Cool old country songs

Here's the one I'm listening to right now!

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

Harper Valley PTA

I wanna tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife,
Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High.
Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play,
And she said, "Mama got a note here from the Harper Valley PTA."

Well the note said, "Mrs. Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high.
It's reported you've been drinkin' and runnin' round with men and goin' wild.
And we don't believe you oughta be a bringin' up your little girl this way."
And it was signed by the secretary, "Harper Valley PTA."

Well it happened that the PTA was gonna meet that very afternoon.
And they were sure surprised when Mrs. Johnson wore her mini-skirt into the room.
And as she walked up to the blackboard, I can still recall the words she had to say;
She said, "I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley PTA.

Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there, and seven times he's asked me for a date.
And Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice, whenever he's away.
And Mr. Baker, can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town?
And shouldn't Widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down?

Well Mr. Harper couldn't be here, 'cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again.
And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath you'll find she's had a little nip of gin.
And then you have the nerve to tell me, you think that as a mother I'm not fit.
Well this is just a little Peyton Place, and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites."

No, I wouldn't put you on because, it really did, it happened just this way.
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA.
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA.

Believe you me, that song is too new to be a "cool old country song."

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My mission is to put a song to all the wonderful answers :)

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I remember seeing Jeanne C. Riley sing that song on some variety show back in the late '60s. Forty years old might qualify as a "cool old country song" to some of these whippersnappers.

One of my favorite classic country songs.
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If the wife and I are fussin', brother that's our right
'Cause me and that sweet woman's got a license to fight
Why don't you mind your own business
Mind your own business
'Cause if you mind your business
Then you won't be mindin' mine

Oh, the woman on our party line is a nosy thing
She picks up her receiver, when she knows it's my ring
Why don't you mind your own business
Mind your own business
Well, if you mind your business
Then you won't be mindin' mine

I got a little gal that wears her hair up high
The boys all whistle when she walks by
Why don't you mind your own business
Mind your own business
Well, if you mind your business
Then you sure won't be mindin' mine

If I want to honky-tonk around till two or three
Now brother that's my headache, don't you worry 'bout me
Just mind your own business
Mind your own business
If you mind your business
Then you won't be mindin' mine

Mindin' other people's business seems to be high-tone
I got all that I can do just to mind my own
Why don't you mind your own business
Mind your own business
If you mind your business
You'll stay busy all the time

They play it fairly straight at first, but it ends up kinda... well, sorta... weird. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckied5fDnC4

Weee!

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

Here's "Take Me Back to Tulsa",also by Bob Wills,used as music to a Tex Avery cartoon.

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

meaning to go to the Bob Wills Days thing down in Turkey but never seem to do it.
I heard somewhere that Bob owned a house in the next block south from me, but I don't know if true or which one.

really....must have known I'd read this post today!

It was in my brain about 2 weeks ago, I called my sister and put it into hers - she practically screamed, I can hear it now: Take it back! Take it back!.

I feel responsible somehow...

Hank Williams, 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' (Elvis Presley called this the saddest song he'd ever heard):'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hDPMJ5HJ3M

Lefty Frizzell, 'Long Black Veil' (probably best known from Johnny Cash's cover version):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50k18gL76AU

Ferlin Husky. Saw him in Ruidoso way back in HS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3usXFCh56iA

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Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday you'd leave me for somebody new
Worry, why do I let myself worry?
Wond'ring what in the world did I do?
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you.

And that little guitar fill at the end of the bridge is just magical...

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when I heard about Pasty Cline's death
The dad of a friend was giving us a ride home from Jr High when he said he heard it on the radio and he had been at work all day (postman). It was the day after the night before, but news traveled a little less quickly then.

That was when I heard "Crazy" on the radio. I'll never forget it. It is embedded in my bones. I guess that must have been timely. She was a wise woman, albeit, a very young woman.

of country music in 1963. Mostly liked rock n roll, plus some Sinatra and such.
But sure did like Patsy.
My dad died just after on 3/15/63.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o1V2uiagpU

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"After Midnight" is the creepiest, prettiest song ever.

