I've always thought this was just a fantastic under-rated song by a guy who was better known for a few of his others.

Mel McDaniel "I Call It Love"


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Lump with the winner! I had a bit of a crush on Deanna Carter at that time.

Freddy Fender deserves another mention, today.


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If you're a parent, especially a father, it's required by law that you love this.

Conway Twitty "That's My Job"

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It's one of my favorites. :) I forgot about it until I heard it on the radio this morning.

Did I play it (I honestly don't remember, 23 years of shows will do that to you) or are you cheating on me?

While I agree that much contemporary country is crap, you're missing some good stuff if you shut it all out.

I'm afraid I cheated on you w/ a local station. :(

Let me explain... I was driving into work and I accidentally landed on a country station. That song was playing, and the next thing I knew, I was pulled in.

PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!! I promise that I will never do it again! :deevee:

Interesting combination...Chris LeDoux and Bon Jovi


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I remember when we were tight. I miss those days.

More George

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I posted that earlier and made Lumpy listen to it (back when her and I were friends) but it's worth a repost. One of the great songs ever.

There are no reposts in music threads (as long as it doesn't suck)

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Pfft... I hear that from Gonzo at least 3-5 times a week. :rolleyes:

Oh, wait... you said, "we" not "you". ROFL

:(

My station sponsored a Jason Michael Carroll show 2 years ago and I was fortunate enough to spend quite a bit of time with him. One of the nicest guys I've met and completely accomodating to his fans. In fact since he couldn't stay after the show (had to fly back to Nashville that night for a morning appearance on tv) he spend most of the concert signing autographs while singing... even went into the crowd a few times to sign for people not up front.

In most shows I've been a part of you need to have your station stuff to be autopraphed ready and easy to do for them before the show. JMC made sure we unbundled our t-shirts so he could sign right on our logo and he signed both the cd case and inner sleeve for our cd giveaways. That may not sound like a big thing but it's rare that the stars will take the time to do it right.

Then he hung out with the station staff in the halls backstage and asked more questions about us than we did about him. JMC will always be a favorite of mine simply for the respect he shows to the people who are helping his career.

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Love this one from JMC. "Livin Our Love Song."

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This was JMC's current single when he was in town. It's cool to see the way a crowd swells when an artist begins their current hit when they know it.

Fantastic song too. "Hurry Home."


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JMC's "rocker" that had just come off the charts at the time of the show. Cool to see him do it live and look just like the vid.


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Always liked this one


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I'd forgotten about this song....thanks for reminding me. This one and "The Walk" are right there when it comes to my favorite sentimental song. Carrie Underwood's recent hit "Temporary Home" is right there also.

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Was never particularly fond of their politics but I loved their music.

A sad video...and for some reason it didn't seem to get the play it should have.

He's another underrated singer and I am glad to see that he's very fan-friendly. Great story.

What? I don't care what you think of Garth's music but, his voice has so much range. I would wager that a very high percentage of professional singers envy his vocal talent. I mean, the man can sing songs most people can't. I just don't where you are coming from there.

I won't lie. I hate Jo Dee a lot. I mean can't listen to it hate. An I think I'm the only one. I recognize she had a lot of hire hits there for awhile. Plus she seems pretty real I just can't stand her music.





This is an outstanding post. I had almost forgotten when she crossed over. What an awful time for country music. Thanks for posting the perspective.

Just got a mental image of that. LOL

He sounds flat to me a lot of the time. "Rodeo" is one example. Like I said to each their own. A lot of people love him. It's all good.

He sounds "flat"... in Rodeo.... Mmkay, whatever.

Of course I have not heard the studio version in quite some time, I always listen to the live version. So there may be some variance there.

I do like his music quite a bit. I think he's got a really good voice, nice tone and great phrasing.

I think the thing with Garth Brooks is that he was interested several types of music and he sang what he liked. It didn't always work but I found most of it enjoyable. I am fond of "Ireland", more folk music than country but it stuck in my head and I love the opening.

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Wow....an awful lot of anger there. You must be a big time Garth fan.

I'm just like the Dr. I just don't see the vocal talent. I see him more as an entertainer...he puts on a great show with alot things going on around him that makes the crowd forget he is just a better than average singer with a great ability to relate to the crowd and entertain.

Garth did some stuff early in his career that was really great, but towards the end, his heart wasn't in his music. But I'll give him that he never let the fans down on any of his shows. He also lived up to his commitments (the Walmart tour). Love him or hate him, he was one straight on dude.

Uh no, no anger at all. Just puzzlement. I've heard a lot of negativity towards Garth over the years but, never anything about his voice. That is a first for me.

And if you listen to his entire body of work you will find he has an amazing voice that ranges pretty damned well.

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I'm not often a Chesney fan but that's a great freakin song. Love the lyrics.

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These 2 are good.
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Always thought of that one as the story of me and my dad.

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Chalk Rascall Flatts up to another band that I can't stand. Not on the level of Jo Dee Messena, but still pretty bad. It's probably a factor of spending 18 hours a day on a tractor and hearing their crap over and over and over and over and over and over again.

And that they've done the same song over about 500 times. I like a few of their songs for what they are individually but overall I'm with you... not a fan. "Bless The Broken Road" is a nice song and I like "What Hurts The Most"... but there's only so many bittersweet 4-plus minute love ballads you can take in a row until you take to the roof with a semi-automatic weapon and start picking off familys of four.

I feel like Lady Antebellum is now going down the same path.

On Kenny Chesney:

I'm with beer me, I don't like party country. I hate it a lot. I like Kenny when he's not trying to be cool, he puts out decent music.

