Talk:Rascal Flatts/Archive 1

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I tried to add that Rascal Flatts released a new single on their website, Revolution, but it didn't work right, so if someone wouldn't mind fixing it i would appreciate it. Thanks Abynion08 02:41, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone know why they scheduled a show for Jacksonville, FL last year, canceled it, and now they won't schedule any more shows for Jacksonville? Abynion08 01:57, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

It should be noted that Rascal Flatts is a Country-Pop group, not a Country group.

Whoever put "Rascall Flatts is a homosexual child pornography group" is a jerk. Rascal Flatts is one of my favorite bands and they are very good singers and artists. Whoever made that page I have 2 questions for you: Where did you get that bit of info, and do you have proof that they are homosexual child pornographers. Please tell me if you do. ~soccerkid186

Rascal Flatts did NOT graduate from that school because they 1) did not meet each other until AFTER, and 2) were born and raised in different cities. And I have not read anywhere that Rascal Flatts were homosexual child pornographers. Rascal Flatts is one of my favourite bands also and deserve much respect for how far they have gotten in the country music industry.

Happyface162 02:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

4 new singles?
I find it hard to believe that they're releasing a total of 7 singles ALL from their newest CD this year. Where did the info come from that states that "Pieces", "My Wish", "Ellsworth", "Backwards" are all going to be singles AND be released this year? Or are these being released outside of the US or something?

Not even Kenny Chesney releases that many in one year!

Also, I have noticed that about just about every big star is releasing a CD this year, why is it? Is this year a good year for seling CD's or what?

Sugarland, Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, Dierks Bentley and probably a few others are all releasing new CD's this year despite the fact that some of their latest CD's were released in 2005, are artists now paid by the number of CD's they release in a year or what?

Faris b 23:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok now, no offense here, but I would REALLY like some answers, not just someone changing the page and pretending like it was never different, WHY is Rascal Flatts the ONLY band getting their "non singles" played? This doesn't happen with anyone else, I would like to know WHY they get this type of treatment and where the heck the radio stations get ideas to air these.

Thanks, Faris b 09:59, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok, either nobody reads these or nobody wants to reply, but tell me this, please, are My wish, pieces, Backwards and Ellsworth playing on country or pop radio stations? I haven't heard them and I don't listen to pop so can someone tell me?

Thanks,

Faris b 00:03, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Show a little patience Faris B. I know this was a long time ago, but I'll answer. Just because a song charts doesn't mean it's a single. Backwards, Pieces, and Ellsworth hit the charts because some stations were playing them as album cuts. It's not uncommon for album cuts to chart.TenPoundHammer 18:46, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

What?
I noticed someone noticed my post and changed the 4 "new" singles to being "Charted due to high radio play", while I'm not doubting you, where the heck are you that your radio station(s) are playing these? I've never heard them.

Faris b 23:35, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

The CD, Me and My Gang, was highly anticipated. Before the release of the CD, and within the first week it was out, radio stations were playing the CD before it was available in stores in effort to get more listeners. The ones that were played the most were "Backwards," "Pieces," and "Ellsworth." They were played so much by radio stations that they were able to chart. They were only in the 50s but still, were charted. It's very similar to when radio stations got ahold of the song "Skin" and played that right after the "Feels Like Today" cd came out. It was played and requested so much that "Skin" was able to chart a year before it was released as a single.

Also...These songs are NOT on the chart currently. "Life is a Highway" and "My Wish" are both currently on the chart. They were charting back in March/April.

I hope that explains it for you.

Ok, thanks for the information, it's nice to see someone actually explain something around here. Also, I have been listening more to the radio and I've only heard "My Wish" play (speaking in terms of the early release songs) and none of the other ones, just saying.

Faris b 06:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem at all. "My Wish" was NOT charted as an early release song. It is currently Rascal Flatts' single to radio. The others probably aren't played because they were played heavily back in March/April. Country radio plays old singles and even sometimes will play nonsingle songs. However, they usually aren't played enough that one would hear them all in one day, nor are they played enough so that they will consistently chart. That's why you haven't heard the others I'm sure. It depends on the station. Not all stations play the same lineup of songs or play the same songs the same amount of times.

