Regarding all the comments on Country Music. As a 75 year old country fan I have loved the 50’s thur the 70’s music the best. That said, about every 10 years music, even country evolves. Just listen to Sirius, by decade to confirm. Also, realize that the current country sound is tailored to the target demographic of the 18 to 35 age group who download the songs and go to the concerts.
"If Burrow wants to prove that he’s truly this generation’s Brady or Montana, his playoff run needs to be special."
That's frustrating. This writer should think back to Burrow escaping trouble and earning difficult first downs time and time again in the AFC Championship game. Those are the definition of special.
On the other hand, I'm fine with the national media humping Mahomes and Allen's legs. Keep your attention there.
Speaking of Bills Dolphins. Man oh man I was rooting for those fins. I've known Mike McDaniel for 22 years, and we used to vacation together. I remember playing him in Madden and getting brutalized by 70 points. The dude has a great football mind. I'm not sure how many know this.... but he came into Cincy around 2007, interviewed with Marvin, and didn't get an offer. Swing and a miss by the 07 Bengals.
Let's beat the 2022/3 Bills, not reincarnate as the 1991/2 Bills.
A song suggestion that's new to me: ... It's Bad You Know, by R.L. Burnside.
Took a friend to the doctor's office today, and the whole staff was "Bengalized" in orange and black. They said, if, (God forbid) we don't win this game, Cincinnati should all wear black and call it "Black Monday". It would sure feel like a funeral around here, that's for sure. C'mon Men!! You're in my heart...you're in my soul....
I believe that Allen's intensity does tend to work against him at times. So the pressure theory makes sense. But I think it's also possible that he and his mates were looking past Miami (and its garage sale QB) last week to this week's game. Of course, I'm a pathological pessimist, beaten to a pulp by thirty years of disappointment in my teams. So my judgement is a bit suspect.
Your disdain for Country music is safe, as far as I'm concerned. Because Kenny Chesney is a perfect representative of Southern Pop, which has passed itself off as Country for thirty years.
It’s been more than 30 years…in my opinion. I’ll say the final dagger that killed traditional country music was about 30 years ago. It had a name and that name is Garth Brooks. Southern pop began infiltrating country music back in the mid 70’s. Remember when Charlie Rich burned the envelope live on stage after John Denver won CMA Entertainer of the year in 1975? John Denver was a great singer/songwriter but he was NOT country
I think it started with "neo-traditionalists" like Randy Travis and George Strait. And it's not that I hated those guys. I just think their popularity inspired the usual money-grubbers to sign copycat singers. And over time, the "traditions" they were supposed to be honoring got diluted to the point where it's hard to distinguish a country music video from a Tractor Supply commercial.
Neo-traditionalist is a new term to me regarding country, and it's a good one. The genre sank further when the hick-hoppers like Jason Aldean got going, and let's not even address the pop-centric bedazzled jeans era of country.
How much would Paul Brown have loved Joe Brrr? He's got swag without being a me-me-me guy. He acts like he's been there. (Because he has.) He works. He leads. He wins.
Hard not to root for a kid like that.
On the other side of the coin, am I alone in being a bit over Bengaled this week? All four TV stations have two or three teams of cheerlea... errr... reporters in Buffalo eating wings all week and relentlessly covering every human interest story they can find. It's the second round of the playoffs, people. Lighten up.
I personally love the all Bengals all the time approach...and yes, it can all be gone in an instant. I was just coming of sports-watching age in the late 80s. The Bengals went to the SB, made the playoffs, then the Reds WON the WS. In my mind that was just the way it was going to be...wrong! It's those lean times that lead us to celebrate whenever we can.
Glad you dig it. To each his own, I suppose. I just prefer a little more news in my news.
I was a kid with the Big Red Machine and don't remember that kind of breathless coverage then. Nor for the 2nd SB or '90 Reds when I was in college (of course, being in CBus for those, it would have been somewhat muted anyway).
Too many criminals running amok in city halls, town councils and school boards - to say nothing of the state and feds - to devote so much air time and so many column inches to the toy department. I'm admittedly kind of curmudgeon, but I think sports ought to be dessert, not the whole meal.
I do. And I understand that it can't last forever. I honestly appreciate and enjoy the positive energy around town when the Men are riding high.
But I'm also not a particular NFL or Bengals fan, so the constant rah-rah from the TV stations exhausts me. (I'd say the same if the seemingly impossible happens again in my lifetime and the Reds got back to a World Series.) Al Schottelkotte is somewhere turning over in his grave.
You know when the weatherman comes on during a bad storm and has his jacket off and his sleeves rolled up, Patrick? That's local news in a nutshell. lol
Fun fact: my two brothers-in-law had Kenny Chesney's Dad as a PE teacher in elementary school in Farragut, TN.
Let the experts talk. Joe has a chance to be the best QB in franchise history. I say that as an unabashed Ken Anderson fan (who should be in the HOF). I don't know if they win in Buffalo on Sunday, but let Josh and Patrick do the commercials and let Joe keep on winning.
Regarding all the comments on Country Music. As a 75 year old country fan I have loved the 50’s thur the 70’s music the best. That said, about every 10 years music, even country evolves. Just listen to Sirius, by decade to confirm. Also, realize that the current country sound is tailored to the target demographic of the 18 to 35 age group who download the songs and go to the concerts.
