Sturgill/Johnny Blue Skies/Disco Stu was on one with his latest project, Mutiny After Midnight. The artist formerly known as Sturgill Simpson had the zany and downright filthy lyricism turned all the way up to full blast for his latest album (that wasn’t supposed to come out for a couple of more weeks). After saying that the only way fans would be able to hear Mutiny After Midnight is through physical media purchase (CD, vinyl, and cassette), JBS dropped the entire disco protest album on YouTube – and did so just shy of two weeks until the official release date. It was a pleasant surprise to say the least. And just as we were promised, the project gives off big time disco-country-rock-dance vibes. When Sturgill Johnny Blue Skies announced his new record with a Mutiny After Midnight letter, he described the new endeavor like this: “We decided to make an album centered firmly on groove. We started every day from scratch with a basic groove. I wrote the songs and lyrics in the moment on the spot, and everyone established their individual parts servicing the songs and not the individual ego… There’s a simple goal we as a band set out to achieve: to make a dance record. So this protest, this mutiny is really more about the primary dance. The dance of all creation. To be clear, it is a protest against oppression and suppression, and the only tried and tested true antidote to that is pure, unfiltered, unapologetic, relentless disco-hedonism.” And that’s 100% what they achieved. There’s all kinds of killer riffs, and plenty of political commentary… anti-ICE, anti-Trump, references to George Floyd. And above all, the album with an overarching theme of love had a healthy amount of head-turning, suggestive lines about, well…. sex. But we were warned that Stu was diving into unadulterated hedonism. So I thought I’d go ahead and provide the top 5 craziest lines that Johnny Blue Skies threw into Mutiny After Midnight. Shall we? (Oh, and because the album was posted on YouTube as one long video, each link starts in the particular song I’m discussing). Honorable Mention: A Mention of Retirement In “Viridescent” “Some days I want to disappear and retire Wanna hop in the saddle and ride.” In terms of craziness, this is definitely the most mundane. And considering Sturgill has hinted at being okay with walking away from music at some point, it’s just an affirmation of what he’s said before. Still… it feels like Johnny Blue Skies is at the top of his game, so he shouldn’t stop anytime soon. Track 5- “Viridescent” 5) Katy Perry Catches A Stray In “Ain’t That A B*tch” “Send me to Mars on a ship overflowin’ Sit me next to Katy Perry, being all annoying Hoggin’ up the whole arm rest and elbowin'” I wonder who broke the news to Katy Perry that she caught a stray in a song called “Ain’t That A B*tch.” In what’s definitely his most politically defiant track on the album, one that kicks off with a direct shot at Donald Trump, Sturgill pokes fun at the pop star’s involvement in the Blue Origin Space Flight, where an all-woman flight crew went on a rocket into outer space for an 11-minute flight. JBS apparently got some intel about it… Katy Perry hogged the arm rest. Track 9 – “Ain’t That A B*tch”  4) Quite The Romantic Comparison In “Situation” “Can’t control my breathing, can’t stay calm Your body’s hotter than a brothel in Guam… Ever since the day that we met Wanna get you wet, wanna make you sweat” This steamy song featured a very specific, laugh-inducing comparison. While singing about… you know, Johnny Blue Skies said his lover’s body was hotter than a brothel located in Guam – a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific. It’s the kind of reference that makes you wonder if JBS took a trip to Guam himself to figure that out, or if this a nod back to Stu’s days in the Navy. Track 6 – “Situation” 3) Group Love In “Everyone Is Welcome” “Life’s better fluid like sexuality Inhibitions are better off rejected No place in the universe for individuality The truth is knowing that it’s all connected Two is enough But threes a whole lot of fun Four is a f***ing party where everybody comes” It’s one of the dirtier lines included in Mutiny After Midnight, and it’s wedged within a song that’s mostly about hopelessness. Frankly, it’s a bit of lyrical whiplash… but because it’s Sturgill Simpson, it works. It’s almost as if the secret to happiness is just one big orgy… Track 8 – “Everyone Is Welcome” 2) An Absolutely Absurd Guitar Euphemism Within “Stay On That” “So let me be the wood, baby, you can be the glue Oh, we gonna We’re gonna stay on that D baby Until we hit that G.” Do I really need to explain this one? After all of these years that music and musical notes have existed, you would have thought someone would have already utilized this euphemism. Leave it to Johnny Blue Skies to crack the code that switching from a D chord to a G chord could be the perfect chorus for a song honing in on… you know. Track 4 – “Stay On That” 1) Joe Biden’s Son In “Make America F** Again” “Don’t know why everybody’s afraid of me I’m a sensitive boy when push comes to shove I got that Hunter Biden energy I’ll make a hooker f*** around and fall in love” Yep, this one takes the cake. Johnny Blue Skies didn’t pull any punches in this project, and certainly had his fair share of Trump shots. But in the very first song on the record, he drops this ridiculous, not-veiled-at-all reference to Hunter Biden and the Biden family. It’s the number one, “oh damn” moment of the album. Track 1 – “Make America F** Again” There you have it. Did I miss any absurd lyrics and lines in Mutiny After Midnight? If I did, feel free to let us know. I’ve only listened through the entire 45-minute-plus album eight or so times… so I could have overlooked a worthy line. But as far as the most absurd lines go, I think I did a pretty respectable job collecting them all together and ranking them.The post The Top 5 Craziest Lines From Sturgill Simpson’s New Johnny Blue Skies Album, ‘Mutiny After Midnight’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.