Not my cup of tea, generally, country western music... but this morning heard Tammy Cocran on the early morning TV news and stuff show... she sang a song, Life Happens. Not a bad song (the high praise given my CD by one Jane Kelton... "Well, Larry... its not a BAD CD..." but back to the point... it was a long ballad with a good story and so, as one who writes long songs... (see the comment to my song in the post "Rape" ... - your song could be shorter, or it's too long or what ever was said...) but the fact is, a song should be as long as is needed to tell the story. We as a culture seem to be sacrificing story telling for brevity as the attention span of folks wains and songs become background noice to folks shouting at each other in pubs. It is good to hear a ballad singer being given her propers on network TV.
Cheers Larry