Right. Not that I'm a big fan of them but have you heard a country song that was so funky it sounded just.... normal? And I ain't talkin' about "Acky Breaky Heart" garden variety. (now that song should be shot to death then nailed to the board)
What country song(s) do you like?
I like John Denver's Country Roads:
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
that cheating song by Carrie Underwood...
kudo's to the songs character...LOL..though...ripping up leather seats isn't my style
I like some Johnny Cash. He was PURE! (and Willie Nelson in tiny doses).
Other than that, country music makes me want to climb to the top of a tall building and jump off. Actually slashing my wrists on the way down to hopefully end my life much faster.
So...yep, not a big fan.
I'm not a big fan either, but I lived in Calgary and it was omnipresent- so it etched its way into my psyche.
Oh, it's 40 below and I don't give a f*ck, I've got a heater in my truck...
I can't say it better than Devil.
Agree 2,000%
I like country...rock...whatever...if it makes me feel good...has good rythm...then I am ok with it
I listen to a fair bit of country.
As well as Rock, alternative, metal...
Johny Cash
Brad Paisley
Alabama
Gretchen Wilson
Garth Brooks
pitbullca.bc wrote:
that cheating song by Carrie Underwood...
kudo's to the songs character...LOL..though...ripping up leather seats isn't my style
"I dug my keys into the side of his pretty little souped up 4wd."
aha!
Here's a throwback to the past. Love this song:
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Gordon Lightfoot is the best.
I agree with you, SD
Brad Paisley - Mud on the tires.
lol
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And who could forget the classic.....
Drop Kick Me Jesus Through the Goal Posts of Life
"Pissin in the wind
bettin on a losin friend
makin the same mistakes
we swore we'd never make again"
from the timeless Jerry Jeff Walker song..."Pissin in the Wind"
and on the last lines he slows it down and switches to Dylan's melody in "Blowin in the Wind" to sing:
"the answer my friends is pissin in the wind
the answer is pissin in the wind"
I like some Johnny Cash. He was PURE! (and Willie Nelson in tiny doses).
Other than that, country music makes me want to climb to the top of a tall building and jump off. Actually slashing my wrists on the way down to hopefully end my life much faster.
So...yep, not a big fan.
Me too....in a nutshell.....except I'm sure I would throw in a blender somewhere on the way down.
I think Gordon Lightfoot is folk....not country.
One song that I'm not sure is country or not. It has that country voice....but I love the words.
I Hope You Dance.....Leanne Womak (sp?)
[H3 align=center]I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leaves you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand beside the ocean
When ever one door closes
I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give fate a fighting chance
And when you get the choice
To sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance[/H3] [H3 align=center]I hope you never fear
Those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth makin'
Dont't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When it comes close to sellin' out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More then just a passing glance
And when you get the choice
To sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)[/H3] [H3 align=center]I hope you still feel small
When you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes
I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give fate a fighting chance
And when you get the choice
To sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Time is real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)[/H3][/DIV]
[FONT color=#ff00ff]Best lyrics ever![/FONT]
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[FONT color=#ff00ff]The Gambler - Kenny Rogers[/FONT]
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[FONT color=#ff00ff]On a warm summers evenin on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
So we took turns a starin out the window at the darkness
til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
He said, son, Ive made a life out of readin peoples faces,
And knowin what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you dont mind my sayin, I can see youre out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey Ill give you some advice.
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said, if youre gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.
You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when youre sittin at the table.
Therell be time enough for countin when the dealins done.
Now evry gambler knows that the secret to survivin
Is knowin what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
cause evry hands a winner and evry hands a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.
So when hed finished speakin, he turned back towards the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.
You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when youre sittin at the table.
Therell be time enough for countin when the dealins done.
You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count you r money when youre sittin at the table.
Therell be time enough for countin when the dealins done.[/FONT]
I've never been a major country fan, and although I like Johnny Cash a lot, I never particularly liked A Boy Named Sue. Except for this verse, especially the last line:
[FONT face=Verdana size=2]Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down, but to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer. [/FONT][/DIV]
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Clean, crisp writing, and not pretty. And that finish, with the internal rhyme and alliteration, has always stood out as first-class serious (and funny) writing.
I seem to remember that last line differently from the way it's quoted though. I always thought it was
"just a-kickin' and a-gougin' in the mud 'n' the blood, etc."
I love the lyrics to that song. I think it was written by Shel Silverstein (sp?) and strange coincident.....I heard that song yesterday. weird al...I thought that there were several more verses after that ?
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We have a book that is written to look like it's a kids book (but it's not) called ABZ.....it's hilarious. You have to be in the right 'mood' to experience the side splitting writing.
I like the Eagles. Some of their music could be considered country. "Seven Bridges Road".
I thougtht the Eagles were not Country Music folks?
They are rock...were rock.
But some of their songs were kind of crossover songs. My folks love the Eagles.
lol remembering the Seinfeld eposide where Elaine dated "Desperado".
I like Don Henley's solo albums. Joe Walsh- not so much.
Yee-haw! I have an embarrassing amount of country music on my 'pod. Although I agree that most radio-country would have me following y'all off that thur big ol' buildin' (I'll be the one with the ice picks in my ears). Having said that I recommend the following to all music fans:
Hank Williams III - awesome country flavored tunes that make me wanna get drunk (and I don't even drink). Straight to Hell is a great album, particularly "Country Heroes"
Merle Haggard - (don't laugh) his newer stuff is some tremendous songwriting. You can hear he is free from the shackles of radio demands. If I Could Only Fly is an album that any fan of singer-songwriter type music should have.
Dixie Chicks - Mostly a political choice here, but the song "Lullaby" off their newest album is very nice.
Various Gems - there are a lot of great songs hidden in any genre. "Flowers on the Wall" by the Statler Bros., "Portland. Oregon" by Loretta Lynn and Jack White, "Me Neither" by Brad Paisley, "Smoke Rings in the Dark" by Gary Allan (I would so love to hear an alterna-cool cover of this by someone like Sebadoh), and finally "My Mind's got a Mind of it's Own" by Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
Who did that thing that goes like
"till I get me a head
full o' honky red,
and I don't give a good goddam"
great stuff.
lol weird al.....them thar lyrics don't look familiar.
I just thought of another 'country flavour' artist I like....John Hyatt. Perfectly Good Guitar.
Good stuff.