What Makes This Song Stink Ep. 8 - Jason Aldean "Try That in a Small Town"

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[@jonnnyR]

Blinds to Go guy needs a dip in the tub as a reward for all his contributions, in my opinion.

[@pat_finnerty]

I tried, he had work. Units don’t move themselves. Called Lloyd too but he was waiting on a HVAC guy.

[@sombra1111]

@@pat_finnerty You're so ironic. Can I be your friend? 🥺

[@cheelerocheeler5879]

Damn. BT-double-G is a busy man.

[@volume_xo]

Thank you for sayong this, i had prior engagements however the offer was there

[@kevinoshea557]

@pat_finnerty where can i find the audio file for that horn? I need that as my text alert

[@Sirfredrickvlogs]

Country music just becoming Nickleback is one of the funniest outcomes possible.

[@raveoreynolds6049]

Sure, if a single JA single somehow represented an entire genre in 2023.

[@breal9435]

Nickelback is better

[@tool6913ca]

​@@raveoreynolds6049like it's only one bad apple

[@mogmason6920]

It’s not even Country anymore, it’s Buttrock, now with Banjos!

[@floptart5712]

Hickleback

[@NoMereRanger73]

Fold up? Try that in a small tub…

[@labrys031-chan]

underrated comment

[@Stephie2007]

😂

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

Why isn't this pinned?

[@dh1380]

Petition to pin this comment 👇

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

@@dh1380 agreed

[@pyrock0227]

"It took four people to write this" never felt like such a scathing insult

[@mondegreen9709]

Apparently it takes four of them to change a light bulb, too.

[@lr6884]

You should check out Todd Snider's song "if tomorrow never comes". Some beautiful jabs at the Nashville machine.

[@Vesta_the_Lesser]

@@lr6884 Thank you

[@hambor12]

It's like the defunctland bit on the story of Catherine O'Cleary, the fictional elderly Irishwoman whose was blamed (alongside her cow) for starting the Chicago Fire in an article penned by at least 3 people to stoke anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiments of the time

[@chinchillaman1]

yea an Beyonce's girls run the world took 12, your point is moot.

[@philly_sports1558]

47:52 The joke with Pat talking about how cities aren’t patriotic with Independence Hall in the background is absolutely golden 😂 11/10

[@SeasideDetective2]

In a way, cities are more "old-fashioned" than small towns. What I mean is that they're older in the most literal sense of the word, because their large populations indicate that they've been settled longer. Chicago, Miami, and Las Vegas are the rare big cities whose populations exploded seemingly overnight.

[@melnorthrope4355]

Im from Australia, and even i know about that Liberty Bell shit

[@bsh819]

"A full Phantom down" Everything Pat says is instantly iconic.

[@ellarobinson6827]

It's incredible really

[@BeniRoseMusic]

I fucking lost it on “full phantom” he’s so damn quick!

[@EnragedSephiroth]

Laughed at that line.

[@Brynn_Wood]

Best line and another new Pat standard measurement.

[@tunebean508]

Let's see Beato try that

[@Brionkendo]

That sleeping guy singing the D note had me crying. So good

[@swo8on]

💀

[@charlesdemers1197]

"What."

[@ericbjorkqvist6853]

THATS ROB TO YOU!

[@alonsoarana5307]

​@@charlesdemers1197that delivery sounded like Peter Quill when his dad tells him he gave his mom cancer

[@karld001]

My wife's nephew was learning to play guitar and he was playing country music. I said I didn't know you like country music. He said I don't, but it's easy to play.

[@erkl8823]

Adam Jones (Tool guitarist/founder) said country (guitar stylings only, of course) was/is a big inspiration for his guitar style (I'm assuming chords/fretting mostly). Anyway, not a defense of country, I'm certainly not into it, but I also don't think we should confuse... whatever this "modern" sh*t is, with what country used to mean.

[@AKguru762]

Adam Jones is the GOAT

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

When I was a kid, my friends used to ask me why I was always playing Bob Dylan songs, and I would say, "Because I can't play or sing."

[@garethbaus5471]

He isn't wrong.

[@victorheath1459]

@karld001 That’s why my first band was a ska band, it was easy.

[@nikbert]

"Three Doors Watered-Down" is savage

[@1th_to_comment.]

Sounds like the name of an ancient from rain world or something

[@Mae_Dastardly]

@@1th_to_comment. omfg I love u so much for that lmao

[@gillianb6508]

It’s my new favorite 😂

[@Man2quilla]

I need a shitty country song about how a broken escalator is just stairs in a small town

[@cdwilliams1]

Thank you for the convenience!

[@JM-nb4yo]

Hedberg!@@cdwilliams1

[@ruthie8785]

I was stairs in a small town I went up in a small town I never moved in a smaaaall town I was always, station-ary

[@Goldie_Hawn_Solo]

I love Finnertys comment section. Nicely done on a full-scale Hedburg.

[@DKdrop]

Honestly, that’d be hard, because that sounds like the premise of a really good country song. Like, I could see Nick Shoulders writing that.

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

Pat, you are the only person who can give off relentless positivity while literally complaining.

[@brianoldro9305]

He does do that good observation

[@smelltheglove2038]

Usually when people do this they come off as fake. He actually pulls it off somehow.

[@oldieal7032]

I usually dislike negative content such as CinemaSins, but Pat manages to stay fresh and fun throughout. Probably a side effect of making videos when he wants to rather than just churning out a content mill of trash.

[@billycox475]

You made me laugh 😂 Thank you!

[@Mighty_Atheismo]

He got that dude for being the most casual of all Metallica fans in such a gentle way.

