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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: fightingquaker13 on August 11, 2010, 01:34:35 AM
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Ok, I was going through some old boxes. Some of which yielded Crusader's sweet deal on ammo. This one is just an agenda for the Southwest
Political Science Association meeting. However, There was a a panel called "Country Music and the State of the Discipline". One of the papers focused on country music titles and their political ramifications (and yes folks it was all tongue in cheek, no need for academic bashing).
My three favorites! What are yours? ;D
"I turned 21 in Prison Doing Life Without Parole" (Momma Tried) Merle Haggard
"Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm kissing you Goodbye" John Denver
Then There's "I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray" or "Wreck on the Highway' This by the Waco Brothers, My Style.
Straight up old school? Here's Dorsey Dixon Keeping it real
FQ13 who looks forward to being upstaged
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And you didn't post Merle ?
You really are a liberal A- hole .
And for FQ's intellectual edification, the Name is " Mama tried".
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And you didn't post Merle ?
You really are a liberal A- hole .
And for FQ's intellectual edification, the Name is " Mama tried".
Dude, see the above post. You must have caught me while I was figuring out the embed feature. Geez, you know me well enough to know I would never dis the man! Technical difficulties. Give a brother SOME credit. Yeesh!
FQ13
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All you had when I posted was JD.
Besides, bashing you gives me inspiration ;D
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The best country lyrics ever are contained in the last verse: "Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison.........."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RthI9q4Sl84
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"She don't like to play my kind of music, so I had to tell that girl to kiss my" ;D.
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The best country lyrics ever are contained in the last verse: "Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison.........."
and I went to pick her up in the rain,......But before I could get to her in my pick up truck, .....
she got rund over by that damned ol train,......
;D
Where's some ol George "possum" Jones at,.....
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The best country lyrics ever are contained in the last verse: "Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison.........."
Didn't some one call this one the best country music song ever?
Ok found what I was looking for on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Never_Even_Called_Me_by_My_Name
"You Never Even Called Me by My Name" is accompanied mainly by resonator guitar, pedal steel guitar and electric guitar. In the song, the narrator addresses a former lover, who has rejected him to the point that he considers it "useless to remain."[2] The song's final verse is preceded by a recitation in which Coe explains that "a friend of [his] named Steve Goodman" wrote the song and considered it "the perfect country and western song."[3] He goes on to say that Goodman added the final verse after Coe told him that it was not the perfect country song because it "hadn't said anything at all about mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting drunk."[4] In response to Coe's comment, Goodman wrote a satirical final verse that intentionally uses exaggerations of country music clichés.[2]
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Didn't some one call this one the best country music song ever?
Yes, I believe that was said by David Allen Coe ;D
And you are all wrong, the best country lyrics ever were,
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Well Tom, you might consider this one from J D Blackfoot:
“ Flushed You From The Toilets of My Heart”
I haven't heard it in about 30 years, but I think there is a line in there about "I wouldn't mind you farting in my bed except for the last three weeks you've had diarrhea."
http://www.jdblackfoot.com/lyrics.html
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Heck, I haven't heard the Roy Clark one since the early 70's when it was released (72 ? )
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Where's some ol George "possum" Jones at,.....
Ask and you shall receive...........................................
And one more, this time with help from Garth Brooks......
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And since we are NOT sexist around here.........
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"You Never Even Called Me by My Name" is accompanied mainly by resonator guitar, pedal steel guitar and electric guitar. In the song, the narrator addresses a former lover, who has rejected him to the point that he considers it "useless to remain."[2] The song's final verse is preceded by a recitation in which Coe explains that "a friend of [his] named Steve Goodman" wrote the song and considered it "the perfect country and western song."[3] He goes on to say that Goodman added the final verse after Coe told him that it was not the perfect country song because it "hadn't said anything at all about mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting drunk."[4] In response to Coe's comment, Goodman wrote a satirical final verse that intentionally uses exaggerations of country music clichés.[2]
Damn, that is a funny song. Figures it was written by Steve Goodman - who also wrote City of New Orleans and a couple of other great songs before he died so young. I was privileged to see Goodman a few times in the little folk bars and joints on Clark Street or at the Earl of Old Town back in the day. He would appear with Bonnie Koloc or the Friedman brother, Ed and Jim, or Brian Bowers (that man could do things with the autoharp that made me care!). Steve could write and sing a great song - obviously.
