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June 17, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Yeah, that just about covers it…
June 17, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Perfect.
June 17, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Win.
June 17, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I agree. I think Pitchfork’s review of Jet’s “Shine On” album is also apt here. I won’t post a link since it’s pretty gross, but Google: Pitchfork Jet review monkey. :)
June 17, 2008 at 7:26 pm
The song is bad; ok, bad songs get played on radio.
But isn’t this song going to offend a lot of radio listeners? Is there any upside in releasing a song about bj’s to country radio?
All I can think is Lyric Street thinks the listeners who would be offended are so out of it that they won’t catch onto the double entendre.
I’m no expert in marketing, and maybe I’m missing something, but what exactly is the label thinking here?
June 17, 2008 at 7:39 pm
This is going to be one of your most talked-about pages ever.
I like it.
June 17, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Nice.
June 17, 2008 at 8:26 pm
I heard once that Lennon and McCartney wrote “Hello Goodbye” to see if they could take any old piece of junk song and take it to #1, which they did. I get the feeling that attitude is pretty much the dominant one going around Nahville these days. You can’t tell me this song took more than 5 minutes to write.
June 17, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Yes thumbs down, oh yeah. However the fashion used to review it is about as tasteless as you guys think the song is…sry, but I had seen the 9513 as a serious and intelectual guide to the genre today, this is just plain bullying on their part.
June 17, 2008 at 8:44 pm
And this is what is wrong with country music today. If this song was released by practically any other artist, it wouldn’t even get a sniff.
But, simply because it’s by the holy and sacred Rascal Flatts, it’ll not only get played, it’ll undoubtedly go top 10. Something like that wouldn’t have happened 20 years ago.
What a sad, sad world we live in.
It’ll be tough to resist the urge to slit my own wrists the first time I hear this on the radio.
June 17, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Jason,
I like the review because it doesn’t say anything … anything that The 9513 could have said about the song would have been considered “bullying.” By not saying anything, they’re showing restraint.
This song will just prove my theory that some artists (Chesney, Flatts, etc.) could put an actual piece of crap in a jewel case, send it to radio, and it’d be #1 in 10 weeks.
June 17, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Okay, seriously, how many of us wouldn’t put money on Billy Joe Shaver to win a fight with RF?
June 17, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Dustin, why even bother listening to Today’s Country Radio? It’s not worth sitting through all that crap just to hear the occasional worthwhile song. It’s a bad habit that needs to be broken. Trust me, you’ll be much happier without it.
June 17, 2008 at 9:51 pm
I was reading a thread on this site earlier today about the worst song ever in the history of country music. I think we have a new winner.
June 17, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Nice review guys.
June 17, 2008 at 10:11 pm
this is probably the song joe don wrote during foreplay before the conception of his son JAGGER!!! wow…what a cool name for a kid…..poor kid
June 17, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Never mind, I just now listened to the audio, so I know what Jason’s referring to. However, the site’s said enough about the song in the past that anything it could have said here is overkill … and it’s not the first time the BJ comments have appeared on the site.
June 17, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Brady….loved this review…but you probably could have just printed the lyrics and let people read them…..there is no way this is going to be a country song….see next post….
June 17, 2008 at 10:47 pm
[clipped for copyright]
Tricked out truck kit
Runnin’ boards black lit
KC roll bar
Had to mow an extra yard
Just so he could
Install satellite
Rascal Flattin’all night
King cab, bass tubes
Stop light, boom-boom
Five days, all week
Two jobs so he can
[clipped for copyright]
June 17, 2008 at 10:58 pm
LOL! I like how it plays on repeat…
June 17, 2008 at 11:48 pm
hahaha i think its a fun song but yet im just a young kid. but that is a hilarious review.
June 18, 2008 at 12:34 am
“Bob That Head” makes me want to “Change The Station”…….
June 18, 2008 at 4:41 am
Seriously, this is a piece of sh**.
They’re definitely one of the worst things to happen to country music.
June 18, 2008 at 6:03 am
I would rather listen to rap music. This $#@! is Garbage, just like most of there stuff!!!