[@wrolnick3]

"What do cities have to do with America" in front if Independence Hall is an amazing gag

[@maggiemagpie6863]

A dirt road A cold beer A blue jeans A red pickup A rural noun, simple adjective

[@robjgolde3221]

No shoes No shirt No Jeewwss…you didn’t hear that! Sort of a mental typo.

[@VijemaVati]

I walk n talk like a country man But these boots I’m wearin’ cost THREE GRAND

[@EleanorofAquitaine42]

Like Mike’s Evanderin’ Fuck your ears I’m panderin’ I write songs about people who do Jobs in the towns that I’d never move to.

[@chaoticoldbore]

The "I don't think they ripped off kyrptonite or 3 doors down. I think it was worse than that. I think the were influenced by 3 doors down." had me in stitches.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

The origin of the Freedom Four > the origin of the fantastic four

[@yousuckdicks1]

the long silent stare

[@liquidcouragesailing9370]

the pause Pat takes after delivering the line is comedy gold.

[@kvltizt]

*chair crackles through the silence*

[@x4thmessiahx]

Walking in front of Independence Hall while doing the patriot rant was 10/10

[@marxman6896]

Genius. Actually genius.

[@wintergloom5695]

As soon as I saw him walking around there I was thinking damn that's clever. So much American history in Philly

[@thelonelypamphleteer5722]

I was wondering if anyone else caught that

[@danieltx7066]

I was thinking, “please, PLEASE be walking toward Independence Hall.”

[@VivaToddVegas]

As someone who grew up in a small town, I totally agree that there are indeed scumbags in small towns.

[@clpthegamer3129]

yep, all these people never heard of Skidmore, Missouri who was terrorized by Ken McElroy for around 30 years until they finally had enough and wacked the guy

[@jannetteberends8730]

⁠@@clpthegamer3129was thinking the same.

[@mollybennett3291]

Agreed, I also take issue with the fact that Jason Aldean isn’t from a “small town”, and doesn’t current live in one. I don’t mean to gatekeep what counts as close knit community but I wouldn’t call 80k people a small town by any stretch.

[@jannetteberends8730]

@@mollybennett3291 your comment reminded me that old neighbourhoods in the big cities in the Netherlands are also tight knit communities. Often with their own culture and dialect, some of them recognisable for everybody. Like Cockney from London.

[@bharland85]

Yeah man. I grew up in quintessential 'small town' Texas and lemme tell ya... a lot of these small towns are stuffed to the gills with scumbags. There were decent people but towns like mine (a former klan stronghold) didn't suddenly outgrow their violence and racism, they just learned to keep it out of sight. The only ones not subject to their relentless toxicity, petty cruelty, aggressive religious alienation, and near constant acts of violence are the ones who buy in and commit those wrongs themselves (on some level). They're mad that they lost their monopoly on violence and can no longer subject others to their wretched will consequence free. The reality of their 'small town' fantasy is that it's hell if you're not one of them and any difference, no matter how small, sets you apart. I've known those folks all my life and they are awful people by and large.

[@BRLambert4]

"Slow kryptonite" broke me and made me a lifelong fan of whatever this guy says.

[@WillemV203]

Never expected to be so invested in a niche youtube fandom at this time in my life. Fucking love it

[@canesrule96]

Even on a Saturday noight

[@lesbianmustardbottle957]

🥳🥳@@canesrule96

[@aw2584]

100% first youtuber ever I would consider subscribing to Patreon or smth. Perhaps its because I've been watching these videos over and over for like what, a year or two, and it's still a relatively small channel so it feels intimate but I doubt thats the reason, it just scratches all the itches I've been itching to scratch youtubewise

[@bjones8470]

The look after the line “I’m not saying they ripped off Three Doors Down…I’m saying they were influenced by them” slayed me. Since this is an apology video I have to make my own apology. I think on the second or third video I watched of Pat’s I commented that if he would cut out some of the comedy and get his videos down to a tight 20 it would be more watchable. I was wrong and I’m sorry. I watched this entire hour and laughed out loud a number of times. Alas I have no idea how to make amends

[@mansell101]

The way he held that stare after saying "I think they were infuenced by 3 Doors Down" killed me. Side note: the band I play in wanted to cover "Kryptonite." I made sure that didn't happen.

[@AcidropOSY]

Just don’t do the I, IV, vi, V and you’re good

[@doylerudolph7965]

@@mansell101 even if it was a good song, it's a very annoying one to play. Especially for the drummer, poor guy has to play the least inspired half snare roll of all time for the better part of four minutes.

[@thenightrider2121]

@@doylerudolph7965 It would be funny if they decided to pull a random person from the crowd just to do the "YEAH!"

[@iliketrains3495]

It’s the new “I don’t think it stinks because it’s a rip-off. I think it stinks and it’s a rip-off”

[@LeQuack147]

"That's how it is in a small town; we take care of our own." As someone who lived in a small town for a decade, no we fucking don't.

[@Reverend_Salem]

my favorite country song about small towns is "Hate Lives in a Small Town" from Aurelio Voltaire.

[@Kawamura2]

As someone else that has live in a small southern town for close to 30 years now , I couldn't agree more. People make a pretense of being nice, caring and "Christian", but enjoy backbiting and trashing others behind their back. There are some genuine people here, but you're right, taking care "of our own" is not my experience of living in a small town.

[@ImaginaryAlchemist]

They take care of _their own,_ meaning people who look and think like they do. So it is still technically correct

[@Kawamura2]

@@ImaginaryAlchemist Yeah, you're right of course. But in my case no one knows I'm not "Their Own" here lol

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

And weird how the "artist" that writes about it had nothing better to do than GETTING THE FUCK OUT of "small Town" into some big ass mansion in one o9f the most urbanized Areas of the USA (Southern Florida is basically one big cancer of big cities touching on each other all round Miami) as soon as he had the money to do that. Taking care of others? Aldean's ass!

