What's your favorite country song?

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 6:07 am

Working on a DJ set for Europeans who mostly think every country song is by Dwight Yoakham. Deep cuts and old favorites welcome!

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 8:11 am

Amarillo by Morning by George Straight!

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 12:45 pm

Whoa, que suave!

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 4:34 pm

I was turned onto this song by Henry Rollins' excellent KCRW show; I think he described it as George Straight plucking emotions gently from a overripe fruit tree, which is it. This whole era of George Straight's a gut-puncher. I listen to a lot of classic country when I'm gardening, for some reason.

infopetal · Post by **infopetal** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 7:12 pm

not a deep cut by any means but I had the Nashville soundtrack on constant rotation two winters ago, my fave song on it:
https://youtu.be/9zU_Cq23TRU

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:25 am

Damn, what a great song. I'm putting this soundtrack right on, y'all. It looks like it is on her album, "Welcome." Was it written for the film though?

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:29 am

She was in Nightmare on Elm Street?! FRED! What a woman.

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:44 am

Friend of the board Kyle Field does a great cover of this one, but it's a great tune by itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2qKi36j4xw

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:46 am

Gotta have something by Gram on there
https://youtu.be/1PytxPaU6k4

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:48 am

Honestly speaking of Kyle, Paradise is a perfect country song and has some of my favorite pedal steel ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIq83GeBjpk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJAMPBVBWPA

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:52 am

Shout out Emmylou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbaz_T6BN3g

Cross-post, I guess Emmylou is a celebrity crush

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 10:06 am

I like this ditty because it’s about leering at hot telephone operators and I spent most of 2020 researching telephone history for an article that will finally see the light of day next month:

https://youtu.be/BN61if3zYJs

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:14 am

Hot hits! Gram is always high on the list for me and it's always nice to be able to recommend a friend of the board. I listened to the last Little Wings album after hearing these two. Pretty one.

And Belles of the Southern Bell *chef's kiss*. Nothing beats a great country western music pun.

I cannot get enough of this at the moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXkM11kp_tg

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:50 am

Oh my god, wow! Thanks for sharing that. I love Buffy Saint-Marie. Listen to “God is Alive and Magic is Afoot” if you haven’t heard it, incredible song

RCH · Post by **RCH** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 1:33 pm

"Paintin' Her Fingernails" by Mary Kay Place, 1977

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is140GrYYMk

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:02 pm

Oh shit, the country thread!! I second Merle and Emmylou and Gram. Here are some more fave faces/songs/albums:

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt- Trio
Merle Haggard- Silver Wings
Townes Van Zandt- almost anything but CERTAINLY Live at the Old Quarter
Rodney Crowell- Bluebird Wine
Ricky Nelson- Lonesome Town
Willie Nelson- mostly Red Headed Stranger
Lucinda Williams- Fruits of My Labor, If My Love Could Kil, Drunken Angel
Steve Earl- I Ain't Ever Satisfied
*Maybe some Flying Burrito Brothers
*Gene Clark
Gillian Welch
The frickin Carter Family
Bonnie Raitt
Harry Dean Stanton
Pretty much any country cover of In the Pines, but definitely Bill Monroe's

*(ok, not pure country but some is country adjacent)

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:03 pm

maybe i just go make a playlist too.......... insert cowboy emoji here

if the country music vibes feel good may I recommend watching The Last Picture Show?? What a film.

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:14 pm

let's get sad and/or think about death

https://youtu.be/7KrANPZhoFI

https://youtu.be/PR9GYaneiXY

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:19 am

Whoop! I'm gonna listen to Harry Dean Stanton right now!

Did you know about the Bob Dylan themetime radio hour? I can't get enough at the moment. The episode on the myth of California is *chef's kiss*
http://www.themetimeradio.com/all/

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:03 am

whoa, that looks amazing!

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:13 am

Currently listening to Episode 63: Walking. Each episode is a great themed mixtape interspersed with scripted rants, anecdotes and explanations in the truly exceptional voice of Bob Dylan. What a man.