June 18, 2008 at 6:47 am
I think it’s clear that this song is absolute garbage and any time spent actually reviewing it would be futile, both for it’s lack of worth and because of redundancy. Besides, the comments would have been filled with angry commenters, so why not publish a succinct review along with something humorous that gets the point across.
hairandtoenails, my guess is that Rascal Flatts has surrounded themselves with too many people bobbing their heads up and down instead of shaking them side to side. In other words, they’re surrounded by a bunch of yes men.
Jason, are you making “tasteless” puns?
Roger, you didn’t copy the best/worst verse:
That can’t be an honest coincidence.
June 18, 2008 at 6:56 am
Hey–This is not Garbage. Garbage was good.
http://music.msn.com/album/?album=10379760
June 18, 2008 at 7:22 am
CF said, “They’re definitely one of the worst things to happen to country music.”
On the bright side, I’ve been saying for a long time that mainstream country needs to hit rock bottom before things can start getting better. If this isn’t it, then surely we must be getting very close.
June 18, 2008 at 7:26 am
sweet Jesus, this song is bad. just when you think contemporary country can’t get any worse, along comes ‘nashville star’ and this musical travesty. of course, whoever wrote it (and rascal flatts) dont’ care what any of us say. they’ll just go cash that fat paycheck and laugh.
still, it makes ‘dog on a toolbox’ pure poetry.
June 18, 2008 at 7:49 am
Wow, I didn’t realize the double entendre (however you spell that) until reading those lyrics. Dang, I can’t believe they would even risk putting this on the radio or that country would play it, despite the fact that the song is crap.
June 18, 2008 at 9:01 am
I’m pleased to tell you that “entendre” is indeed correct.
June 18, 2008 at 9:05 am
Oh, and Stormy and I are again on the same page. Enjoy some excellent Garbage:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6DI5MuRF0Tk
June 18, 2008 at 9:11 am
Chris: Not to get too far off topic, but now that Garbage are on another hiatus, you can sort of feed the need with another Scottish band called Sons and Daughters.
June 18, 2008 at 9:25 am
I have defended RF many times but this song just cannot be defended.
June 18, 2008 at 9:25 am
This songs makes be feel ashamed to call Columbus, Ohio home — every time this song comes on the radio/satelitte, I turn the channel – I cannot stand it. There have been other songs that I thought I could not stand, but these make them seem tame.
I do not see any writers credits anywhere – who gets the credit for writing this lovely ditty???
June 18, 2008 at 9:29 am
Lanibug, the writers are Michael Dulaney, Gary LeVox, and Neil Thrasher.
June 18, 2008 at 9:34 am
Now ya’ll know I need to stick up for my boys !! I will agree that “Bob that Head” will make it onto the top 10, and since there current tour is “Bob that Head Tour”, and they are already selling out of BTH merch, it will be everywhere.Personally,I will not be buying or wearing a BTH tee shirt !
I agree that the song only has one meaning, and everyone knows what it is, but I have heard much worse on my daughters list of rap songs.
On the “Still Feels Good” cd, I only have three songs I like,Take me there/Everyday/Help Me Remember…I to was very dissapointed in the cd.
And finally, you will all be happy to know that the Flatts are currently working/Recording there next album !!!
June 18, 2008 at 9:38 am
Oh boy, I can’t wait for more mediocre music to hit store shelves soon! Thanks for letting me know that news, Trisha!
June 18, 2008 at 10:07 am
So in case you ever wanted to know how many people it takes to rhyme “bass tubes” and “boom boom,” the answer is three.
June 18, 2008 at 10:09 am
Lanibug, the writers are Michael Dulaney, Gary LeVox, and Neil Thrasher.
And Neil Thrasher is better than that. I dont think I’d have let them put my name on that song if I were him.
June 18, 2008 at 10:27 am
I can’t blame the songwriters here. Okay… maybe a little. But the songwriters are just writing what they know the label and artist wants. I’m sure they were shaking their heads as RF nodded their heads when they heard Bob that Head. All the blame here should be with the band for recording this garbage. Maybe it was recorded on a dare?
The songwriting community should at least try to inject a little art into their songs- even if they are indeed “selling out.” BTW, selling out and writing trite crayola payola crapola beats the hell out of flipping burgers.
