| | Do you think music today sucks!! | | Is it just me or does anyone miss Ronnie VanZant and Hank Williams Sr. as much as I do. I think Ronnie and Hank were both poets, and died way to young. I still love to here the old time Rock & Roll and classic country, but the music today in my opinion just sucks. Don't misunderstand me there are still a few songs coming out that I like but they are few and far between. May be like Hank Jr. said I'm just a dinosaur and I should die out long ago. I liked the out Outlaws, but Johnny Paycheck, Waylon Jinnings are gone and Willie Nelson looks like he need a walker to get around, and I don't know what the hell happen to Hank Jr.. Like George Jones, I wonder who gone a fill there shoes. Well I'm so lonsome I could die how about you? | |
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| AS LONG AS WE'RE INTO MUSIC; I made it BIG this morning. | | I've listened to every genre of music but I outright reject rap and "gangsta" stuff. Maybe that's because Country music has played a major part in my history, probably because my Dad was Country/Western as far back as I could remember and we shared a lot of time and a lot of that music over a beer or two. Even at work, he had the radio on the Country station all day long and almost every album he owned was Country. We were both taken by Gospel, but also tear-jerking, sheat-kicking and truck-driving sounds, from Hank Williams to Willy Nelson, Patsy Cline to Loretta Lynn and everybody in between.I just want to say that I loved the stuff, but when I first heard[b]Charlie Pride[/b], it was a turn of the corner for me. It was country at it's most bestest. The reason I bring this up is twofold; I found CP on you tube this morning and it reminded me...
CP sang a Gospel song that I've never heard from anyone else and I love it, and would love to be able to sing it again:[i]"In Jesus' Name. Amen."[/i] I think that's the whole title but it's not on you tube, and although I remember the tune well, I can't recall all the lyrics.Part of it goes:[b]"Father, open up my eyes to... | |
| | Rolling Stone Salutes Rock Star Dads | | I moseyed on over to Rolling Stone.com yesterday to view the photo gallery of rock star dads with their children. It was very interesting because we don't normally see them as being dads. One photo of Hank Williams and children dated all the way back to the 40s. I was unfamiliar with a few of the dads pictured there but all of the photos were great. It helped me to see them in a whole new light. So, who would you not think of in a fatherly way? | |
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| Great Songs You Probably Never Hear | | It's kind of a silly discussion to start, but I'm going to put it out there anyway because some of these songs and artists are just too good to go ignored, or to remain unknown if you don't know them already. Top Song: Fortunate--By Lathun--The most poignant romantic R&B song I've possibly ever heard.Artists that you may not have heard of yet:Damien Rice (songs)
1. cannon ball
2. delicate
3. Older chests
4. (Also does a version of Radiohead's) Creep
5. I Remember--one of my personal favorites, lyrics incredible,
6. The Animals Were Gone
7. Nine Crimes (in Shrek the Third)Joshua Radin (songs)
1. What If You (in Catch and Release)
2. Today
3. The Fear You Won't FallAnd If Anyone Likes Country:Jerry Jeff Walker--I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight--it's so gutturalBrandi Carlile (song)
1. The StoryThese Are Just Some of My Favorites If You Hate them or think I've wasted you're time completely please let me know | |
| | Who is one of the best singers? | | One of the best singers to me is Hank Williams Sr. Because he sang with his whole heart and soul and he had a voice that I fell in love with. He was also a great song writer. | |
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| What happened to Country Music? | | I have loved Country Music since I was a kid. Anything from Hank Williams (Sr) and Earnest Tubb to Merl Haggard and Waylon Jennings. I enjoy some of the new artists and some of their songs but to me, Country in now moving to Country Rock and even Pop. Some of the NEW COUNTRY is not even in the genre in my opinion. What do you all think? | |
| | Pop in Country | | There was a time when it appeared that country music was going to return to its roots and become traditional once again. The mid to late 80's brought superstar upon superstar answering the call of fans hungering for simple, pure, well written melodies and songs.It is sad to see the industry turning 'pop' once again. Kenny Chesney has abandoned his once traditional tunes. Rascal Flatts is destroying the industry while making school girls swoon over their beltings.Where are the modern day Merle's? Who is going to carry the mantle of Hank Williams and the other greats? In the immortal words of George Jones......who's going to fill their shoes? | |
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| Songs Of The Century | | The list, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of an artist who made a recording of the song.Title Artist
1. "Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland
2. "White Christmas" Bing Crosby
3. "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
4. "Respect" Aretha Franklin
5. "American Pie" Don McLean
6. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters
7. West Side Story (Album) Original Cast
8. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Billy Murray
9. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
10. "The Entertainer" Scott Joplin
11. "In the Mood" Glenn Miller Orchestra
12. "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
13. "When the Saints Go Marching In" Louis Armstrong
14. "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis
15. "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
16. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
17. "Take the A Train" Duke Ellington Orchestra
18. "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
19. "God Bless America " Kate Smith
20. "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa's Band
21. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye
22. "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
23. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco " Tony Bennett
24. "Good Vibrations"... | |
| | What's your favorite George Jones song? | | I grew up listening to old country music. My grandpa would sing and play the guitar. We would always listen to George Jones and some other country singers such as Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty, Earl Thomas Conley and Hank Williams Sr. Some of my favorite songs by George Jones include The Grand Tour, White Lightning, He Stopped Loving Her Today, A Good Year For The Roses and The Bottle Let Me Down. What's one of your favorite George Jones songs? | |
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