Will you please, just once, write a bad TML!!! I am getting so tired of your perfection!😀
Not to worry. We've got this game.
Cliche, I know, but the team that makes the fewest mistakes will win. The Bengals are no underdogs and that feels good to say.
"If Burrow wants to prove that he’s truly this generation’s Brady or Montana, his playoff run needs to be special."
That's frustrating. This writer should think back to Burrow escaping trouble and earning difficult first downs time and time again in the AFC Championship game. Those are the definition of special.
On the other hand, I'm fine with the national media humping Mahomes and Allen's legs. Keep your attention there.
Speaking of Bills Dolphins. Man oh man I was rooting for those fins. I've known Mike McDaniel for 22 years, and we used to vacation together. I remember playing him in Madden and getting brutalized by 70 points. The dude has a great football mind. I'm not sure how many know this.... but he came into Cincy around 2007, interviewed with Marvin, and didn't get an offer. Swing and a miss by the 07 Bengals.
Let's beat the 2022/3 Bills, not reincarnate as the 1991/2 Bills.
A song suggestion that's new to me: ... It's Bad You Know, by R.L. Burnside.
Loud, por favor.
Here is another Kenny Chesney song for those of a certain age: Don't Blink.
Took a friend to the doctor's office today, and the whole staff was "Bengalized" in orange and black. They said, if, (God forbid) we don't win this game, Cincinnati should all wear black and call it "Black Monday". It would sure feel like a funeral around here, that's for sure. C'mon Men!! You're in my heart...you're in my soul....
I believe that Allen's intensity does tend to work against him at times. So the pressure theory makes sense. But I think it's also possible that he and his mates were looking past Miami (and its garage sale QB) last week to this week's game. Of course, I'm a pathological pessimist, beaten to a pulp by thirty years of disappointment in my teams. So my judgement is a bit suspect.
Your disdain for Country music is safe, as far as I'm concerned. Because Kenny Chesney is a perfect representative of Southern Pop, which has passed itself off as Country for thirty years.
It’s been more than 30 years…in my opinion. I’ll say the final dagger that killed traditional country music was about 30 years ago. It had a name and that name is Garth Brooks. Southern pop began infiltrating country music back in the mid 70’s. Remember when Charlie Rich burned the envelope live on stage after John Denver won CMA Entertainer of the year in 1975? John Denver was a great singer/songwriter but he was NOT country
I think it started with "neo-traditionalists" like Randy Travis and George Strait. And it's not that I hated those guys. I just think their popularity inspired the usual money-grubbers to sign copycat singers. And over time, the "traditions" they were supposed to be honoring got diluted to the point where it's hard to distinguish a country music video from a Tractor Supply commercial.
Outlaw County is where it's at.
Neo-traditionalist is a new term to me regarding country, and it's a good one. The genre sank further when the hick-hoppers like Jason Aldean got going, and let's not even address the pop-centric bedazzled jeans era of country.
Good point Pat. Today’s country music sure ain’t anything like the country music I watched on Saturday nights as a kid with my grandpa on Hee Haw
How much would Paul Brown have loved Joe Brrr? He's got swag without being a me-me-me guy. He acts like he's been there. (Because he has.) He works. He leads. He wins.
Hard not to root for a kid like that.
On the other side of the coin, am I alone in being a bit over Bengaled this week? All four TV stations have two or three teams of cheerlea... errr... reporters in Buffalo eating wings all week and relentlessly covering every human interest story they can find. It's the second round of the playoffs, people. Lighten up.
I personally love the all Bengals all the time approach...and yes, it can all be gone in an instant. I was just coming of sports-watching age in the late 80s. The Bengals went to the SB, made the playoffs, then the Reds WON the WS. In my mind that was just the way it was going to be...wrong! It's those lean times that lead us to celebrate whenever we can.
Glad you dig it. To each his own, I suppose. I just prefer a little more news in my news.
I was a kid with the Big Red Machine and don't remember that kind of breathless coverage then. Nor for the 2nd SB or '90 Reds when I was in college (of course, being in CBus for those, it would have been somewhat muted anyway).
Too many criminals running amok in city halls, town councils and school boards - to say nothing of the state and feds - to devote so much air time and so many column inches to the toy department. I'm admittedly kind of curmudgeon, but I think sports ought to be dessert, not the whole meal.
You do remember the 90s, right? lol. Soak it all up, as it won't last forever.
I do. And I understand that it can't last forever. I honestly appreciate and enjoy the positive energy around town when the Men are riding high.
But I'm also not a particular NFL or Bengals fan, so the constant rah-rah from the TV stations exhausts me. (I'd say the same if the seemingly impossible happens again in my lifetime and the Reds got back to a World Series.) Al Schottelkotte is somewhere turning over in his grave.
No, I get it. I really do. They would do anything for ratings!
I'm trying to come up with an aspect of Local News that doesn't exhaust me!
You know when the weatherman comes on during a bad storm and has his jacket off and his sleeves rolled up, Patrick? That's local news in a nutshell. lol
Fun fact: my two brothers-in-law had Kenny Chesney's Dad as a PE teacher in elementary school in Farragut, TN.
Let the experts talk. Joe has a chance to be the best QB in franchise history. I say that as an unabashed Ken Anderson fan (who should be in the HOF). I don't know if they win in Buffalo on Sunday, but let Josh and Patrick do the commercials and let Joe keep on winning.