June 18, 2008 at 10:30 am
I am getting in late on this, and everything has already been said, almost. I hate RF, but arent the idiots that are surely calling and requesting this crap the real criminals here? what about the country music luminaries that sat and watched them sing this at the ACM’s and then clapped and approved of this song? the sad part is, I doubt they are merely trying to put junk out there to see if it hits #1, thats too much credit to give to them, they clearly think that this is rockin’ country. they arent the first ones to think that retread, 70′s pseudo-arena rock is the new country (see john rich from “gone country”)…
June 18, 2008 at 10:33 am
There’s plenty of blame to go around. In the words of the great Mark Kermode, “Everyone involved should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.”
June 18, 2008 at 10:46 am
very true, in fact truer words have never been spoken…except for brady’s review…
June 18, 2008 at 11:19 am
Perfect review Brady. I’ve got to say that this year it seems like every two weeks a song comes song comes out that is the worst country song I’ve ever heard, it’s like a competition between the record companies or something. Well i’m ready to declare this one the official winner because this has to be rock bottom, Right????????????
June 18, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I am usually very easy going about music. I try to find good things in all music. But you guys got it right this time.
In the words of the Spinal Tap movie
“SH** Sandwich”
this would be something I would write in my basement and laugh. No one should really release this as a single.
June 18, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I’d love to see that fight between Billy Joe Shaver and Rascal Flatts. Rascall Flatts represents either (a) what’s wrong with “Country” music these days or (b) what’s right with “Country” music these days — depending upon whether you affilate yourself with the “spirit” of Shaver or Flatts.
I say: “MORE SHAVER … LESS FLATTS!!!”
June 18, 2008 at 4:01 pm
MORE SHAVER!!! LESS FLATTS!!!!
June 18, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I never thought I’d see someone quote Mark Kermode as a response to a Rascal Flatts song! To paraphrase the good Doctor ‘Is this the death of narrative country music?’
June 18, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Lets start a “More Billy Joe Shaver” campaign where we send razor blades into our local station.
On second thought, that has a double entendre too.
June 18, 2008 at 7:51 pm
@Dylan: Absolutely! The next time I hear this song I intend to yell precisely that.
June 20, 2008 at 12:01 am
I dread the add date. Like Brady, I have no words. Other than yuck.
June 20, 2008 at 2:33 pm
RF have grown on me in the past year, but this song just screws it all up. From the minute they released the track listing I already figured what the song would be about, but I didn’t expect it to be as “dirty” as this.
June 20, 2008 at 2:39 pm
More Lester Flatt!
June 22, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Hot girl wants a ride
Climbs up inside
Feelin’ that rhythmn
Right along with him
Now he’s cruisin’
Don’t want to lose it
Loop around Sonic
And right back on it
Low gear, drive by
Up and down
That’s right
if women were given a bad name by Ray Scott’s comments why is this acceptable??????…
June 22, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Because they guys are equally vapid and objectified.
June 23, 2008 at 5:58 pm
When i heard this on the awards show (whatever one they sang it on) i said “that is the worst song in country music history” After really hearing it and seeing the lyrics, i stand by that! Rascal Flatts is a DISGRACE to country music and i might actually call stations to NOT play this song. One of my local stations tested it and the dj asked people to call in and tell them what they thought about it, after airing a few calls saying how horrible it was and about 20 minutes, she said, “well i wont be playing that ever again” lol
July 17, 2008 at 11:07 am
i think bob that head by Rascal Flatts is just a party song nothing more
July 24, 2008 at 4:15 pm
This song stinks, alot.
July 25, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Obviously I am part of a very distinct minority here, but I can’t get enough of this song. It’s got some great energy, and it’s the perfect song to crank up loud and bob my head to (on the innocent side of the double entendre of course).
However, I can see why you guys don’t like this song. The screechy vocals. The non-country lyrics. The double entendre. But I none of that bothers me.
I’m going to nominate Kenny Chesney’s “Shiftwork” as the worst country song of all time instead.
July 26, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I haven’t heard this song yet, so I looked up the lyrics. Any song talking about “mowing a yard”, “seat reclined”, “trying not to lose it” with a hot girl in the truck and it’s called “bob that head”? LMFAO that is not coincidence. I’d try to be more articulate but after hearing what Mr. Shaver said and reading the lyrics I can’t stop laughing.
July 27, 2008 at 8:38 am
Come on???? Its a song about rockin’it has a great rhythm that makes you want to move. For those of you who think its anything more…. you need to get your mind out of the gutter, especially when you compare it to the “explicit” music on the radio that is truely offensive.
