The title of this thread may be a tad bit misleading. I'm going to imbed some songs I most certainly do like. Many of them will be country, old-school and otherwise. Some of you may think country music ain't cool. So be it; I couldn't care less.
For example, I've always liked Buck Owens and the Buckaroos. Here's one of the prettiest love songs I've ever heard, with beautiful, simple lyrics:
Unfortunately, the first few seconds of the above clip are missing. Buck passed away in 2006. His sidekick, Don Rich, an amazing talent, was killed in a motorcylce accident in 1974. The full song, albeit live in 1990, is here. Although it's good, the absence of Don Rich is noticeable.
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
Yes, Ricky Scaggs is a great talent. The embedding was disabled, so here's a link.
The clubs are all closed and there’s no where to go when the sun wont show for hours
The streets have all emptied and lovers lay sleeping and dreaming of each other
Chorus
You’ve got a lover but it’s not me.
He can’t love you like I can
There will be others yes I understand
Will they love me like you can
There’s Acres and Acres of heartbroken lovers I know where not the first ones
But sometimes it seems that it’s just like a dream that you try hard to remember
Chorus
You’ve got a lover but it’s not me.
He can’t love you like I can
There will be others yes I understand
Will they love me like you can
Lead
The clubs are all closing you know I was hoping that time would hold me over
I pull up my collar walk into the night I’ll be looking for an answer
Chorus
You’ve got a lover but it’s not me.
He can’t love you like I can
There will be others yes I understand
Will they love me like you can
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
quote:Originally posted by creepy uncle i used to hate country, until the supersuckers brought out a country album.
hot dang.
Check out "Countrysides" by Cracker, and also Mike Ness's solo efforts for that matter.
Countrysides has the immortal lyric "hey babe, it ain't gonna suck itself", and also a great little diddy about two amphetamine cooking Mexicans, penned originaly by Bruce Springsteen of all people.
Hah, Jeb, at that live performance by Dwight Yoakum, I bet you could have cut the odor of wet panties with a knife.
I grew up with country music in the house constantly. Before we moved away, my folks were on the periphery of the late '50's Bakersfield music set, as my uncle played guitar briefly with Buck Owens. The Vilard ranch, north of Bakersfield, was the usual site of the San Joaquin Valley Cattleman's Association gatherings; my Dad was the Superintendent. Several performers had ranchs in the area; Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Slim Pickens, and others. Slim and Roy & Dale were usual attendants.
That classic country sound was a lot of fun. My Mom was a lover of the balladeers, guys like Johnny Horton. I was fascinated by Elton Britt as a youngster, his Chime Bells was one of Mom's favorires.
Meet Gram Parsons. Rokkr and company know all about him, but for you young pups, Parsons was (and remains) one of the most influential musician you've probably never heard of. Here's my favorite song of his, sung during a short stint with the re-formed Byrds: Hickory Wind.
Here is an uncharacteristically poignant and interesting read from wikipedia.
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
Last edited by J E B Stuart on 09-23-2008 at 03:04 AM
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
Say what you will about the Dixie Chicks, but they've put out a lot of great music over the years. This sad song is especially well-written and arranged:
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys ~ Take Me Back To Tulsa
I can't say enough about the legendary Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Here's a very old, highly entertaining, clip of one of their most well-known songs (and there were many):
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
IMHO, this song is in a class by itself. The music was written by Henry Mancini and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It's been covered plenty, but I like Andy Williams' cover the best:
Regarding the movie, from none other than wikipedia.
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
Last edited by J E B Stuart on 09-24-2008 at 04:51 AM
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
" Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of countless minor scenes and interiors, (not the official surface courteousness of the Generals, not the few great battles) of the Secession war; and it is best they should not�the real war will never get in the books." ~ Walt Whitman
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