Toby Keith appeared on Stephen Colbert's 2008 Christmas special and performed this song for the occasion. Such a dead-on parody that some conservatives thought he was serious.
It's a close call but I have to fall on the side of parody. For one thing, I don't think any mainstream country music artist would call for killing and bombing people and for another, it was performed on the Colbert Report.
The special was re-aired this week and I thought I'd post this song. And to all those Fox Newsies who undoubtedly wish he were serious... Happy Holidays!
4/9/18 update: The original Colbert video is no longer available but I did find a YouTube recording of the song.
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Aria Prescott commented
2012-12-22 21:18:59 -0500
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I’m late to the party on this one, but when I heard the opening guitar, I started laughing just off that.
For those of you who don’t follow country, “Beer For My Horses” is one of the great unintentional parodies of the genre. The actual song is actually a pretty clever jab at the Tea Party’s “Texas Justice” mentality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdjA3iKYjk0
But then the Tea Party decided that the lyrics meant he was on their side, made it an anthem that they blared at their gatherings, and declared him a bonafide country patriot. Keith laughed and laughed and laughed all the way to the bank.
It’s a stroke of genuine friggin’ genius that he decided to bust their balls further by using a minor revision of the music from a song that made them look inconceivably stupid the first time.
Wonder if they even realized that part yet. Did you catch why the music sounds so familiar, Joshua?
Happy Holidays, all!
For those of you who don’t follow country, “Beer For My Horses” is one of the great unintentional parodies of the genre. The actual song is actually a pretty clever jab at the Tea Party’s “Texas Justice” mentality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdjA3iKYjk0
But then the Tea Party decided that the lyrics meant he was on their side, made it an anthem that they blared at their gatherings, and declared him a bonafide country patriot. Keith laughed and laughed and laughed all the way to the bank.
It’s a stroke of genuine friggin’ genius that he decided to bust their balls further by using a minor revision of the music from a song that made them look inconceivably stupid the first time.
Wonder if they even realized that part yet. Did you catch why the music sounds so familiar, Joshua?
Happy Holidays, all!
Anne-claire Souza commented
2012-12-22 09:59:15 -0500
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I love this site,I love to make a comment here and there,and reading all the good ones from the Hounds.I wish everybody on “Newshounds” very Happy Holidays and a Happy and Healthy New year,hopefully we can throw in Prosperous as well.
Joshua Hatheway commented
2012-12-22 08:53:43 -0500
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Barak Obama warrior against war on Christmas. Wishes EVERY American “Merry Christmas”.
Bemused commented
2012-12-22 06:42:56 -0500
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@robrt Urban: my bad. I was convinced that it was Joe Cocker I’d heard singing it at one of the rock concerts on the Isle of Wight… end of the Sixties Great song and a wonderful experience up on the hill. Not that I had all of my wits about me, then, though.
the Mike commented
2012-12-22 06:23:45 -0500
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excellent. if fox news viewers were to watch this on their own they would think it’s the greatest song on earth until fox snooze has to tell them the words. if oreilly wants rating invite toby on
Bemused commented
2012-12-22 01:08:54 -0500
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Delightful and definitely a parody, IMO.
Reminded me of the segment on “Borat” where the so-called visitor from one of the ****stans gets on the mike during intermission at a rodeo to go to the edge with familiar Tea Party talking points. People cheered at first, but stopped when what was being said sank in. I never could find out whether or not the segment was staged but it strengthened my faith in the fundamental decency of Americans, even a lot of old-time Republicans (the only ones entitled to a capital “R”, IMO).
Other singers who were angrier include Jimi Hendricks (“Star-spangled banner”) and Joe Cocker (“Whoopee, we’re all agonna die!”)
Reminded me of the segment on “Borat” where the so-called visitor from one of the ****stans gets on the mike during intermission at a rodeo to go to the edge with familiar Tea Party talking points. People cheered at first, but stopped when what was being said sank in. I never could find out whether or not the segment was staged but it strengthened my faith in the fundamental decency of Americans, even a lot of old-time Republicans (the only ones entitled to a capital “R”, IMO).
Other singers who were angrier include Jimi Hendricks (“Star-spangled banner”) and Joe Cocker (“Whoopee, we’re all agonna die!”)
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2012-12-22 00:34:03 -0500
Recently re-aired on Colbert... such a dead-on parody that many conservatives thought he was serious.
