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[kittymomNC]

On 1/14/2015 HisElk said:

On 1/14/2015 kittymomNC said:

On 1/14/2015 raven-blackbird said:

EVERYONE knows the formula for a GREAT Country song..........

1. the dog dies (which they take a lot harder then the wife runnin off)

2. they repo'ed the truck

3. you lost your job

4. your wife ran off with Billy Bob

5. you live in a dry state (that only works for some)

and in that order........BAM use one or all and you've got a hit...................raven

No, not everyone. The list is a little odd... I've been a country music fan for years and never heard a song about most of these subjects... other than maybe the wife or girlfriend left - which is also the subject of songs in pretty much all music genres. Sure would like the title of one so I could listen to it.

I see several somewhat condescending posts here for those of us who love country music. If anyone ever really listens to some of it, you might be surprised what you hear. "Independence Day" by Martina McBride comes to mind. And "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning" (on that September Day-for those who don't know it) by Alan Jackson. Maybe I should give my opinion of some of the latest pop/rock/hip-hop music... but I won't be crass. To each his own.

OT, love that song by Alan Jackson; but then I love Alan Jackson! I saw him many years ago when he and Clint Black were just starting out.

Alan opened the concert, then Clint Black played before Alabama came on stage. It was probably the best concert I've ever attended.

I've been lucky enough to see a bunch of country entertainers in person including Alabama, Brooks and Dunn, and others, but I never got to see Alan Jackson... be still, my heart! He's my idea of a MAN!

[Qwackertoo]

On 1/14/2015 kittymomNC said: And ""Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning"" (on that September Day-for those who don't know it) by Alan Jackson.

one of those ""goose bump"" songs.

Love Alan Jackson. Love his Gospel music CD too.

[kittymomNC]

On 1/14/2015 Qwackertoo said:

A great song is Alan Jackson and George Straight, and they performed it in his Cowboy Rides Away concert . . . "Murder on Music Row" . . . how old country music is not getting playtime like the new country music.

For the steel guitars no longer cry

And the fiddles barely play

But drums and rock 'n' roll guitars

Are mixed up in your face

Ol' Hank wouldn't have a chance

On today's radio

Since they committed murder

Down on Music Row

They thought no one would miss it

Once it was dead and gone

They said no one would buy

Them ol' drinking and cheating songs

(Oh but I still buy 'em)

Why, the Hag wouldn't have a chance

On today's radio

Since they committed murder

Down on Music Row

Why, they even tell the Possum

To pack up and go back home

There's been an awful murder

Down on Music Row

Read more: Alan Jackson - Murder On Music Row Lyrics | MetroLyrics

That's such a great song (I deleted some of it just for the sake of space), but the underlined parts are so true. And I love hearing old Merle Haggard and George Jones songs - some of the best ever! So many greats either not around any more or too old and not performing -- what a loss.

[sidsmom]

On 1/14/2015 raven-blackbird said:

EVERYONE knows the formula for a GREAT Country song..........

1. the dog dies (which they take a lot harder then the wife runnin off)

2. they repo'ed the truck

3. you lost your job

4. your wife ran off with Billy Bob

5. you live in a dry state (that only works for some)

and in that order........BAM use one or all and you've got a hit...................raven

SO true! There's usually a corn field, truck wheels, flatbed, short shorts, listening to the radio, catching fish and a 'Girl' in every chorus. Classic Country circa 2014.

[kittymomNC]

I'd much rather hear about trucks, fishin', love gone wrong, than some of the gosh-awful secksual things in pop/rock/hip-hop in 2015. And should we even mention the much more horrible lyrics in rap which have affected so many young people today and make them see the world in such a harsh way (and I can't put what I really mean on this BB).

Take a listen sometime to "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American), by Toby Keith, and laugh at that one.

[Preds]

I was country when country wasn't cool. I enjoy some of the newer stuff but prefer the old, traditional country.

[kittymomNC]

On 1/14/2015 Preds said:

I was country when country wasn't cool. I enjoy some of the newer stuff but prefer the old, traditional country.

Me, too! I put peanuts in my Coke when Coke was in little green glass bottles and cost a nickel!

[Preds]

Kitty ... that was my treat when I got home! Loved the Real Thing!!!!!! LOL

[sidsmom]

On 1/14/2015 Preds said:

I was country when country wasn't cool. I enjoy some of the newer stuff but prefer the old, traditional country.

ITA! I grew up with the crooners...Dolly & Porter Wagner...Johnny Cash & Charlie Pride...but each had their individual sound & style. Can't say the top #1 hits of today's country can say the same. Just using the judges on The Voice as an example...all different genres, all different sounds...greater than zero chance you'll never see Adam Levine, Cee-lo, Christina, Gwen have their songs mashed up exactly with another artist...let alone 3. Not bagging or a hater...just an astute observation by someone other than myself.

[raven-blackbird]

On 1/14/2015 kittymomNC said:

On 1/14/2015 raven-blackbird said:

EVERYONE knows the formula for a GREAT Country song..........

1. the dog dies (which they take a lot harder then the wife runnin off)

2. they repo'ed the truck

3. you lost your job

4. your wife ran off with Billy Bob

5. you live in a dry state (that only works for some)

and in that order........BAM use one or all and you've got a hit...................raven

No, not everyone. The list is a little odd... I've been a country music fan for years and never heard a song about most of these subjects... other than maybe the wife or girlfriend left - which is also the subject of songs in pretty much all music genres. Sure would like the title of one so I could listen to it.

I see several somewhat condescending posts here for those of us who love country music. If anyone ever really listens to some of it, you might be surprised what you hear. "Independence Day" by Martina McBride comes to mind. And "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning" (on that September Day-for those who don't know it) by Alan Jackson. Maybe I should give my opinion of some of the latest pop/rock/hip-hop music... but I won't be crass. To each his own.

First let me say.........

the city I live in, is a city that's called Nashville West.......we are or invented the Bakersfield Sound.......I grew up playing with Merle Haggards kids, (he was my dad's best bud, they were friends since childhood) as well as Buck Owens whose boys and his nephew lived down the road from us. Also a not as well known country singer by the name of Billy Mize, his son and I used to ride horses together every weekend.........my dad played and sang country music at the old Blackboard.........I grew up around all of them as well as a great many others. I grew up with country music..........I'm talkin real country music.........and the men that sang those songs called my dad "friend."...............so yeah I know country music

dog died............Elvis Presley/Old Shep........or if you want just thinkin about killin your dog try Johnny Cash/Dirty Old Dirty Egg S__kin Dog.........beer run because you live in a dry state........well, Garth did that one along with George Jones............wife left........that's Kenny Rodgers famous Joleene.......lost your job.......Workin Man with no where to go/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band............that's just a small sample

ALL of what I wrote has been written about........about a hundred times........and there is a reason for that............country people write about their life........because they know it will connect with someone...........................................................raven