Here is one from early

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Another good one from him.

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I hope not. I really like their stuff.

It doesn't seem to me that they've got the tween crowd that spends all the damn money. But I may just be out of touch with the tween crowd.

If you haven't checked out Cross Canadian Ragweed. Do it. Yesterday.

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More.

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Check them out. Now.

I like Lady A as well. Just looking over their last handful of singles they've been headed the way of the 4 minute bittersweet ballad as well.

Oh and when I say I don't like "party country" I don't mean to come off like I don't like anything upbeat or fun... that's not the case. Maybe I shoud say I don't like songs I think are stupid and completely shallow that appeal directly to the young girls in the front few rows holding their beers up and spilling half of it on themselves while they WHOOOOOP!!! it up and try not to fall down drunk dancing to the song. Songs like "Country Girl Shake It For Me" by Luke Bryan and the new "Truck Yeah" by Tim McGraw etc etc... there's a million of them.

I just prefer music that actually speaks to me in some way and that doesn't mean it has to be particulary deep or depressing.... although I think we all know depression is where the best music often comes from.

:)

Cross Canadian Ragweed is pretty good imo..... nice.

Cross Canadian Ragweed - guy has some set of eyebrows.

I agree with all of that wholeheartedly.

I'm becoming milkman I think. I used to tolerate it and not worry about it too much, but as I get older, it pisses me off infinitely. People that are legitimately country shouldn't have to convince other people that being country is cool. The rage swells inside me and it is all I can do to curb the violence before people die.

Oh, and "There's Somethin About a Truck" needs to die in a fire.

On board with everything you just said.

I change the words to "Somethin About A Truck" with whatever comes to mind as long as it's hateful and profanity laced LOL.

I despise contemporary country. Absolutely despise it. Therefore I have always ignored this thread because I thought that the thread would consist mostly of posts by users who are fans of contemporary country. After skimming through a few pages on here, it appears my first impression of this thread was incorrect...which is great. Great call on whoever posted "That's My Job" my Conway Twitty. My dad used to play that song in his truck for my brother and I when I was younger....I've never met anyone else who has heard it. Props.

Anyways.

SWEDEN of all places has better folk/country that the crap you hear on the radio now. I love this band... I believe the singers are a couple of sisters. Really cool stuff. The blonde chick is hot. I think it's interesting how their accents blend in with the style.

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The studio version sounds a little different:


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HANK 3

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I'm with you on Rascal Flatts...except I like "Sarabeth" and "Fast Cars and Freedom"...

Just for grins and giggles you should ask Frazod about Rascal Flatts...

I may have to check these guys out...

I would add "Honky-Tonk Badonkadonk" to that list...I like some of Trace Adkins music but that some comes on and I start looking for bell towers.

If you like "That's My Job" then you would probably like "The Walk" by Sawyer Brown and "Brotherly Love' by Earl Thomas Conley and Keith Whitley.

I love "The Walk" by Sawyer Brown. I'll have to check out "Brotherly Love." As the oldest of 4 brothers, I have a feeling that I will like that song. Thanks for the suggestion!!

Dr. J.....you can probably confirm this better than I can. But I have heard that many of the country artists love going overseas because they have such a cult following there. We get all the Country we want, but overseas they literally depend on the internet to get their "taste of country".

Is that true?

:thumb: That's what we are all here for.

Wish there was a way to turn all these videos into a play-track from here. Sometimes I hate going to YouTube because you get commercials.

Guess that is why I have my Ipod

I'm not sure I can "confirm" but I certainly wouldn't disagree. You hear about country stars touring overseas all the time anymore so it's makes good sense that you're right.

Yes, one of the worst. Jamey Johnson who wrote it and is a really true-to-the-genre-old-school-outlaw-country type has even admitted that he's embarrassed to have penned it... but he needed to eat at the time... which is pretty much all the proof you need that even the artists know that crap sells. I'm with you on Trace too... he either really hits it good or really does crap.

I've been holding off posting my love affair with Jamey Johnson for when I have time to get into it like I want to. I may have to do it tonight.

:)

I love Ronnie Dunn. Loved Brooks 'N Dunn and now Ronnie's solo stuff is just awesome imo. This song isn't just timely for the way things are now economically and with unemployment, it could have been a great song at pretty much any time in the past.

Ronnie has, to me, maybe the truest voice in country music.

"Cost Of Livin"

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Here's a cool live version too. One of the first times he performed it.

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This was Ronnie's solo debut after Brooks 'N Dunn called it quits. The part at the beginning is shot with his daughter who'd just broken up with her boyfriend. As the story goes she told him her situation would go well with the song and offered to help with the video so Ronnie set up a camera on his property and filmed a talk they had and they used the one little part in the video. His daughter and her best friend are in the video throughout.

Ronnie also said when the song was pitched to him he thought it was "too big" for him and someone more in the "larger than life" category should do it. He suggested U2 do it... and I can hear that... but the writter and studio wanted Ronnie to do it so he went for it. I'm glad he did.

"Bleed Red"

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That song is called "The River." Stupid youtubers.

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Good song. Played it this morning. One of the 5 Garth songs I like.

How about his cover of this one:

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I've always liked Brooks and Dunn...but have to admit that Ronnie Dunn IMO really carried that duo. His vocals are pure....

I almost slugged someone one day when they compared Brooks and Dunn to Hall & Oates....I told him that unlike Darryl Hall, Ronnie Dunn would have a great solo career. It's too early to call it great, but so far he has far outperformed Darryl Hall.

A little Patsy Cline...

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