Originally posted by wormwoodIt most definitely is NOT a country song and I can prove it.
I never though of him as a country player either, but that song is a country song, some of his others are folk and most are rock songs.
but if that one isn't country, then dolly parton isn't a country singer either. and neither is johnny cash. jimmy dean's big bad john is not even close to being country! 'jolene' would fit right into ...[text shortened]... eil young's material.
dolly parton - jolene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqEX1nrA8Wo
1. The song has no references to Momma
2. There is no truck in the song
3. There is no train in the song
4. There is no reference to prison in the song
5. No one cheated on his/her significant other in the song
6. No one's heart is broken in the song
7. And last, but not least, Neil Young is not a country singer.
There....no country song.....more of a folk song....imagine Joan Baez on steroids.
Originally posted by shortcircuitokay, that's pretty watertight proof you've got there I have to admit. 🙂
It most definitely is NOT a country song and I can prove it.
1. The song has no references to Momma
2. There is no truck in the song
3. There is no train in the song
4. There is no reference to prison in the song
5. No one cheated on his/her significant other in the song
6. No one's heart is broken in the song
7. And last, but not least, Neil You ...[text shortened]... y singer.
There....no country song.....more of a folk song....imagine Joan Baez on steroids.
Originally posted by wormwoodIt was a moment of weakness apparently because I have been told that my posts are the worst in the entire forums. I am actually considering total retirement from any further posts. I do not want to waste my time or the time of others. I mean, if I am incapable of producing cognative material that is worthy of these masses, I may as well go write country songs.
okay, that's pretty watertight proof you've got there I have to admit. 🙂
Originally posted by shortcircuitand his dog didn't die ....
It most definitely is NOT a country song and I can prove it.
1. The song has no references to Momma
2. There is no truck in the song
3. There is no train in the song
4. There is no reference to prison in the song
5. No one cheated on his/her significant other in the song
6. No one's heart is broken in the song
7. And last, but not least, Neil You ...[text shortened]... y singer.
There....no country song.....more of a folk song....imagine Joan Baez on steroids.
Originally posted by shortcircuitJohnny Paycheck had a song where what you put down is almost word for word what is in the last stanza. I think after it started something like this:
It most definitely is NOT a country song and I can prove it.
1. The song has no references to Momma
2. There is no truck in the song
3. There is no train in the song
4. There is no reference to prison in the song
5. No one cheated on his/her significant other in the song
6. No one's heart is broken in the song
7. And last, but not least, Neil You ...[text shortened]... y singer.
There....no country song.....more of a folk song....imagine Joan Baez on steroids.
I was drunk the day momma got out of prison. And ended with her getting 'runned over by a damned old train'. Pretty funny.
Here I found this, it's from "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" I suppose a number of singers have done it.
Well, I say it can't be the perfect Country
and Western song, because it hadn't said anything at all about Mama...
or trucks...or trains...or prison...or gettin' drunk.
So here's another verse. Maybe this will make it the perfect country song.
Well, I was drunk the day my Mama got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got run over by the damned old train...
{c: repeat chorus}
Well, maybe not. Nothing about a dog. One more try:
When the dog got drunk and died, and mama went to prison
Ain't nothin' 'round this farm been the same
John, you know when mom broke out last christmas
She drove that ol' getaway laundry truck right into a train.
Originally posted by Frank BurnsThis song was written by David Allen Coe and it was the first song mentioned in this thread.
Here I found this, it's from "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" I suppose a number of singers have done it.
Well, I say it can't be the perfect Country
and Western song, because it hadn't said anything at all about Mama...
or trucks...or trains...or prison...or gettin' drunk.
So here's another verse. Maybe this will make it the perfect country ...[text shortened]... roke out last christmas
She drove that ol' getaway laundry truck right into a train.
Holy Crap. I'm pretty sure I just listened to the greatest country song ever.
Star Witness by Neko Case
My true love drowned in a dirty old pan
Of oil that did run from the block
Of a falcon sedan 1969
The paper said '75
There were no survivors
None found alive
Trees break the sidewalk
And the sidewalk skins my knees
There's glass in my thermos
And blood on my jeans
Nickels and dimes of the fourth of july
Roll off in a crooked line
To the chain-link lots where the red tails dive
Oh how I forgot what it's like
Hey when she sings, when she sings when she sings like she runs
Moves like she runs
Hey when she moves, when she moves when she moves like she runs
Moves like she runs
Hey there there's such tender wolves 'round town tonight
Round the town tonight
Hey there there's such tender wolves 'round town tonight
Round the town tonight
Hey pretty baby get high with me,
We can go to my sisters if we say we'll watch the baby"
The look on your face yanks my neck on the chain
And I would do anything
To see you again
So I've fallen behind:
Hey when she sings, when she sings when she sings like she runs
Moves like she runs
Hey when she moves, when she moves when she moves like she runs
Moves like she runs
Hey there there's such tender wolves 'round town tonight
Round the town tonight
Hey there there's such tender wolves 'round town tonight
Round the town tonight
Go on, go on scream and cry
You're miles from where anyone will find you
This is nothing new, no television crew
They don't even put on the sirens
My nightgown sweeps the pavement
Please don't let him die
Oh how I forgot...