[@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689]

2:21 that little kid saying "yes" to helping his neighbour before his dad even processes the question. THAT is someone who's parents have taught him well. :)

[@26michaeluk]

🤣

[@rubberface1424]

Let's all appreciate the songwriting of "This Kiss". Not only is it a bop, but to put "centrifugal motion", "perpetual bliss" and "pivotal moment" all in the chorus - that's a lesson in linguistics right there! And to then sing that like it's nothing... Serious chops!

[@succumbtoviolets]

i haven't looked this up, but surely the last time "centrifugal" has ever been used in a country song.

[@TremorX]

I would watch a "Physics with Faith Hill" youtube series.

[@gfh110]

I learned more about math and physics from "This Kiss" than I did in all of high school.

[@McPhisto]

I would've sworn it's "centripetal".

[@briancrawford8751]

@@McPhisto It should be centripetal. Centrifugal force drives two bodies in motion away from each other.

[@zhazhagab0r]

Imma tell you right now, I live in a small town. Very small. I hate my neighbors.

[@matthewdennis1739]

That’s why you live outside the town….ahhhh…no neighbors.

[@unablenarwal8863]

I live in a very small town and my neighbor yells at the cars passing bye other than him I have no opinion about my neighbors

[@larrynielsen8789]

@@ConnbineHarvester Dang it! Everybody should speak English. Even if you live in another country.

[@prufrock1977]

I left my small town. Left the whole fuckin’ country. Much better life and making more money.

[@motherofthetans]

I lived downtown before I moved to a small town and when I lived downtown I knew my neighbors and we gave a shit about each other. I've lived in a small town for fifteen years, in the same house, and only one neighbor speaks to us. Everybody else is all cliqued up and probably wouldn't call 911 if our house was on fire. I hate it here

[@Fraulein_Sausageball]

Putting the lyrics to Try That In a Small Town to "Ohio" is an absolute stroke of genius. It somehow makes the inane text into something worth listening to.

[@teadrinker3290]

Honestly, I wouldn’t mind if that was a full song. The vintage music makes it way more tolerable.

[@MrRAGE-md5rj]

I was gonna insult you, but reading your name saved me the trouble.@@teadrinker3290

[@pr0ntab]

I thought about this some more and I realized that it sounded like the hypothetical singer really felt and believed what they were singing and even if I didn't agree with it upon reflection I still felt like I'd be compelled to hear them out. This is the power of a good performance.

[@pdtomlingson8288]

“I don’t think they ripped off Kryptonite or 3 Doors Down, it’s worse than that, I think they were influenced by 3 Doors Down” IM DEAD

[@rkayyyyy105]

Another female fan here, when I saw he was BACK with a ONE HOUR video I thought about how happy it made me and how much effort he put in for all of us fans! What a rock star.

[@lesbianmustardbottle957]

Pat carries the torch so that others may _see_

[@billycox475]

Pat Finnerty and acollierastro are about the only KZbinrs I'll spend an hour on

[@lilith6072]

standup comedians hate him- consistently funny and impactful while being a compassionate person. and can i mention the part where he interviewed random people in his city who all say they love their neighbors 😭

[@TerryCaber]

Me, a female Pat fan: There are dozens of us! DOZENS!!!

[@NeoN-PeoN]

I'm not even sure that's true...

[@apriljean8614]

​@@NeoN-PeoN off of this comment section theres at least 3 of us

[@swansox]

@@apriljean8614Four!

[@AaBb-zj2ld]

thanks for showing out

[@stevenhaas9622]

Based on his number of subscribers there are approximately 4,320 of you.

[@stephenstetler3324]

The rewatchability of this episode is off the charts. 11/10

[@MrMZaccone]

I live in a small town, population about 6,000. Problem is, it seems about 3,000 of them are meth heads.

[@headheretic1580]

same shit in smaller towns lmao, we have less than a thousand and we still manage to have an area of town my boss calls the projects

[@dragonsword7370]

​​@@headheretic1580 funny thing is that section of town has probably been "that part of town" for long, it's in the foundation of that area. That is going to be harder economically or other issues.

[@limegreenelevator]

A full hour and a Pat return? Yes please and thank you!

[@singersonspeakerphone2421]

And it don't get better than this

[@mausklick1635]

I don't know he lost me 10 minutes in this time.

[@galvanizedgnome]

His old stuff was good. His political stuff on this one is sad and pathetic. Boring too.

[@mcbrodz1663]

@@galvanizedgnomeshut up nerd

[@RichWellner]

Pat Finnerty is Jerry Seinfeld if Jerry played guitar. Fight me!

[@klmullins65]

They've been writing "A Country Boy Can Survive" over and over since 1982

[@nick1512]

Yeah they have and I'm glad I ain't the only one who notices that

[@holzmann-]

Which is not a bad thing.

[@larrynielsen8789]

It is a bad thing​@@holzmann-

[@d3pr0fundis]

It’s just completely disingenuous and ridiculous. We’ve all likely lived in small towns and the concept that they’re all growing their own food and running trout lines instead of just driving to Walmart is ludicrous.

[@13druber]

Yall are ignorant

[@bigbeefscorcho]

I’m a huge classic country fan and the “Merle Haggard looks like a scratch off ticket” and “Willie Nelson looking and sounding like a horse” both had me cry-laughing

[@Markle2k]

This was like reading a Michener novel: you took a long time getting to the action with all the setup, but in the end you completed the narrative and it satisfied.

