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Elwood P Dowd
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Sun May-15-11 07:59 PM Original message |
Country music has gone from progressives singing about the real world to corporate redneck rock. |
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Initech
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Sun May-15-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Daniel Tosh - "I fell asleep watching the country music channel and woke up racist!" |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Sun May-15-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I could only handle about a minute of that shit! |
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Initech
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Sun May-15-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The local radio here had a 20 minute rant about how much that song sucks. |
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tabatha
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Sun May-15-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Agreed. |
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w8liftinglady
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Sun May-15-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. lol...you did better than me! |
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EnviroBat
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Mon May-16-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
77. That was 50 seconds longer than I could stand. |
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Dawson Leery
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Sun May-15-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. ........ |
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Initech
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Sun May-15-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Was that a reaction to Brown Chicken Brown Cow? |
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Codeine
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Sun May-15-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Are you fucking kidding me? |
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Initech
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Sun May-15-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Some choice country music titles: |
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TheMightyFavog
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Sun May-15-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I know a couple of these songs... |
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regnaD kciN
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Mon May-16-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. What about... |
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TuxedoKat
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Mon May-16-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
89. Wait... |
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Initech
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Mon May-16-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Wow... |
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Erose999
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Tue May-17-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
103. One of my favorites: Red necks White socks and Blue Ribbon beer |
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Arctic Dave
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Sun May-15-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Other then George Straight, the last fifteen years of country music has sucked hard. |
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Ian David
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Sun May-15-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Do The Beat Farmers count as a C&W Band? |
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Arctic Dave
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Sun May-15-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. The Beat Farmers seem more of a hipster band. |
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tularetom
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Sun May-15-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. The Beat Farmers - greatest bar band evah! |
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RC
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Sun May-15-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. When I say something like that, I'm told I don't know what I'm talking about. |
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regnaD kciN
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Mon May-16-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
57. "Rock & Roll with a twang..." |
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RC
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Mon May-16-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Yeah, that too. |
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regnaD kciN
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Mon May-16-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. The last FIFTEEN years...??? |
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Arctic Dave
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Mon May-16-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. I didn't want to seem like I was bashing C&W. |
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Arctic Dave
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Mon May-16-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #56 |
71. I did't want to seem like I was bashing C and W. |
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reggie the dog
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Mon May-16-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
84. lady antebellum |
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Recursion
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Mon May-16-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
91. Willie? Johnny? Hank? No love for them? (nt) |
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regnaD kciN
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Mon May-16-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. I guess I think of them as the "older generation"... |
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TransitJohn
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Mon May-16-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
70. Chris LeDoux was alright. |
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Arctic Dave
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Mon May-16-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Yeah, there has been a few but for the most part, the record labels destroyed C and W music. |
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Recursion
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Mon May-16-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
92. Yeah but it's the same closed-mindedness that has my relatives write off hip hop |
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Recursion
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Mon May-16-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
90. Gillian Welch? Neko Case? Luke Tan? Mountain Mirrors? Brooks West? |
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lonestarnot
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Tue May-17-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
99. I thought the Dixie Chicks were lovely. |
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Ian David
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Sun May-15-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Don't forget Rainbow Stew... |
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Ian David
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Sun May-15-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. But then again, I don't think they ever dreamed of THIS back then... |
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digonswine
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Sun May-15-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. It is mostly written by teams of writers- |
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IDemo
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Sun May-15-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. I love this song by James McMurtry |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Sun May-15-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Don't forget this one... |
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w8liftinglady
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Sun May-15-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. and this one |
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w8liftinglady
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Sun May-15-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Cheney's Toy |
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alarimer
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Sun May-15-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Yes but the corporate media never play him. |
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w8liftinglady
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Sun May-15-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. as a young adult in the late 70's/early 80's West Texas |
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reggie the dog
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Mon May-16-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
86. great song |
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IDemo
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Sun May-15-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Another classic McMurtry |
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reggie the dog
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Mon May-16-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
87. lots of us men have a bit of a fetish |
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IDemo
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Sun May-15-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. edit |
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zappaman
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Sun May-15-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. Rec |
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regnaD kciN
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Mon May-16-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
60. True, but, as I joked about further downthread... |
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muntrv
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Sun May-15-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. If I'm correct, Clear Channel owns a majority of the country stations. |
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Erose999
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Tue May-17-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
106. Cox too. They've ruined rock radio as well. NPR and college radio are the only reasons to own a |
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thelordofhell
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Sun May-15-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Thank you Peter La Farge |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Sun May-15-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yes, he use to get high with Johnny Cash. |
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socialist_n_TN
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Sun May-15-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well I played music professionally for about 3 decades |
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Canuckistanian
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Sun May-15-11 10:24 PM Original message |
Remember when the worst insult to a musician |
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socialist_n_TN
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Sun May-15-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes I DO remember those time......... |
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eppur_se_muova
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Mon May-16-11 03:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
