Top Five Country & Western Songs of All Time (Shamelessly Shameless Vanity)

DogPatch | 8/25/05 | cowboyway

[monkey]

Nearly all country songs are terrible, but when they're good, they're great.

I don't know the five best, but Leavin' Louisiana in the Broad Daylight.

[cowboyway]

I abso-frickin-lutely despise new country

Most of it has gone strictly to the formula, but there are a few that still make good country music.

Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, George Strait are still making good songs. I like Gretchen Wilson and Trick Pony, too.

[Ciexyz]

The first country song I remember hearing, as a kid, was "Tennessee Waltz". My parents would dance to it, and I would dance with the dog.

[cowboyway]

I can't believe you left out these "ladies". : )

Are they still around?

[Ciexyz]

Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA".

[Millee]

I really don't know. Hopefully they're still around (slinging hash at IHOP.)

[teenyelliott]

Shania Twain is nothing more than a package, all wrapped up in whore clothes to sing, very badly I might add, someone else's lyrics.

[Cagey]

TOP COUNTRY SONGS OF 2005

16. It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chewed Your Ass Out All Day Long


15. If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You


14. If The Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me


13. How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?


12. I Liked You Better Before I Got to Know You So Well


11. I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better


10. I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight 'Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win


9. I'll Marry You Tomorrow, But Let's Honeymoon Tonight


8. I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Like You're Still Here


7. If I Had Shot You When I First Wanted To, I'd Be Out Of Prison By Now


6. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend And I Sure Do Miss Him


5. She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger


4. You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly


3. Her Teeth Was Stained But Her Heart Was Pure


2. She's Looking Better After Every Beer


1. I Ain't Never Gone To Bed With Ugly Women,
but I've Sure Woke Up With A Few

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I'm so lonesome I could cry

Help me make it through the night

Cool Water

Long Black Veil

Crazy

[hlmencken3]

It is perhaps the single most-recorded country song (LOL, FReepers will confirm or deny it pretty fast).

I'm not sure anyone under 40 should be compiling such a list without passing a discography history test, LOL.

[Space Wrangler]

Where is the actual perfect country and western song by David Allen coe? I was drunk the day my momma got out of prison.....LOL!

[cowboyway]

Well, they're making us leave the building. Gonna go home and button down the hatches. See yall tomorrow.

[teenyelliott]

Good God, be careful. Don't go the beer in one hand, video camera in the other route, mmkay?

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Gonna be a wet time in the old town tonight...

[retrokitten]

Wow! There are so many great songs on this list that it's hard to add any more. These are in no order.

My Tennesse Mountain Home - Dolly Parton
Momma He's Crazy- The Judds
Amarillo By Morning- George Straight
Luchenbach, Texas- Waylon Jennings
Lovesick Blues- Hank Sr.
Family Tradition- Hank Jr.

[weegee]

This is a list for BOTH kinds of music, Country AND Western. :p

[A knight without armor]

No special order:

Johnny Reb - Johnny Horton

Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash

Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash

Rawhide - Frankie Laine

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

[apackof2]

Stand by Your Man

Tammy Wynette

[apackof2]

Dwight Yoakum

[apackof2]

LOL

Ya know what happens when they play a country western song backwards?

He gets his wife back , his house back , dog back , job back etc