God bless the soldiers but I'm tired of John Rich coming out with songs that play on people's hearts just so he can have a hit. From him it just seems to disingenuous. I thought the same thing after I heard "Shuttin Detroit Down"

Maybe if he was doing anything other than capitalizing on bad situations I might feel differently. But I dont think he's donating any proceeds of this song to charity and I dont hear him doing a lot for the soldiers, like at least Toby Keith does.

Not a fan of John Rich, but it seems like quite a few people out there have songs to support the troops. I've got nothing against them, but sometimes it seems like overkill. Please understand I'm not taking my point out on these songs, because there are times when this happens with songs directed at any moment in someones life and such and radio becomes oversaturated with redundancy. Bleh, that's when I turn on the CD's in the truck.

John Rich is an arrogant man...everything he does appears in vain (my opinion). I support the troops 100% in everything they do but I don't think JR releases any song "from the bottom of his heart".

TheFrog wrote:

Not a fan of John Rich, but it seems like quite a few people out there have songs to support the troops. I've got nothing against them, but sometimes it seems like overkill. Please understand I'm not taking my point out on these songs, because there are times when this happens with songs directed at any moment in someones life and such and radio becomes oversaturated with redundancy. Bleh, that's when I turn on the CD's in the truck.

I think most people can tell when a song like that is heart-felt... and from John Rich... it just doesn't sound heart-felt, not to mention it's just not a good song. Supporting the troops is more than just writing a song about soldiers. John Rich has never even been on a USO tour. At least people like Darryl Worley and Toby Keith put their money where their mouth is, by doing things like the USO tours. They dont just sit back and collect the royalties from a patriotic song.

Well, there are more ways to support the troops without doing the USO tour, but I can see where you're coming from. Again, I'm not a fan of John Rich in general, so this just isn't helping his cause too much.

TheFrog wrote:

Well, there are more ways to support the troops without doing the USO tour, but I can see where you're coming from. Again, I'm not a fan of John Rich in general, so this just isn't helping his cause too much.

Well yeah, to you or I, because nobody wants to see us on a stage in Iraq. LOL but if an artist as big as John Rich (no pun intended) hasn't done a USO tour... then I dont think he has any business coming out with a song about soldiers.

Meh, to each his opinion on that one. Just based on those lyrics, I'm not a fan. Come on man, you can only live in that for so long. There's one section in the song that's just kind of odd to me:

Well, I'm the grandson of a solider
And I'd fight the whole world over
If duty called and freedom's on the line
But thanks to the greatest generation
And the ones still fighting for our nation
I've never had to kill for my way of life

Hey man, freedom was on the line. Where were you there guy? John really should let go of this and move on. While I can't speak for my fellow military members on here, I'll say this: Get the f over yourself dude. I did my six and come from a long line of military service members. They've moved on, you should too.

I've never heard the song (or the other one either) as I don't listen to radio stations that play his music

I just read the lyrics. Hearing it isn't something on my schedule anytime in the near future.

Jonni wrote:

I've never heard the song (or the other one either) as I don't listen to radio stations that play his music

Good for you?

CrispyChrisBCritter wrote:

WTF???

I think the drugs have fried Crispy's brain to a crisp!

Do we need to send help?

five

five dollar

Yup. You've definitely lost your marbles.

CrispyChrisBCritter wrote:

five five dollar

That one made me LOL.

VTS agrees with Cole on the Toby Keith deal. He does visit the troops alot and also does alot of charity work, especially here in Oklahoma with his "Ally's House".

That being said, VTS actually likes John Rich's Detroit song.

Hey Vinny, I was just up by your way today.

Okay, after making a point here, I'm officially only opening this thread if I see Crispy has posted. Mainly because I love the Oprah thing.

CrispyChrisBCritter wrote:

Like with a birthday cake, and people wanting a piece of "rose" or what ever, I wonder if folks fought over what piece of Oprah they wanted.