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* LeadSingerPlaysLeadGuitar: Paisley isn't just a pleasant singer, he's also a master guitar player. His {{instrumentals}} showcase this the best.

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* BrokenWinLossStreak: Starting with 2005's "When I Get Where I'm Going", he had an impressive streak of ten consecutive #1 hits on the country charts. 2009's "Welcome to the Future" broke the streak when it just missed at #2.[[note]]Both it and followup "American Saturday Night" hit #1 on the ''Mediabase'' charts, but his streak was shorter there to begin with, since both "Ticks" and "Online" only got to #2 on ''Mediabase'' in 2007.[[/note]]
** Another example is 2013's "I Can't Change the World", his first single to not even reach Top 20. (It peaked at #22.)

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Starting with 2005's "When I Get Where I'm Going", he had an impressive streak of ten consecutive #1 hits on the country charts. 2009's "Welcome to the Future" broke the streak when it just missed at #2.[[note]]Both it and followup "American Saturday Night" hit #1 on the ''Mediabase'' charts, but his streak was shorter there to begin with, since both "Ticks" and "Online" only got to #2 on ''Mediabase'' in 2007.[[/note]]
** Another example is 2013's "I Can't Change the World", World" was his first single to not even reach Top 20. (It peaked at #22.)



* CheapHeat: Occurs in "American Saturday Night." When he sings the song live, the ending line of "[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Live from New York, it's Saturday Night]]" replaces "New York" with whatever town he's playing.

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Occurs in "American Saturday Night." When he sings the song live, the ending line of "[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Live from New York, it's Saturday Night]]" replaces "New York" with whatever town he's playing.



** Also a good example on "I'll Take You Back".

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** %%** Also a good example on "I'll Take You Back".



** "The World" and "She's Everything", which were released back-to-back. The former lists what others may think of the lover that's "the world" to him, and the latter lists various objects that are metaphors for her.

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** "The World" and "She's Everything", which were released back-to-back. The former lists what others may think of the lover that's "the world" to him, and the latter them.
** "She's Everything"
lists various objects that are metaphors for her.the woman he loves.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: "Penguin, James Penguin" is a cut from his Christmas album.


* BittersweetSeventeen: "Letter to Me" is about him wishing he could write a letter to his 17-year-old self to give him advice and reassure him that the world will get better.

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* BittersweetSeventeen: Bittersweet17: "Letter to Me" is about him wishing he could write a letter to his 17-year-old self to give him advice and reassure him that the world will get better.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Mud on the Tires'', ''Time Well Wasted'', ''Brad Paisley Christmas'', and ''5th Gear'' feature comedy skits with the "Kung Pao Buckaroos".
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: he released the "Cowboy Christmas Song," with the word Christmas getting bleeped, then the word White, finally leading them to sing the original version, ignoring the bleeps.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: he PoliticalOvercorrectness: He released the "Cowboy Christmas Song," with the word Christmas getting bleeped, then the word White, finally leading them to sing the original version, ignoring the bleeps.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn:[[invoked]] Referenced heavily in "Welcome to the Future".

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* TechnologyMarchesOn:[[invoked]] Referenced heavily in "Welcome to the Future". The first verse is about how he used to have to ride all the way to the arcade to play VideoGame/PacMan but can now play it on his phone.



* WorthIt: The protagonist of "The Fishing Song (I'm Gonna Miss Her)" admits he'll probably regret ditching his lady to hit the lake later. But at the moment, he's having the perfect fishing day.

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* WorthIt: The protagonist of "The Fishing Song (I'm "I'm Gonna Miss Her)" Her (The Fishin' Song)" admits he'll probably regret ditching his lady to hit the lake later. But at the moment, he's having the perfect fishing day.

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* AlbumClosure: His first three albums all end on gospel songs: ''Who Needs Pictures'' with "In the Garden", ''Part II'' with "The Old Rugged Cross", and ''Mud on the Tires'' with "Farther Along". However, the latter is followed by an outtake.



