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Thread #98415   Message #1949358
Posted By: catspaw49
27-Jan-07 - 12:04 AM
Thread Name: Best country song
Subject: RE: Best country song
I dunno'..........It is really hard to separate some songs from artists. I think "Faded Love" can work for damn near anyone but so much depends on defining a country song. Putting one artist with one song, the greatest combo hands down has already been lauded here and that's George Jones doing "He Stopped Loving Her Today." It may be hokey as all hell but da' Possum can milk the livin' shit out of any song like that.

Truthfully, I always get the same mental image when I listen to George Jones. Some guy in his best urban cowboy attire sitting in the dark at the back of a bar, the neon of the window signs showing occasional flashes off his tears, his glass of beer, and the .357 in his other hand. As George pulls out the last note, the guy blows his brains out. Jones is the best honky tonk singer ever to come down the pike......period.

Spaw