Christian?
Does anybody know if Rascal Flatts is a christian Group?? or if they are personally christians?

In thier albums in the aknowledgements they have thanked God and even referenced some scripture. Then there is also their song He Aint The Leavin' Kind.66.52.142.5 15:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)RascalFlattsLover

Can't call this country
Can someone please explain to me how you think this can be defined as country music? Whenever Rascal Flatts comes on the radio, I hear Hank Williams roll over in his grave and then I change the station.

Yeah I heard Waylon roll over last week. Oh and here's an easy way to see if a guy(s) is country or not 1. does he highlight his hair 1 strike. Has he ever been naked on tv 2 strikes. And are 95% of his / their audience female strike 3 POP. Ihatebubblegumcountry 18:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

No offense, but you're probably just a spammer but I'll give you an answer anyway.

Look, this is MODERN, CONTEMPORARY country, the old, old stuff wouldn't fly with most people these days, times have changed, fortunately/unfortunately depending on your point of view, I myself, am partial to the contemporary stuff and don't really like the old 50's-70's stuff except for a few of them. The days of Western movies has ended so country music had to change as well.

Also, why the all the hate for this band? I see people calling them homosexual child molesters, a gay group and other things, what the hell?

Faris b 16:41, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Some people hate success...simple as that. It's jealousy a lot of the time.

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I do not understand how anyone can call hatred of the trashy music marketed as Country can be called jealous. The posters who were talking negatively about Rascal Flatts are obviously not jealous of them because they would not have praised Waylon and Hank. The only logical reason anyone would have to be jealous of Rascal Flatts would be their success, which Hank and Waylon both achieved, yet those talking about how terrible Rascal Flatts' music is have not said anything bad about them.

I hate Rascal Flatts because they represent the death of Country Music. They may be marketed as Country, but Country they are not. They cannot be defined as such because their music is dominated by Pop instruments, Pop sounds, and feminine falsetto shrills. They are simply a Pop music band. There is no Country to it. Otherwise you would hear lots of steel guitars and fiddles in the background, not music dominated by drums, stringed instruments, and electric guitars. Also, their music is not melodically based, it is rhythmically based, just like the pop musicians Brittany Spears, Christina Aguilera, and all those boy bands who sound mysteriously similar to Rascal Flatts. 72.150.184.223 02:07, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

rascal flatts is not gay
who ever started this stuff about rascal flatts must be a homosexual and a child por or they wouldnt be able to spot one out but rascal flatts is the best country group ever and they are not what that person says they are rascal flatts could sew that person for slander if they saw that i no cause i work for a law firm the only reason that persons saying that is cause jelsey and why would  rascal flatts give that much money to vanderbilts childrens hospital and have songs that talk about God and gary has kids hmmm sounds like that person who started this is lying  if you have proof i want to see it bye tommorow my email address is destinydownsrf@yahoo.com

If you cannot make full, complete, coherent sentences with periods at the end, a capital letter at the beginning, and correctly spelled words, your knowledge on the subject is not credible. Therefore, your opinion does not matter. Also, you might want to change the title from "Rascal Flats is not gay" to "The members of Rascal Flatts are not gay." 68.210.221.82 16:27, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

rascal flatts
Rascal flatts is considerd a country group i love rascal flatts music and there not what some people are saying they are anyways back to the point there not pop to me there just funky country there country boys so why would you even consider them pop just like jonny cash he was diffrent to but people got used to him and he made history and i no rascal flatts will make history some how and not by being what people are saying they are like i said before back to the point they will be just like alabama no matter what that persons doing and people need to stop pickin on them and yes i think there a little like a christian group thats whAT I like about them maybe if people would leave them alone maybe this rumor would not be started my email address destinydownsrf@yahoo.com

How old are you? This kind of non-sensible rant with poor spelling must be the work of an eight-year-old. Eight-year-olds know nothing about the world, much less the music industry (and what Country music is). If you cannot make rational arguments, stop posting and showing how ignorant you are. 68.210.221.82 16:18, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

rascal flatts
people need to quit picking on rascal flatts maybe there music is a little funky but thats good thats what country music is all about is being who you are there are not rules for country music and i have noticed some of these people dont like rascal flatts well why are they on a web site about rascal flatts i would not be on a website about people i dont like the only reason people are saying bad stuff about them and there music is jelsey i say shut up and listen to there music cause you are going to be listening to it for a long time

Photos
Photos==

Does anybody have good Rascal Flatts photos?

