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Topic: Country songs
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Bennyboy
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posted September 21, 2001 08:41 PM
  
Lets start with something obvious.Friends in low places Darth Brooks
Or otherwise known as The Drunken Hick Anthem. Ever been to a hillbilly keg party when this "tune" comes on? Well the first thing that happens is about 2-7 inebriated yokels (depending on party size and lateness) run for the stereo so they can crank this thing. Extra bad luck if it's a CD as the least hammered of them, the one who can only see 6 CD players, will click the back button to replay it until he passes out. I'd rather live in a world ruled by Scrappy doo than hear this one once more! sorry, grades don't go this low Goodbye Earl The Dixie chix
Ok, I just want to let you all in on a little secret here. Contrary to their video in which officer Sippowitz(sp?), wearing a beer stained wife beater is brutally murdered in reality he commited suicide. Do you know why? Because his wife and her friends wouldn't quit singing a song much like this one. D Well they ARE Chix. She thinks my Tractor's Sexy Some random hick
In this little tune, which I've never actually caught any to words except for those in the title the male lead guy is dilluded into thinking that a large loud disel stinking hunk of heavy machinery is somehow sexy. Hell, even that tune about women diging pickup men is more realistic D+ nowhere near as obnoxious as the first two here. That song about how her dude kisses Faith Hill May I quote here? (well kinda, I'm not positive) "If I could grant.....you one wish.....I'd wish that you could......see.....the.......way.......you..........kiss" (side note:don't you hate how that last line is sung in one word bursts?) Has she ever heard of a camcorder? Wish granted! You've got two wishes left. Well one, obviouslyu her first was to be famous because it sure wasn't achieved with talent. C- Well, she is kinda hot. Devil Went Down to Georgia Charlie Daniels
Ok, this one's in here for one reason. I had to at least end on a high note. I like this tune. It's got tasteful fiddlin' and if Primus deems it nessesary to cover it can't be all bad. Afterall Les Claypool is a lot like a bassist god. [A] Ok, I don't know 'bout you but I'm go'n pound this here bowl a possum stew N hop in mah woods beater fo some reel good fo byin' YEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWWW!!!! ------------------
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Paddywhack
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posted September 22, 2001 04:47 PM
Well done Benny...you just made a friend for life. Our tastes are one and the same.One question..do you call the Dixie chix bras "dixie cups"? sorry, couldnt resist IP: Logged |
Bennyboy
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posted September 22, 2001 06:24 PM
LOL!!! That's a good one! Dixie cups!! Actually I'd have called them the Dixie bitches except that I didn't want to make myself out to be a woman hater. Tell me, do you also like Chuck Daniels? See, I thought I was a rarity in that I despise all that is country yet still like Mr Daniels. I've got a theory on that though. Daniels is "old school" country, or possibly "western" and this other crap I've knocked is "pop" country. ------------------
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posted September 23, 2001 07:59 PM
I have always liked Old School country. Not just Charlie Daniels Band, The whole shebang.
Yee
Haw.Ya know that Jerry Garcia started The Dead because he couldn't get a job playing for Bill Monroe (founder of Bluegrass?)