I can't ever tell if it's serial killer music or make-out music, but I love it just the same. All I ask is that no one tries to analyze this post...:)

Also, it was mentioned downthread, but I'm far too drunk to bother reading ahead before I post shit.

Pt.1
It was the time of the preacher when the story began.
Of the choice of a lady and the love of a man.
How he loved her so dearly, he went out of his mind.
When she left him for someone, she'd left behind.

An' he cried like a baby;
He screamed like a panther in the middle of the night.
An' he saddled his pony,
An he went for a ride.

It was the time of the preacher in the year of 01.
Now the preachin' is over and the lesson's begun.

Pt. 2

But he could not forgive her,
Though he tried and tried and tried.
And the halls of his memories,
Still echo her lies.

He cried like a baby;
He screamed like a panther in the middle of the night.
An' he saddled his pony,
An he went for a ride.

It was the time of the preacher in the year of 01.
Now the lesson is over and the killin's begun.

It has a lot to do with my marraige minus the love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bQbCMofxbg

couldnt find all the parts but it ends...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OXx4H9DuZY

:thumbsup:

which of course goes without saying just because it's Johnny Cash. If you get a chance, check out the Willie Nelson tribute album Twisted Willie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU97vLkxxtY

We came out west together with a common desire
The fever we had migtha set the west coast on fire
Two months later got trouble in mind
My baby moved out and left me behind
But it's all right 'cause it's midnight
And I got two more bottles of wine

The way he left sure turned my head around
Seemed like overnight she just up and put me down
Ain't gonna let it bother me today
I been workin' and I'm too tired anyway
But it's all right 'cause it's midnight
And I got two more bottles of wine
I'm sixteen hundred miles from the people I know
Been doin' all I can but opportunity sure come slow
Lord I'd be in the sun all day
But I'm sweepin' out a warehouse in west L.A.
But it's all right 'cause it's midnight
And I got two more bottles of wine

Don't remember who did it but one of the all time song titles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyqe8n-pbqQ

:weeeeeeeeeeeeehoooooo:

'67 or '68? Lotsa young widows in mini skirts and a full fledged culture war going on. Monkees "Last Train to Clarksville": Vietnam. Clarksville is the station closest to Ft. Campbell KY (101st airborne). Micheal Nesmith claimed Davey Jones didn't know of the Vietnam reference: take the last train to make muster then ship out to Vietnam. "And I don't know if I'm ever coming home"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WAB0yPgbdM

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George Jones, "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9-iuIoIpfo

by Patsy Cline. I don't know how to do the youtube thing or even if that is on there, but that is a great old song.

Gah, I just love Patsy Cline!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkkM7K6smQA

dupe, posted later in the thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xu71i89xvs
:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoW8g7R0FrI

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"Haggard wrote this song while serving time in San Quentin prison for robbery. The song is based on his life, and how his mother tried to help him but couldn't.

Haggard turned 19 in prison but 19 didn't fit in the lyrics so he changed it to 21. "

source: songfacts.com

And let's remember one of country's greatest is from California. :)

but even Google couldn't find the ones I remember!

"You Never Even Called Me By My Name". Written by Steve Goodman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEo8poVlQrM

One of the saddest songs I've ever heard.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua3YzTLGDW4



He Stopped Loving Her Today

He said I'll love you 'til I die
She told him you'll forget in time
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind.

He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
He still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again.

Found love letters by his bed
Dated 19 and 62
He had underlined in red
Every single, I love you.

I went to see my friend today
Oh, but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years.

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today.


Ya' know she came to see him one last time
Oh, we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good.

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today...

along with almost every song mentioned in this thread on my iPod...

It's a mystery to all who listen to the shuffle of songs between Cake and Jennie C. Riley :shrug:

dangerous for me to hear that song on the car radio, cause I well up every time and I don't have automatic wipers on my eyes.

I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you.
You left me and you went away
You said that you'd be back in just a day
You've broken your promise and you left me here alone
I don't know why you did dear but I do know that you're gone.
And I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you.
--- Instrumental ---
I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you.
Yes, I'm walking the floor walking the floor
I'm walking the floor over you...

"Aint Ruth" talked until the day she died about the time she danced with Ernest Tubb at a barn dance.

