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3 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

He made shit music that was enjoyed primarily by garbage people.

Very true but from what I understand behind the scenes, he was a really good guy.

He's not the first or only musician to peddle trash to the masses.  

Mixed emotions. 

He wrote some catchy songs.  Politics.  He said some stupid things.  I'm sure he gave money to charity.  I can almost talk myself into forgiving the ousux thing.  He grew up in Moore (which is what, 30 minutes from Norman) watching Darrell Royal beat sooner ass.  Who was he supposed to cheer for?  

I land on "any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."   

 

 

15 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Very true but from what I understand behind the scenes, he was a really good guy.

He's not the first or only musician to peddle trash to the masses.  

I struggle with the concept of "garbage people."  The optimist in me wants to think each individual has some redeemable quality and this kind of generalization is lazy.

But then I remember that there is a thing called the Juggalos.  If ever there was a justification for chemical weapons.

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I never understand people who make strong proclamations that some certain music is trash or sucks. So, you don’t like it. Fine. Who the fuck are you to decide for the world what’s trash music and what’s not?

There’s a lot of music I don’t like, but if other people like it, that’s the whole point, isn’t it? So fuck off you “pretend” music critics. 

4 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I never understand people who make strong proclamations that some certain music is trash or sucks. So, you don’t like it. Fine. Who the fuck are you to decide for the world what’s trash music and what’s not?

There’s a lot of music I don’t like, but if other people like it, that’s the whole point, isn’t it? So fuck off you “pretend” music critics. 

Sir, this is Surly Horns and the internet.

Opinions like this are frowned upon.

4 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

He made shit music that was enjoyed primarily by garbage people.

What's non garbage people music? 

1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

I never understand people who make strong proclamations that some certain music is trash or sucks. So, you don’t like it. Fine. Who the fuck are you to decide for the world what’s trash music and what’s not?

There’s a lot of music I don’t like, but if other people like it, that’s the whole point, isn’t it? So fuck off you “pretend” music critics. 


I like to think that, like you, I am catholic (lowercase "c") in my tastes when it comes to art and music and aesthetics and that, like Walt Whitman, I am large .. I contain multitudes.  But then I remember that Nickleback is a thing. 

i hate cancer even more than i hate ou or modern cuntry and Western music

fuck cancer

RIP Toby, that's too soon to be gone

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2 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

I never understand people who make strong proclamations that some certain music is trash or sucks. So, you don’t like it. Fine. Who the fuck are you to decide for the world what’s trash music and what’s not?

There’s a lot of music I don’t like, but if other people like it, that’s the whole point, isn’t it? So fuck off you “pretend” music critics. 

Sounds like you like shitty music

2 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

I never understand people who make strong proclamations that some certain music is trash or sucks. So, you don’t like it. Fine. Who the fuck are you to decide for the world what’s trash music and what’s not?

There’s a lot of music I don’t like, but if other people like it, that’s the whole point, isn’t it? So fuck off you “pretend” music critics. 

you must be new here

6 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

He made shit music that was enjoyed primarily by garbage people.

My dad was a garbage person and he didn’t enjoy Toby. 
Whenever Dad’s company had to clean up after a festival, Dad would roll in at daybreak blasting the Irish Rovers “Wasn’t That a Party” out of the speakers he had mounted on the top of his truck. 
That’s garbage people music. 

3 hours ago, CoTex said:

Mixed emotions. 

He wrote some catchy songs.  Politics.  He said some stupid things.  I'm sure he gave money to charity.  I can almost talk myself into forgiving the ousux thing.  He grew up in Moore (which is what, 30 minutes from Norman) watching Darrell Royal beat sooner ass.  Who was he supposed to cheer for?  

I land on "any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."   

 

 

Seriously?  This seems a but dramatic.  Who said this?  If it's true, what about births; wouldn't they uplift him?  Since the world population is increasing, he should be doing alright then, shouldn't he?  I'm confused, and I need answers.

1 hour ago, G650 said:

Sounds like you like shitty music

bingo

9 hours ago, Deej said:

Episode 2 Whatever GIF

I hope that’s what my kids and my friends say when it’s my time    \,,/

 

26 minutes ago, 83Horn said:

Seriously?  This seems a but dramatic.  Who said this?  If it's true, what about births; wouldn't they uplift him?  Since the world population is increasing, he should be doing alright then, shouldn't he?  I'm confused, and I need answers.

It's also a pretty stupid fucking thing to say when every being "dies". Trying to sound deep but indicative of a shallow mind that can only comprehend this plane of existence.

 

 

Anyway, good riddance to bad rubbish. High five to cancer on this one. Think I'll go spill a dip cup on a pretty girl's dress in his honor.

I never realized Toby Keith was involved with starting up Big Machine. Wow.

1 hour ago, 83Horn said:

Seriously?  This seems a but dramatic.  Who said this?  If it's true, what about births; wouldn't they uplift him?  Since the world population is increasing, he should be doing alright then, shouldn't he?  I'm confused, and I need answers.

