We Laid A Lot of Memories Down, Like Tattoos on This Town

 

Jason Aldean

Tattoos on this Town

      The song that I have been interested in this week is by a country star named Jason Aldean with his hit song "Tattoos on this Town". He has spent more time on the number one spot of country music charts than any other country star in the last 12 months. This hit song spent a lot of time at the top of the charts when it was first released as his new single. Aldean is a country artist, but his songs have more of a rock vibe, and in one of his recent songs, "Dirt Road Anthem" he tries to add rap to the country song, and it was a success, landing at the top of the charts after it's release. Aldean doesn't believe that since he's a country star, he has to sing country, and that's it. He likes going outside of the box and trying more rock or rap songs along with his country lyrics. He grew up in a small town in the south but he claims that he's not all country, and that he likes trying to mix up the genre's in his music a little. 
         
           "Tattoos on This Town" is a song about growing up in a small town with friends and having a good time being a teenager. "It sure left it's mark on us, we sure left our mark on it, let the world know we were here, with everything we did" pretty much explains the meaning of the song pretty well. Also, " There ain't a corner of this hallow ground, that we ain't laughed or cried on, it's where we loved, lived and learned real life stuff, it's everything we're made of". This lyric in the song expresses that the town meant a lot to them and they learned a lot from living in the town they grew up in, and I think it's a really relatable song, especially to a lot of teens, and also to some adults. This song can help them relive they're teenage years. 

            The lyrics and message in this song are meaningful in themselves, but the music video for this song is a really interesting story line. The story in this music video is about a young boy and girl who fall in love, referencing the lyric in this song "Ali Will You Marry Me?". They fall in love, and grow up together and the boy in the story goes off to war and is away from his girlfriend for a long period of time. While he's gone, she finds out she's pregnant, and a little before she is about to have the baby, two soldiers come to her door and tell her that her boyfriend died in battle. She has the baby, and at the end, the little boy walks over to a tree and sees his mom and dad's carving in the tree from when they were teenagers. This story is really sad in my opinion, but it's also a really interesting story line. I am a huge sucker for music videos that have stories to them, so I automatically am drawn to them. Jason Aldean is probably my favorite country singer right now, and I love his music and I love going to his concerts in the summer and watching him perform. Tattoos on this town is a really meaningful and also a pretty good song to just jam out to in your car.

Jason Aldean "Tattoos on This Town" Music Video

Jason Aldean "Tattoos on This Town" Lyrics

There's still black marks on that county road, 

where we drag raced our pick-ups and mustangs
And weathered all the sun and rain
And to this day up on that overpass, even underneath the new paint, 

you can still see,
"Allie, will you marry me?"

Take a ride, look around
There ain't no doubt

It sure left it's mark on us, we sure left our mark on it
We let the world know we were here, with everything we did
We laid a lot of memories down, like tattoos on this town

There's still a rope burn on the old branch, 

that hangs over the river, I still got the scar
From swinging out a little too far
There ain't a corner of this hallow ground, 

that we ain't laughed or cried on, it's where we loved,
Lived and learned real life stuff
It's everything we're made of

It sure left it's mark on us, we sure left our mark on it
We let the world know we were here, with everything we did
We laid a lot of memories down, like tattoos on this town
Like tattoos on this town

Everywhere, it's where we are
It gets me right, in my heart

It sure left it's mark on us, we sure left our mark on it
We let the world know we were here, with everything we did
We laid a lot of memories down,
And we'll always be hangin' around, like tattoos on this town
Like tattoos on this town