Is Garth Brooks the PJ of country music?

Nope.

He's the fucking Beatles of country music.

I'll say this. This is Garth's first album of new material in 13 years. And it's better than Backspacer and Lightning Bolt. Today's country music is the house that Garth Brooks built. And things have come a long way since he's been gone. But now he's back and he's still the boss. Nobody does what he does. He hasn't missed a beat. He's picking up right where he left off. The new album is totally comfortable while still blazing fresh trails. The man's a revelation. His voice, his phrasing, his passion, they're all still there and in peak condition.

I wish Pearl Jam had a record this good left in them.

I mean, I'd try to go.
what if Pearl Jam did a residence in Vegas? What would be the reaction to that?

Nope.

He's the fucking Beatles of country music.

I'll say this. This is Garth's first album of new material in 13 years. And it's better than Backspacer and Lightning Bolt. Today's country music is the house that Garth Brooks built. And things have come a long way since he's been gone. But now he's back and he's still the boss. Nobody does what he does. He hasn't missed a beat. He's picking up right where he left off. The new album is totally comfortable while still blazing fresh trails. The man's a revelation. His voice, his phrasing, his passion, they're all still there and in peak condition.

I wish Pearl Jam had a record this good left in them.

In the time Garth was absent from the country music industry, it's gone from a genre on it's last legs to the most pandering, culturally and morally bankrupt bucket of piss American popular music has seen. Listening to Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, or any of the dozen or so douchebags that are still selling records and selling out arenas all over the country, it's easy to look back on Garth Brooks' work with fondness and the nostalgic feeling that he wasn't nearly as bad as what's going on today.
Listening to what he's put out this year is a reminder that he, in part, started the whole downward spiral.
Hell, it's so bad it's even snuck into PJ land with Stone's Shania Twain obsession evidenced in LTRP.

Thanks for having me here. Long time lurker. When I finally joined I couldn't have guessed that two of my first three posts would be about LTRP, and Garth Brooks.

Thanks folks. I'll try not to let you down but it's most likely downhill from here.

In the time Garth was absent from the country music industry, it's gone from a genre on it's last legs to the most pandering, culturally and morally bankrupt bucket of piss American popular music has seen....it's easy to look back on Garth Brooks' work with fondness and the nostalgic feeling that he wasn't nearly as bad as what's going on today. Listening to what he's put out this year is a reminder that he, in part, started the whole downward spiral.

there's a song on his new album called 'rodeo and juliet'