I pretty much despise contemporary country music. I especially hate the jingoistic nonsense released by artists like Toby Keith. And let's talk about Toby Keith for a minute. He looks like a bully. He's always got that snarky grin on his fat, grizzled face, like he could go from complementing your new snakeskin boots to beating your Yankee ass in mere seconds. I just don't trust him.
So imagine my surprise this morning when as I was aimlessly channel-flipping and I came across the video for his song "I Love This Bar" and I...GASP...liked it.
I don't mean I like the video--it's your typical goofy video for a typical novelty country song--but I genuinely like the song, mostly because of it's simplicity. Keith isn't threatening Muslims or preying on our 9/11 sorrow, he's just singing a catchy song about a bar he enjoys hanging out in occasionally, and I can't hate him for that.
