jim, i wore a tie today

[sniffa]

i bought a country aLbum for the first time ever... and i actuaLLy Love it! hopefuLLy, this isn't a trend for me.
and hopefuLLy, you won't think Less of me. ;)

Jim I wore a tie today the first one that I ever wore
Imagine you'd've said that I looked like a dummy out of some dry goods store
Jim they said a lot of things I couldn't tell you one thing they said
Somehow my mind kept wanderin'
Wanderin' down back that trail back to the times that we've had

[BlondieK143]

1. You know you're a hick deep down.

:D Admit it!

[sniffa]

5. i am

i'm thinking of growing a mustache and the back of my hair out.

[BlondieK143]

8. Uh.

You better have it cut by April 19th. :D And that's an order!

[sniffa]

11. i thought you Liked muLLets?

:(

mustache can stay though?

[BlondieK143]

12. Don't know where you heard that.

:) You're mistaken.

Not sure about the mustache. Whatever makes you happy I suppose. :D

[sniffa]

13. mustache rides

i think i'LL go for the handLebar styLe.

[tjwmason]

2. The first step on the slippery slope

Give it five years and you'll be a full blown red-neck freeper conservative; the bizarrely capitalised Ls will be replaced by equally bizarrely capitalised Cs. What a loss it will be to D.U.

[sniffa]

6. i'm actuaLLy a cLoset freeper

shhhhhhh! :P

[tjwmason]

15. That revelation might just cause my entire belief system to collapse

The great and indomitable sniffa a freeper :cry:

[Coyote_Bandit]

3. If It was Johnny Cash

then "country" is not the label.

[sniffa]

4. it was johnny

johnny, wiLLie, kris and wayLon. :D

what shouLd i caLL it then? i bought it in the country section.

[Coyote_Bandit]

7. I Knew It!

Just call it great music. Johnny, Willie, Kris and Waylon have all had to fight their own battles against the country music establishment. Their influences go far beyond country music and they have all had issues with country radio refusing to play their music. Johnny bought an ad in Billboard expressing his gratitude to country radio in the late 90's after he won a grammy. The picture in the ad showed a picture of him flippin' the bird.

[sniffa]

10. yeah, i can see that

i pretty much hate 'country' as it is today (except for 'achy breaky heart' - that stiLL gives me goose bumps. :P) but wiLLie and johnny are f'n great! :D

[Coyote_Bandit]

16. I Like 'Em All

Waylon played with Buddy Holly - and should have been on the plane that crashed.

Kris is the best lyricist among the group IMHO. And he is quite a liberal voice. Something that he follows through with. As I recall he adopted several Salvadoran orphans a few years back. If you like political music then check out his Third World Warrior CD sometime.

Willie too is wonderful - and quite vocal in his political opinions.

But Johnny is my fav from the group - not necessarily because of his music. Just because something about him was larger than life.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

9. They're the Highwaymen...

And they were great when they performed together.
Duckie

[sniffa]

14. indeed

:)

johnny's gone - wiLLie's stiLL here - what about the others?

[Coyote_Bandit]

17. Waylon's Gone

Kris is still here. Acting and writing and performing. And speaking his liberal mind.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. Kris Kristopherson is still with us...

But I think Waylon has passed too...
Duckie

[jswordy]

18. sniffa, just don't buy Toby Keith,and it's cool.

There's a few other rightie-whities you might want to stay away from too, like Ricky Scaggs and the Oak Ridge Boys. I am sure others can chime in and add to the list.

Personally, I stopped listening to country and buying country CDs after they started trashing -- and quit playing -- the Dixie Chicks. That was just plain unAmerican.

[sniffa]

19. i don't Like any of them

or tim mcgraw, faith, deeana, or the dixies.

:puke:

charLie danieLs is awesome though... but onLy for his hiLarious writings.

http://www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox/soapbox.html

[jswordy]

21. Pre-1979 CDB is great stuff.