Greatest country song of all time?

[136 or 142]

This is the Loudon Wainwright (III) classic "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu5hzc2Mei4

[136 or 142]

Last from me for now.

Another Canadian band I generally like.  It's country rock, but I don't know if Akwilly will like it.

The Stampeders "Carry Me"  I like a number of Stampeders songs, but they also did "Sweet City Woman" which I find to be one of the most grating songs of all time.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnjaIri_aKk

[Brody]

I had no idea until yesterday that "A Country Boy Can Survive" was released way back in 82.  I thought the release in 2007 was brand new.

[136 or 142]

Forgot another great (in my opinion, Akwilly) Canadian country song.

Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks covering Neil Young's own song "Wonderin'"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6A6oTFdcw

[136 or 142]

One more from me for now.  I don't think Akwilly likes this one (sorry) but this was one of the biggest hits of the late 1970s country rock era.
I think this was the song that made me a big fan of country rock and then later traditional (real) country music.
For those who don't remember this song, you may remember thinking it was called "Looking for Love (In all the Wrong Places)"


From the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. "Looking for Love" by Johnny Lee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MnU6p3sGSw

[mikuthing01]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL6Xh7umuMw

[weedeater]

Stevie and then some nostalgia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlyILSPGF-Y


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMko5LelBdA

[Dr. MD MD]

One more from me for now.  I don't think Akwilly likes this one (sorry) but this was one of the biggest hits of the late 1970s country rock era.
I think this was the song that made me a big fan of country rock and then later traditional (real) country music.
For those who don't remember this song, you may remember thinking it was called "Looking for Love (In all the Wrong Places)"


From the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. "Looking for Love" by Johnny Lee

I prefer Buckwheat's version: Wookin Pa Nub 

[Dr. MD MD]

Stevie and then some nostalgia

Well, he is from the South but Stevie is straight up blues, not country. 

[Dr. MD MD]

Forgot another great (in my opinion, Akwilly) Canadian country song.

Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks covering Neil Young's own song "Wonderin'"

Hmm...Young has had a number of songs that i suppose could be considered country but you pick a Doo Wop song. Curious. 

[136 or 142]

Hmm...Young has had a number of songs that i suppose could be considered country but you pick a Doo Wop song. Curious. 

The back up singers are singing Doo Wop but I think the rest of the song is country.  Maybe I should have listened to it again.

They're not a real band (I think they're professional wrestlers) but their philosophy is spot on.  There's also "some people call it Hip Hop, but I call it Shit Hop."

Curt Hennig and the West Texas Rednecks "Rap is Crap"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-riL5A4eiWQ

[136 or 142]

First country rock song I ever heard at around the age of five, and a massive #1 pop hit.  Glen Campbell "Rhinestone Cowboy"  Also one of my favorite songs.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_U

[21st Century Man]

First country rock song I ever heard at around the age of five, and a massive #1 pop hit.  Glen Campbell "Rhinestone Cowboy"  Also one of my favorite songs.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_U

My favorite of his but I love all of his music including his work as a session player for the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean.

[21st Century Man]

The back up singers are singing Doo Wop but I think the rest of the song is country.  Maybe I should have listened to it again.

They're not a real band (I think they're professional wrestlers) but their philosophy is spot on.  There's also "some people call it Hip Hop, but I call it Shit Hop."

Curt Hennig and the West Texas Rednecks "Rap is Crap"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-riL5A4eiWQ

No, the song is doowop.  Sure there are some country tinges but they are not predominant.  The melody of Wonderin's is certainly not country but a form of early rock.  I have the cd.  The whole album is early rock and roll style.

[136 or 142]

No, the song is doowop.  Sure there are some country tinges but they are not predominant.  The melody of Wonderin's is certainly not country but a form of early rock.  I have the cd.  The whole album is early rock and roll style.

Yes, wikipedia calls it rockabilly.  Sorry, I like the song, but I shouldn't have posted it here.

[Dr. MD MD]

The back up singers are singing Doo Wop but I think the rest of the song is country.  Maybe I should have listened to it again.

True. It's a fusion of the two, I suppose. I like Neil Young. He was one of the first guys to get behind Devo, who actually do at least allude to a country song in this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUrhcwm34Uk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcvWrxrNk4k

[21st Century Man]

Yes, wikipedia calls it rockabilly.  Sorry, I like the song, but I shouldn't have posted it here.

That is ok.  I like the song very much! 

[21st Century Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw

[21st Century Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRNCvHXHHU

[21st Century Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZPBUu7Fro

[21st Century Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs4y5si8DGs

[21st Century Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piNF7LUehsM

[Dr. MD MD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BANsr_9Yjdc

[Dr. MD MD]

I posted the Marty Robbins version of this earlier but, as great as it is, I think I have to give the winning edge to Connie Smith's version. Great vocal and some really great Travis picking throughout:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiuqnZ4kbEI

[21st Century Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_oWyC3JARo

[Dr. MD MD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_oWyC3JARo

You're going old school. 

He was really the first country music superstar.

He even made it into the talking pictures! 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyHulWOZBpk

[21st Century Man]

I posted the Marty Robbins version of this earlier but, as great as it is, I think I have to give the winning edge to Connie Smith's version. Great vocal and some really great Travis picking throughout:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiuqnZ4kbEI

I don't know if I remember Connie Smith.  Good stuff.

[21st Century Man]

You're going old school. 

He was really the first country music superstar.

He even made it into the talking pictures! 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyHulWOZBpk

Shit, he practically invented country music along with the Carter Family.  Well maybe they didn't invent it but they popularized it.

[21st Century Man]

Another one.

Just what do they do in Hawaii? 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQIiZlmYFHQ

[136 or 142]

I don't think Akwilly will like these, but hopefully he will.
Since they were mentioned earlier...
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Mr Bojangles"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LVXR6rjXs