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jalora
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posted September 23, 2001 10:52 PM
I'm not a big fan of the so-called "country" music of the last few decades. Most of it is nothing but pure pop with a twangy singer. I liked it when it was "Country & Western".On the Road Again - As Bobby Hill says, "I like Willie Nelson. He's alternative!" If you can't get down to this song, you have no soul. One of the all-time great writers of road music (others include Ray Charles and Chuck Berry), Willie just keeps getting better with age. A+ Stratosphere Boogie - Speedy West (pedal steel) and Jimmy Bryant (electric guitar) recorded some of the best instrumental music you'll ever hear, country or otherwise. This song, like all of their 1950's output, simply smokes. They play fast and loose, and when the start jamming on the same riff the sound is pure heaven. If you like country music or guitars at all, do yourself a favor and fins their greatest hits album. A Piss Up a Rope - If you don't like Ween, I sympathize. They are definitely an aquired taste, but once said taste is aquired it's quite the pleasing flavor. Their country album is not their finest hour as a band (that would be The Mollusk), but this song is aces. B Cattle Call - Eddie Arnold had a set of lungs on him, man. When he does his yodeling here I'd believe he could call the cows in from ten miles away. The little spoken word part is pretty dumb, but this is a cool novelty song nonetheless. B+ Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash, the Man in Black, a God on Earth. 'Nuff said. A+ ------------------
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Harry_Tik
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posted September 24, 2001 08:48 AM
Now Now, let's not nag on Garth too much. "Friends in low places" may be overplayed by many drunken rednecks, but the song itself is a cleverly written knock on high society, and the difficulty of maintaining a fufilling relationship across the strata of the monetary and cultural Caste system of America. You must not be from the south if that's the worst you can think of. What about "American Honkey Tonk Bar Association"? Or "There's a Tear in my Ear 'Cause I"m Lying on my Back Crying Over You"? ------------------
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RedTwo
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posted September 24, 2001 09:48 AM
"Get Off The Stove Grandma, You're Too Old To Ride The Range."IP: Logged |
Bennyboy
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posted September 24, 2001 03:59 PM
Very true, Harry, I'm a yankee, at least by definition. And sorry, but all day I was thinking of this little knock on sir Garth here. So there's no chance I'm keeping it to myself.If you'll notice, on the original posting, for Garth's song. I wrote his name as Darth Brooks. This was not a typo, just a personal joke of my own. Along with Garth Vader, which rolls of the tongue quite nicely. It always brings an image to my mind, one of a stage, and a chanting crowd. A man dressed all in black, with a flowing cape behind him walks onto the stage with an acoustic guitar in one hand. He starts that oh so familiar song with a twang of his guitar..... *cue James Earl Jones voice over*
I've got friends.... in low places.... Where the whiskey's sour... N the beer is tasteless...My booze are wayyyy..... ohhh- ver rated......" Heehee (Edited to ad that "I'm sick of your mouth and your two percent milk!" And good call jalora.)
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pecos
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posted September 24, 2001 05:47 PM
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille....
c'mon, someone take the easy bait....
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Tuesday
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posted September 24, 2001 07:47 PM
My cousin used to say the next line in "Lucile" was With five-hundred children and a crop in the fields.
But then he got potty trained.Actually, I'm not much of a Kenny fan, but I liked his "Ruby", and of course "The Gambler".
Yes, even "By Me a Rose" is nice, provided you have a chica to dance to it with. Shania is still evil. ------------------
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Bombadil
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posted September 25, 2001 06:23 AM
If I can two-step to it, I don't give a gol' darn who sings it or what it's about. But I'd rather jack off a bobcat with a handful of grass burrs than talk smack about country music while living in Texas.IP: Logged |
MsChilePepper
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posted September 25, 2001 11:57 AM
Truly, if you think those are examples of real country music, you know squat about the genre.BTW, that's Kenny Chesney singing about "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy," and it's really not meant in a serious vein. It's a silly novelty song, nothing more. And the Dixie Chicks? They're very, very pop-ish, as are many of the newer artists slinging tunes these days in the name of country music. I can do without 'em, including Faith Hill. Let's talk about Jim Reeves, Merle Haggard, Brooks & Dunn, Patsy Cline, Alan Jackson, Tracy Byrd, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Lonestar. They're country. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Andrew the Weasel
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posted September 25, 2001 12:23 PM
My favorite country song was "I shoulda fucked ol' whats-her-name"Either that or "Why don't we get drunk and screw?" ------------------
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RedTwo
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posted September 25, 2001 01:59 PM
So if I like Hank Sr., Patsy Cline, and the Sons of the Pioneers, (for example) what's that? This isn't defensive or anything, I just don't know if it's folk, old country, bluegrass, or western, or what.IP: Logged |
MsChilePepper
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posted September 25, 2001 03:30 PM
None of them are bluegrass, and I wouldn't call any of them folk, either, although I suppose some would. I guess I'd call them old-school country. Y'know, it's a funny thing. So many people like to poke fun at country music, 'cause they're sooooo totally into alternative, or punk, or pop, or rap, or whatever, yet I rarely hear a true country fan dis other genres of music, and certainly never hear that sort of garbage from country musicians. Maybe it's because we understand that when you expose yourself to varied types of tunage, you learn to appreciate many of them. True musicians and music fans realize that all genres borrow from and are influenced by others. ~~~~~~~~~
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Tuesday
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posted September 25, 2001 03:50 PM
"WHy don't we get Drunk" is by Jimmy Buffet. He's mentioned over in my FOLK MUSICIAN RATINGS.
