The song by Blake Shelton, “Come Back as a Country Boy” is heavily filled with masculine stereotypes. In general, the song is about when the artist passes away, he would still want to be a country boy if he were to “come back”. Though there are many examples of masculine stereotypes I decided to choose the most predominant ones below. There are no feminine stereotypes because there is no mention of any women throughout the song.
Link to song lyrics: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/blakeshelton/comebackasacountryboy.html
Masculine Stereotypes
- “I’m up before the sun, either hauling hay or hunting”
- When you think of a “country boy” you probably think of a farmer or a job that has to do with hard labor and men that are most often seen working those jobs. This lyric also fits the stereotype of men doing dirty work jobs as well as liking to hunt.
- “A fish ain’t on my wall, And the whiskey don’t burn going down”
- This lyric points out that the artist has decorations of fish, maybe even deer, on the walls which are very common for men more so than women. Whiskey can sometimes be seen as a “manly” drink or that men drink hard liquor which makes these lyrics fitting to the stereotype.
- “I don’t wanna be born into money, where the boots don’t ever get muddy”
- The first part of this lyric could be controversial as some men may prefer to be born into money. If you look at it in the eyes of a “country boy” though, it implies that they would rather work hard and get their boots dirty for their life’s work.
After looking at the lyrics of this song, it becomes clear that because this song is full of country masculine stereotypes is because of the artist Blake Shelton. Blake is what some people would say is the classic country boy when it comes to his music. Most of his song lyrics are very country boy stereotypical talking about beer/drinking, girls, being country, and God.
Shared by: Alli Engels
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