After listening to Darryl Worley's country album Have You Forgotten?, two things immediately popped into my mind. Either this album was funded by the Bush administration making it a product of their pro-war propaganda campaign, or Darryl Worley is just another money-hungry capitalist whore exploiting a terrible scenario [in this case war] to make a buck.
The 59-minute album offers nothing new or musically innovative. However, with lyrics like "Have you forgotten how it felt that day/ to see your homeland under fire and her people blown away," on Have you Forgotten's first track the listener is provided with a unique and shocking journey into the psyche of the uniformed American citizen. This song suggests a connection between Americans who oppose the war in Iraq and Americans who have forgotten the tragedy on Sept. 11, 2002.
Most of the tracks on Have You Forgotten possess the same sound and have the same chilling message - because of September 11th, America should wage war wherever she sees fit.
There is one exception to this theme - track seven, "Shiloh." This song is a pathetic Southern tribute to the Civil War. What's more, with lyrics like, "By the time the smoke had lifted/ they knew the North had won/ Lord my soul feels empty/ as my tears fall to the grass," it's easy to figure out what type of Southern redneck Worley actually is.
Overall, I would ONLY recommend this album to white southerners who don't care much for the news or any other source of valid information.
Reach the reporter at matthew.garcia3@asu.edu.
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