A powerful song about pain, Black culture, and racism that of course I completely misunderstood as a child. Complete accident that it came up on King’s holiday, but it works.
Music video cuts out the last speech by Aerlee Taree:
Headliner, I won the game of horseshoes Now you owe me a watermelon Let’s go climb trees and skip over rocks Do like they do below the border Speech’s hair Don’t it look like the roots of the tree that the ancestors were hung from But that’s okay, get it. Cause he’s down to Earth
Not a huge fan of Arden; her melodies usually just feel off to me. But this song is just about perfect. The chorus’s slow crescendo without taking a breath is always a favorite of mine.
There won’t be many songs from musicals on here, but this had to be here. Anderson had some serious pipes. Sadly, when I went to see this in the theater, he was out sick that day.
If you want to hear vindictive music but are in an upbeat mood, Lily Allen is your go to. Smile, LDN, and The Fear are all great but this one is the most fun to sing along with.
I always liked this song, but now that I have children I cry half the time I hear it.
I own Allan’s first six albums. Just something about his voice. Smooth as silk. Unlike Trace Adkins’ wife who shot him, Gary Allan’s shot and killed herself. His album after that was pretty dark. Songs he wrote were “I Just Got Back From Hell,” “Puttin’ Memories Away” and “Putting My Misery on Display.” And then a great cover of Vertical Horizon’s “Best I Ever Had.”
I honestly didn’t remember this song was a cappella until I listened to it again. These guys harmonize so well. The original doo-wop version by The Tymes is pretty good, too.
Alabama steamrolled the charts in the 80s, thanks in part to little competition. And then in 1992 when all the competition was revving up they released one of the best country songs ever made. If it had been released ten years earlier or ten years later it would have climbed up the pop charts, too. Don’t know anyone who doesn’t like this song.
Still the most successful county band ever and they’re still going after 52 years.
The Demon of Screamin’ screams a bit too much for my taste, but his vocal range is sure impressive. I only like a handful of their songs, but this one I will always listen to if it’s on. The line, “Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?” has a great rhythm and crescendo and hat tip to Tyler who has the lungs to pull it off.
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