Well, Buffett's kinda country.
Speaking of Buffett, I guess I'll have a hurricane party tonight.
I'm due east of Lake Okeechobee (the little circle in the lower middle).
Posted on 08/25/2005 10:29:13 AM PDT by cowboyway
Last night I was pickin my banjo, drinkin a beer and enjoying a dip of Copenhagen and started thinkin bout my all time favorite C&W songs. You know, the ones you don't get tired of listening to.
This is my top 5.
5. He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones
4. You're Not the Best by Charlie Robison
3. Rodeo by Garth Brooks
2. Amarillo by Morning by George Strait
1. Song of Wyoming by Chris LeDoux
How could 'Tennessee Waltz' miss, or 'Folsom Prison Blues' or 'Your Cheatin' Heart' or 'Ghost Rders in the Sky'?
Ping!!
It didn't miss your list.
Love the way my husband sings it on Karaoke night. : )
For comisc value, "The I-95 song"(the A$$hole song)
Roses for Mama -- C.W. McCall
Hello Country Bumpkin -- Cal Smith
Okie From Muskogee -- Merle Haggard
On the Wings of a Dove -- Ferlin Husky
He'll Have to Go -- Jim Reeves
Bonus pick
El Paso -- Marty Robbins
It's pretty obvious that you can't make a list of just five of the greatest country songs.
It's also obvious that the writing in country songs has just stomped the crap out of the writing of rock and pop songs.
Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Let's pretend that we're together, all alone
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low
And, you can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go
Look how much you know that the singer doesn't even tell you in spoken words.
ANYTHING Jimmy Buffett rules! (See my tagline)
Amarillo by Morning
I've got Friends in Low Places
The Gambler
Jose Cuervo
Watermellon Crawl
Great list! Here are some more:
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash
Beaches of Cheyenne - Garth Brooks
Tequila Town - Brooks & Dunn
Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline
My Son Calls Another Man Daddy - Hank Williams, Sr.
Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
Weed with Willie - Toby Keith
You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody - George Strait
Well, I have two favorite voices in country music...George Jones, and Don Williams...the song He Stopped Loving Her Today, is one of my favorites...its just perfect...
Just about anything Don Williams sings is a favorite of mine...he has a perfect smooth voice...a few of his songs that are my favorites, are Amanda, Good Ole Boys, and my absolute favorite, Gypsy Woman(a tune rarely, if ever found on any of his CDs, but an absolute favorite of every Don Williams fan)...
While Johnny's voice and phrasing are a huge part of what makes 'Sunday Morning Comin' Down' worthy of this list, it is worth noting that the tune was penned by Kris Kristofferson - who was cruelly cursed with an inability to decently sing any of the wonderful songs he wrote.
"...'Tennessee Waltz' miss, or 'Folsom Prison Blues' or 'Your Cheatin' Heart'..."
These three songs are dedicated to former Tennessee State Senator John Ford. Anyone familiar with Ford will catch my drift.
Well, Buffett's kinda country.
Speaking of Buffett, I guess I'll have a hurricane party tonight.
I'm due east of Lake Okeechobee (the little circle in the lower middle).
And I know Buffett isn't really country. I just wanted to add that title to your thread.
My favorites are Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash.
I abso-frickin-lutely despise new country.
'Tryin' To Reason A With Hurricane Season'...great song. "...I stood up and tried to focus, I hoped I wouldn't have to look far; I knew I could use a bloody-mary, so I stumbled next door to the bar..."
AMEN!!! New country sucks. The only one even appealing at all is Toby Keith, but his Ford commercials suck. And he did those crappy 10-10 commercials with Terry Bradshaw a while back. And to bring everything back around again, didn't Terry Bradshaw release a country album?
Ahhh,
Come on hun,
Doncha just LOVE 'country' singer Shania...
(hrmpt, if 'she's country, I'm Queen Mother of Planet Sorbet)
Red Dirt Road
Amarillo by Morning
The Race is On
Cherokee Fiddles
Faded Love (by Patsy Cline or Bob Wills)
Hey, Good Lookin'
Jambalaya (on the Bayou)
Stay All Night (stay a little longer)
Too many good ones to limit to five (or ten)
Oh, and King of the Road.
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