[@ethanwells2103]

“If Jason Aldean’s still has the guns that his granddaddy gave him, what happened to the record collection?” This may be my favorite WMTSS quote yet

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

His grandpa didn’t have nearly enough Staind or Skillet is record collection

[@Soufriere84]

Skeet shooting because he has zero respect for music? :P My thought upon hearing that line was, "If the guns are that old, are they even in working condition? Aldean is clearly too stupid to do proper maintenance. If they're just meant to be display pieces then why is he throwing a hissy fit?" EVERY gun control bill ever proposed specifically exempts non-working firearms AND working hunting rifles.

[@timd729]

Why would you assume an old gun isn't working? You can assume an old gun works unless there is visible damage

[@xXEGPXx]

@@timd729 You should never assume anything about guns, that is one of the most important rules of guns

[@timd729]

@@xXEGPXx well if you aren't familiar with an old gun don't just assume it's broken is all I'm saying... Assume it works because chances are unless there is visible damage it probably does

[@gregos_79]

"What has a city ever had to really do with America?" as you walk by Independence Hall is pure gold. I'm a Canadian living in Japan, and even I felt a little American patriotism for that expert trolling.

[@jon1913]

That was beautiful visual gag, unfortunately I bet most of Jason Aldean's fans wouldn't catch the reference.

[@playgroundchooser]

I damn near did a spit take when I realized where he was walking. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joer8273]

@@jon1913makes the humor even richer. Haha

[@farkasmactavish]

​@@dananderson6697Philadelphia has always been an urban center and you're high as a kite my guy.

[@dananderson6697]

@farkasmactavish You are making the exact same ignorant mistake. An "urban center" in 1776 would be completely unrecognizable in virtually every way to a modern urban squish. You would think it was the most rustic, "redneck" place you'd ever been. Regardless, it is absolutely insane to think that modern Philly (or any Democrat run open sewer that used to be a city) would be approved of by people who's entire philosophy and worldview revolved around each individual being responsible for himself and his own way in the world. It's historical ignorance on such a massive scale it's almost difficult to comprehend.

[@CosmicWaltz7]

I live in a small town. Everyone here is paranoid, armed, and hates the government. The crime rate is alarmingly high. Racial tension is palpable.

[@jedimasterjoe5386]

CosmicWaltz7 hating the government is a bad thing?

[@CosmicWaltz7]

@@jedimasterjoe5386 Most of the ones hating the government are on government benefits.

[@EduardoMano]

The humor, the sarcasm, your veteran dad dissing TN, the hot tub... man, this was a ride well worth taking. Didn't even know the song in the first place, but you got me for all the 59:57 minutes. Thank you very much.

[@TheBfutgreg]

I'd never heard of it either....that's what not watching Fox News does for a person's mental health

[@BeeWhistler]

@@TheBfutgregLOL is that where someone would hear it? No wonder I haven’t, either. Well, also because I can’t stand country music, especially when it sublimates ignorance.

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

To have the story line finally be completed - to see Pat finally get a hot tub and complete the Simple Plan - fills me with so much joy. His happiness is my happiness too

[@JohnSnow-lb6xi]

I did a little fat guy happy dance when I realized what was going on...

[@r.c.2167]

The Rick Ruben drop during chop sticks takes the cake. Absolute gold Pat.

[@badredfinn2982]

Beato!!!

[@_SPREZZATURA_McGEE_]

Rick Rubin and Beato flash-cameos made me actually LOL!!

[@anthonypepoli2223]

The world is a better place because Pat Finnerty exists.

[@Eloraurora]

That Willie Nelson line sent me on a wild tangent as a former horse girl. I am disappointed to report that no one seems to have made a custom My Little Pony doll of him, but there is a namesake therapy horse.

[@carmelitababy8869]

The deep references, in-jokes and plain wealth of knowledge pertaining to scum bag rock really cooks my pasta. Another instant classic.

[@colin-nekritz]

That shot of Pat saying "maybe cities don't know about freedom" while literally walking by the building where the friggin' US Liberty Bell which was rung to celebrate US's freedom was just too perfect.

[@hitthegoat]

Cooks my pasta. I’m gonna borrow that one

[@lilith6072]

pat i am so proud to be one of your remarkably few female fans

[@grantandrews4826]

Fuckin A, sister.

[@Borninxixax]

🤝

[@thejesse]

you are the 2.7%

[@LizAnnsonZ]

we should reward ourselves with another decorative pillow

[@bbens999]

Somebody get this gal a hot tub!

[@Vesta_the_Lesser]

goddamn this video has such replayability. Thanks for being so goddamn funny and jolly

[@aluckyheron]

LMAO "I'm sorry to the consumer" the Boston Market bit got me

[@jameskuntheodd1421]

Dude. I'm not even joking when I say that this man is literally one of the best KZbinrs on the platform. You know you've found an absolute S+ tier content king when he can be gone for ages, and as soon as he pops up back in your feed, you stop what youre doing and watch. Please keep up the amazing work Pat. Congrats on the hot tub. I'm glad that Simple Plan worked my guy

[@floepiejane]

I did that. I woke up to it. Watched straight through. I'm the kind of guy that trolls Norm McDonald fans who call him genius... and they all say I have no sense of humor, and I think they're right. I never laugh at comedy or comedians. It's true. Haaardly ever. But Finnerty? That's a funny fyck right there. He gets belly laughs out of me. Who'da thought that a bald 6'5" Irish-American musician in Philly would be funny 🤷🏽 Oh! Congrats on the tub, man. Sincerely. You look so happy. Cheers ✌🏽🌻

[@oldmanandrew]

I can’t believe it took me 8 hours to get to this.

[@Blodhelm]

*stop what you're doing and watch, for an hour.

