What are you Listening to?

[TheBig3]

[jadis]

He never bothered recording this in studio, just performed it once for a TV show, and it's one of his (very many) perfect songs (begins at 1:13)

[Saulaac]

A couple of songs from Paul Weller at Brixton Academy in 1991. I really like these live versions which sound more jazzy and heavier than the album versions.

Kosmos - The Paul Weller Movement

Round And Round - The Paul Weller Movement

[jadis]

The need to listen to Schubert imo rarely indicates good things about one's mental state

[jadis]

[DJChameleon]

[Janszoon]

I love that song.

[DJChameleon]

I love that song.

I forgot how much I loved it. It popped up into my playlist after my Green Day album finished and I was like wow haven't heard this in awhile and it's still so good.

[jadis]

Really love this melody

[DJChameleon]

I had to find out what all the fuss was about.

I don't get how he doesn't see how racist this is on multiple levels.

[Lexi Darling]

Yeah what a psychotic thing to say, like those "good old boys" would kill someone like me on the spot if I ever came through a "small town" and he'd probably cheer that they killed a "groomer". This happens to real people, to make a song celebrating it is on another level of heartlessness.

[DJChameleon]

The building they decided to film in front of was a popular spot for lynching back in the day. Also you are right those good ole boys would totally do that.

He's trying to make it seem like it's about local communities and just being prideful about where you live but nah it's clearly more than that especially with all the riot footage in the video.

[Lexi Darling]

Yep. With all the talk about him having a gun and talking about "trying that" I interpret it as a threat directed at "criminals" (which is backed up by the top comments), but something tells me those small towns' definition of "criminals" would include unarmed teenagers in hoodies with bottles of iced tea, if recent history is anything to go by. So yeah definitely gives off racist vibes. I didn't know that about the building, but that's even sussier than I thought. Blech.

And judging by the amount of trans hatred and "groomer" rhetoric perpetuated by "good old boys" with American flags in their display names, I think that's how they would see me and my people as well. Violence against trans people in the name of "protecting the kids" seems to be a popular sentiment these days.

If Mr. Aldean wanted to paint "small towns" as being great communities where people take care of each other, he didn't do a very good job.

[jadis]

[jadis]

One of my all time favorite pianists