Try this is a small town, or city, or on social media, or…

I’m not a country music fan. Don’t worry, there’s lots of genres of music I’m not crazy about. The only time I really listen to music is when I’m in the car driving. And I am usually listening to something on Pandora. For me that amounts to AC/DC radio, Merengue radio, Hildegard of Bingen radio, Nirvana radio, or for Christmas time — Perry Como (Holiday) radio. I’m a bit eclectic, I guess.

I’ve heard/read a bunch of the controversy around Jason Aldean’s “Try that in a Small Town.” I haven’t really thought much about the song or the video until the last couple of days. Here’s a few things that I know:

Controversy is great for increasing sales. Our society doesn’t pay attention to something unless there is some kind of controversy around it. And then, look out — people are going to pay attention. And everyone has an opinion and becomes an expert on the subject. Until the next controversy happens in a matter of days. It’s as if the whole nation stays at a Holiday Inn Express each week, waking up as some kind of expert in whatever the latest controversy is. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, google the commercials, they are hoot). And since I’m commenting on this, I guess I should tell you that stayed in room 112 last night.

I finally read the lyrics to the song. It sounds like someone who is paranoid. But that’s not anything new. Paranoia is a popular theme in music. The Kinks wrote a song titled “Destroyer” in 1981. Swollen Members put out a song titled…