09.03.10
A Rock ‘n’ Roll Weekend
For Labor Day, most likely a lot of college football, too.
Did he watch the Great Recession on his gadget?
Brad Paisley’s “Welcome to the Future,” coupled with the video, morphed into a public exhibition of his love for consumer electronics, the dancing robot, veterans on sprung metal legs and cute-overloaded children, launched just as the economy crashed for the middle class.
Good timing, Brad. He’s now the official country music artist for upper class New Yorker readers who also like entering the captioning contest.
With his so witty skits on country music tv and a reputation as a clever practical joker, it’s more than enough to provoke nausea.
Therefore, the tune — Mean Old Future — swiped, jiggered and reworded but with the Mike Campbell/Tom Petty licks left in.
It’s here.
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