By Jim Reeves.

Out where the bright lights are glowing
You're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's over-flowing
While I sit and whisper your name

Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me

Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting
But my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love, not for waiting
But here where you've left me, I'll stay

Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me

One night with you is like heaven
And so, while I'm walking the floor
I'll listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door

Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me

Closing in on me

What kind of a dork replies to her own post? This kind of dork. But Four Walls is still a cool old country song.

:D

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

:hi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEbh0SWandU&feature=related

My hometown has "Fancy" in its name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K6Y-YGZUec

But I consider her to be more bluegrass than country.

More Dolly

Coat of Many Colors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1zJzr-kWsI

Little Sparrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65VAN5COYrU

Dolly Parton came to my hometown in the 70's and did a concert with just her and her nylon string guitar, period! She sang Coat of Many Colors and it made me cry.

Dolly Parton made her career with the dumb blond image, but maybe in some ways she undermined being taken seriously as a songwriter. "I will always love you" hit number on the pop and country charts twice in two different releases for her, and then hit number 1 again by Whitney Houston, who completely re-interpreted the song as a declarative anthem instead of the heartwrenching sob that Dolly Parton sang.

My favorite Parton line came as the answer to a question. She was asked if she hated being thought of as a dumb blond. She said "I don't mind. I know I'm not dumb. And I know I'm not a blond."

If you can't tell, I love this woman. I remember getting her autograph as a kid. I stood in line at a high school football stadium in Biloxi, MS, for about an hour, fantasizing that she would smile at me, maybe say something to me personally--I was ten, I didn't have any more complicated fantasies yet. When I finally got to the front, and reached up and handed her my book, one of her crew tapped her on the shoulder and whispered something. She turned her head to the side to hear him, signed my book, and handed back to me without once even glancing down at me. So much for pre-pubescent fantasies, eh? :rofl: I forgave her, though.

...in a Rolling Stone interview:

"If I ever had a cherry, it got shoved so far back I could use it for a tail-light."

:rofl:

I'm so old, I remember watching her on the Porter Wagoner Show when I was a little kid.

I love this song.

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And believe it or not, they sound good together

Too bad there's not a real video to go with it.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O81k3-qtDZs

Awesome!

feat. Emmylou Harris on acoustic guitar...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mMhdK-C7-c

There are so many favorite "old country" songs. I didn't see any Paycheck so here ya go.

Great thread!

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Angel Of The Highway (warning: pardon the girls dancing in the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHrMPMlFPQ

Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0FwhPDALc

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I should have checked the thread more closely! :hi:

I'm Gonna Hire A Wino (To Decorate Our Home) - David Frizzell

It's from 1982, so not really "old"--but definitely funny!

I came crawlin' home last night, like many nights before
I finally made it to my feet as she opened up the door.
And she said, "You're not gonna do this anymore."

She said: "I'm gonna hire a wino to decorate our home,
"So you'll feel more at ease here, and you won't have to roam.
"We'll take out the dining room table, and put a bar along that wall.
"And a neon sign to point the way to our bathroom down the hall."

She said: "Just bring your Friday paycheck, and I'll cash 'em all right here.
"And I'll keep on tap for all your friends, their favorite kinds of beer.
"And for you, I'll always keep in stock those soft aluminum cans.
"And when you're feeling macho, you can crush 'em like a man."

She said: "We'll rip out all the carpet, and put sawdust on the floor.
"Serve hard boiled eggs and pretzels, and I won't cook no more.
"There'll be Monday night football, on T.V. above the bar.
"And a pay phone in the hallway, when your friends can't find their car."

She said: "I'm gonna hire a wino to decorate our home,
"So you'll feel more at ease here, and you won't have to roam.
"We'll take out the dining room table, and put a bar along that wall.
"And a neon sign to point the way to our bathroom down the hall."

She said: "You'll get friendly service, and for added atmosphere
"I'll slip on something sexy, and I'll cut it clear to here.
"Then you can slap my bottom, every time you tell a joke.
"Just as long as you keep tipping, well, I'll laugh until you're broke."