* CoverVersion: Vern Gosdin's 1990 hit "Is It Raining at Your House" is covered on ''Mud on the Tires''.



* HiddenTrack: All as the final track(s) on their albums.
** ''Mud on the Tires'', ''Time Well Wasted'', and ''5th Gear'' all feature outtakes from the sketch comedy segments.
** ''American Saturday Night'' features an instrumental reprise of "Welcome to the Future".
** ''Moonshine in the Trunk'''s hidden track is a cover of Music/TomTHall's "Me and Jesus".



* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: The first three albums had a gospel song as the final track, and albums two through five had interstitial skits.

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* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: The first three albums had a gospel song as the final track, and albums two three through five had interstitial skits.skits.
* {{Instrumentals}}: All of his albums feature at least one instrumental guitar track. ''Play: The Guitar Album'' is almost entirely composed of them, save for the singles "Start a Band" and four other songs. The only instrumental track on ''American Saturday Night'' is the above-mentioned HiddenTrack. ''Love and War'' is his only album not to have an instrumental.


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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Mud on the Tires'', ''Time Well Wasted'', ''Brad Paisley Christmas'', and ''5th Gear'' feature comedy skits with the "Kung Pao Buckaroos".
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: "The Mona Lisa" begins with a recording of "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?" that slows to a stop.
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* BittersweetSeventeen: "Letter to Me" is about him wishing he could write a letter to his 17-year-old self to give him advice and reassure him that the world will get better.
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* FakeShemp: Paisley will sometimes have a female artist with whom he's touring sing Music/{{Alison Krauss|And Union Station}}'s part on "Whiskey Lullaby", including [[Music/TheBandPerry Kimberly Perry]] and Mickey Guyton.

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* FakeShemp: Paisley will sometimes have a female artist with whom he's touring sing Music/{{Alison Krauss|And Union Station}}'s part on "Whiskey Lullaby", including [[Music/TheBandPerry Kimberly Perry]] and Mickey Guyton.Music/MickeyGuyton.
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* GrowOldWithMe: He readily admits that this is what he wants to happen with him and his wife Kimberly, even pointing it out in his song "Then".

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* GrowOldWithMe: He readily admits that this is what he wants to happen with him and his wife Kimberly, Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley, even pointing it out in his song "Then".

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* KidsRock: "Ain't Nothin' Like," a cut from ''Mud on the Tires'', may take the cake for the shrillest kids' chorus ever recorded.

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** His son, Huck, sings the last note of "Anything Like Me".

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* RealMenWearPink: "I'm Still A Guy" is either a {{Deconstruction}} of this trope, or evidence that he's unaware of its existence. The song is largely about the narrator feeling persecuted because he still holds onto traditionally masculine traits while the culture turns against them, and it's things like hunting and fishing that make you strange.

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* RealMenWearPink: "I'm Still A a Guy" is either a {{Deconstruction}} of this trope, or evidence that he's unaware of its existence. The song is largely about the narrator feeling persecuted because he still holds onto traditionally masculine traits while the culture turns against them, and it's things like hunting and fishing that make you strange.


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* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: Referenced in "Anything Like Me", his ode to his sun Huck:
-->I can see him right now, knees all skinned up\\
With a magnifying glass tryin' to melt a Tonka truck
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* GrowOldWithMe: He readily admits that this is what he wants to happen with him and his wife Kimberly, even pointing it out in his song "Then".
--> I can just see you with a baby on the way
--> I can just see you when your hair is turning grey
--> What I can't see is how I'm ever gonna love you more
--> But I've said that before

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* AWildRapperAppears: Music/LLCoolJ's turn on "Accidental Racist" comes off as this to many.

