Comments on: Brad Paisley, “Online”

By: Tom UK

Tom UK — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:15:06 +0000

A fun inoffensive song that should be taken in the spirit it is delivered. Loved the tuba bit with its seven short notes, perfect humour within the muusic.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:36:59 +0000

I see what you mean. I never interpreted as such

By: Dan Milliken

Dan Milliken — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:04:09 +0000

A thought: I hate when people with my name write comments I disagree with.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:04:33 +0000

Did you see the end of the Video??? The down-trodden main character of the video gets the GIRL!!! Don’t take this so serious! and BTW, Brad was a co-writer on this song. Co-writers Chris DuBois & Kelley Lovelace are talented songwriters who enjoy working with Brad and have plenty of hits to their credit. The song is about ANYBODY who stretches the truth to seem better online than they are in real life. So, if ripping on Brad makes you feel better about yourself, I feel sorry for you. Time to sit down, write some goals and then start working on bettering yourself.

By: Cory

Cory — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:39:47 +0000

Brad has become a very cocky SOB to me….He is an extreme waste of talent. His early material was so good but now this song and “ticks” and this other crap. He is a waste

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:44:58 +0000

This is horriable !
Do you honestly think Brad would sit down and write a song that was going to affect people negatively ? and then make a video about it ?
Come on, you are obviously not a Brad Paisley fan . Because if you were, you would know what a nice, down to earth guy he is . If you watch an Interview with Brad , or even read some things about him, you would know that Brad loves what he’s doing and doesn’t take it for granted . And would defintly not purposly record a song to hurt anyone in anyway .
This song was not recorded to make fun of fat people, people with asthma , geeks or anybody for that matter ! And in case you didn’t know, Jason Alexander directed this video himself . And if I might add, Brad wasn’t the best looking guy in school, I have pictures, but look what he turned out to be !
And I really don’t think you need to be looking down on him for this song . I’m sure there is millions of other songs, that if you look at it in your own, negative way, you will find something wrong with it that can have a negative impacton somebody . But that’s just it, you can’t please everybody .

I honestly think it shows you that no matter what you are like now, or what you were like, you can be whatever the hell you want ! It doesn’t matter what other people think of you .
This is a great song and if you don’t like it and think that it has some sense of bullying to it, then fine , that your opinion , because like I said , you can’t please everybody .
Everyone is going to have their own way of looking at things, I just think that you are taking this the wrong way .

By: Aimee

Aimee — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:18:02 +0000

I see your point about the lyrics being able to be interpreted as being cruel, but one could also look at it as a spoof on society’s Hollywood-type materialism and how superficial it all is. In the video with Jason Alexander, the jock that answers the door is equally as much of a cartoon as the poor guy whose alter ego is Brad Paisley. The guy’s parents and his neighbor Marcia Brady are also over the top, exaggerated characters. Then at the end, he gets to play the guitar in front of adoring crowds, which is a good thing, even if there was an element of irony.

I think you have a very valid point that bullying should not be encouraged. Bullying should never be encouraged, and victims of bullying need effective sources to turn to for help. I know this first hand because I was a victim of severe bullying in elementary school. This video, though, just seems ironic to me, and maybe the correct message to take from it would actually be, “Learn to be confident in yourself and celebrate who you are, and don’t allow negative messages from society’s superficial types take away your power to make your life what you want it to become.”

By: jamie starling

jamie starling — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:55:56 +0000

you guys are ridiculous!

brad is the man..without question. there is nothing wrong with this song, and something tells me brad paisley was not a bully in school. Sure, we ALL sometimes think less of people because of the way they look. But this us good-natured humor, so you guys need to relax.

Brad Paisley for President

By: john

john — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:47:07 +0000

You don’t all you people having a cow over a song get a life. Bullys in a video-don’t homeless people and US troops in combat deserve your concern?

By: Coolmom

Coolmom — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:26:00 +0000

Wow! I can’t believe the reaction to this song. I loved it from the first time I heard it and watched the video.

I don’t believe in bullying either but I think the only bullying here is bashing Brad and his song. He has a great sense of humour and he is and amazing guitar player. He actually puts himself in the place of the people he sings about and how does anyone know, he may have been a little geeky when he was younger. Whatever, it doesn’t matter. He hits the nail right on the head with both Celebrity and Online, he’s telling it like it is and he’s using humour to do so.

Somone said that people are taking this song too seriously and I agree but that is exactly what geeks do. They take everything too seriously. They are mostly very nice people who take themselves way too seriously and although it is a shame, that is what makes them prime targets for bullys. Iwish they could relax and enjoy a song like this.

As for Brad Paisley hurting people with his songs, I have seen him in a few interviews and I think he is a very nice young man and he means no harm to anyone. In fact he is trying to entertain us and he does bring a smile to my face when I see him and listen to his music.

Chill out people and stop looking to make someone like Brad Paisley into a monster. There are enough monsters out there in our world who are really hurting others don’t make our entertainers out to be the bad guys.