[rktman]

May not agree with all of them (leave the beeb out for sure no matter what) but some good 'un's. One of my favorites is Toby Keith a the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQrapQ4d0Y

[rktman]

Hyper mess up again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQrapQ4d0Y

[circlecity]

"Any true country song is ultimately about some combination of beer, trucks, women (preferably Southern), dogs, dirt roads and the Land of the Free."

Hey, he left out trains, pick up trucks, prison and mom. "I was drunk the day my momma got out of prisoooon....."

[Alberta's Child]

Any true country song is ultimately about some combination of beer, trucks, women (preferably Southern), dogs, dirt roads and the Land of the Free. If you don’t get why that’s awesome, you have no shot at appreciating the genre.

This is a lot of crap, and the stupid list reflects it.

George Strait's "Amarillo By Morning" is one of the best country songs of all time, and it hardly touches on any of these subjects.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[saganite]

Justin Bieber. Country? Who made this list? Not anyone who knows anything at all about country music. The only legitimate country classic in that list is King of the Road and it’s not necessarily country.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Beer Run” is great!

[pgkdan]

Any true country song is ultimately about some combination of beer, trucks, women (preferably Southern), dogs, dirt roads and the Land of the Free. If you don’t get why that’s awesome, you have no shot at appreciating the genre.

George Jones' 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' is the penultimate Country song and doesn't touch on any of that stuff.

[pgkdan]

Justin Bieber...what moron made this list? And “Red Solo Cup’ is NOT a country song. It’s a stupid novelty song sung by a country singer.

[dblshot]

These are country but in in the narrow vein of comedy story telling like Jerry Clower used to do. Now we country folks do like to tell a story and crac a wee joke now and then. But there is a lot more to contry music than red solo cups, beer runs and Dallas women in tight fitting jeans.

[Slyfox]

No, no, no! THIS is the perfect Country and Western Song!

And this is the other one!

[areukiddingme1]

Best country music song ever — Hank Williams Jr., A Country Boy Can Survive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4s0nzsU1Wg&feature=kp

Because you can’t starve us out
And you cant makes us run
Cuz we’re them old boys raised on shotgun
And we say grace and we say Ma’am
And if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn

[fungoking]

yabba dabba doo the king is gone by george jones; a classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc08gY8wfVc

[ifinnegan]

The greatest country songs are by Jimmie Rodgers, Carter Family and Hank Williams.

On this list Roger Miller’s King of the Road qualifies.

Todd Snider is pretty good but he’s a fully reprobate leftist Christian hater.

Not on list who make or made good country music are Johnny Cask, Billy Joe Shaver, Hayes Carl, Avett Brothers.

Most country music is as bad as any other pop music.

[Liberty Valance]

This list sucks. Is that the point? Mostly novelty songs.

[CommerceComet]

Other than King of the Road, none of these would even make my top 100 list. IMO Hank and Marty EACH had at least 10 songs more "terribly awesome" than the stuff on this list. Add in stuff by the Man in Black, Waylon, Willie, Conway, etc. and the selections on the list get pushed to the side quickly. (You notice a pattern there - each of these performers can be immediately identified by their first name or nickname. I don't know if anyone on that list can make the same claim.)

For my money, the best country song ever done by a male performer is El Paso by Marty Robbins and by female performer, Tammy Wynette's Stand by Your Man.