Jason Aldean's new song gives you a lot to be upset about, writes Clarence Page, even though it is built on nightmare fantasies stirred up by the evening news and political ads aimed at the “hellhole” of crime in American cities.
Jason Aldean on stage during third day of CMA Fest 2023 at Nissan Stadium on June 10, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee.
That’s not as easy to determine as it used to be before top 40 radio playlists lost their taste-making dominance to TikTok, YouTube and other newer technologies.Every summer used to have its song — or songs. Sly and the Family Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime” brings sun-burnished memories of 1969 back to mind. Roy Ayers’ “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” brings the mellow side of the 1970s back to mind.
I call it a bold display of the right-wing resentments that have fueled Donald Trump’s MAGA movement — “Make America Great Again,” if you somehow haven’t heard of that — and undoubtedly will be heard at the former president and current candidate’s campaign rallies soon. Like most music stars, especially those who still are trying to make a name for themselves, Aldean is known to have steered clear of politics rather than risk alienating his audiences, much like Michael Jordan’s famous observation — delivered in jest, Jordan insists — that “Republicans buy sneakers too.”
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