I dunno if that 's country.Country is an umbrella label. Like "rock". "Rock" Is Elvis, but it's also Greenday, and Mariah. Many people who love the King hate the Whiny Diva and all who are like her. ditto for country.
There is still no exuse for "Achy Breaky Heart".
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Raven
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posted September 25, 2001 03:51 PM
you bitch, you slut, you whore Pecos, did I take the bait the right way? That's how that song goes here  IP: Logged |
Bombadil
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posted September 26, 2001 07:57 AM
Buffet isn't really country, but "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw" is an intentional paody of country songs. I think that puts it in the country genre.Especially when one is taking liberties with sarcasm. IP: Logged |
pecos
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posted September 26, 2001 08:53 AM
Yay! Raven gets the easy bait, and wins herself... and easy-bake oven! Although just this weekend I heard a group of rowdy drunken youths sing it "you bitch, you whore, you sleazebag, you slut." Though I prefer it the way you wrote it. (First heard it at Howl at thr Moon in San Antonio, actually) I also have a bunch a friends who until last weelend thought it was "four hundred children." Sheesh! (edited without mix packets) [This message has been edited by pecos (edited September 26, 2001).] IP: Logged |
Earl Junior
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posted September 26, 2001 09:57 AM
Do you know what you get if you play a country song backwards?
You get your dog back, your truck back, your wife back, etc. etc. ad infinitum.
I personally can't stand Garth Brooks. I like The Dance, and a couple other songs, but he's vastly over rated IMO. I really don't consider him country.
Merle Haggard, Don Williams, Brooks & Dunn, John Connlee, Jerry Jeff Walker, Clint Black... those guys are country. And I think the reason you don't hear us drunken hicks complain about other music is, like the song says, even cowboys like a little rock and roll. IP: Logged |
Tuesday
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posted September 26, 2001 10:45 AM
John Connlee?
Damn, you are a Purist.Try some Mel Tillis. "Midnight, Me, and The Blues" is pretty good. ------------------
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Reloy
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posted September 26, 2001 12:34 PM
Ok, I guess I'm really out there. I am a traditional Western fan, but not necessarily a Country fan (Though I like individual artists and songs). When I was growing up in Wyoming, taking my cue from the older generation, there was a big difference. The statement of belief is something like this: "I don't like none of them thar cheatin' or drinkin' songs, and don't go in for any of that honky tonk stuff. I want a song of the open range." Even today I'm pretty hardcore - Ian Tyson, Don Edwards, Sons of the San Juaquin, Sons of the Pioneers, Bar J Wranglers. I Love that stuff. BTW - here are two "answer" jokes to the one about playing a country song backwards. Q) What do you get when you play a gospel song backwards?
A) You lose Jesus. Q) What do you get when you play a rock song backwards.
A) No one can tell the difference.
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Bennyboy
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posted September 26, 2001 01:17 PM
I thought if you played rock backwards you heard all of those satanic messages. Ohhh well, wrong again.BTW, someone mentioned bluegrass. Have you ever heard of Thunder Mountain? A guy I used to work with about 3 years back plays the mandolin and sings for them. Check them out, They played out 4th of july parade in my old town two years in a row. They've toured Europe, and possibly the US by now, that's why I figured you might've heard of them. ------------------
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posted September 26, 2001 01:48 PM
Nickel Creek is some awesome newer bluegrass.
Saw them on Austin City Limits, which comes on after RobotWars (which is better then the American BattleBots. I wonder if that makes me unpatriotic?------------------
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Brunswik Mcbutterpants
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posted September 26, 2001 03:32 PM
Nickel Creek is great -Tueday are you here in Austin with Bombadil and I??I say Johnny cash A++
specially Folsom Prison Blues And i love that Americana stuff you know -Pat Green, Reckless Kelly, Blind Luck
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Tuesday
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posted September 27, 2001 01:19 PM
Nope, but I used to live in San Antonio, and we used to go up to Austin sometimes. Saw my first Rocky Horror there.
memories...
Also, I've always been partial to Ricky Skaggs's bluegrass.
And of course Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan, the Gods of Western Swing ------------------
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Beaudoin
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posted September 27, 2001 09:04 PM
Reloy: Here's another one...Q: What do you get when you play a rap song backwards?
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