[@MisterFarce]

I can't help but feel that if H.Bomberguy were a musician this is the content we'd get.

[@deserttacosband]

No hard feelings Pat. Again at the end of the day we took it is a complement. Working on some original music right now. Excited to hear which songs stink

[@JT-nk3sh]

we love you desert taco band

[@innoc4063]

Common Desert Tacos Band W

[@doomdoomdoom1016]

Fuck yeah DTB!

[@richiecook2305]

DTB FTW!!

[@richieheyward161]

DTB is back baby!

[@richgerow3472]

I love how after this stupid song and "Rich Men North of Richmond" got popular, the Onion published an article with the headline, "Man Who Said N-Word Standing Near Guitar Reaches Top Of Country Billboard Charts."

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

There's a guy on KZbin who's made every kinda remix of Oliver Anthony you can imagine and it's all just him singing about fudge rounds 👍

[@ritas1977]

There is not a single n-word in lyrics.

[@lightsupportweapon]

@@ritas1977subtext and inference? not real. ok!

[@seansinger640]

​@@ritas1977Nobody... said there was? That's like half the context of the joke.

[@ritas1977]

@@seansinger640 I don't understand this joke.

[@attercap9238]

Honestly one of my favorites of your videos. I rewatch this way too regularly.

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

PLEASE don't apologize to Walker Hayes. He's done a Christmas version of "Fancy Like". It features the line "Hey Jesus, it's your birthday!".

[@DTheAustralian]

that's so dumb it wraps around to being adorable lol

[@galvanizedgnome]

Noone else is sad this guy has succumbed to his trump derangement? He used to at least hold it in a little. He will need to be on sue a side watch next elections.

[@maxsmart9116]

​@@galvanizedgnomethe background music is everything that's wrong with modern country. Has nothing to do with TDS.

[@retinalcircus]

​​@@galvanizedgnometake your salty maga tears and disappointment someplace else. No one cares. Stop making everything about that sulking tub of sorbet

[@TacticusPrime]

@@galvanizedgnome It is pretty astonishing how deranged the Republican party has become. Chris Fucking Christie has to be the adult in the room? Eisenhower is definitely spinning in his grave.

[@mountainbeatsdjco4174]

I love your gags, your jokes, your recurring bits and your recurring cast of friends and family. But it's your big damn heart that gets me every time.

[@JohannesWiberg]

Agreed. There are tons of funny youtubers, and there are tons of musical youtubers. But only one god damn Pat Finnerty.

[@famfamfam5782]

“where’s yr grandfather’s record collection”😂😂😂flawless victory

[@chantaltestman6916]

I am from the south on the other side of semi small town. The phrase "Good Ol' Boys" was always about those who wear hoods and have badges. My late grandfather was a WWII vet. He fought for a country that had a segregated army. American black soldiers receive used and broken equipment and were put on the front lines. He didn't get his G.I bill like his fellow white Americam vets. But he still severed his country, join the civil rights movement, and was positive figure not just in our family but within our community. I can give two shits if Jason Aldean cares to respect men like my grandfather but I continue on my grandfather's legacy to fight racism.

[@CPDheadstomp]

So being against high crime rates in a city makes you racist? Why? You’re the one injecting race into it. That would make you the racist.

[@Do_not_at_me_bro]

Smartest Race Grifter take

[@prism_of_selves]

@@Do_not_at_me_brobro you unironically use the term 'leftoid'

[@paperedwillows]

I am always impressed with Pat's ability to talk to random people on the street.

[@RustyVaperGameplay]

You would be confused by England. I will regularly have conversations with strangers. A few weeks ago I ended up at a pub with strangers and ended up hanging out for 18 hours. Ended up doing a bunch of coke.

[@paperedwillows]

@@RustyVaperGameplay I might be socially awkward.

[@ROOKTABULA]

@@RustyVaperGameplay Seriously. So many of my friends in Canaduh are amazed how random people, especially people that are fukt up, will just start up a convo with me.

[@RustyVaperGameplay]

@@ROOKTABULA Saw some guys in a shop at 1am... Later I saw him in town and recognized him I was like "Yo", he said "Do you drink?" and I just replied with "Pub?". It was 11am.

[@fgoindarkg]

You mean like panhandlers, and tweakers? They'll talk to anyone. They'll talk to their feet.

[@draguladriver]

I live in a "small town" and trust me, the whole "take care of our own" thing is just a thing people say on TV and in songs. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe my Town just isn't Small(TM) enough.

[@goatfromhell666]

I've heard people call towns down south with 20k people small towns. That's about as genuine as modern country music. I lived in small towns for years. My hometown is considered big, with a population of about 2,000 people.

[@donotgotthis]

Same, I also grew up in a small town on a farm. My neighbors at one point were m*th dealers.😂 Notoriously, outside of work/school, the only things to do in most small towns are trespass on private property, drink in a church parking lot, or drugs.

[@anthonydelfino6171]

In my experience, people in small towns will turn on you immediately once they think you might be in any way a drag on them.

[@crackcoursehistory4566]

How you ever thought that maybe you’re just an asshole?

[@skippythealien9627]

Jason Aldean is from Macon, Georgia. Far far FAR from being a small town plus the dude spends most of his days in Nashville these days, doesn't he?

[@kaveman_realh9224]

I think if we were to sum up this kind of song, we could call it, “performative patriotism”. It’s the same thing we saw post-9/11 where every song had to mention Jesus, the flag and the troops (looking at you, Zac Brown Band). Wanting a safe community isn’t a bad thing, but suggesting you’re gonna play vigilante to enforce that life without doing the groundwork to actually alleviate the real problems communities, both rural and urban, have is just short-sighted and willfully ignorant of the problems that cause these issues in the first place. This song is representative of the shallow and fearful perspective so prevalent in its intended audience. That’s why this song sucks.

