Should We Boyott Garth Brooks What An ***?

Question

This bigshot Western singer asked all Canadians to stand up at the Minot Fair, after they stood up he asked them to leave the stand before he would sing because they were not helping out fighting with the USA troops. He is a New Zealander by birth, he moved to Nashville in 1992. therfore becoming another transplanted American. Just recently another 8 Canadian soldiers died after yet another American mistake

I received the email from a friend,thanks for the info, doesn't change the concept at all, he still donated $1m to keep Canadian cattle out of the USA.

Answer 1

This is an urban legend...a hoax e-mail...never happened.

http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/ordered.asp

Legend: Famous musician orders all audience members of a particular religious or national group to leave his concert.

Examples:

[Collected on the Internet, 2000]
There was apparently a story some years ago, which I heard less than a year ago. It reported John [Denver] asked if anyone in his audience was a Jehovah's Witness. A few people put up their hands, and John asked them to leave.
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[Collected via e-mail, 2006]
I heard from a Jewish friend of mine that Phil Collins once asked all Jewish people at one of his concerts to leave before he would play. They did get to have their tickets prices refunded.
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[Collected via e-mail, 2006]
This big shot western singer Keith Urban asked all Canadians to stand up at the Minot Fair. After everyone stood up he asked all the Canadians to leave the stands before he would sing because they were not helping out fighting with USA troops. Pass this around and see how his record sales do in Canada. Also Garth Brooks donated 1 million to keep Canadian cattle out of USA.

Origins: The legend about the hate-filled musician who orders members of particular groups to leave his concerts has, over the years, been attached to a number of performers, including Clint Black, Phil Collins, John Denver, Gloria Estefan, Don Ho, and Keith Urban. Usually the music lovers being ostracized are Jehovah's Witnesses, but when the rumor attaches to Phil Collins, the ones being driven away are Jews, and when it is told of Keith Urban, they are Canadians. Also, in those latter two cases, putative reasons for the banishment are offered: Collins is said to be a supporter of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and so regard Jews with disfavor, and Urban is said to be down on Canadians for their country's not supporting the U.S. in its war in Iraq.

The most common version of the story has John Denver, he of the angelic face and kindly manner, demanding the Jehovah's Witnesses in his audiences depart. No reason is given for his enmity, no explanation offered as to what they might have done to have so incurred his wrath. He orders them away, and (we are left to surmise) they meekly get up and leave.

On 21 July 2006, Keith Urban performed in Minot, North Dakota, to a crowd of 12,069 at the North Dakota State Fair. No mention surfaced in the news arising from that nine-day extravaganza of the singer's having ordered concertgoers (Canadian or otherwise) to vacate the stands. Given that coverage of the fair included such in-depth coverage as Charlene Bangen's pork dish missing first place by two noodles (which the judges determined too dark in color to merit the nod), a big-time country star's giving the boot to some of his paying public would surely have been reported upon had such an event actually occurred.

Also of note in putting the rumor to rest is the singer's performance a week earlier in Sarnia, Ontario. On 13 July 2006, Keith Urban kicked off that city's Bayfest series of concerts. It was his first such outing since marrying Nicole Kidman on 25 June.

As for the tacked-on rumor that Garth Brooks donated $1 million to keep Canadian cattle out of the U.S., we've yet to locate anything that supports the claim.

Answer 2

One of the most important aspects of singing well involves correct breathing. Now you would think that we would already do this correctly. Try a site like https://tr.im/qT022 which has the best vocal exercises

After all if we couldn't breathe we wouldn't be alive! But in reality many people have bad breathing habits caused by a variety of things including poor posture and our often frantic lifestyles. Learning how to control your breathing is one of the keys to improving your voice.

Singing requires that you are able to take in enough air quickly before you are about to sing a line and then let this air out in a regular and controlled way whilst singing the notes. The mistake many novice singers do is to take a quick shallow gasp of air into the top of the lungs. This results in there being insufficient air, to get you through the line you are singing, and you will end up dropping notes. I'm sure you can relate to this experience and can remember times when you have had to quickly take in more air half way through the line or note you are singing.

Answer 3

Garth only spoke the truth. He is now an American and we accept him as one. Lets face it. Canadians were a proud people at one time. I worked for a Canadian company for many years. I was once told by the Human Resources Director that Canadians are essentially a nation of bronze medalists and are happy with that status. America is extremely powerful because our people stand up for what is right and are proud of their country with the exception of liberals. Canada is basically a socialist country with weak leaders. Have you ever compared say Canada day vs 4th of July in the U.S? You can see the pride of America. The Canadians are lack luster and soft spoken. A little aggression is not always bad. Quit whining and do something rather than being so passive and useless. Viva Garth!

Answer 4

I received this e-mail a couple of months ago and ignored it and did not send it along to any one. It's probably BS. Also he is American and must be shown some sympathy.I

Answer 5

It's not surprising!! The majority of country singers and listeners are this way!! Everything is Red White and Blue and if you don't support the war then you're unpatriotic!! Its a bunch of BS

Answer 6

This is not true. Check out
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/keith-urban-canadians-leave.shtml

Answer 7

wow, that's uncalled for. never liked his music anyway.