She said: "Instead of family quarrels, we'll have a bar-room brawl,
"When the Ham's bear say's its closing time, you won't have far to crawl.
"And when you run out of money, you'll have me to thank.
"You can sleep it off next morning, when I'm puttin' it in the bank."

She said: "I'm gonna hire a wino, to decorate our home,
"So you'll feel more at ease here, and you won't have to roam.
"When you and your friends get off from work, and have a powerful thirst.
"There won't be any reason, why you can't stop off here first."

She said: "I'm gonna hire a wino to decorate our home,
"So you'll feel more at ease here, and you won't have to roam.
"We'll take out the dining room table, and put a bar along that wall.
"And a neon sign to point the way to our bathroom down the hall."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKIyfdpt2V8

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Talk about an appropriate song for today's times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wrVd8bY_W0

Livin' on easy street with a dog and Persian cat
A-livin' on easy street, we don't need this and that
Our bills are gonna be due and the baby will soon be too
But we draw our welfare checks this week
Livin' on easy street.

Well, our old ice box is empty and the cubboard is bare of beans
We don't have a pot, we don't have a dime but we're fulfillin' our dreams
In a two room shack on a twenty-foot lot the way we live it's the perfect spot
We're living on love and we sure live cheap
Livin' on easy street.

A-livin' on easy street with a dog and Persian cat
Livin' on easy street we don't need this and that
Our bills are gonna be due and the baby will soon be too
But we draw our welfare check this week
Livin' on easy street.

--- Instrumental ---

A-livin' on easy street with a dog and Persian cat
Livin' on easy street we don't need this and that
Our bills are gonna be due and the baby will soon be too
But we draw our welfare checks this week
Livin' on easy street.

We draw our welfare checks this week
Livin' on easy street.

Livin' on easy street...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g

Well, Amos Moses was a Cajun
He lived by himself in the swamp.
He hunted alligator for a livin'
Just knock 'em in the head with a stump.
The Lousisana law gonna get you, Amos!
It ain't legal huntin' alligator down in the swamp, boy!

Well, everybody blamed his old man
For makin' him mean as a snake.
When Amos Moses was a boy,
His Daddy would use his for alligator bait.
Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp!

About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana
Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna.
Well, they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries.
Named him after a man of the cloth,
Called him Amos Moses.

Now all the folks around south Louisiana
Said Amos was a hell of a man.
He could trap the biggest,
The meanest alligator,
And just use one hand.
That's all he got left cuz the alligator bit it!
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow!

Well, the Sheriff got wind that Amos
Was in the swamp tracking alligator skin.
So he snuck in the swamp, gonna get the boy.
But he never come out again.
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
You can sure get lost in the Louisiana Bayou!

About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana
Lived a cat called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna.
Well, they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries.
Named him after a man of the cloth,
Called him Amos Moses.

Set out on 'em Amos.
Make it count, Son!

About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana...

I think Haggard's voice was never better than on this song and Willie's guitar, oooh and ahhh.

I may be back to this thread to post more songs, I could name hundreds. :hi:

Although Wille & Merle's version was a fairly big hit at the time.

Got to see him perform it live in Modesto -- sounded just like the record! :rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjwy7j0E3-0

Great song!!

Don Williams is wonderful. :hi:

I got a lil misty

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

:hug:

he's a god among songwriters, and wrote lots for Don Williams, but also for Dan Seals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bLzRUlrxcA

:loveya:

A very young Johnny Cash doing "I Walk The Line".

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

Neil Young covered it on "After The Gold Rush".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHs3VDwY2L4

Ohhhhh.. lonesome me.

:hi:

Anything.

I'm a little partial - he was my dad's favorite.

And I like his talent, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh6Te4RW4A4

:thumbsup:

Pigpin this is rubber duck and I'm bout to put the hammer down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5XQwDJz7ws

:hi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zponDZoR9i0&feature=related


By a fountain back in Rome
I fell in love with you
In a small cafe in Athens
You said you loved me too

(G.J)
And it was April in Paris
When I first held you close to me
(T.W)
Rome, Georgia
Athens, Texas
And Paris, Tennessee

No we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
There's no Riviera
In Festus, Missouri

And you won't find Onasis
In Mullinville, Kansas
No, we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
But ain't we got love?



