crossed that threshold.
Maybe that's a video idea. Lol.
I completely agree with the idea that Red Dirt music is unnecessarily lumped in with Texas Country. They are two completely different sounds. At least they were. And it doesn’t matter where anyone is from. I think Randy Rogers is Red Dirt and Aaron Watson is Texas Country. Yes, it’s all considered one scene, but they are two separate genres. It’s like they’re step-siblings, different parents, but living under the same roof. Same family, different DNA.
This was so much fun to watch! I was smiling the whole time. I hope hot takes makes a comeback.
Hot take: Hugh is kind of cute
Brad's a great artist, I love Brad, he IS a legend
Old-school, Texas Hall of Fame playing Granger Smith sounded much less Nashville. I miss those days.
Luke combs STRONGLY reminds me of brooks and dunn
Also I guess I’m biased because I’m a Texan but I stan Texas and red dirt country
"Move the thing you are trying to hide" - you are hilarious.
Would also love to see a Felker record similar to Travis Meadows’ “Killin Uncle Buzzy” which is one of my favorite albums of all time.
I kinda have to agree with Hugh on the Evan Felker topic.. I'd hate to see the band fall apart and never hear another album from them but at the same time I think it would be awesome if Felker would put out a solo acoustic album like he talked about..
Woah now with the Alan Jackson comment
Eric Church is a supreme poser who never lived the life he sings about, also one hell of an entertainer, top 3 best shows I’ve ever seen. Two things can be true at the same time.
Everything Combs is being celebrated and lauded for, Jon Pardi does better.
No one says anything about all male tours, so I don't get why it's not helping women... If men don't do it, we might as well make it happen for ourselves
It hurts woman. Love some woman artist ...
ummm that bra off song is actually perfect???? my boyfriend... i guess he’s my ex now... just broke up with me a few days ago and i felt like a really bad person but like, i just felt so much more at peace, that song spoke VOLUME. it’s no fun losing someone, especially someone you put everything into, like i did with him, but idk i think i found some kind of peace and this song just really helped me feel less bad about it. don’t feel bad for liking the song man, it’s good
I think the female (not being played) thing is largely because the songs really are not on par with the 90s ladies and before. A large majority of the female songs are like man hating (I can buy my own drinks / before he cheats etc etc) and not to many males would LIKE that type of song so right off the jump they are cutting their audience in half by alienating that demo. Among other things but this is something I haven't heard discussed and it is something I know I feel when i hear that type of song. Men frame songs borderline worshiping women...the opposite coming from the other side.
Totally agree regarding Kacey Musgraves. "Pageant Material" is a splendid country album while "Golden Hour" is a boring pop album. But what puzzles me most is that Norways biggest newspaper gave a glowing review of "Golden Hour". "What, have we listened to the same album?!" I asked myself.......
Okay, I love these videos but honestly I had to pause this when you started playing 'Home Sweet Home' as your background music. Nice
All i see is you Shane Smith and the Saints, i know you said you dont like "and the" bands but this is a beautiful song
eTHAN bATSON Them, mike and the moonpies, kolton moore and the clever few, jason boland and the stragglers.... how can ya not like those guys?? Solid country gold
This does sound like something I would say, but I do not remember saying it. I gave Shane Smith a try earlier this year and it just was missing a spark for me. But I loved the writing. And Mike and the Moonpies, I LOVE EM
@@GradySmith Shane Smith is always hit or miss with me, but their song The Mountain gives me chills EVERY single time. Not that you have a lot of time on your hands, but it's worth a listen in my book.
Shane Smith fan here.
@@GradySmith You should check them out again then, cause they've got some pretty good stuff. Also check out a live show if you can. They take it to a whole other level. I saw them opening for Cody Johnson and thought they actually put on a better show.
Wooohoooo! Love hot takes. Were gonna take you too 100k subs grady!
Saw a tweet yesterday saying that Staci Felker had an IG Live video saying that Felker is in a great place and the rumors of a potential Turnpike reunion are starting to create a little smoke.
I know I’m late to this comment section, but “shut up and fish” deserves more credit. I loved that song when it came out, I wore it out.
Comment has nothing to do with the video (maybe Garth) but how long is the shelf life of an artist before they start fading away? Is it until the next new "thing" arrives, 3rd release album, they've hit the multi million level? All the above or something else? Music Industry is fickle. One day you're hot & the next you're not. Whose holding the hot/cold meter? Makes me think about Kenny Chesney & how he was everywhere. Now, he's a pirate sailing around the Caribbean.
good to see you back in your studio!
