The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1968   Message #7444
Posted By: LaMarca
25-Jun-97 - 01:00 PM
Thread Name: American Folk for English Singers...
Subject: RE: American Folk for English Singers...
A lot of the modern pop-country writers seem to have a good sense of humor about the cliches of country music, and write humorous songs in the genre. I don't listen to commercial country radio that often, so I don't know the names of the artists/songwriters for these, but a couple of my favorites are:

"I've Got Friends in Low Places" - a song about the delights of the favorite bar/pub, not a high-class establishment...

"Sometimes You're the Windshield, Sometimes You're the Bug" - a philosophical song about life and love with lots of twisted metaphors...

Wrting a country-style song from outside what passes for "culture" here in the US may be a bit of a challenge, but will probably work if you start with the humorous end of things!