[@suppositorylaxative3179]

Lol they don’t believe in systemic issues

[@SebineLifeWind]

Oh, so liberals are mad because it's calling out their performative slacktivism.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

It's also funny that aldean didn't even write it...

[@kaveman_realh9224]

@@SebineLifeWind I don’t know why we’re bringing in liberals to this conversation. Liberals don’t do this kind of virtue-signaling propaganda in their music. I’d challenge you to A) find me a liberal song that’s this overtly political, and B) explain to me why conservatives seem incapable of responding to criticism without engaging in whataboutism. When you do whataboutism, you’re basically admitting something isn’t good, but you think something else is “worse” by comparison. So it’s basically just a confession.

[@suppositorylaxative3179]

@@kaveman_realh9224 fr. It’s because conservatives think liberals do the same things they do. But they don’t. Same as when religious nuts call atheism and evolution a religion with a gospel. They use the words gospel to describe Charles Darwin’s text (even tho no one even reads them anyway) because they think people who accept evolution have the same basis for their beliefs as religious nuts

[@PhilipBosleyMusic]

The thrash metal kid I was at 13 is taking such joy at watching you let the Target Metallica shirt guy bury himself.

[@JBB685]

I literally cannot watch Pat in a hot tub without getting choked up…

[@christopherweise438]

Pat Finnerty's Celebrity Hot Tub Party.

[@butHomeisNowhere___]

Damn, bro... You gotta choke up on it? Jealous.

[@Kirkvanhouten55]

my hot tub is the only material possession that ever brought me any joy

[@Blodhelm]

Almost as much as the first time we saw August is Falling play live.

[@mjbswenson]

Patriot!

[@dylananderson310]

I was saying to my partner YESTERDAY you haven’t added to this series in over a year. Missed you Pat, looking forward to a long one

[@adrianguinn3331]

Eerily the same. Like, verbally out loud in the car yesterday.

[@collinmc90]

I was saying the same thing to my dad like two days ago hahaha

[@akf2000]

I mean same thing except I was thinking about the film Freddy Got Fingered for no reason, then today Google showed me an article about how it was Roger Ebert's most hated movie.

[@jeremyweaver5639]

I told my partner this weekend that "that guy who makes videos about terrible songs" must've moved on with his life lol

[@swansox]

Yes!! Yesterday, out of the blue, I thought…”I hope he’s ok. It’s been ages since he released a video.”

[@spellcraft7988]

I am an Alaska Native from a small town who grew up on nerd metal, CCR, video game music, and 90s techno, and I would listen to Hog Ride all day.

[@Phoenix0F8]

The small town I grew up in for the first 17 years of my life called the cops on me for changing my brake fluid in the park one time when I felt my brakes getting spongy, and another time for walking around on the back roads because there was *nothing to do in that town.* People were just as selfish, nosey, scummy and vindictive as in any city. The school was dogshit with bullying and drugs, nobody cared. It felt like me and two friends against the whole world- not any remote sense of a small town banding together. This guy is singing about an America that hasn't existed for at least 70 years, and probably never really existed at all beyond an idealized mutual admiration society enjoyed by a privileged few straight white men with subservient wives. The """good old days""" for some good old boys.

[@darkdragonsoul99]

I'm from a small town and I can honestly say this guy has never been to a small town take care of our own my aching ass. What living in rural America teaches you is self reliance because no one is going to help you.

[@henriquepacheco7473]

Man's from Macon. Never stepped into a small town out of his own will

[@muffinpoots]

as a missourian, this hits hard.

[@Soufriere84]

100% true. I'm from small town Arkansas and I can tell ya true that if you're in the out-group -- racially, politically, economically, or any combination thereof -- NO ONE will help you. I was lucky enough to be a 4th-generation native so I'm mostly part of the "in-group", but my own mother, being an outsider, wasn't treated as well at least by some.

[@michaelcochran9685]

Same here brother!

[@wilkinsandwontinsachievemu3772]

as a person who is from Appalachia, Im so happy I live around New York City

[@bennyfactr6122]

As a fellow forty something with a shitty spine, seeing you get the hot tub was sincerely heart warming. Folding up is a young man's game

[@T61APL89]

Its all fun, games and hot tubs full of champagne... until you catch legionnaires disease

[@jamesshepard3]

The “flag on a sunglass hut” earned an enthusiastic like.

[@mr.spider267]

'Try that in a small town.' US Grant. ' I did. You surrendered.'

[@nick1512]

Dead 😂😂😂 I'm from South Ga and I love it when I have to remind people of Grant and Sherman

[@heywoodjablome5380]

Been too long since I did some Shermanposting 😎

[@jedimasterjoe5386]

Try hard with a over used joke

[@andrewkomlodi]

The pocket pistol Beatos were unexpected in the best possible way.

[@gwislomezable]

They perfectly show Pat is fresh as ever 😂

[@ChaosPootato]

There's something very special to this chaotic editing and random tangents and fucking live calling sleeping people to sing notes for you. Welcome back Pat

[@adamlane6453]

The tangents are NOT random!

[@seanmalroy]

@@adamlane6453 that’s what blows me away is all of the one offs and tangents are actually in service of a bigger point. This is an amazing composition.

[@jimlaws3985]

Finnerty, you beautiful bastard! You’re spot on and funny as hell, as usual. This episode is PURE GOLD!!

[@JerryLeeHowell2]

I've listened to this video at least 100 times and I cannot believe my eyes seeing Jason Aldean and Luke Bryant section. That's one voice. Holy crap.

