In an interview with Parade magazine earlier this month, Brad Paisley talked about music, family, and more, including technology and how living in the Internet and social media age has helped him be closer to his fans. And while Brad would have loved being a kid and getting a re-tweet from someone like Buck Owens, Brad says that being a young person in the era of social media probably has a few drawbacks that he’s glad to have missed! (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Brad is currently rocking the airwaves with his smash, “River Bank,” the first single from his new album, coming August 26th! Pick up your copy of “River Bank,” right now, on iTunes!
• Have you seen Brad’s just-released music video for “River Bank”? It’s great fun! Check it out here: http://smarturl.it/riverbankvevo!

  Brad Paisley says that social media has changed the dating landscape for young people since he was in their shoes. (:35)
“I was thinkin’ about the ways (laughs), the ways that you would date. You know, dating back when I was dating — the worst thing that would happen is that you, you know, your parents would catch you in a compromising situation in your house — and then everyone would hear about your parents catching you in a comp…you know or something with your girlfriend or something. (laughs) All of sudden, that’s like, fine! Okay, cool! You’d take that over, you know, the YouTube video of anything that you might have done, and wow, I have no idea — it’s…don’t take pictures you don’t want people to see, ‘cause they’ll see ’em.”