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4 hours ago, mike newman said:

January's always been bitter

But , Lord, this one beats all

The wind ain't quit for weeks now

and the drifts are ten feet tall

I've been all night drivin'  heifers

Close in to lower ground

then I spent the morning thinkin'

about the ones the wolves pulled down......

One of Garth's best....to my ear !!

Mike

Definitely his best album, before he started getting silly, IMO

A couple more from “No Fences”

From a phone booth in Cheyenne, I made a promise to Diane, no more rodeos, I’d gone my last go round. The same promise that I made in San Antone and Santa Fe, but tonight I saddled up and let her down. Wild horses keep dragging me away, and I’ll lose more than I’m gonna win someday. Wild horses just stay wild, and her heart is all I break Wild horses keep dragging me away

And

This old highway’s gettin’ longer, seems there ain’t no end in sight. To sleep would be best,  but I just can’t afford to rest, I gotta ride in Denver tomorrow night. 
 

And

There's a fire burning bright, at our house tonight, slow music playing, and soft candlelight. 

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-A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile..... American Pie, Don Mclean

-Maybe she was smilin' in the mirror, maybe I was too 'cause I was stoned..... Stranger, Johnny Duncan

 

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5 hours ago, iowaboy1965 said:

All right all right all right now. 

Humble pie, 30 days in the hole

Not the best opening line and I don't support the life style but the song gets me going everytime I hear it.

I have all the old Humble Pie - Marriot had a voice and a half.  Even though several of their songs were about hookers and drugs, they didn't glorify it; they showed where that lifestyle got you in the long run.

Like this one - Red Light Mama Red Hot - about a Memphis hooker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etp5BE0x2qo

 

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“Houston means that I’m one day closer to you” The Gatlin Brothers - 1984

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Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, engines pumping and thumping in time, the green light flashes, the flags go up, churning and burning they yearn for the cup”

The Distance, Cake

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I live a very conflicted life.  On the one hand I have to say; Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound....   On the other, She was a fast machine, She kept her motor clean....

And maybe, more appropriately for current events;  As I walk through this wicked world, searching for light in the darkness of insanity....

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9 minutes ago, BoilerRed said:

I live a very conflicted life.  On the one hand I have to say; Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound....   On the other, She was a fast machine, She kept her motor clean....

I like a wide variety between rock, country and Christian music. As Hank Williams Jr said " we like Waylon and we like Van Halen" ..... I just can't place the song it is in .... Had multiple singers in it ..... 

This is it 

 

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I have a mansion, forget the price
Ain't never been there, they tell me it's nice "

Lifes been Good : Joe Walsh

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13 hours ago, FARMALL FIXER said:

I have a mansion, forget the price
Ain't never been there, they tell me it's nice "

Lifes been Good : Joe Walsh

Joe did a ton of good music.  I think he's a decent guy, although probably partied a bit much back in the day.

Have you heard some of his more recent stuff?  I can relate to the title song on this album - analog man.

 

 

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6 hours ago, Steve C. said:

Joe did a ton of good music.  I think he's a decent guy, although probably partied a bit much back in the day.

Have you heard some of his more recent stuff?  I can relate to the title song on this album - analog man.

 

 

Yep I think he did party a bit to much as well but he did record some good songs . 

I can relate to this song as well .  I enjoy listening to older Artist's music wether it be Rock or Country , I like varity in my listening pleasure .

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7 hours ago, FARMALL FIXER said:

Hello Mrs. Johnson you self-righteous woman "

Cal Smith : The Lord knows I'm drinking

...when  mentioning   Cal Smith.....one cannot forget the   "'Hullo country     bumpkin ''   song.....a classic  C and W song

Mike

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“Your love is like bad medicine, bad medicine is what I need”

Bon Jovi,  Bad Medicine

 

”We both lie silently still in the dead of the night, although we both lie close together we feel miles apart inside”

Poison, Every Rose has it’s Thorn

 

“Take me down to the paradise city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty”

Guns’N’Roses, Paradise City

my apologies to @mike newman for the hair band stuff

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40 minutes ago, ihrondiesel said:

“Your love is like bad medicine, bad medicine is what I need”

Bon Jovi,  Bad Medicine

 

”We both lie silently still in the dead of the night, although we both lie close together we feel miles apart inside”

Poison, Every Rose has it’s Thorn

 

“Take me down to the paradise city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty”

Guns’N’Roses, Paradise City

my apologies to @mike newman for the hair band stuff

....IH   Ron.....I always have a huge degree  of empathy   for   ''proper''  truck drivers....who drive Mack   trucks.........................................and,    perhaps some other  lesser   known marques....:)...thus I will except , with reluctance,  your  apology , in respect of the long haired   ''music''....:rolleyes:

Thankyou

Mike

(are you friends   with  KWRB ???!!!!! :rolleyes: )

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