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Music/LLCoolJ's turn on "Accidental Racist" comes off as this to many.many.
** Music/{{Timbaland}}'s turn on "Solar Power Girl" counts as well.
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* WorthIt: The protagonist of "The Fishing Song (I'm Gonna Miss Her)" admits he'll probably regret ditching his lady to hit the lake later. But at the moment, he's having the perfect fishing day.

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* SingleParentsAreUndesirable: This was the initial situation of the song "He Didn't Have to Be", with the narrator, looking back on his childhood, comparing dates that his single mom went on to job interviews before she met the guy who would become his dad, who was the first one who would invite the kid out on the date with her.
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* ''Play'' (2008)

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* ''Play'' ''Play: The Guitar Album'' (2008)



* BrokenWinLossStreak: Starting with 2005's "When I Get Where I'm Going", he had an impressive streak of ten consecutive #1 hits on the country charts. This included a five-straight streak for singles off his ''5th Gear'' album, tying Rodney Crowell's ''Diamonds & Dirt'' as the country album with the most #1 hits (although one of Paisley's songs was a re-recording that was only added to later presses of the album). 2009's "Welcome to the Future" broke the streak when it just missed at #2.[[note]]Both it and followup "American Saturday Night" hit #1 on the ''Mediabase'' charts, but his streak was shorter there to begin with, since both "Ticks" and "Online" only got to #2 on ''Mediabase'' in 2007.[[/note]]

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* BrokenWinLossStreak: Starting with 2005's "When I Get Where I'm Going", he had an impressive streak of ten consecutive #1 hits on the country charts. This included a five-straight streak for singles off his ''5th Gear'' album, tying Rodney Crowell's ''Diamonds & Dirt'' as the country album with the most #1 hits (although one of Paisley's songs was a re-recording that was only added to later presses of the album). 2009's "Welcome to the Future" broke the streak when it just missed at #2.[[note]]Both it and followup "American Saturday Night" hit #1 on the ''Mediabase'' charts, but his streak was shorter there to begin with, since both "Ticks" and "Online" only got to #2 on ''Mediabase'' in 2007.[[/note]]
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* OldManConversationSong: "Waitin' on a Woman" has the narrator conversing with an old man whom he sees on a bench at a mall. The music video, featuring Andy Griffith as the old man, provides the page image.

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* OldManConversationSong: "Waitin' on a Woman" has the narrator conversing with an old man whom he sees on a bench at a mall. The music video, featuring Andy Griffith as the old man, provides the page image.
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* ThatsWhatSheSaid: He got away with one at the 2010 CMA Awards after co-host Music/CarrieUnderwood mentioned that Creator/BlakeShelton's engagement ring for Creator/MirandaLambert was "so big and perfect".

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* ThatsWhatSheSaid: He got away with one at the 2010 CMA Awards after co-host Music/CarrieUnderwood mentioned that Creator/BlakeShelton's Music/BlakeShelton's engagement ring for Creator/MirandaLambert Music/MirandaLambert was "so big and perfect".
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* LyricalColdOpen: "Little Moments".
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A CountryMusic singer known for his hot guitar playing and his sense of humor. Originally from Wheeling, West Virginia, Paisley began playing professionally at age twelve in his native state, eventually scoring a radio gig and later a songwriting contract.

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A Brad Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is a CountryMusic singer known for his hot guitar playing and his sense of humor. Originally from Wheeling, West Virginia, Paisley began playing professionally at age twelve in his native state, eventually scoring a radio gig and later a songwriting contract.
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Paisley and his now-former producer Frank Rogers also own the Sea Gayle label, whose roster includes Jerrod Niemann.

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Paisley and his now-former producer Frank Rogers also own the Sea Gayle label, whose roster includes Jerrod Niemann.
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* ''Love and War'' (2016)

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* ''Love and War'' (2016)
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* CallAndResponseSong: On "Remind Me", Brad sings the first verse and chorus, with Carrie doing the "remind me"s on the chorus. The pattern then reverses for the second verse and chorus, and they trade off for the rest of the song.

