'Accidental Racist' by Brad Paisley featuring LL Cool J is a country song with a featured rap part with LL Cool J. It is about the south and how we have to look past their past and move on and be equal. Others reacted with shock. It had gotten a lot of bad criticism from critics. The major deal of this song was that it had talked about south's past with slavery and their own unique style and culture. My reaction to the song was that to me the song wasn't very catchy. I didn't really like it. It wasn't because of the message or because it was a country song or for the section of the song was rap. The song just didn't entertain me.
In class we learned that for a country song to be a country song it talks about love, have easy to understand lyrics, relate able, tells a story, and you can know the song by the end. With 'Accidental Racist', it didn't seem to imply love, the lyrics were on the most part understandable though. The song though was not relate able, it also didn't keep with a story. Even though the beginning did, about a man in a coffee shop. For me I wasn't able to know the song by the end.
I agree with you that the song was not very catchy. I mentioned something about it being sub-standard quality for Brad Paisley especially, and it just seemed that it was thrown together for sake of making a song that talked about race. I also agree with your points that it was neither a country song or a rap song, which probably confused some people as well.
ReplyDeleteI was not able to know the song by the end either. I was able to understand what he was talking about, but I would not of been able to sing along in the end. I agree with you I didn't seem to see a story in the song either.
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