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11 terribly awesome country music songs [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller ^ | 2/19/2014 | Rachel Stoltzfoos

Posted on 02/20/2014 7:57:35 AM PST by rktman

Any true country song is ultimately about some combination of beer, trucks, women (preferably Southern), dogs, dirt roads and the Land of the Free. If you don’t get why that’s awesome, you have no shot at appreciating the genre.

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May not agree with all of them (leave the beeb out for sure no matter what) but some good 'un's. One of my favorites is Toby Keith a the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQrapQ4d0Y

1 posted on 02/20/2014 7:57:35 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

Hyper mess up again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQrapQ4d0Y


2 posted on 02/20/2014 7:58:02 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme),unemployment will necessarily skyrocket! Despite the % dropping. Period.)
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To: rktman
"Any true country song is ultimately about some combination of beer, trucks, women (preferably Southern), dogs, dirt roads and the Land of the Free."

Hey, he left out trains, pick up trucks, prison and mom. "I was drunk the day my momma got out of prisoooon....."

3 posted on 02/20/2014 8:00:19 AM PST by circlecity
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To: rktman
Any true country song is ultimately about some combination of beer, trucks, women (preferably Southern), dogs, dirt roads and the Land of the Free. If you don’t get why that’s awesome, you have no shot at appreciating the genre.

This is a lot of crap, and the stupid list reflects it.

George Strait's "Amarillo By Morning" is one of the best country songs of all time, and it hardly touches on any of these subjects.

4 posted on 02/20/2014 8:02:47 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: Alberta's Child

I downloaded my first country song the other day. It’s Roger Alan Wade’s, “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough.”


5 posted on 02/20/2014 8:08:24 AM PST by VA_Gentleman ("Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very internet you invented." -Jon Stewart)
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6 posted on 02/20/2014 8:08:39 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: rktman

Justin Bieber. Country? Who made this list? Not anyone who knows anything at all about country music. The only legitimate country classic in that list is King of the Road and it’s not necessarily country.


7 posted on 02/20/2014 8:09:23 AM PST by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: Alberta's Child

Amen!


8 posted on 02/20/2014 8:09:34 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: rktman

“Beer Run” is great!


9 posted on 02/20/2014 8:09:59 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: rktman
Any true country song is ultimately about some combination of beer, trucks, women (preferably Southern), dogs, dirt roads and the Land of the Free. If you don’t get why that’s awesome, you have no shot at appreciating the genre.

George Jones' 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' is the penultimate Country song and doesn't touch on any of that stuff.

10 posted on 02/20/2014 8:11:17 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: Alberta's Child

And not just Amarillo...most of Strait’s songs give the lie to that statement.


11 posted on 02/20/2014 8:12:09 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: VA_Gentleman; pgkdan

The best female country hits don’t touch on most of these stupid topics, either. Kathy Mattea’s “Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses” is the best of all time, in my humble opinion.


12 posted on 02/20/2014 8:12:13 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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That's a very good point.

Excellent country music by a class act and a gentleman doesn't need that crap.

Reminds me of one great piece of wisdom I once came across in my travels out West:

"If you ain't God or George Strait, then take them boots off."

13 posted on 02/20/2014 8:14:23 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: rktman

Justin Bieber...what moron made this list? And “Red Solo Cup’ is NOT a country song. It’s a stupid novelty song sung by a country singer.


14 posted on 02/20/2014 8:14:45 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: saganite

It’s from the UK, so I guess they think even Jimi Hendrix was a country artist. LOL.


15 posted on 02/20/2014 8:17:09 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Outside of George Strait, Aaron Watson, few in their vein there are no true country acts active at this time and haven’t been for over 10-15 years. George is the all time king, period. He defines country music. In the past the likes of Mark Chesnut, Tracy Lawrence, early Reba, Brooks and Dunn, Rick Trevino, Tracy Byrd, Diamond Rio, Chris Ledoux, George Jones, and Alan Jackson were country (notice the one common thread here is they stayed away from the Nashville power brokers for the most part). Garth was until his second album then he went of the farm. Seems to be the SOP, cut a good first album then after that turn out pop songs and kill your country credentials.

Today’s line up are nothing more than pop stars that could not make it in top 40 and they bring their trash to country. And yes I am talking about Miranda Lambert, Trace Atkins, Gretchen Wilson, Keith Urban, Randy Rogers, Blake Shelton...et al...


16 posted on 02/20/2014 8:24:04 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: rktman

These are country but in in the narrow vein of comedy story telling like Jerry Clower used to do. Now we country folks do like to tell a story and crac a wee joke now and then. But there is a lot more to contry music than red solo cups, beer runs and Dallas women in tight fitting jeans.


17 posted on 02/20/2014 8:25:09 AM PST by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

If you can’t two-step or waltz to it, it is not country.


18 posted on 02/20/2014 8:25:12 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: saganite

Agreed. If it’s from later than about 1970, forget it.

And where’s the Western? Ain’t they got both kinds?


19 posted on 02/20/2014 8:26:16 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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No, no, no! THIS is the perfect Country and Western Song!

And this is the other one!

20 posted on 02/20/2014 8:26:22 AM PST by Slyfox (We want our pre-existing HEALTH INSURANCE back!)
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