64. Sturgeon's Law comes to country .. |
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socialist_n_TN
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Mon May-16-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #64 |
76. The link said it couldn't be found........... |
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eppur_se_muova
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Mon May-16-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
96. Link fixed ... picked up an extraneous character somehow ... |
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socialist_n_TN
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Mon May-16-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. OK thanks. That's pretty much what I said........... |
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izquierdista
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Sun May-15-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Got to give the people what they want.... |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Sun May-15-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Elwood ain't no Frankie Laine. |
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Odin2005
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Sun May-15-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. Most "Country" nowadays is cheasy Southern Rock with a twang. |
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rug
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Sun May-15-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. Travis Tritt - Lord Have Mercy On The Working Man |
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socialist_n_TN
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Sun May-15-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. And what's even more ironic is that Tritt |
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rug
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Sun May-15-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Yeah, there's that. |
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regnaD kciN
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Mon May-16-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #37 |
61. Not too surprising, from the sound of some of the lyrics above... |
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socialist_n_TN
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Mon May-16-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #61 |
79. Yeah libertarian bullshit.............. |
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reggie the dog
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Mon May-16-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #61 |
88. about the taxes yes |
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Odin2005
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Sun May-15-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. When I was little in the early 90s my parents played that song all the time! |
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rug
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Sun May-15-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. You're welcome, Odin |
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brentspeak
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Sun May-15-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. Alan Jackson's "The Little Man" |
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jillan
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Mon May-16-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. That is one of my all time favorites. I remember when it came out, it was right after the Big Box |
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Initech
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Sun May-15-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. Roger Alan Wade - There's A Party In My Pants |
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jillan
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Sun May-15-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. One of the most powerful anti-war songs I've heard in a long time is We All Bleed Red by Ronnie Dunn |
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w8liftinglady
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Sun May-15-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. wow...awesome! |
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jillan
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Sun May-15-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. That was my reaction too the first time I heard it. It blew me away. |
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Odin2005
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Sun May-15-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Great song! |
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socialist_n_TN
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Mon May-16-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
80. And Ronnie Dunn, ANOTHER big Republican |
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I owe
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Sun May-15-11 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. Shania Twain |
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cemaphonic
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Mon May-16-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
48. And there's even older stuff that is way more radically left than Cash. |
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Telly Savalas
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Tue May-17-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #48 |
98. What's the call letters for the station? |
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cemaphonic
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Tue May-17-11 04:16 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. KEXP |
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Adenoid_Hynkel
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Mon May-16-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
50. progressive country artists |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Mon May-16-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Dolly Parton voted for Obama. |
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regnaD kciN
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Mon May-16-11 02:18 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. Merle Haggard may be progressive now... |
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Adenoid_Hynkel
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Mon May-16-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
51. Garth Brooks sticks by Obama |
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jillan
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Mon May-16-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Wow! I never knew that. |
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regnaD kciN
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Mon May-16-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
54. Johnny Cash was always an iconoclast... |
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coalition_unwilling
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Mon May-16-11 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
58. My all-time favorite Country Music song title: |
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Warren DeMontague
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Mon May-16-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm more into alt country, or the places where 'country' overlaps with rock, punk or psychedelia. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Mon May-16-11 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
63. Add this one to the list........ |
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AngryAmish
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Mon May-16-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
66. At one time Folk and Country was the same genre |
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TransitJohn
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Mon May-16-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
68. Modern country is bad rock'n'roll. |
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Erose999
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Tue May-17-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #68 |
105. I'd say its more like bad "pop music". It has as more in common with Debbie Gibson than it does with |
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lonestarnot
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Mon May-16-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
69. And you expected something different after pugs took it over why? |
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kentauros
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Mon May-16-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
73. For those that care enough to find non-corporate-radio sources of C&W |
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w8liftinglady
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Mon May-16-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Cool! Thanks |
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kentauros
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Mon May-16-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. You're welcome :) |
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spanone
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Mon May-16-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
75. we shall be free |
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EnviroBat
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Mon May-16-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
81. There are some groups which I really appreciate. |
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mistertrickster
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Mon May-16-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
82. Two words: Dixie Chicks. Country "artists" will never do what they did again. nt |
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Catherine Vincent
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Mon May-16-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
83. ... |
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reggie the dog
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Mon May-16-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
85. steve earle |
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Erose999
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Tue May-17-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #85 |
102. He was on Democracy now the other day promoting his new album. He played that song he did for Treme |
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w8liftinglady
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Tue May-17-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #102 |
109. Steve Earle and John Prine toured together a few years ago |
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county worker
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Mon May-16-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
94. She said she was tired of seeing me coming home drunk every night with lipstick |
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mwb970
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Tue May-17-11 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
101. Simple people like simple music. |
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Erose999
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Tue May-17-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. The corporate crap they call "country music" nowadays is anything but "simple" if I had to describe |
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mwb970
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Tue May-17-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #104 |
107. I meant musically simple. |
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Tue May-17-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
108. There's tons of great alt-country that's not being played on the radio. |
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Tue May-17-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
110. I like |
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