This entire saga has been such a middle finger to country music. They pulled the original song off the country music charts, then Billy Ray teams on the remix, goes to #1 on the CMC, then all the racist rednecks start falling all over themselves, "I bet Lil Nas ain't ever ridden a horse." So they put him on a horse for the video.
Mel Brooks would have loved it! Billy Ray Cyress was wasted...didn't even bother to fake the guitar chords
Never heard of any of this until right now. Just watched the video and I thought it was like a rejected SNL video that got leaked. The only good thing was Chris Rock at the end with the speeding bullet with grease on it.
It is apparently a political thing? I was reading about it on Wikipedia and it seems there is a controversy over it being on the country music charts. As I was reading there was a mention of a rapper I'd never heard of doing an album that .......by black artists making cross-genre music, noting that rapper Juice Wrld's Death Race for Love (2019) would "probably be the most commercially successful rock album of 2019", but would never appear on rock charts or playlists,..... I downloaded it and it isn't rock by any stretch. It is synthetic garbage so I guess it could be pop music these days. The original song in this thread ain't country either.
Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more (Kio, Kio) I got the horses in the back Horse tack is attached Hat is matte black Got the boots that's black to match Ridin' on a horse, ha You can whip your Porsche I been in the valley You ain't been up off that porch, now Can't nobody tell me nothin' You can't tell me nothin' Can't nobody tell me nothin' You can't tell me nothin' Ridin' on a tractor Lean all in my bladder Cheated on my baby You can go and ask her My life is a movie Bull ridin' and boobies Cowboy hat from Gucci Wrangler on my booty Can't nobody tell me nothin' You can't tell me nothin' Can't nobody tell me nothin' You can't tell me nothin' Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more I got the
To all the haters: This song is FUCKING AWESOME! I love how all the haters are debating whether or not it's country. It's more country than this BULLSHIT:
I am going to say that by the norms and standards of country music - this is not country. Let me explain. I do believe that most country music is boring. This song is fantastic. The only logical conclusion is that this song isn't country. (There are good country songs, but honestly, only very few imho). I honestly do not care one bit what people classify it as - but hats off to the country guy that supported it and great on the artist - because this is a great song.
WHO makes the music isn't relevant to WHAT Genre it is. The problem is IMHO there are only 2 genres of music. Good shit. Shit that sucks.