[@SIDEKICKDUSTY]

I haven't finished the video but I wanted to say that the part with Rick Rubin helping put Chopsticks together really got me

[@impulsecoupling]

Killed me too. He improves everything

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Would anyone even take Chopsticks seriously if Rubin hadn’t backed it?

[@jakestewartmusic]

Pat coming back is the Christmas miracle we all needed

[@alfrednorris1895]

"This kiss" had actual science in it (centrifugal motion). Top-tier.

[@Ali_D_Katt]

I'm from a small town (population 800, my graduating class was 32 people, the one after me was 14 people) all my family on both sides are still there. All the adjacent towns are all also shithole small towns. I promise i know what I'm talking about. We have all the same problems as the city. At least half of everyone in and around my age group are recovered addicts/alcoholics or still currently one of those. Theres meth... So much meth... Usin it, cookin it, sellin it. There's debilitating poverty and hungry children. Also, it seems different from the city because the city lays it's problems bare for all the world to see because who cares i don't know any of these people as opposed to a small town where the same things are absolutely happening but we let it fester by hiding it and acting like everything is ok because what will helen and billy jo from church think? The people who run things have been running shit (poorly and corruptly) for generations like a modern day monarchy. I promise ol "try that in a small town" has no idea what happenes in a small town except the racism... He hit that one dead on... And also dur dur dur guns. If you want an acurate depiction of what small town life is like listen to yellawolf's first album intermixed with any dolly parton song 😂😂😂. It's a methed up, everybodys fuckin everybody, open air asylum full of racist grandmas who will whip out the N word casually and grampas who ask your new boyfriend from college if he's ever skinned a rabbit while making an uncomfortable amount of eye contact (also known as the lead paint stare) at the easter dinner table (yes the person is me and the grampa is my grampa). It's the worst i love living in the city where my neighbor doesn't give a shit about me as long as it doesn't effect them.

[@EleanorofAquitaine42]

I grew up in a small town in West TX, but have lived in many population centers (thanks to the military). I never owned a personal weapon until I moved back to a small town. It’s to help with meth heads-oh, and recently the local inbred Jed (Proud Boys and Klan) meetings a local restaurant has been hosting. The restaurant is owned by the local “rich” family who have had their dirty fingers in local politics for generations, but don’t forget they also turn a blind eye to that side of the family who are doing the meth cooking and distribution. Patriotism indeed.

[@peterrauch9961]

I have been arguing for “waiting all week for Sunday night” to be the lyric for the better part of a decade, so I just wanted to thank you for using your platform to support this issue.

[@brianbelgard5988]

Its either a psyop or she refused to redo the original.

[@AudreyGraceB]

My guess is some exec says absolutely not to that lyric, because it undermines the other -day night football games. I filly agree with you and Pat on this one though.

[@brianbelgard5988]

@@AudreyGraceB as someone who works in advertising, this makes perfect sense. The number of times we’ve had to photoshop out small objects impossible to see in a banner ad is mind blowing.

[@ImaginaryAlchemist]

​@@AudreyGraceBthat does make a lot of sense, they don't want to downplay the other games. I wonder if something like "been waiting all Sunday for tonight" would work. I'm not a musician or an advertising expert by any means, but it at least makes more sense than waiting all day for Sunday night

[@Hawk7886]

I can't imagine watching that stuff for a decade.

[@ShineSpikePM]

Only on this channel can I crack a grin at a bald white guy revealing an inflatable hot tub in a 93 foot garage in Philadelphia, keep being great man

[@kansaimonmusic]

Dude, spoilers.

[@ShineSpikePM]

@@kansaimonmusic my bad I forget some people read comments before finishing the video 🫡

[@kansaimonmusic]

Nah, mate. I was joking anyway. I did come here after the.video.

[@greetingsmars]

Miss you like a grandpa misses his golden years Pat

[@mynr0]

Rerewatching the video and I still think the little smile you give to yourself when your dad casually roasts Ted Nugent might be my new favorite part of the video.

[@fireminer101]

The long awaited return of the only music youtuber to own a pedalmobile!

[@MerchantMarineGuy]

He is a certified pedalphile

[@psychotropictraveler514]

​@@MerchantMarineGuyyooo 😂

[@jaredgruttadauria9445]

Lloyd is a legend with wisdom, he needs his own segments every episode.

[@beatmania3rdmix]

As someone who lives in rural America, all we got going on out here is poverty and fentanyl. Seriously, this place sucks, and a lot of the people I grew up with here have either left for bigger cities or died. I don't understand glorifying small towns as this utopia. Y'all have jobs in cities. You have entertainment. Nightlife. A bigger dating pool. Resources for virtually every problem. I'm feeling like the US's small town fetish is very much an American thing that other countries genuinely don't get.

[@Totally-Not-A-Robot]

Never seen your videos before, and when this one popped up in my feed randomly, I thought I'd give it a try. My friend, you took a hog ride straight into my heart. Looking forward to seeing more of your content. 😂

[@TouchDirt]

I was so confused by all the channel lore in this video that i had to binge every other stinker you've made. Shit rules

[@rhondajohnson2725]

I just got done doing the same thing and I don't regret a second of it. Lol

[@Celtamongstmen2]

My turn next, I guess.

[@caliente-frio3966]

This series captures that perfect balance of putting way too much effort into something, yet still looking like you put in no effort at all. 😄

[@gogoajojo]

This video honestly had me smiling ear to ear by the end. I love this sense of humor, what a great first video of yours to stumble upon

[@adinarosenstein9586]

When you started playing Crazy, a tear came to my eye. Damnit, that's a good song!