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* CallAndResponseSong: On "Remind Me", Brad sings the first verse and chorus, with Carrie doing providing the "remind me"s TitleDrop on the chorus. The pattern then reverses for the second verse and chorus, and they trade off for the rest of the song.
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* BrokenStreak: Starting with 2005's "When I Get Where I'm Going", he had an impressive streak of ten consecutive #1 hits on the country charts. This included a five-straight streak for singles off his ''5th Gear'' album, tying Rodney Crowell's ''Diamonds & Dirt'' as the country album with the most #1 hits (although one of Paisley's songs was a re-recording that was only added to later presses of the album). 2009's "Welcome to the Future" broke the streak when it just missed at #2.[[note]]Both it and followup "American Saturday Night" hit #1 on the ''Mediabase'' charts, but his streak was shorter there to begin with, since both "Ticks" and "Online" only got to #2 on ''Mediabase'' in 2007.[[/note]]

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* BrokenStreak: BrokenWinLossStreak: Starting with 2005's "When I Get Where I'm Going", he had an impressive streak of ten consecutive #1 hits on the country charts. This included a five-straight streak for singles off his ''5th Gear'' album, tying Rodney Crowell's ''Diamonds & Dirt'' as the country album with the most #1 hits (although one of Paisley's songs was a re-recording that was only added to later presses of the album). 2009's "Welcome to the Future" broke the streak when it just missed at #2.[[note]]Both it and followup "American Saturday Night" hit #1 on the ''Mediabase'' charts, but his streak was shorter there to begin with, since both "Ticks" and "Online" only got to #2 on ''Mediabase'' in 2007.[[/note]]
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* AlbumTitleDrop: Subverted: "Without a Fight" contains the line "''And sometimes I think we don't belong together / Confusing '''love and war'''''", but it did not make the album's final cut.
* BasementDweller: The subject of "Online," a nerdy loser who claims to be a supermodel online.

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* AlbumTitleDrop: Subverted: Double-subverted: "Without a Fight" contains the line "''And sometimes I think we don't belong together / Confusing '''love and war'''''", but it did not make the album's final cut.
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* BasementDweller: The subject of "Online," a nerdy loser who claims to be a supermodel popular model online.



* BrokenStreak: Starting with 2005's "When I Get Where I'm Going", he had an impressive streak of ten consecutive #1 hits on the country charts. This included a five-straight streak for singles off his 5th Gear album, tying Rodney Crowell's ''Diamonds & Dirt'' as the country album with the most #1 hits (although one of Paisley's songs was a re-recording that was only added to later presses of the album). 2009's "Welcome to the Future" broke the streak when it just missed at #2.[[note]]Both it and followup "American Saturday Night" hit #1 on the ''Mediabase'' charts, but his streak was shorter there to begin with, since both "Ticks" and "Online" only got to #2 on ''Mediabase'' in 2007.[[/note]]

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* BrokenStreak: Starting with 2005's "When I Get Where I'm Going", he had an impressive streak of ten consecutive #1 hits on the country charts. This included a five-straight streak for singles off his 5th Gear ''5th Gear'' album, tying Rodney Crowell's ''Diamonds & Dirt'' as the country album with the most #1 hits (although one of Paisley's songs was a re-recording that was only added to later presses of the album). 2009's "Welcome to the Future" broke the streak when it just missed at #2.[[note]]Both it and followup "American Saturday Night" hit #1 on the ''Mediabase'' charts, but his streak was shorter there to begin with, since both "Ticks" and "Online" only got to #2 on ''Mediabase'' in 2007.[[/note]]
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* AlbumTitleDrop: Occurs in "Without a Fight": "''And sometimes I think we don't belong together / Confusing '''love and war'''''."

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* AlbumTitleDrop: Occurs in Subverted: "Without a Fight": Fight" contains the line "''And sometimes I think we don't belong together / Confusing '''love and war'''''."war'''''", but it did not make the album's final cut.
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