July 27, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Linn: You can’t two step to this.
July 27, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I’ve head this song on the radio a few times and somehow I missed the “mowing a yard” reference. But that certainly reinforces Mr. Shaver’s point.
I like double entendres as much as the next guy, but I outgrew remarks about “grass on the field” after high school. We need songwriters to step up and give us some new double entendres.
July 27, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I love the song, it has a great beat and it is a “summer” kind of song. My thought on the “Bob your head” tour is why is Jay Demarcus now dressing like one of the Jonas Brothers ? The tour itsself is selling out so Rascal Flatts is doing something right :))Lyrics aside, they have a great sound and it helps that the lead singer is HOT :))
July 27, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Here that guys, its a summer kind of thing. So stop asking after labor day.
July 27, 2008 at 8:50 pm
My understanding is that the acts described in “Bob That Head” can be done with pleasure all seasons of the year. Its not just a summer thing!
July 27, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Ewww… I’m about to call all my local stations to have them ban this song. I’m ashamed it’s on my ipod, but I don’t listen to it. Now I’m going to go delete it…
July 30, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I would love to bash RF for this song. But I just can’t. I just don’t find it that bad. Guess you could say it’s a guilty pleasure.
Hell, I’d rather listen to this than any of the following:
*”While You Loved Me”, my least favorite RF song ever.
*”Stand”, which just threw a bunch of similes at the wall in hopes that one would stick (hint: none did)
*”Feels Like Today”, the vague anthemic song which stumbled its way to Top 10 (“last sacred blessing, and hey…”, biggest lyrical cop-out ever)
*”Every Day”, which just recycled the “Feels Like Today” melody but with clunkier lyrics
*”What Hurts the Most (Is My Throat When I Screech the Last Chorus at 500,000 dB)”, which at least has above average lyrics.
So in short, this is no “Bless the Broken Road”. But at the same time, I don’t think it’s a “Streets of Heaven” (my least favorite country song of all time) either.
My sister, who is 15 and owns all but one of Rascal Flatts’ albums, and who usually LOVES every Rascal Flatts song, HATES this one. Hates it big time. Did I just enter a parallel universe?
P.S. I caught a reference to “Dog on a Toolbox”. I always thought I’d be the only one on this forum who even knows who James Bonamy is. But oh no, I don’t think I will.
July 30, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Heh, apparently the intro to this song was annoying enough that they sent another version to radio with an alternate intro.
July 30, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Brady,
The song is actually less annoying without that original intro. It’s not as jarring.
August 1, 2008 at 2:53 am
Heard this song finally on the radio (don’t listen to standard FM much since my antenna was stolen). After reading about it in this forum? I was still giggling when I got to work.
August 1, 2008 at 3:57 am
Are you kidding? James Bonamy is my roots and wings.
August 5, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Jim Malec: I lol’d. You do know Doug Supernaw cut “Roots and Wings” first, though, right?
August 5, 2008 at 2:48 pm
And Leeann Womack after.
August 5, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Have you got your brain in a jar? Bonamy rocks.
August 5, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Bonamy rocks?
August 5, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Back to the topic at hand, though I haven’t heard the album at all, just judging from song titles the proper follow-up to this song would of course be a song that calls itself “She Goes All the Way.” Now I have no idea what that song actually is about, but it’s probably what’s going on as he’s giving everybody that rock-on sign.
August 5, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Did you guys miss the fact that Natalie’s FM antenna was stolen? That is a TOUGH neighborhood. Should we blame crack or meth?
August 5, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I never was a huge fan of these guys in the first place but, after hearing the part that says Rascal Flatting all night long…I really don’t like these guys due to being arrogent.
August 6, 2008 at 1:42 am
Funk: Eh, it was probably a little of both (meth and crack). Either that or some tourist wandered too far from Las Vegas Blvd and needed a weapon. :)
This girl is jealous I can’t “bob that head” anymore (at least not to the radio). :)
August 27, 2008 at 11:23 pm
well, y’all are just gonna LOVE this little tidbit from cmt.com
Rascal Flatts’ “Bob That Head” has been rewritten and recorded as a new version to open each Raycom Sports telecast of ACC and SEC football for the 2008 season. Raycom owns the syndicated television rights to ACC and SEC football. Rascal Flatts also personalized a greeting to air for each conference. The original version of the song appeared on Rascal Flatts’ Still Feels Good album. Lead vocalist Gary LeVox wrote the song with Michael Dulaney and Neil Thrasher. “We can’t think of anything more fun and exciting than mixing two of our favorites things — music and football,” LeVox said. The new version of the song debuts Saturday (Aug. 30) when the Florida Gators host the Hawaii Warriors.