No we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
Our steak and martinis
Is draft beer with weiners

Our Bach and Tchaikovsky
Is Haggard and Husky
No we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
But ain't we got love?

No, we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
The Jones and Wynette set
Ain't the flamin' suzette set
FADES-
Our Bach and Tschaikowsky
Is Haggard n'...(fades out)

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

If I swore you were an angel would you treat me like the devil?

:D

"D-I-V-O-R-C-E" by The Circle Jerks: "....me and little S-O-B will be going away.." :rofl:

Part of their awesome Eighties medley Golden Shower of Hits: Jerks On 45. The same medley eviscerated such earworms as Afternoon Delight and Having My Baby. (For too-youngsters and too-oldsters, the Circle Jerks were a hard-core Los Angeles punk band of the Eighties.)

"Asshole From El Paso" by Kinky Friedman: the ultimate up-yours response to Merle Haggard's flag-waving "Okie From Muskogee." Before he retired from music altogether, Mr. Friedman also did the only country song I know of about a mass murderer, The Ballad of Charles Joseph Whitman. Great stuff. His album Sold American is worth searching out. Hell, all of his albums are.

"Country Porn" by Chinga Chavin: absolutely filthy collection of country songs, including "Asshole From El Paso."

"Steel Guitar Rag" by Ike Turner and The Rhythm Kings: yes, THAT Ike Turner--Tina's ex-husband. Recorded live and SMOKING. Rocks so hard that even John McCain would have to jump up and dance to it.

Or if you'd like to hear "SRG" with a damn HARP, look up the version by Spade Cooley, "The King of Western Swing."

Cooley became notorious for beating his wife to death while forcing his teen stepdaughter to watch. One of his earlier hits was entitled: "You Clobbered Me."

which, under the circumstances of his wife's death, was...uhhmmm..still a good version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxrOx20MMaw

Daddy's Girl may be a little un-PC but it's my daughter's song.

:loveya:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Ps6tee6XA

hehe, g'night.

:*

Here In The Real World by Alan Jackson (the man can sing and the man can write and he can do an old fashioned love lost song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzmjaBT6MXs

Is it Raining?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QonZz5igsMw

:cry:

It only hurts me when I cry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2WUi0f9eUk

Overlook the beginning :)

:woohoo:

but the best f*#@#^%^ song Dwight ever did was this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w49kODK02Bw&feature=related

I don't remember why.. but there is a connection hehehe

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

I have slipped from the genre but this song is a favorite of mine in any genre :D

:)

well so did she! :hi:

this version, I think...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv7S8v3rM-U&feature=related

Shadowland is still her best of all albums,, IMHO.
The Honky Tonk Angels Medley with Kitty Wells, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CqzW9H4hl0

that's him looking hippie and playing bass.

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

"Reuben James" is also a good one from that same album.

Jimmie Rodgers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrUs_FWqj9s

You act like you were just born tonight
Face down in a memory but feeling all right
So who does your past belong to today?
Baby, you don't say nothing when you're feeling this way

The girls in the bars thinking, "who is this guy?"
But they don't think nothing when they're telling you lies
You look so careless when they're shooting that bull
Don't you know heartaches are heroes when their pockets are full

Tell me you're trying to cure a seven-year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say, "when is he gonna give us some room"
The girls say, "god I hope he comes back soon"

Everybody's talking but you don't hear a thing
You're still uptown on your downhill swing
Boulevard's empty, why don't you come around?
Baby, what is so great about sleeping downtown?

Splitting your dice to be someone you're not
You say you're looking for something you might've forgot
Don't bother calling to say you're leaving alone
'Cause there's a fool on every corner when you're trying to get home

Just tell 'em you're trying to cure a seven-year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say, "when is he gonna give us some room"
The girls say, "god I hope he comes back soon"

Tell me you're trying to cure a seven-year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say, "when is he gonna give us some room"
The girls say, "god I hope he comes back soon"

Thanks!