No man is an island, but some live under a rock.

28 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

I never realized Toby Keith was involved with starting up Big Machine. Wow.


and the first person signed to Big Machine …

 

He was a sooner super fan so I naturally assumed he choked on jizz.

OK I realize I'm going to hell for that remark but if Toby Keith's in heaven that will be OK with me

 

2 hours ago, 83Horn said:

Seriously?  This seems a but dramatic.  Who said this?  If it's true, what about births; wouldn't they uplift him?  Since the world population is increasing, he should be doing alright then, shouldn't he?  I'm confused, and I need answers.

No man is an island,

Entire of itself;

Every man is a piece of the continent, 

A part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea,

Europe is the less,

As well as if a promontory were:

As well as if a manor of thy friend's

Or of thine own were.

Any man's death diminishes me,

Because I am involved in mankind.

And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;

It tolls for thee.

John Donne

 

1 hour ago, formermav43 said:

No man is an island, but some live under a rock.

Was it that obscure?

 I kinda thought this was required reading somewhere between Where the Wild Things Are and A Modest Proposal.

Kudos to anyone that could overcome this first album cover

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47 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

Kudos to anyone that could overcome this first album cover

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While I personally hold him responsible for bro country, nobody but Jerry Jones, Bob Stoops, and Barry Switzer deserve cancer. 

I enjoyed his music and dying of stomach cancer at 62 is a bad way to go out, so I’m sorry he’s gone and I hope he rests in Peace, but, there’s going to be some comedy for a few days. I like to think that at the end of his life he came to realize that he asked for it.

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Spent a lot of time visiting troops after 911.  Dude was an American through and through.  Even if from Oklahoma...

24 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

Throwing the term "Legend" around a little too easily. 

If radio/mainstream pop country has been your favorite genre of music for the past 30 years, he definitely qualifies.

1 hour ago, hullabelew said:

Throwing the term "Legend" around a little too easily. 

Country definitely is not my genre but by any measure he reached legend status a long time ago. He wouldn't be mistaken for a world class vocalist but the guy could write entertaining songs and connect with his audience. 

On 2/6/2024 at 8:37 AM, ChiTownDoc said:

Damn.  My old HS had a rough couple of weeks.  First Jesse Jane and now Toby.  Moore High’s glory days are in the past…

 

RIP Toby

Someone better check on Jimmy Houston.

2 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Country definitely is not my genre but by any measure he reached legend status a long time ago. He wouldn't be mistaken for a world class vocalist but the guy could write entertaining songs and connect with his audience. 

I kind of recognized the name when his passing was mentioned on ESPN, but couldn’t remember why his name sounded familiar.

I can’t name a single song of his, but may recognize 1 to 3 of his songs. 🤷‍♂️

On 2/6/2024 at 8:16 AM, NorthLoop said:

Someone who used 9/11 to make money. No thanks. 

But what if he donated to wounded veterans and children with cancer?

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it doesn't bother me he made money from the angry american.  he never intended it to be that way.  he back of the enveloped the lyrics in one sitting and was only going to play it at a navy? function or on USO tours that he had already been doing for years.  a live recording of it from one of those concerts was leaked and there was overwhelming response for a studio version and that's when he sat down and recorded it.  

 

whatever your political opinions are of him, it's undeniable how much he supported our troops.  he gave a lot of time and money to orgs like the wounded warriors and the USO.  there are lots of stories of him personally helping out individuals and families who reached out to him.  my friends who are serving / served in the military whom i spoke to yesterday are to a person quite affected.

2 hours ago, Napoleon said:

I kind of recognized the name when his passing was mentioned on ESPN, but couldn’t remember why his name sounded familiar.

I can’t name a single song of his, but may recognize 1 to 3 of his songs. 🤷‍♂️

I really don't know what your point is or why you replied to me. He wasn't for everybody. I've never spent a dime on his music, tours, food establishments etc. Have a had a drink and a laugh with his music playing at a party or a bar or something? Sure. Does stomach cancer suck? Absolutely. As posted by others, did he do a lot for troops and their families? Yep. 

On 2/6/2024 at 11:06 AM, Ten Bears said:

I think Kris has stated that that didn't happen.

but did Kris deny how he felt about Toby Keith?

On 2/7/2024 at 8:00 AM, hullabelew said:

Throwing the term "Legend" around a little too easily. 

His various albums have racked up some 40 million sales, according to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Keith also notched over 10 billion streams of his song catalog. Overall, he released 21 studio albums and 69 singles, 20 of which reached No. 1 on Billboard's country charts.
 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/toby-keith-taylor-swift-big-break-flashback-1234962328/amp/
 

You may not like him, but pretty much anyone unbiased would call him a legend.  The few military people I know certainly would.  

RIP

he is not a legend. confirmed. 

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