August 28, 2008 at 2:52 am
Oh good Lord.
August 28, 2008 at 8:33 am
Yeah, that’s what I figured you’d say. ;-)
September 2, 2008 at 1:33 pm
My Boys Are Back !!!!
Rascal Flatts is putting out their first Greatest Hits package on October 28th. The 16-track CD will include 13 of their biggest hits and 3 Christmas songs, “White Christmas,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and an a capella version of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas.” The three holiday tracks will be available as part of the Rascal Flatts CD for a limited time and will be the only Christmas songs available from the band.
September 2, 2008 at 1:42 pm
O rapture, o joy!!
September 4, 2008 at 8:30 am
You all have dirty minds! Just enjoy the song, the great beat and awesome singers. Some people put too much time into song lyrics.
September 4, 2008 at 8:41 am
Sorry, I was so angry reading the trash talk here that I meant to say – too much time reading too much into song lyrics. It’s just a song.
September 4, 2008 at 9:09 am
WOW…have you guys nothing better to do than to blast Rascal Flatts?! Why don’t you try to do something constructive with your lives…if you can manage that.
September 4, 2008 at 9:29 am
I’d enjoy the song, Rascalflattslover, but it doesn’t have a great beat, and doesn’t have an awesome singer, let alone singers. So my hands are tied.
September 4, 2008 at 9:43 am
“Some people put too much time into song lyrics.”
More time than certain other people put into writing them, I’d wager.
September 4, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Good one, Chris N.
September 4, 2008 at 1:28 pm
If your hands are tied, I know where…!
I just realized what this discussion reminds me of, Jr High lunch and recess.
Rascal Flatts has 300,000 fan club members. They must be doing everything right to have so many fans loving them.
September 4, 2008 at 1:40 pm
The success of RF and, consequently their fan club can be directly tied to the Gomlich Effect. The gomlich effect is defined as ‘the law of physics which states that if one girl screams for something, it will make other girls scream, and it will grow exponentially until all girls within a five-mile radius are screaming.’
For further reading on the gomlich effectm click this link.
September 4, 2008 at 2:37 pm
My guys are the best. Like RascalFlattsLover said with over 300,000 FC Members they are defiantly doing everything right!!! Bob that Head is a fun song, not trash!!
September 4, 2008 at 2:43 pm
300,000 fans certainly is a lot and RF should be very proud. Last I checked tho there are over 300 million people in North America
September 4, 2008 at 5:47 pm
gomlich my ass – I’m a card carrying AARP member. I hardly care about who the “girls” are screaming for. I just think this kind of artist bashing is so wrong on so many levels.
September 4, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Rascal Flatts is the best band in country music.
September 4, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Peter.every concert we have been too .have been sell outs.that has to say something about how great Rascal Flatts is.just look at all the their awards that they have won.
September 15, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Well ths piece of garbage barely got a top 20 and is aleardy plummeting off the charts. In my opinion it got too high on the charts, but when considering it is RF and EVERYTHING they do goes top 5 at least the relatively low chart peak is a testament to just how terrible this song really is!!!
September 15, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Dallas – you miss my point: for every RF fan, there’s a 1000 or so who aren’t.
Someone once pointed out that according to sales, every 15th Canadian owns a Celine Dion album. So, 14 out of every 15 wouldn’t…see what I mean?
February 1, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Rascal Flatts is one of my favorite country groups..but i gotta admit..I cannot stand this song..Bob that head and backwards makes me wonder what they were thinking..
January 17, 2010 at 1:09 pm
I HATE THIS SONG WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING!!! “Bob That Head”?!?! Seriously?!?!
January 17, 2010 at 2:41 pm
So this song was reviewed and released in 2008, which means you would’ve had to go out of your way and actually search for this song that you appearently “hate with every fiber of your body” to give it this one comment.
Doesn’t make too much sense…
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