Country Music song titles

Spiritinthersky · Post by **Spiritinthersky** » 22 Apr 2014, 17:51

Bit of fun here:

Country songs have some great song titles!

My song is - Jerry Reed - She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft).

http://www.thisdayincountrymusic.com/birthdayno1

dave brum · Post by **dave brum** » 22 Apr 2014, 18:56

The whole genre of country and western is a major source of amusement to my English pair of ears, but none moreso than the bloke who has the unfortunate name of Hank Wangford.

Post by **Gill the Piano** » 22 Apr 2014, 19:00

I like 'How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?' and 'You're The Reason Our Baby's So Ugly'...

dave brum · Post by **dave brum** » 22 Apr 2014, 19:22

Gill the Piano wrote: 'You're The Reason Our Baby's So Ugly'...

That would be a better title for a punk noise metal destruction violence total annihilation song rather than the 'homely idealistic god bless the USA' one. I couldn't imagine Glenn Campbell covering that!

Do you remember 'Lightweight Louie Danvers' on the Two Ronnies?

dave brum · Post by **dave brum** » 22 Apr 2014, 19:53

This one's so bad, it's bloody brilliant. If you thought 'No Charge' took the wee....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoTLwrm9QE&feature=kp

Post by **Gill the Piano** » 23 Apr 2014, 18:02

Good grief...worse than some of the Victorian ones (cf. 'If Thou Wert Blind (I Would Put Out My Eyes')!

dave brum · Post by **dave brum** » 23 Apr 2014, 19:44

Now you're talking 'The Musitians Of Grope Lane' (there actually is a street called that, in Shrewsbury).

Which is diddlysquat to do with country and western music. The Streak by Ray Stevens is classed as C&W and is rather a good song, as is 'Cover of the Rolling Stone' by Dr.Hook and the Medicine Show. I've seen video footage of Dr.Hook performing stark naked at a peace concert in the early 70s.

Then they went all corporate and poppy, and even ditched the hidden messages. When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, It's Hard to cite their British No1 hit from the 70s.