Top 10 Ways Nashville Songwriters are Changing Their Approach in 2014

 

On 2014's mainstream country radio, we've seen a slight maturing of the content and a subtle movement away from so much "bro." There have also been other shifts, such as nekkid-ness and even more drinking than anyone thought possible. Here are some of the methods Music Row's finest are using to adapt with the times.

Top 10 Ways Nashville Songwriters are Changing

Their Approach in 2014

10. Learning the names of a larger variety of alcoholic beverages

for their songs' characters to drink while driving

09. Requesting that singers pronounce "truck" with a bit of ironic displeasure

08. Extending group of 'outsiders' who should be pummeled by

country boys to include people who live in the suburbs, the educated, and bloggers

07. Evolving their sonic palette from 'peak hair metal' (Poison, Bon Jovi)

to 'waning days of hair metal' (Trixter, Danger Danger)

06. Bringing back the working man trope (as long as he don't work in no damn city)

05. Tamping down on the misogyny a bit by giving female characters a larger role, such as 

lighting the bonfire, letting down the tailgate, or initiating the unprotected sex

04. Limiting grammatical errors to 2 per song

03. Slyly inserting marijuana references into every song,

including quasi-religious songs and anti-immigration anthems

02. Cutting back on incidents of racist, homophobic rants and drunken brawls

01. Full frontal nudity

Top 10 Things That Sound Better Than Rascal Flatts' Cover of "Kickstart My Heart"

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Bob Dylan arguing with Tom Waits beside a clothes dryer with a rock in it

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Taylor Swift singing the "Napa Know How" theme song a cappella

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 Brantley Gilbert humming while gargling hot whiskey in a hailstorm 

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 This???

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William Hung singing the "Star Spangled Banner" through a box fan

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......but judge for yourself: Kickstart My Heart

Top 10 Bumper Stickers on Trucks of Brantley Gilbert Fans

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09. You Can't Spell Inmate without ME

08. Ed Hardy is My Co-Pilot

07. 

06. Jesus is My Dealer

05. 

04. Follow Me to the Meth Trailer

03. 

02. Do You Even Lift Trucks Bro?

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Top 10 Chase Rice Pet Peeves

10. "Age of consent laws" -Seth Wilson

09. When girls want to take a selfie together after unprotected sex in a coliseum broom closet.

08. Farce the Music/Saving Country Music

07. Speeling

06. Figuring out how to keep dick pics from uploading to photo stream

05. Riting song liricks

04. "When you're trying to bro with your bros and non-bros are all in your brosnis" -Larry Hooper

03. Sam Hunt pulls more leg

02. When people accuse him of misogyny. He doesn't even know a b**ch with the last name Ogeny.

01. Tan line on forehead from wearing snapbacks backwards.

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Thanks to a couple of Twitter pals for 2 of these!

Top 10 Most Pressing Issues Facing the BG Nation

10. Foreign relations with the Taylor Nation strained due to usage of MDMA

in attempted relations with said Taylor Nation

09. That pesky lip sore that just won't seem to scab over

08. Rising cost of wallet chains causing budgetary concerns

07. Finding a member of the nation with a large enough trailer

to hold a meeting of the South Georgia Chapter

06. Pissed at girlfriend for DVR'ing over last episode of Big Smo

05. Arkansas Chapter threatening secession over new rule barring dues payment with EBT

04. Not sure whether to wear the dragon eating a midget

Affliction shirt or the Satan in chains Affliction shirt for Friday's date

03. Fringe east Nashville upstart chapter wants to allow "city slickers" to join

02. Northern Florida Chapter's Syphilis epidemic

01. Securing weekend supply of Steel Reserve while wearing ankle bracelet

Top 10 Rules for Writing a Hit Country Song in 2014

Inspired by this. (Link)

10. Check Billboard's charts archives and see

what was popular in pop and rap 10 years ago. Do that.

09. Be a famous person's offspring.

08. Write what you know, unless you know about anything other

than leaning on your truck in a pasture drinking fake moonshine and staring

at the rear ends of females dancing beside a bonfire to a song about leaning

on your truck in a pasture drinking fake moonshine and staring at the

rear ends of females dancing beside a bonfire.

07. When writing a song for a female artist, stop doing that.

06. Move to Nashville. Do you honestly think a record exec is going to come

to your house so you can give them sexual favors to get your foot in the door?

05. Be in a fraternity and when one of your fellow members

gets into the business, they'll hook you up, bro.

04. Go to a club where critically lauded Americana or roots rock artists perform

and listen to their earnest, heartfelt songs. Maybe even talk with them after the show and find out about their motives and inspirations so you can make sure to never do any of that stuff.