Path - who is desperately sorry to come off like FQ on this personal reminiscences post, but it is one of my brushes with fame. ;D
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Damn, that is a funny song. Figures it was written by Steve Goodman - who also wrote City of New Orleans and a couple of other great songs before he died so young. I was privileged to see Goodman a few times in the little folk bars and joints on Clark Street or at the Earl of Old Town back in the day. He would appear with Bonnie Koloc or the Friedman brother, Ed and Jim, or Brian Bowers (that man could do things with the autoharp that made me care!). Steve could write and sing a great song - obviously.
Path - who is desperately sorry to come off like FQ on this personal reminiscences post, but it is one of my brushes with fame. ;D
Steve Goodman was one of the best and he died way too young.
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I've never been one to bother reading song credits, I thought "City of New Orleans" was Arlo Guthrie all the way.
Not arguing, just saying.
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I've never been one to bother reading song credits, I thought "City of New Orleans" was Arlo Guthrie all the way.
Not arguing, just saying.
Nope, Path is right. It was Goodman. He was playing in a bar in Chicago when Gutherie heard it and turned it into a hit. It sounds like Gutherie, but it was all Goodman.
Fq13
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I have to say I prefer the timing on Arlo's Version.
Could be because it's the one I'm used to.
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I have to say I prefer the timing on Arlo's Version.
Could be because it's the one I'm used to.
The Highwaymens version don't suck either. ;D
FQ13
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I clicked on that thinking " who are the "Highway men", ? another one of FQ's country /punk things ? ::)
OH :o OK ;D
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I'd pick Arlo Guthrie's City of New Orleans as the one I prefer also.
His tone just imparts melancholy feelings, like hearing the lonesome whistle late at night. ....
Used to travel to Chicago by train when I was young.. under 10. Last trip when I was 16. I remember how the ground would shake when it pulled into the station. The sense of power they provoked was intense....half fear and half awe standing so close.
The swaying of the cars and the rhythm of the wheels clicking on the tracks.
I remember Union Terminal in Cincinnati. Sometimes several trains would be arriving or departing at the same time..awesome. The place was busy, people everywhere. The men's room had a line of 50 urinals...and there were two of them..one on each side of the terminal.
It is an age past and only memories remain for me. Arlo's version strums those memories of that lost era for me.
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You Never Even Call Me By My Name was actually written by Steve Goodman and John Prine. If you look around on the internet there's a recording of Goodman performing the song where he acknowleges Prine's contribution. Although Coe requested the addition of some subjects,"Momma, drinking, prison, trains, pickuptrucks, etc.) Coe also changed some other lyrics in his version. Nicely done, though.
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Come on, no one remembers these classic lines?
Drop Kick Me Jesus Through
The Goalposts Of Life
Song from Bobby Bare Greatest Hits, Bareworks Inc.
Words and music by Paul Craft.
CD, BWCD-040292
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.
Make me, oh make me, Lord more than I am
Make me a piece in your master game plan
Free from the earthly tempestion below
I’ve got the will, Lord if you’ve got the toe.
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.
Take all the brothers who’ve gone on before
And all of the sisters who’ve knocked on your door
All the departed dear loved ones of mine
Stick’em up front in the offensive line.
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.
Yeah, Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.
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Sure wish I could find a copy of Bobby Bare's "The Winner and other Losers".
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIqttbRlJUQ
;D
Too the corner we all go.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIqttbRlJ
Too the corner we all go.
ROFLMAO! Truer words etc. God knows how much money, time and drama would have been saved? Trouble is, these ain't the best country lyrics ever, because if they were, 1/2 the others would never have been written!
FQ13
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Allright, I will end the suspense. THE BEST COUNTRY LYRICS EVER? Charlie Daniels' "Long Haired Country Boy". I've looked for this vid for a while and I finally found it. Lassiez Faire or else! You want country? This is is it, at least in this Libertarian's eyes.
peace
FQ13
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Will see Charlie Daniels tonight in about 14 hours.
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Who are all these people???
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Guys I was thinking of my dad and I came across this video. It has been two years. The 51 and Inchon is his story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC0U6n9kRlM
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Guys I was thinking of my dad and I came across this video. It has been two years. The 51 and Inchon is his story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC0U6n9kRlM
Here's the embed. Never thought I could take a man with a mullet seriously, but damn! That one rang some bells for me.
FQ13
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Sad thing FQ my troops that are 18 to 21 were not even in school when I entered the army. Had to yell at them for having a cell phone on a range. You think texting and driving is dangerous watch someone text and shoot. They say behind my back that he is a different breed the old school a@@holes. I remember the old budweiser generation when I came in. They cringe when I yell hey buck sergent come here.
Some more goodies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7y8AyTwIY
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pujenWy-rM
;D
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TAB, I may end up playing that one weekly. ;D
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Ballad of Thunder Road.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRH7FtAAbJE