[SpinnerWebb]

Can you imagine someone releasing a light-hearted song like that about a man killing his wife?

I always wondered about that myself.... never got how Garth Brooks had an entire verse of "Thunder Rolls" censored from the air (and the CD as well), about a woman killing a cheating husband, and the DCs were allowed to push "Goodbye, Earl", where a wife's friend helps the wife kill the husband. Garth still sings the verse live:

She runs down the hallway, and through the bedroom door
Reaches for the pistol, hidden in the dresser drawer
Tells the woman in the mirror he won't do this again
Cause this is the last time she'll wonder where he's been....

The last thunder sound effect is replaced with the sound of a gunshot....

[Under the Radar]

Good point! I hadn't made that connection.

[sarasota]

The girls thrive on controversy, starting with Goodbye Earl. It won them their fame. Let's hope their 15 minutes are over.

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

Garth Brooks had another song with the same theme.

In this one, the singer is the child of a truck driver who has an attractive unfaithful wife. He finds her cheating in a hotel and runs his semi smack into the room, killing her.

It has a very upbeat rythum.

If I remember correctly, the stanza goes:

Daddy loved Momma,
Momma loved men.
Momma's in the graveyard,
Daddy's in the pen.