G_Sarah 19:58, 8 Decmber 2006

Try google or their website. (www.rascalflatts.com)

Faris b 02:57, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

no....
Rascal Flatts and other bands like them are not "changing" country music... They are merely making more bland, carbon-copy pop music and playing it on country stations, with the support of Nashville producers that have been blinded by the money that mindless fans have brought in. The genre of country music has almost been destroyed.... Simply ask yourself, would Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, or George Jones make it in today's Nashville? No, they wouldn't, and the ignorance of you people makes me sick.

I am so proud to see the emerging Texas Country Music scene taking over and showing everyone that we can still save real country music. Spread the dirt.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.255.231.15 (talk) 08:58, 16 December 2006 (UTC).

Yeah I know, country ain't country no more. I love Waylon and Hank Sr. and most of the other artists that were singing real country music. And just like my name ihatebubblegum"country" I hate bubblegum "country".And I like a lot stuff from the Texas Country especially this guy named Jarrod Birmingham if you haven't you should check him out. Ihatebubblegumcountry 18:07, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Why? Why has country music gone in this direction? Will country be gone in another 20 years? I like their music but if I heard it without knowing anything of this band, I wouldn't think it was country.

Thanks,

Faris b 02:26, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Is "Stand" a single?
I am hearing the song "Stand" off off "Me and My Gang" being played in the past few days, however only on one radio station, has it been released or is this just another case of the radio stations playing it unofficially? I can't find any info on their site about it either so I'm suspecting it's just the radio station but does anyone know anything for sure?

Faris b 09:55, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I think that "Stand" IS a single because it's been added to Rascal Flatts' Myspace page, and only singles are ever added. That's what I'm thinking, anyways, but I'm not exactly sure. I can't find anything on their official site either, so you might just want to wait and see.

it's a single it just takes awile to get around. *Lover of the sand 23:27, 3 July 2007 (UTC)*

Citation
I wrote that Rascal Flatts were going to release a new album in October and it says it needs citation. I don't know how to do that so can somebody do that for me? I found it on CMT news. Thanks. O&#39;Malley II 18:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Jim Riley
There is no one in Rascal Flatts named Jim Riley so I deleted it. If you have proof please send me to the cite that it is at.O&#39;Malley II 03:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Jim Riley is the drummer of the back up band that travels with RF for live shows. He's not a member of RF.


 * Actually, to be honest, I think Jim Riley was one of the founders of Rascal Flatts as a drummer and leader of the band in the studio and in live shows. Sjones23 21:39, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, I am not sure, but I think Riley played drums on most of the recordings. Sjones23 21:42, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


 * No, he hasn't - on the first three albums it was Lonnie Wilson, and on the last two albums it was mostly Chris McHugh. It's on the credit list in liner notes. Happyface162 00:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Rascal Flatts Userbox
Any one thats a fan of Rascal Flatts can put this userbox on your page.O&#39;Malley II 21:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Video for "He Ain't The Leavin' Kind
Apparently, there is. However, it's a concert style video.

http://music.yahoo.com/ar-297648-videos--Rascal-Flatts

Does this mean it's a single?

What is up with the 2004 song called "My Worst Fear"? It has a video but I've never heard the song on the radio before. Vala M 16:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Mayberry was the single at that point but they wanted to do a video for "My Worst Fear." RF loved that song and wanted to do something with it but couldn't release it as a single because they were going to release their new CD in a few months and needed to realease the first single from the new CD at that time instead of releasing another single from "Melt".

Everything I've heard said that Leaving Kind is NOT going to be a single. Just like with My Worst Fear, it seems that they'll be making a video but not releasing the song. TenPoundHammer 00:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Weird. What would be the point of that? It seems "Stand" has a video now.

