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Top Five Country & Western Songs of All Time (Shamelessly Shameless Vanity)
DogPatch | 8/25/05 | cowboyway

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


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: cryinginmybeer; hayseed; hillbilly; manure; music; redneck; rodeo; ropes; saddlesore; spurs; twang
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To: cowboyway
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.

41 posted on 08/25/2005 12:45:37 PM PDT by monkey
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To: teenyelliott
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.

42 posted on 08/25/2005 12:47:26 PM PDT by cowboyway (My heroes have always been cowboys.)
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To: hlmencken3

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.


43 posted on 08/25/2005 12:47:37 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: Millee
I can't believe you left out these "ladies". : )

Are they still around?

44 posted on 08/25/2005 12:48:24 PM PDT by cowboyway (My heroes have always been cowboys.)
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To: cowboyway

Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA".


45 posted on 08/25/2005 12:48:28 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: cowboyway

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


46 posted on 08/25/2005 12:50:02 PM PDT by Millee (Earth First! We'll log the other planets later!)
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To: najida

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.


47 posted on 08/25/2005 12:53:07 PM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: cowboyway

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


48 posted on 08/25/2005 12:53:36 PM PDT by Cagey (Scrapple is not for vegetarians, those who keep kosher, or those with weak stomachs)
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To: cowboyway

I'm so lonesome I could cry

Help me make it through the night

Cool Water

Long Black Veil

Crazy


49 posted on 08/25/2005 12:54:06 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Ciexyz

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.


50 posted on 08/25/2005 12:58:23 PM PDT by hlmencken3 ("...politics is a religion substitute for liberals and they can't stand the competition")
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To: cowboyway
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!
51 posted on 08/25/2005 12:59:47 PM PDT by Space Wrangler
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To: teenyelliott
Well, they're making us leave the building. Gonna go home and button down the hatches. See yall tomorrow.
52 posted on 08/25/2005 1:01:28 PM PDT by cowboyway (My heroes have always been cowboys.)
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To: cowboyway

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


53 posted on 08/25/2005 1:04:19 PM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: cowboyway

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


54 posted on 08/25/2005 1:07:03 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: cowboyway

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.


55 posted on 08/25/2005 1:12:00 PM PDT by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
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To: day10

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


56 posted on 08/25/2005 4:09:10 PM PDT by weegee (The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
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To: cowboyway
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
57 posted on 08/25/2005 4:18:46 PM PDT by A knight without armor
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To: cowboyway
Stand by Your Man

Tammy Wynette

58 posted on 08/25/2005 7:55:06 PM PDT by apackof2 (In my simple way, I guess you could say I'm living in the BIG TIME)
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To: cowboyway

Dwight Yoakum


59 posted on 08/25/2005 7:58:57 PM PDT by apackof2 (In my simple way, I guess you could say I'm living in the BIG TIME)
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To: Cagey
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

60 posted on 08/25/2005 8:01:14 PM PDT by apackof2 (In my simple way, I guess you could say I'm living in the BIG TIME)
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