03. Kiss ass kiss ass kiss ass.

02. Don't write a country song.

01. Sit down for a few hours with your guitar and a bottle of whiskey and pour out your

emotions into a powerful song about hurt, love and the power of the human spirit.

Then throw that sumbitch in the trash and go write a truck song with 3 other dudes.

Top 10 Things Brantley Gilbert Fans Spend Their Tax Refund On 2014

10. This

9. Throwdown MMA Cage Bed

8. "An investment in our future, baby."

7. A present for momma

6. Legalize Crystal Meth hoodie

5. John Deere (male) thong

4. This classy doorbell

3. A down payment on this sweet truck, bro.

2. A shitload of bottle rockets.

1. Tetracyline

Top 10 Majors at Thomas Rhett University

10. Social Media Reputation Reclamation

9. Jacked-up Truck Maintenance

8. Keg-Stand Theory

7. Moneymaker Shaking 101

6. Effective Hazing Techniques and Strategies

5. Twistin’/Tearin’ Up Friday Night

4. Bro Fashion Marketing

3. Molly Popping

2. Transmitting Sexual Diseases 

1. Ice Luge Engineering

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Top 10 Things Overheard From Aldean Army Members

10. Is it just me or are these arenas using smaller seats than they did a few years ago?

09. Is it two "S's" or two "O's" in loser? Farce the Music is allowing anonymous comments again.

08. What is a George Jones?

07. Why are all the young girls at this show dressed like sluts?

06. Sorry I bent your tailgate.

05. Why are all the old women at this show dressed like sluts?

04. I stretch out one of her Hello Kitty shirts and my daughter won't stop bitching. Damn teenagers.

03. Oh my god, I just heard the greatest news ever!!! Jason's gonna be on 

a tribute album for Daryl from The Walking Dead's one handed brother!

02. First mom stretched out my shirt, then she threw my panties 

she stole on the stage. Damn parents.

01. The hot flashes suck but at least I'm saving money by not buying pads.

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By Jeremy Harris

Top 10 Things You'll Never Hear a Brantley Gilbert Fan Say

10. I'm thinking of lowering my truck some; my gas mileage is terrible!

09. I found a typo.

08. Of course I'm current on my child support payments.

07. No thanks, I've drank enough for one night.

06. The United States welfare system is out of control.

05. Only a few more payments and it's all mine.   *Not referring to a tattoo.

04. Here's my insurance card.

03. I'm not doing that, you're my sister.

02. Professor, should I double-space my thesis?

01. All the tests came back clean!

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-Most of these by Jeremy Harris

Top 10 Badass Luke Bryan Moments

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Top Ten Things Luke Bryan is Thankful for this Thanksgiving

10. That he got back into his size 2 jeans from 2011

09. That Dallas Davidson has his finger on the pulse of idiot culture

08. That hardly anybody has caught on to how creepy it is

for a 37 year old man to be singing about college chicks

07. That he had children before the jeans made that medically impossible

06. That country in 2013 is more Miley than Dolly

05. That fame makes dance moves look 93% cooler (to fans) than they actually are

04. America's education system churning out more and more Luke Bryan fans

03. That you can buy tooth whitening trays in bulk

02. Gold Bond Medicated Powder

01. That he only has to listen to his own crappy songs 3 or 4 nights a week

Country "Walk-Up" Songs

Monday evening, Justin Moore tweeted about @MLBFanCave asking him what his "walk up" song would be if he were a baseball player, then asked what the fans thought his answer might have been. Ever the snarky jerks, Reginald Spears and FTM replied "So Small" and "Little Bitty," respectively (but not respectfully). That led to this: FTM ponders what other country singers would use as their perfect "walk up songs" if they were baseball players.

Walk-Up Songs for Country Singers

10. Brantley Gilbert

09. Taylor Swift

08. Tim McGraw

07. Blake Shelton

06. Willie Nelson

05. Sara Evans

04. Jason Aldean

03. Chris Young

02. Luke Bryan

01. Gary Levox

Top 10 Things Dallas Davidson Thinks Are Cool

10. An upstairs neighbor playing Godsmack really loud at 12:30 on a Sunday night

09. Bombing Syria

08. Erectile dysfunction

07. Moob sweat at an important meeting

06. Getting logged out of Netflix and forgetting the log-in info

during an "Orange is the New Black" binge

05. Stepping in dog shit, barefoot 

04. When Walt poisoned that kid on Breaking Bad

03. Slightly overweight people taking all the scooters for handicapped people at Walmart

02. Alex Rodriguez

01. Unflushed poo in public toilets

*Dallas Davidson is the cowriter of "Honky-Tonk Badonkadonk," "That's My Kinda Night," "Boys Round Here,"

"Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" and various other piece-of-shit "country" songs that have added to the

destruction of the mainstream segment of the genre.