A lot of country purists *hate* these guys, but they are responsible for what, IMHO, is one of the greatest cry-in-your-beer country songs ever: "Why Lady Why" by Alabama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GxkgGJ5rUA

she had pretty much all of their albums on vinyl. In fact, when I was about three or four, the very first song I learned all of the words to was an Alabama song--"Old Flame".

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:hi: I like a lot of Alabama's music, too. Their breakthrough album My Home's in Alabama is really good in particular; with country, I tend to like particular songs more than albums, but that one holds up all the way through. I like "Old Flame," too; one of those songs that just sounds like it's supposed to be coming out of a jukebox!

The song is really cool....afetr all its country song!


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I never thought I'd see that!

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:wtf:

This song haunted me in my youth. I still love it today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50k18gL76AU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZt5Q-u4crc

can't believe it wasnt mentioned.

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

Tikki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybxOlixtK5g

Actually, pretty much all of John Conlee's stuff! I have seven or eight of his songs on mp3, and a few others I keep meaning to get.

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Little sister don't miss when she aims her gun...

The judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands...

Someone on YouTube has done a ton of vinyl recording "videos" of older country songs--here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/lazydaysleeper

Man, that's like ear candy. :hi:

There is a version by Merle from a TV show recorded in 1969 somewhere on youtube that is one of his best vocals ever. He has a great voice if the song is right, and this is near perfect.
A band I was in covered this song in an early version, and after hearing the youtube performance, I'm embarassed at how badly I sang it.
Sorry, Merle - but thanks for the song.

mark

The Coo Coo - First recorded in 1929 by Clarence Ashley, but the roots of the song go back centuries.

http://www.clarenceashley.com/music/coocoobird.html

A really intense and passionate rock version by Janis Joplin & Big Brother:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C9c9In1g7c

You're the reason I'm ridin' around on recapped tires.
You're the reason I'm hangin' our clothes outside on wires.
You're the reason our kids are ugly, little darlin'.
Ah but looks ain't everything,
And money ain't everything.
But I love you just the same.

You're the reason I changed to beer from soda pop.
You're the reason I never get to go to the beauty shop.
You're the reason our kids are ugly, little darlin'.
Oh, but looks ain't everything,
And money ain't everything.
But I love you just the same.

I guess that we won't ever have everything we need.
'Cause when we get ahead, it's another mouth to feed.

And that's the reason my good looks and my figure's gone.
And that's the reason I ain't got no hair to comb.
You're the reason our kids are ugly, little darlin'.
But looks ain't everything,
And money ain't everything.
But I love you just the same.

Rednecks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer

I think I just like it because it was played at the end of "Sordid Lives." :rofl:

Lyrics:

I've never seen the inside of a bar room
Or listened to a jukebox all night long
But I see these are the things that bring you pleasure
So I'm gonna make some changes in our home

I've heard it said if you can't beat'em join'em
So if that's the way you've wanted me to be
I'll change if it takes that to make you happy
From now on you're gonna see a different me

Because your good girl's gonna go bad
I'm gonna be the swingin'est swinger you've ever had
If you like 'em painted up powdered up then you ought to be glad
Cause your good girl's gonna go bad

I'll even learn to like the taste of whiskey
In fact you'll hardly recognize your wife
I buy some brand new clothes and dress up fancy
For my journey to the wilder side of life

Because your good girl's gonna go bad
I'm gonna be the swingin'est swinger you've ever had
If you like 'em painted up powdered up then you ought to be glad
Because your good girl's gonna go bad
Oh yeah your good girl's gonna go bad

If there is a better female vocalist than Tammy, I've never heard her.

And here you are bringing it up today!

I love collecting old C&W Lps (as well as Rock & Roll, Punk, Soul, etc,etc)

Check out the AWESOME LP cover:

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I listened quite a bit to a copy that had belonged to my grandma when I was growing up. It's got a mix of funny Tom T. Hall-penned story-songs about the people of "Harper Valley", combined with good ol' depressing-as-hell story-songs like "No Brass Band" (probably my favorite), "Run Jeannie Run," and "Ballad of Louise."

