Singer Toby Keith speaks out on ABC Censorship

USAToday ^ | 6/13/2002 | Brian Mansfield

[Lou L]

Country singer Toby Keith has some choice words for Peter Jennings.

Toby Keith says the producer of an ABC 4th of July TV special rescinded an offer to have the country singer perform his current hit after the show's host, World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings, heard the song and vetoed it.

[GSWarrior]

Yes............ it does. I'm sorry, but country is horrid, imbred, flatulence....... :-(

Tex, you must not be listening to the right country artists. Check out Giant Sand, Jayhawks, Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, Jon Langford (Mekons)....there's a lot of good music coming out of the fringes of country.

[Texaggie79]

The only "hot" ladies in trance I can think of are DJ Irene, Sandra Collins........

[wardaddy]

DJ Irene...that's it.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Let's all buy the C.D.

If it tops the charts, CBS or NBC will give him his own special.

[ArGee]

If it tops the charts, CBS or NBC will give him his own special.

Chat fance!

Do you know how long Garth Brooks was putting out chart toppers before he got a TV special?

Shalom.

[Lexington Green]

other 9-11 songs include BALLAD OF RICK RESCORLA [SEPTEMBER DAY] and FIREMAN'S SONG [ OSAMMA STEP RIGHT UP AND KISS MY ROYAL IRISH ASS]

[CindyDawg]

You took what I posted the wrong way. I wasn't making fun of Alan Jackson ( I know Jesus too, lol) I was just expressing my opinion why the news networks haven't given his song any air time.

[ArGee]

You took what I posted the wrong way. I wasn't making fun of Alan Jackson ( I know Jesus too, lol) I was just expressing my opinion why the news networks haven't given his song any air time.

I didn't think you were making fun - I was taking it one step further. Alan Jackson strikes me as someone I would like to have as a friend and neighbor, and I think the line about knowing Jesus and talking to God was put in there because it is true, not because he thought it would be a good marketing gimmick.

And you're right. Honest, non-threatening expressions of Christian faith are not popular with the TV crowd.

Shalom.

[Lexington Green]

THERE'S AN EAGLE by Steve Vaus

[TxBec]

not in my house :)

[rdb3]

Is this the guy on the 10-10-220 commercials?

[TxBec]

yup

[Vetnet]

HOWDY LEX!! GO HERE FOR THE FIREMAN SONG

[Revolting cat!]

As we wuz saying on another thread about this Bad American (y'all know what I mean), if Toby wanted to be the fave artiste of the annointed and the toast of Beverly Hills, he'd be writing songs about oppression, racism and fascism which are easy to rhyme! Guaranteed top billings, guaranteed untouchable status (with "racism" alone, everywhere even here!) Let's get started:

"Mamma was oppressed by racism, 
Victim of the state of fascism, 
Drove a prison truck of sexism, 
Died of mean-spirited ageism,

CHORUS:

Fido got wasted by speciesm,
Daddy told me to try evangelism,
But I'll cry in my working man's beers,
And I say the hell with classism!" 

Take it from there Toby! I'll let you share songwriting credit (with my name on top!)

[martin_fierro]

My home life's had a schism,
Wife left due to Lesbianism,
My son's lost to Liberalism,
I sure did take it on the chin!

CHORUS

[CARepubGal]

ROFLOL! True! Fox News channel really is News for Adults! And I really am getting to love Country (much to the dismay of my country music phobic friends!) . I love the way it tells a story!

[CARepubGal]

Yummmm Yummmm! Toby Keith is a hottie! No Doubt about it!
Wiping drool off monitor!

[martin_fierro]

My country's been attacked by a crazy Muslim,
A real schmuck, a real rectum,
Sure to be lionized by filmdom,
And you ask me why I'm glum

CHORUS

[roachie]

AJ has so much class, that the first award at the ACM awards was for "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)..." he said that he could not accept the award but did so on behalf of the folks who died on 9-11. He said he didn't write a patriotic song for sake of making one and intending it to be so great a draw, and cried backstage.

[martin_fierro]

Oh, I've dabbled in Minimalism,
Given up on Nihilism,
And if you accuse me of Tex-ism,
I'll be sure to say, THANKS!

CHORUS