My proposal for country music

Predator · 07-09-2008, 12:28 AM

Lets compare the lyrics between the two to illustrate why I can't stand new country.

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Redneck girl likes to cruise in Daddy's pickup truck
And a redneck girl plays her hard when she's down on her luck
Living for a friday afternoon
She's gonna show one ole boy that we can move

And I pray that someday I will find me a redneck girl

Redneck girl likes to stay out all night long
She makes sweet rock n' roll while she listens to the country songs
She's waitin' for that moment of surrender
Her hands are calloused but her heart is tender

And I pray that someday I will find me a redneck girl
Oh give me a give me a give me a redneck girl
Give me a give me a give me a redneck girl

Oh give me a give me a give me a redneck girl
Give me a give me a give me a redneck girl

A redneck girl got a name on the back of her belt
She's got a kiss on her lips for her man and no one else
A coyote's howling out on the prairie
First comes love then comes marriage

And I pray that someday I will find me a redneck girl
Yeah give me a give me a give me a redneck girl

Kinda brings this image to my mind

Quote:

Well I ain't never
Been the barbie doll type
No I can't swig that sweet champagne
I'd rather drink beer all night
In a tavern or in a honky tonk
Or on a 4 wheel drive tailgate
I've got posters on my wall of Skynard, Kid and Strait
Some people look down on me
But I don't give a rip
I'll stand barefooted in my own front yard with a baby on my hip

Cause I'm a redneck woman
And I ain't no high class broad
I'm just a product of my raisin'
And I say "hey y'all" and "Yee Haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Charlie Daniels song
So here's to all my sisters out there keepin' it country
Let me get a big "Hell Yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah

Victoria's Secret
Well their stuff's real nice
Oh but I can buy the same damn thing on a Wal*Mart shelf half price
And still look sexy
Just as sexy
As those models on TV
No I don't need no designer tag to make my man want me
You might think I'm trashy
A little too hard core
But get in my neck of the woods
I'm just the girl next door

Hey I'm redneck woman
And I ain't no high class broad
I'm just a product of my raisin'
And I say "hey y'all" and "Yee Haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Tanya Tucker song
So here's to all my sisters out there keeping it country
Let me get a big "Hell Yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah

I'm redneck woman
And I ain't no high class broad
I'm just a product of my raisin'
And I say "hey y'all" and "Yee Haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Ol' Bocephus song
So here's to all my sisters out there keeping it country
Let me get a big "Hell Yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah

Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah

I Said Hell Yeah

No thanks, I'm good.

savannah · 07-09-2008, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Predator

Lets compare the lyrics between the two to illustrate why I can't stand new country.

Kinda brings this image to my mind

No thanks, I'm good.

lol yea,...you pretty much pegged that,...

although i must say that gretchen wilson is better than toby keith and his new song 'she's a hottie'

teshadoh · 07-11-2008, 01:25 PM

Predator - you might have already heard this genre, but I think you want to look for 'americana' stations, not country. Americana fuses traditional country, alt-country (rock bands like Son Volt that play country), folk (not hippie folk but Townes Van Zandt type folk) & outlaw country (from the 70's to the present - Lucinda Williams).

But yes, I've agreed with that assessment of country since the 80's with the emergence of Garth Brooks. It's country-pop - but unfortunately you can't tell anyone that listens to mainstream country radio that they aren't listening to 'real' country. Just like you can't tell them that Blue Collar Comedy is a caricature of a redneck, just as blaxploitation films of the 70's were a caricature of Blacks.

07-11-2008, 01:25 PM	#13 (permalink)
teshadoh Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 94	Predator - you might have already heard this genre, but I think you want to look for 'americana' stations, not country. Americana fuses traditional country, alt-country (rock bands like Son Volt that play country), folk (not hippie folk but Townes Van Zandt type folk) & outlaw country (from the 70's to the present - Lucinda Williams). But yes, I've agreed with that assessment of country since the 80's with the emergence of Garth Brooks. It's country-pop - but unfortunately you can't tell anyone that listens to mainstream country radio that they aren't listening to 'real' country. Just like you can't tell them that Blue Collar Comedy is a caricature of a redneck, just as blaxploitation films of the 70's were a caricature of Blacks.