You ask why we do so many EW Pop Culture Personality Tests with male country singers.
The answer: Because we like their music, and they like doing interviews in bars.
4 on the Billboard 200.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When do you yell at the TV?
JASON ALDEAN:When Im watching the Atlanta Braves or Georgia Bulldogs.
Probably college football more than anything.
I think my wife gets annoyed at me on Saturdays when Im at home.
The other one isDeal or No Deal.
I never want em to take the deal.
I want to tell them which ones to pick, and they never listen to me.
Have you ever hit the million?
I have my lucky numbers, and occasionally I hit it.
My main lucky number is 9.
That was my baseball number in high school.
I was always #23 for Ryne Sandberg from the Chicago Cubs.
I was Dale Murphy for the Braves.
Thats where the #3 came from.
[Leans into tape recorder] DaleMurphy.
Are you a TV person?
The DVR thing has rocked my world.
Being on the road, I used to not keep up with any shows.
Now I got a DVR, so Im watching everything:CSI: Miami, my favoritesCriminal MindsandThe Mentalist.
I like some of the HBO stuff,EntourageandEastbound & Down.
My wife got me into theGreys Anatomydeal, so Im watching that.
I could tell you all about that.
Izzies got some kind of cancer, so its nail-bitin right now.
Were you a fan of Ghost Denny?
I was ready for him to go away.
Its been better since he left…. Thats a mans show right there, by god.
[Laughs]
Well, Owen [Kevin McKidd] looks manly.
Hes like strangling her in the bed.
Have you seen that episode?
See a counselor for Gods sake.
What is your position on karaoke?
I like to get up there and sing stuff that I would never sing on stage anywhere else.
[Sings] Sweet Caroline, thats one of my standards.
And you do the So good, so good, so good?
I do, like, the Red Sox version of that one.
I have a couple friends in Georgia and we do Seven Bridges Road.
Sometimes I just bring up the book and put my finger on a song.
It may be N Sync, you never know.
Which N Sync song have you done?
Ive never done an N Sync song; let me clarify that.
Do you have a guilty pleasure dance song?
I dont dance, so I can answer that one quick.
What do you mean you dont dance?
Midnight Riderby the Allman Brothers.
The movie you have to watch every time you spot it on cable?
Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence.
Its like the funniest movie ever.
I know this is random, but Im like the biggest Martin Lawrence fan.
I was a huge fan of his TV show.
I actually remember watching him onWhats Happening Now!, even before he had his own show.
Something about that guy cracks me up, I dont know what it is.
Did you seeWild Hogs?
I will admit I enjoyed that.
William H. Macy was great in that movie.
I think he kinda stole that movie.
AndNothing in Commonwith Tim Robbins?
Right.Nothing to Lose… Wow.
I have em all.
I have em all on DVD.
I was one of two people in the theater when I sawNothing to Lose.
And I haveA Thin Line Between Love and Hate.
Even the ones like that no one went to see, I have those.
The chick flick youll admit to liking?
You are the third guy to tell me that [afterBilly CurringtonandJake Owen].
Did it make you cry?
But I thought it was a great movie.
I actually did not want to go see it.
[Kanye Wests Heartless comes on the jukebox.
He dances a little in his seat.
Oh, you just did that.
This is my other jam.
[Laughs, dances again.]
What were we talking about?
The Notebookand how its your favorite movie of all time.
No, its not.
[ThatsField of Dreams, for the record.]
But why do men respond to it?
Because it feels like its being told from the male point-of-view?
When its Richard Gere and Diane Lane, who are great actors, its older.
I dont relate to the story.
Another one I went to see wasHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
My wife drug me to see that one, too.
The person youre most often mistaken for?
The only person that anybodys ever said I resemble is a young Elvis.
Not the old Elvis.
Im a big Elvis fan though.
68 Comeback Special Elvis would be okay.
I was born in February 77, and he died that year.
If I ever had a chance to meet somebody, itd be him.
He was more famous than anyone our generation has ever seen.
I just wonder what thats like.
Mentally, it had to kinda mess with him some.
[Superstition comes on the jukebox] Superstition.
Im startin to like this bar.
The piece of pop culture memorabilia from your childhood you wish you still had?
When I was a kid, I had the whole Atlanta Braves outfit.
Im a little bit of a pack rat, too, so I do have a lot of stuff.
What is your geekiest possession?
And no, I didnt go there because you mentionedStar Wars.
[Pause as EW tells him that he needs to see the 2007 documentaryThe King of Kong.]
Ill have to check it out.
That may be my geekiest possession after this, if I go buy that movie.
[Laughs] I have another game, an arcade version of Bags.
Down in the South, we call it Cornhole.
Its kinda like horseshoes.
Its a tailgating game.
If Im watching college football in my house, I can tailgate right in my game room.
Ive got the ballgame.
Ive got my Bags.
Ive got my beer.
Its a good little system.
You have a 6-year-old and a 1-year-old.
Is there any childrens entertainment that youre surprised you actually like?
My 6-year-old is a bigHannah Montanafan.
Ill tell ya, when she was little, I watched cartoons with her all the time which sucked.
When she got into watchingHannah Montana, I was thrilled.
I was like, Okay, theres some real people youre watchin now.
I actually went to a show in Nashville a year or two ago with my daughter.
Id never gone to a teen show like that.
Those people were a lot different than my show.
Whatever that pitch is that those teenage girls hit, Jesus Christ.
The Jonas Brothers were there, too, so it was like insane.
It kinda gave me a whole new respect for her.
And her dad was great.
I have to say, I enjoyed it.
[Laughs] Next question.