[@chrishenson4450]

I was born and raised in Wise, VA, a coal mining town in the Appalachians. I'm bald as shit. I've been a semi-professional musician all my adult life. I hate all the same things you do. And last month, five North Chesterfield firemen had to use a Reaves flexible stretcher to lift my dead-weight ass out of bed due to severe back spasm. FIVE FIREMEN, LIZ LEMON!! So, I want to thank you for this video - the perfect close to a less than perfect year. Heal well!

[@jacobseal]

Good God, Lemon!!

[@dwallens]

I love you for the 30 Rock reference. Cheers! 😄

[@briancrawford8751]

I'm not that far away from there, over the border in WV.

[@lepus6511]

Why the fuck did i get so emotional at the "we did it! we did it!" ending? A man and his hard earned hot tub, such a beautiful thing

[@BigTwinRiver]

The emotional lift was truly surprising and I wasn’t ready to experience it, right? I think it was a feeling of joy in my heart but I can’t be sure it’s been decades since I’ve experienced that emotion so I struggled to label it. 😂

[@olliezoop]

This video was my introduction to your channel and I honestly cannot stop watching these

[@DragonRex20]

Now this is cinema

[@validpostage]

referring to D as being "a full Phantom down" from F# got a ridiculous belly laugh out of me, stellar episode

[@rudowakening3638]

“Willie Nelson sounds like a horse” is a fantastic and also true compliment

[@herculesbrofister265]

When i was a kid, my dad said "son, you're dumb as a mule and twice as ugly. If a strange man offers you a ride, i say take it"

[@augustusbetucius2931]

Just remember, Willie gets a free pass on everything. He's the Texas answer to Miles Davis, the embodiment of cool. Humanity needs Willie, the planet will be poorer when he dies. I'm not even a Willie fan, but I understand the world needs Willie now, more than ever. Even if he does sound like a horse. I've never heard a horse sing, but I'll start watching old back episodes of Mr Ed to see if I can answer this query, as to what a singing horse sounds like.

[@matthiastheisen7307]

@@augustusbetucius2931 hate to break it to you but he's already dead

[@Chadner]

​@matthiastheisen7307 Did he really is this more of an Elvis scenario where he simply cannot expire like a normal human?

[@neckbeardcat6777]

​@matthiastheisen7307 Willie's (somehow) still alive. He's 90 and still kicking surprisingly well for his generation. Him and Kris Kristofferson are both still alive and kicking, and Kris, though it took two songs to warm up his voice, sounded pretty good when he came to my county fair in august. His voice sounded super fucked at first but by the third song had slowly warmed up and was actually pretty damn good the rest of the show and he went on for a WHILE with a surprising amount of energy too.

[@shadowknight311]

“There’s scumbags in small towns.” YES! The mayor in my town (population 300) stole $47,000 from the city budget over an 8 year period.

[@lestatsluv317]

The corrupt ass small town I grew up in, the police chief just got fired and is being investigated for a whole slew of crimes including threatening people and abusing power and EVERYONE I know said the same thing...."Who did he piss off that they did something about him when most of the cops do all of this...". In my hometown, us South Enders (the people who grew up on the poor side) have fucking nothing nice to say about it but the rich assholes on the North End will hit you with that, "It's such a great place to live and we all look out for each other...." bullshit. Lmao

[@sarahcheever2229]

It didn't happen to be in Iowa did it? I know embezzlement is popular in small towns but that happened in a town near me as well. 😂 the town cop also got charged for using a tazer on his underage gf.

[@gogglestherandom5701]

Love the “not sure about cities being patriotic” as you are walking in front of independence hall

[@jonogray2378]

Jebus, but this is splendid. This is like being on the inside of the middle of the periphery of an obscure joke...with 160 thousand people.

[@Jason3d1]

This entire video is gold. How can Pat turn an hour of straight shit talking into something so entertaining, funny and wholesome? 😂❤️

[@galvanizedgnome]

It feels like his trump derangement syndrome has finally gone terminal and melted his brain.

[@lesbianmustardbottle957]

Hot tub mellows.

[@NahNahNahNoWay]

Philadelphia is a special place

[@MatthewSmithx]

@@NahNahNahNoWaycity of *brotherly* love. Like your brother busting your balls to say he loves you

[@imastrawberryman]

cinematic masterpiece

[@mitchfindergeneral]

I came back a month later just to say YOU'RE BRINGIN ON THE HEARTBREAK

[@mickeyfisher9826]

This is a masterpiece. Rick Rubin, full Phantom down, flash frames of gritty, all had me in tears.

[@BigTwinRiver]

It was early in a video PACKED with hilarity, but the Rubin pop-in absolutely killed me. Funniest thing I’ve watched in decades front to back hands down.

[@five12man]

Just got to the full phantom 😎

[@RDamps]

My wife didn’t understand my helpless laughing. Then tears

[@The_Back_Room]

i don't think you understand what a great film maker you are and how engaging this stuff is. you have lightning in a bottle sir. this stuff is original genius at its finest... reminds me of the free-for-all 90's. this entire series has perfect pacing, a perfect blend of humor, info and personality, and a reason to love it. your genuineness comes across the screen easily, and there is no doubt that you can do this for a living... then buy your own house with a giant hot tub. ps, Kim sang "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" amazingly on that Tom Petty Appreciation Band video... you were good too Pat, but Kim, c'mon 👍👍

[@fcon2123]

100%. Long-format story telling on the internet is such a rare thing. Vines, to tweets, to tiktoks, etc., the attention span of a normal viewer is so short. To hold our attention for an HOUR in this day and age is damn near unheard of. Making something like this takes a lot more skill and stage presence than you'd think.

[@ResistEntropy]

+2 for giving love to This Kiss. certified bop