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:14 am

There's a contemporary country person that I really like, Orville Peck. He's a beautiful gay cowboy with a deeeeeeep baritone voice. He's on Sub Pop!

https://youtu.be/kfXd4UJS1BE

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:16 am

I'm not a particular fan of LG but when I heard this I thought it felt very right, such good interpretation of this song:

https://youtu.be/7UW62Uo5ANg

infopetal · Post by **infopetal** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 7:11 pm

re: Ronee Blakley/My Idaho Home, I wasn't sure so fired up trusty Wikipedia and here's what it says:
That same year, Blakley appeared in what may be her most widely known performance in Nashville. Her character, Barbara Jean, looked similar to country star Loretta Lynn, though Blakley stated that the character was based on Lynn Anderson. Blakley performed her own songs in character, including "Tapedeck In His Tractor," "Dues" and "My Idaho Home."
found the original version from Welcome and it's so much faster! still beautiful but I love the leisurely crooney pace of the movie version.

re: Harry Dean Stanton, if anyone hasn't seen Lucky yet, you should track it down!
https://youtu.be/2KLLkj84GAo

how has no one dropped in Dolly in this thread?! cannot let that stand. here's a perfect four-track sequence from the Jolene album:
https://youtu.be/PkXHpA4Co6Q
https://youtu.be/kgF847ynjPM
https://youtu.be/vgZ2fiKk8OI
https://youtu.be/JtrTj8jblx4

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:48 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQcmVW-G_Mw

richjensen · Post by **richjensen** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:09 pm

so many..

https://youtu.be/s4S1Q1vfngA

https://youtu.be/zPTyic_WPxI

https://youtu.be/5_HMM4hbJeA

https://youtu.be/98Ow_Jav_eo

https://youtu.be/ais2uSUwIuY

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:37 am

Look at that young Bonnie Raitt, with baby fat still on her. What a woman.

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:37 am

I love this thread

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:18 pm

Happy new year's! We aggressively cleaned the house today while listening to lonesome cowboy songs performed by the Norman Luboff choir:

https://youtu.be/6QN37gVNbMU

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Fri Jan 07, 2022 4:14 pm

One more absolute jammer:

https://youtu.be/iFq6eZBS1iM

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:16 am

Oh, love it! Funny too, I've been rocking out to this one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DcdONaKSQM
"This old maternity dress I've got
Is goin' in the garbage
The clothes I'm wearin' from now on
Won't take up so much yardage
Miniskirts, hot pants and a few little fancy frills
Yeah I'm makin' up for all those years
Since I've got the pill"

I mean, god bless this woman. How many rural American girls do you think learned about the pill from this song?!

infopetal · Post by **infopetal** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:07 pm

am reading Eve Babitz's Slow Days, Fast Company and the chapter titled Heroine is about thinly veiled version of Ronee Blakley named Terry Finch!

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:43 am

yourfriendclaire wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:18 pm Happy new year's! We aggressively cleaned the house today while listening to lonesome cowboy songs performed by the Norman Luboff choir:

https://youtu.be/6QN37gVNbMU

I can almost smell Davidoff in the air!

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:48 am

This thread is the best. Another edition of cowgirlboy radio jams Tuesday!

Been enjoying this song lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1mQvHXRlZE

And these ragers from the Johnny Cash album, American IV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3QDDlW ... PR4O7IbxVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUpuwdf ... VU&index=9

Damn your eyes!

alex · Post by **alex** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:47 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir3gAak9LkY

alex · Post by **alex** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:51 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMSWAUAKJn0

alex · Post by **alex** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:55 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv3FTpsa_3I

shakeypea · Post by **shakeypea** » Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:18 pm

Hi this is my first ever post here!

Not only is this my favorite country song I also think it is one of the saddest songs I have heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBr-GQqt6A

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:13 am

Great choice and welcome!

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Thu Mar 10, 2022 4:59 pm

Damn, Townes </3

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 3:22 am

@infopedal, Idaho Home is on my "listen to more or less every day" mix. But man, all three of the Ronee Blakley songs on the Nashville soundtrack are so so so good. I listened to Dues on repeat while cooking chili the other evening until I could sing the whole thing from memory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm8PwXOHNPs

And Tapedeck in His Tractor is romp. "A cowboy's secret you never tell, but there's nothin' like the lovin' of a hard ridin' cowboy man!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuOenXwZ6bU