My hot take is that Hugh is 🔥🔥🔥. That is all 💅.
I second that hot take. 🔥🔥🔥
Please please please do more of these
Ohhh Grady
You crack me up
Bra off?!! You my man. Lmao
Want some Texas country? Asleep at the Wheel put out a new album last year and are working on a 50th anniversary album for next year. Boogie.
Eric church is awesome. You want to hear some crap just listen to any Jason Aldean song in the last ten years.
So I ended up in the video! Haha let me explain, I dont think that all my favorite artists need to agree with me, but when I look up to other genres and see so many artists bringing up important issues, I feel upset that country singers dont. With so many awful things happening in the US and abroad, I dont think you can be neutral in those kind of situations. And the backlash that the Dixie Chicks received was beyond acceptable, its sad that others may feel afraid to say something because of that
I went to a Steve Earle concert about a year ago and he was pretty outspoken about his political views, he'd connect songs he was about to sing to Trump or current events like the Parkland shooting and I watched a pretty sizeable amount of fans of his get up and walk out.
I think it’s soooo obnoxious for entertainers to make political comments. Who cares what they think, just make good music.
When Jason Isbell wrote White Man's World his was being political, this is the kind of thing I'm talking about, being aware of your privilege, your position and your context. I dont get mad when they dont speak out, but I do appreciate people like Jason or Kacey or Brandi that use their influence in a good and important way
Isabela Campos well, you continue to appreciate it, I’ll continue to find it obnoxious, they’ll continue to lose potential fans because most people don’t like being lectured or preached at by entertainers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Love how Tom Segura was mentioned, one of my favorite podcast
Do a video on how so many country songs use the same exact beat with slight variations. When a new song comes on the radio I mistake it for 5 other songs. And I’m not talking about snap tracks. Ever seen the video were a guy synced up the top country tracks into one song and the beats matched up perfectly? lol
Do you got to cma fest ? Best week of the year and you get to see a little bit of everybody !
These Tom segura references are freaking hilarious! Hahaha i didn’t know I needed this
HOT TAKE: British singer Yola's "Walk Through Fire" album is the best female country record put out this year, but they tag it into "Americana". Don't @ me.
Jon Pardi was one of the best concerts I’ve been to in a long time
I get the Granger Smith comment. But before he got the quote on quote Nashville sound, he was an independent Texas country artist until he signed to a record label. I will say I wish he had better music because if you listen to some of his songs that are not singles, he is a really great songwriter. If you ever get a chance, one of his new songs is called heaven bound balloons.
Pageant material is an underrated masterpiece
I love the hot takes vids. They really are tremendous.
And you also have 'Song Suffragettes' and similar things are also happening in the UK.
Did you just call granger smith overrated. I’m kinda heartbroken 😔
Granger Smith is the lesser-known alter-ego of Earl Dibbles, Jr., a real country boy
One of the things about the all women events, I would say it's good, but in a way it hinders the over all reach of female artists. One thing I wish yal had touched on is the fact that if it's an all female tour, some people won't be interested in it all, but when a male and female tour together maybe fans come for one, but are then exposed to the other artist. Same with female artist hour. Some people might be like oh it's 8pm, female artist hour, I'm gonna do something else, but if you just play female artists during regular programing, people would leave it on anyways, as they listen and are then hearing an artist they may not know about.
Hey, I recognize Rita Ballou. She's an anchor on KOKE FM in Austin
The fact that you said man against machine was a terrible album couldn’t have been further from the truth that was a very solid album now the follow up gunslinger though it was good it lacked that star power songs But he bounce back very nicely with FUN That again is a very solid album
Your comparison between Eric Church and a bob cat still kills me. It’s all I can think about now when I listen to him 😂
Ok, just wanted to comment on your Garth take about Tacoma. I freaking love that song and it's so good. The only other song on that album that I like is Cold Like That. What are your thoughts on that song?
Guys the Dentist Office Music 🤒
Look, I curated the best "Country" the TH-cam audio library had to offer. But noted!
Y'all Grady Smith needs free music. I'm sure I got a washboard n spoons out in the shack for Yuz🤨
Try it out!
Garth reminds me of Dennis from It's Always Sunny in that video.
More videos with Hugh!
How many times will Grady roast Garth using that Facebook video? The world will never know
I can turn on the radio and every little thing could be playing on 3 different stations...after him sam hunt plays, after him southbound plays(overplayed), after karie some awful luke bryan snap track garbage plays. Occasionally you'll hear heartache medication, on my way to you, or actual good songs.
Grady I really like your sweater.