Here's "She's All I Got": a pretty one from a guy who was more often singing about rougher stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFn4qCtyPko&feature=related

On that note, here's the more obscure cheatin' and murderin' song "Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill" (!) (which, theoretically, could be a sequel to "She's All I Got", lyrically, except it's from several years earlier):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0FwhPDALc&feature=related

...as a filler track on her excellent "Delta Dawn" LP.

Both shared the same producer, the great Billy Sherrill- who has been described as the Phil Spector of C&W...

An old time fave.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erD-npYTP1M

I also love "Mississippi Moon" :hi:

Thanks!

Now I gotta try and find Crazy by Patsy Cline. I am terrible at youtube...took me forever to find Seminole Wind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqf2daVP3yI (Stupid video but great song! LOL)

I don't listen to country music much really but my mom did when I was growing up so I heard quite a bit of it. I do love Mary Chapin Carpenter and even tho this isn't an old song, this song in this context always makes me tear up...every time! Watch all the way to the end to see why! :hi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf7dn4VrYXs&feature=related

I Washed My Face in The Morning Dew


The first strange town I was ever in
The county was hangin’ a man
Nobody cared if he lived or died
And I just didn’t understand

(chorus)
So I washed my face in the morning dew
Bathed my soul in the sun
Washed my face in the morning dew
And kept on movin’ along

The second strange town I was in
They were laughing at a poor crippled man
Begging for nickels and dimes on the street
And I just didn’t understand

(chorus)
The third strange town that I was in
Was settled, peaceful and nice
The rich got richer and the poor got poorer
And to me it just didn’t seem right

(chorus)

Some day things are bound to change
It can’t be very far
And each injustice I have seen
Will come before the bar

Then I’ll wash my face in the morning dew
Bathe my soul in the sun
Wash my face in the morning dew
And keep on movin’ along


And since Johnny Paycheck has been mentioned a few time, I'll add my favorite- Old Violin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RAepGhVZEI

And if any idiot ever tries to tell you that Johnny Cash was a republican, make them listen to The Man in Black, written after meeting with students who were trying stop the Vietnam War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihtZtUpn7sQ

My favorite Willie, just for grins- The Last Thing I Needed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB-58SFnSW8 (odd video, but the best audio quality my quick search found)


There are plenty of good old country songs, they just don't get played on mainstream country stations anymore. And there are even some good country artists still who have a loyal fanbase but not aren't well known. As someone who grew up listening to Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn (who was an extreme feminist in her music, even if a nutcase in her politics), I hate it that the current generation thinks that Toby Keith and Carrie Underwood produce country music. x(

Not a one of you has even mentioned Davis Daniel, and you can't discuss SAD music without his songs.

Damn, I couldn't even find him on youtube. :(

Exquisite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfBxfltYD0

If you had not have fallen
Then I would not have found you
Angel flying too close to the ground

And I patched up your broken wings
And hung around a while
Tried to keep your spirits up
While you were feelin' down

I knew someday that you would fly away
For love's the greatest healer to be found
So leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground

Fly on, fly on past the speed of sound
I'd rather see you up
Than see you down
Leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground

A true classic.

Great title, wonderful song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSVBADpK9fs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJXjt5D4zY

I always heard that his herb was top shelf
I just couldn't wait to find out for myself
Don't knock it till you tried it, well I tried it my friend
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again

I learned a hard lesson in a small Texas town
He fired up a fat boy and he passed him around
The last words I spoke before they tucked me in
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again

I'll never smoke weed with Willie again
My party's all over before it began
You can pour me some old whiskey river my friend
But I'll never smoke weed with Willie again

I hopped on his old bus, the Honeysuckle Rose
The party was Vegas, it was after the show
Alone in the front lounge, just me and him
With one parting puff grime creeper set in

I'll never smoke weed with Willie again
My party's all over before it began
You can pour me some old whiskey river my friend
But I'll never smoke weed with Willie again

Now we're passing the guitar, telling good jokes
I know ones a coming cause I'm smelling smoke
No I do not partake, I just let it pass by
With a smile on my face and a great contact high

I'll never smoke weed with Willie again
My party's all over before it began
You can pour me some old whiskey river my friend
But I'll never smoke weed with Willie again

In the fetal position with drool on my chin
I messed up and smoked weed with Willie again