“You want to act like a criminal, you’re going to be treated like one. Probably a lot quicker in a small town than anywhere,” said WWL’s Newell Normand this week of the new Jason Aldean song that has been causing controversy.
“Try That In a Small Town” caused a stir when it was released. A music video for the song was even removed from rotation on Country Music Television.
“Jason Aldean shot this at the site where a white lynch mob strung Henry Choate up at the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tenn., after dragging his body through the streets with a car in 1927,” Mississippi Free Press editor Ashton Pittman said Monday in a critical tweet. “That’s where Aldean chose to sing about murdering people who don’t respect police.”
However, it managed to rise to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts by Wednesday.
“Well, the left is going crazy over Jason Aldean’s song,” said Normand. “‘Try That In a Small Town’ So I pulled up the lyrics and I read the lyrics and it occurred to me that this was nothing more than, you know – you’ve heard me talk about this culture of noncompliance, that this, the culture of noncompliance, will not permeate their community. That’s what it sounded like to me. They will stand together. They will push back for the safety of their community.”
He explained that the lyrics were about people who cuss at police, stomp on flags, carjack ladies at red lights and more. It dares them to try getting away with those actions in a small town.
“I mean, I think he’s just kind of stating the obvious,” said Normand. Listen to all of his thoughts on the song controversy here.
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