tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330310829483962994.post6628204882626296015..comments2023-11-03T03:37:18.402-05:00Comments on Run, Longest: Are You Ready for the Country?Corthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065838955951974764noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330310829483962994.post-19386192805671955662007-05-15T13:50:00.000-05:002007-05-15T13:50:00.000-05:00All worthy submissions, Justin, and all have their...All worthy submissions, Justin, and all have their place in my development...except "Achy Breaky." That is an important part of the destruction of country music. :)<BR/><BR/>Highwaymen and "Big Rock...", etc.,--those all have a special warm spot in my heart, too. <BR/><BR/>That's the problem with lists like this: something vital will always be left out. It's still fun, though. I love reading suggestions from others. It only serves to conjure up more memorable tunes.Corthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065838955951974764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330310829483962994.post-87454308440912061882007-05-15T13:38:00.000-05:002007-05-15T13:38:00.000-05:00Here's what you left out:•That David Allen Coe son...Here's what you left out:<BR/><BR/>•That David Allen Coe song, something about the greatest country song ever... the name escapes me.<BR/><BR/>•"Highwaymen" by the Highwaymen. Spaceship guitars meets Willie, Johnny, Kristofferson (!) and some other guy I don't remember... how can ya lose?<BR/><BR/>•"Big Rock Candy Mountain" by Ralph Stanley, I think? I don't remember. Maybe Bill Monroe did it too. <BR/><BR/>•"Achy Breaky Heart." This is classic by now, right? <BR/><BR/>And seriously, you should get on iTunes and buy a couple of the cheap Doc Watson hits CDs. Those have had a big impact on my idea of "music" in the last couple years.R. Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10975635402100779608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330310829483962994.post-12167804085553439282007-05-11T15:28:00.000-05:002007-05-11T15:28:00.000-05:00"He Stopped Loving Her Today." Brandon and I liste..."He Stopped Loving Her Today." Brandon and I listened to that song in the truck and we were tearing up. Great picks!James Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787074852859151181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330310829483962994.post-69399150951909540732007-05-09T10:05:00.000-05:002007-05-09T10:05:00.000-05:00Dang. I always thought the lyric was, "With four h...Dang. I always thought the lyric was, "With four hundred children..." This makes me a lot more sense of things.Brandon Andrew Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168569931719407656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330310829483962994.post-77497686899030729642007-05-09T09:07:00.000-05:002007-05-09T09:07:00.000-05:00Thanks for the feedback.There are a few moments in...Thanks for the feedback.<BR/><BR/>There are a few moments in artistic expression that wrench me to the core of my soul.<BR/><BR/>1. In The Passion, when Jesus falls on the way to Golgotha and his mother, Mary, runs to him. In the face of his broken mother, his broken body, and on his way to die, he simply says, "See how I make all things new." It gives me chills just typing it out.<BR/><BR/>2. Seeing Picasso's Guernica in Madrid. <BR/><BR/>3. "They placed a wreath upon his door," as sung by The Possum. That is a bona fide punch in the gut.<BR/><BR/>4. Cash's video for "Hurt".<BR/><BR/>There are lots of others, but these four jumped to the front of my mind.Corthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065838955951974764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330310829483962994.post-59371816125210635282007-05-09T08:22:00.000-05:002007-05-09T08:22:00.000-05:00I can't argue with any of those picks. Great count...I can't argue with any of those picks. Great country classics. I'll just comment on a couple of them.<BR/><BR/>1. He Stopped Loving Her Today...probably the saddest lyric I have ever heard. I loved the song when I was very young. It wasn't until I was much older that I realized what the lyrics said and it nearly moves me to tears everytime.<BR/><BR/>2. Lucille was not a song Kenny Rogers wanted to do. He was convinced by his first country producer to do it to win country fans to his voice. Needless to say, it worked. <BR/><BR/>"You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille...With four hungry children and a crop in the fields. I've seen some bad times, lived through some sad times, but this time your hurting won't heal."<BR/><BR/>A few I thougth of:<BR/>Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain<BR/>Seven Spanish Angels<BR/>Crazy<BR/>Walkin' After Midnight<BR/>I'm So Lonesome I Could CryTravishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619144571670222594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330310829483962994.post-26186670706842448742007-05-08T23:00:00.000-05:002007-05-08T23:00:00.000-05:00Those ARE good 'uns.Those ARE good 'uns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com