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Thread #134730 Message #3067806
Posted By: GUEST,ACcountryFan
05-Jan-11 - 12:28 PM
Thread Name: Typical Country Song Titles
Subject: RE: Typical Country Song Titles
"If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" is a country music classic from The Bellamy Brothers. Quite a few of these quirky song titles are actually serious ballads whose titles are meant to be catchy. "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke" is another country music classic among the honky-tonk category. It's really a ballad about a woman who prefers the wild, party life instead of having a grounded, married life. "Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth" is a song often sang for fun but it's a real song. The line was later incorporated into a Ray Stevens recording called "I'm Kissing You Goodbye". Ray Stevens, incidentally, never recorded "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" as it was erroneously reported on here. The actual artist was Elmo Shropshire and his ex-wife, Patsy. The two recorded as Elmo and Patsy. "Dropkick Me Jesus" was written by Paul Craft, the same man who wrote "It's Me Again, Margaret". "Dropkick me Jesus" is a serious ballad whose title simply uses football metaphors. The song was recorded by Bobby Bare. "It's Me Again, Margaret" was recorded by Ray Stevens. I think Paul Craft recorded those two songs as well...but didn't have the most popular recordings. "Your The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" was recorded by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn in 1978. In spite of it's title the song actually is well-written and performed. "Frog Kissing" was written by long-time songwriter/associate of Ray Stevens, Buddy Kalb. Chet Atkins actually sang the song while Ray Stevens played piano and did harmony on the recording.
"She's Acting Single" was a big hit for the late Gary Stewart. "When Your Phone Don't Ring, It'll Be Me" was recorded by a lot of country singers. I have a version by George Jones. The song's actually an up-tempo recording about a man telling a woman, in song, not to wait up for any phone calls from him because he's through with her and he won't be calling her up anytime soon and so, as he says: "when your phone don't ring, it'll be me...".
The song "Happy Tracks" is a sing-a-long song, sort of in the inspirational vein, by the late Kenny Price. He's more known for his 12 years on HEE-HAW but he had a legitimate recording career before joining the show...his biggest hit was the novelty "Sheriff of Boone County". "Blackboard of My Heart" is actually a love ballad made famous by the late Hank Thompson. He had several hits with serious recordings featuring offbeat titles: "Humpty Dumpty Heart", "Smoky the Bar", "Rub a Dub Dub", "On Tap, In the Can, or In the Bottle", and "Driving Nails in My Coffin" which Bluegrass acts often perform even today.