The country music thread

[farid_h]

For the sake of the very few fans of country music on bladi (yes, we're a very small, select group), let's collect and suggest our favorite country songs here...

I'll kick off this thread with one of my all-times favorites: "Love has no pride"

I've had bad dreams too many times
To think that they don't mean much anymore
And fine times have gone and left my sad home
And the friends who once cared just walk out my door

But love has no pride when I call out your name
And love has no pride when there's no one to blame
But I'd give anything to see you again

I've been alone too many nights
To think that you could come back again
I've heard you talk
She's crazy to stay
But this love hurt's me so
I don't care what you say

But love has no pride when I call out your name
And love has no pride when there's no one to blame
But I'd give anything to see you again

If I could buy your love
Then I'd surely try my friend
And if I could pray
My prayers would never end

But if you want me to beg
I'll fall down on my knees
And ask you to come back
I'd be pleading for you to come back
I'd beg for you to come back to me

Love has no pride when I call out your name
And love has no pride when there's no one but myself to blame
But I'd give anything to see you again
Yes I'd give anything to see you again

Linda Ronstadt:
Bonnie Raitt:

Please do contribute your own favorite country song(s).

[Myumma]

This is my favorite one..."Calling me" (Kenny Rogers and Don Henley)
Here are the lyrics:

There's a back road leadin' off the hard-top
Half-a-mile past the slingshot tree
Wanders round through a million mem'ries
It's callin' me, callin' me.

There's a white house with fading shutters
The old front door that never needed a key
An' I hear my Momma in the hush of the evenin'
Callin' me, yeah, she's callin' me.

An' no matter where I'm goin'
It reminds me of where I'm from
Just as long as I can hear it
I know I'm not too far gone.

There's a first kiss under the willow
Love so honest, it was hard to believe
An' even when my heart is breakin'
It's callin' me, callin' me.

Yes, it's callin' me
(Ooh, yeah, yeah.)
Callin' me, callin' me.

An' no matter where I'm goin'
It reminds me of where I'm from
Just as long as I can hear it
I know I'm not too far gone.

There's a tiny country chapel
Filled with voices singin' harmony
An' when my soul is lost in the silence
Oh, it's callin'; yes, it's callin' me.

Yes it's callin' me.
(Callin' me.)
Callin'
Oh, it's callin'
Yes, it's callin' me...

(By the way, "Love has no pride" is a beautiful song, thx!)

[WinterKiss]

my FAV is we `ve had enough/ michael jackson

Love was taken from a young life
And no one told her why
Her direction has a dimlight
From one more violent crime

She innocently questioned why
Why her father had to die
She asked the men in blue
How is it that you get to choose
Who will live and who will die
Did god tell you you could decide ?
You saw he didn't run
And that my daddy had no gun

In the middle of a village
Way in a distant land
Lies a poor boy with his broken toy
Too young to understand

He's awaken, ground is shakin
His father grabs his hand
Screaming, crying, his wife's dying
Now he's left to explain

He innocently questioned why
Why his mother had to die
What did these soldiers come here for ?
If they're for peace, why is there war ?

Did God say that they could decide
Who will live and who will die ?
All my mama ever did
Was try to take care of her kids

We're innocently standing by
Watching people lose their lives
It seems as if we have no voice
It's time for us to make a choice

Only god could decide
Who will live and who will die
There's nothing that can't be done
If we raise our voice as one

They've gotta hear it from me
They've gotta hear it from you
They've gotta hear it from us
We can't take it
We've already had enough

They've gotta hear it from me
They've gotta hear it from you
They've gotta hear it from us

We can't take it
We've already had enough

They've gotta hear it from me
They've gotta hear it from you
They've gotta hear it from you baby

We can't take it
We've already had enough

Deep in my soul baby

Deep in your soul and let God decide

Deep in my soul

It's up to me and i'm still alive

They've gotta hear it from us

We can't take it
We've already had enough

It's going down baby
Just let God decide,

It's going on baby
Just let God decide

Deep in my soul baby

We've already had enough

They've gotta hear it from me
They've gotta hear it from you
They've gotta hear it from us

We can't, we can't
We've already had enough

[cuty-pie]

[farid_h]

Great contributions guys!

This one's on the melancholic side: it's about an old man who's slowly losing the love of his life to Alzheimer.

Moving Oleta

Reba McEntire

Moving Oleta was the hardest thing he'd done.
The nurses saw an old woman crying,
But he saw the love of his life.

She don't know where she is,
But she knows this isn't home:
Love is a hard, hard road.

He met her in the summer of thirty-seven,
In a brush arbor down on the Rush Creek shore.
He loved her black hair and the mischief in her smile
But she won him with her eyes...

All the years and children gone,
He still sees her the same:
Love is a hard, hard road.

He woke up each morning and drove into town;
He stayed all day 'til her dinner came.
Then he took her to her room
Leaned on her wheelchair like a walker,
And covered her with a quilt that she'd made...

Only God and a couple of nurses,
Helped the old man shoulder the load:
Love is a hard, hard road.

He said "They tell me this is all that's left,
Say this hell on earth is best,
I list all those reasons and I still don't understand!"

He cursed his body old and weak;
Tears of failure burned his cheeks.
He said "Oh, don't you know I prayed to die before this day...:"
Love is a hard, hard road.

There's a shadow much darker than the Valley of Death,
When you fear the reaper might not come today.
They line 'em up in lazy boys out in the sunroom;
The TV keeps the quiet away...

She can't recall his name,
And she's the only love he's known:
Love is a hard, hard road...
Love is a hard, hard road.

[Matsuzaka]

with all my respect, country music sucks big time.
how can u listen to that shit?
i puked once listening to a country song.
i listen to all music, but country music is the worse.
i think it's the worse music ever.

[WinterKiss]

Envoyé par Matsuzaka with all my respect, country music sucks big time. how can u listen to that shit? i puked once listening to a country song. i listen to all music, but country music is the worse. i think it's the worse music ever.

with all my respect to our greatest artists singers i can say our style of music is the worst in the world especialy chaabi.wlakin as we say li msanes b hajib wb regadda .ghayjih other kinds of music diffrent wmachi 3la hwah.country music is not that great but there some singers who worth to listen to.

[farid_h]

Envoyé par Matsuzaka with all my respect, country music sucks big time. how can u listen to that shit? i puked once listening to a country song. i listen to all music, but country music is the worse. i think it's the worse music ever.

That's what I've said: we're a small select group, and country is picky about its fans...

Actually, there's a lot of different brands of country music. Stuff I don't like is hillbilly or old-style country and western: that's really not my kind of music. But contemporary country, say from the nineties and 2000-2008 ain't all that bad. If you're in the right mood for it, it's decent music. Add to this bluegrass, alternative country and adult country, and it's an interesting mix to listen to from time to time. Just don't overdo it.

[Matsuzaka]

Envoyé par farid_h That's what I've said: we're a small select group, and country is picky about its fans... Actually, there's a lot of different brands of country music. Stuff I don't like is hillbilly or old-style country and western: that's really not my kind of music. But contemporary country, say from the nineties and 2000-2008 ain't all that bad. If you're in the right mood for it, it's decent music. Add to this bluegrass, alternative country and adult country, and it's an interesting mix to listen to from time to time. Just don't overdo it.

i don't know much about country music, i wonder if this song of Bon Jovi is country..
im a cow-boy!!!
im wanted dead or alive?

[hind76]

haha i'm such a sucker for this stuff! i've been listening to this one non-stop tonight

allison krauss - when you say nothing at all


It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd
Old Mr. Webster could never define
What's being said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all