Vala M 18:20, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe they just wanted to do a video? TenPoundHammer 04:30, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Expand section
How about a section on this page explaining the group's history? How they got together and all? TenPoundHammer 04:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

New template
I just added a new template to the bottom of this page. I also cleaned up the bio pages on each member. Let me know what you think. (By the way, I don't want the infobox to include all of their singles, since it would become too cluttered, so I just went with their #1's.) In addition, I have given this page a much needed cleanup, removing fancruft and so forth. TenPoundHammer 05:30, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Joe Don Rooney
The article states that "Joe Don Rooney grew up along the Oklahoma-Texas border." Can anyone find a source to support this? Everything I've seen says he grew up in Picher, OK, which is on the Oklahoma-Kansas border. 137.240.136.82 15:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Miss USA connection?
Does anyone think the fact that two of the band members are married to former Miss USA delegates (Allison Alderson and Tiffany Fallon) is noteworthy enough to mention here? PageantUpdater User Talk   Review me!  03:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's worth mentioning, it's interesting trivia. --RucasHost (talk) 15:30, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

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Singles

 * A "Skin (Sarabeth)" had originally charted earlier in 2005 as "Skin", based on unsolicited airplay that brought it up to #38 on the Billboard country charts prior to the single's release.
 * B "Life Is a Highway" was not released to country radio, but reached #18 on the country charts based on unsolicited airplay. It was released to all other formats on which it charted. The song is also available on later presses of Me and My Gang.
 * C Current single.

Album Cut Singles
These songs were charted from unsolicited airplay on Billboard Hot Country Song Chart.
 * A Later release as a single
 * B Did not release to country radio


 * I think that it should be left as is. With all the info in one chart, it not only saves on space, but also makes the chronological order more obvious (as all the album cuts are indeed in chronological order). Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 04:34, 2 January 2008 (UTC)


 * It seems need more space, but it doesn't. The only thing that is added is the following part:

The new chart will save a lot of space because this part becomes this: And it will also tell us that album cuts are not singles.Even now I don't know what album cuts are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by I7114080 (talk • contribs) 05:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * "Album cut" is a rather common term for non-single tracks on an album. Again, please don't change the material unless others think that your changes are acceptable. Many other artists list album cuts and official singles in the same table (see Kenny Chesney discography as an example); therefore, I see no problem with keeping the Rascal Flatts discography as is. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 05:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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Merging
There doesn't seem to be sufficient information on the individual members' pages for each of them to warrant their own page. Since the main Rascal Flatts page is a stub, and since the members' pages are stubs, I propose that Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney be merged to this article. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 19:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * There's really not enough information on the pages at this point, but I think there is enough information out there on each member, especially Levox, that would warrant an article on each. I wouldn't merge; just expand the other articles. The Equilibrium (talk) 23:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Discography
The removal of the minimal discography wasn't based on any discernible policy, so I reinstated it for the following reasons: (1) According to the MOS, simple discographies should be included on artist's pages; (2) A brief perusal of several featured articles of artists with much longer discographies show that simple discographies should be included (eg.: AC/DC, Mandy Moore, Kylie Minogue); (3) While I am completely open to any changes (ie - include all, not just number ones) I think that for your casual reader who just want to see what albums they have without detailed charts and extraneous information, the simple inclusion is preferable.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 21:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

ACM Humanitarian Award
From this edit :

Is their ACM Humanitarian award really trivial? I mean, it may not be a music award, but I think that it is still an important award, as it means that they have done charitable efforts that are recognized. I just wanted to bring this up instead of starting an edit war.

Thanks, Happyface162 (talk) 04:35, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, I guess it is. Just add it to the list in the proper format like I did. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 11:03, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

RIAA
The RIAA uses "n&times; Multi-Platinum" for multi-platinum certifications. It's redundant, but consensus has been that the official RIAA terms should be used. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 11:03, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Expansion
We still need a major expansion here. The article barely scrapes the surface and just barely summarizes their career. How about some info on their critical acclaim, musical stylings, reception of each album? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 23:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)