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Post by sabre14 on Jul 29, 2014 13:48:22 GMT -5
I thought of having a thread for personal stories about anything relating to country music. It can be about anything from specific songs, albums, meetings, concerts, radio listening experiences or really anything you'd want to share. Maybe it's a specific day that you feel might be an interesting story to share with other posters. This thread might not get many responses since telling a short story can be time consuming but hopefully we do. I'll start :)
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I got the idea for this thread after hearing "Voices" by Chris Young yesterday. I remember hanging with a friend of mine on a Friday night in the summer of 2010. We had just been to a Subway eatery I frequented often cause I had some friends who worked there. Anyway, on the radio afterwards we had WYRK on and "Voices" came on the radio. All I remember thinking was "Wow. This is just not like WYRK to be playing a song that peaked at #37 two years ago". Unfortunately there was no DJ on afterwards to explain why they played it. The next day I went online to look up some stuff relating to country music and then I saw the story of how RCA was going to re-release "Voices" to country radio. Then it made sense, cause there's no way they'd be playing "Voices" for the heck of it.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jul 29, 2014 18:09:28 GMT -5
I thought of having a thread for personal stories about anything relating to country music. It can be about anything from specific songs, albums, meetings, concerts, radio listening experiences or really anything you'd want to share. Maybe it's a specific day that you feel might be an interesting story to share with other posters. This thread might not get many responses since telling a short story can be time consuming but hopefully we do. I'll start :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I got the idea for this thread after hearing "Voices" by Chris Young yesterday. I remember hanging with a friend of mine on a Friday night in the summer of 2010. We had just been to a Subway eatery I frequented often cause I had some friends who worked there. Anyway, on the radio afterwards we had WYRK on and "Voices" came on the radio. All I remember thinking was "Wow. This is just not like WYRK to be playing a song that peaked at #37 two years ago". Unfortunately there was no DJ on afterwards to explain why they played it. The next day I went online to look up some stuff relating to country music and then I saw the story of how RCA was going to re-release "Voices" to country radio. Then it made sense, cause there's no way they'd be playing "Voices" for the heck of it. I could say the same about Randy Travis and the rerelease of On The Other Hand. Change the year to 1986 and the restaurant to Perkins and I'm all set!
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 29, 2014 18:11:18 GMT -5
I thought of having a thread for personal stories about anything relating to country music. It can be about anything from specific songs, albums, meetings, concerts, radio listening experiences or really anything you'd want to share. Maybe it's a specific day that you feel might be an interesting story to share with other posters. This thread might not get many responses since telling a short story can be time consuming but hopefully we do. I'll start :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I got the idea for this thread after hearing "Voices" by Chris Young yesterday. I remember hanging with a friend of mine on a Friday night in the summer of 2010. We had just been to a Subway eatery I frequented often cause I had some friends who worked there. Anyway, on the radio afterwards we had WYRK on and "Voices" came on the radio. All I remember thinking was "Wow. This is just not like WYRK to be playing a song that peaked at #37 two years ago". Unfortunately there was no DJ on afterwards to explain why they played it. The next day I went online to look up some stuff relating to country music and then I saw the story of how RCA was going to re-release "Voices" to country radio. Then it made sense, cause there's no way they'd be playing "Voices" for the heck of it. I could say the same about Randy Travis and the rerelease of On The Other Hand. Change the year to 1986 and the restaurant to Perkins and I'm all set! I used to go to Perkins all the time when I was a little kid. The old location on Maple road which is now a Denny's.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jul 29, 2014 18:13:00 GMT -5
I could say the same about Randy Travis and the rerelease of On The Other Hand. Change the year to 1986 and the restaurant to Perkins and I'm all set! I used to go to Perkins all the time when I was a little kid. The old location on Maple road which is now a Denny's. I knew someone who worked at the one across from Eastern Hills Mall. I went in there the one day and I swear everyone stopped to say 'hi' to me (I was thinking, get a life!).
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 29, 2014 18:14:08 GMT -5
I used to go to Perkins all the time when I was a little kid. The old location on Maple road which is now a Denny's. I knew someone who worked at the one across from Eastern Hills Mall. I went in there the one day and I swear everyone stopped to say 'hi' to me (I was thinking, get a life!). Maybe that's why they're not around anymore. You were their only customer.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jul 29, 2014 18:15:20 GMT -5
I knew someone who worked at the one across from Eastern Hills Mall. I went in there the one day and I swear everyone stopped to say 'hi' to me (I was thinking, get a life!). Maybe that's why they're not around anymore. You were their only customer. FUNNY! Love the humor!
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Post by straitfan87 on Jul 29, 2014 18:36:46 GMT -5
Rewind to summer of 2000. I remember our family trip the Adirondacks driving on Interstate 81 and hearing "Some Things Never Change" by Tim Mcgraw and "Go On" by George Strait. To this day those songs remain some of my favorites of the respective artists. I believe it was on Froggy 97 (WFRY) out of Watertown, NY. Go OnSome Things Never Change
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 29, 2014 18:42:56 GMT -5
"Two Timin' Me" by the Remingtons makes me think of the Subway in Oscoda, Michigan right after it opened. I heard that song in that store either right as it opened, or during the few months in Fall 1992 when the building was occupied by a Mexican eatery from which WKJC did a live remote.
Lots of 90s songs remind me of summers with my cousins, a tradition that stopped in 1995 when I was 8. I have almost no music-related memories from then until about the early 2000s or so, just a few random songs that the whole family just loved, ranging from "No News" to "There Is No Arizona".
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Post by matty005 on Jul 29, 2014 19:36:50 GMT -5
I thought of having a thread for personal stories about anything relating to country music. It can be about anything from specific songs, albums, meetings, concerts, radio listening experiences or really anything you'd want to share. Maybe it's a specific day that you feel might be an interesting story to share with other posters. This thread might not get many responses since telling a short story can be time consuming but hopefully we do. I'll start :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I got the idea for this thread after hearing "Voices" by Chris Young yesterday. I remember hanging with a friend of mine on a Friday night in the summer of 2010. We had just been to a Subway eatery I frequented often cause I had some friends who worked there. Anyway, on the radio afterwards we had WYRK on and "Voices" came on the radio. All I remember thinking was "Wow. This is just not like WYRK to be playing a song that peaked at #37 two years ago". Unfortunately there was no DJ on afterwards to explain why they played it. The next day I went online to look up some stuff relating to country music and then I saw the story of how RCA was going to re-release "Voices" to country radio. Then it made sense, cause there's no way they'd be playing "Voices" for the heck of it. I love that even in your own thoughts, you know the peak position! I am surprised you didn't also think of it's peak position on Billboard and MB! I LOVE this idea. I have so many stories and memories from songs. I hear a song (especially 90s and early 00's) and it takes me back to an exact place I heard it. My girlfriend in HS used to drive by baseball practice blasting, "Let's Go To Vegas," as a way to say bye to me when she was leaving school. Any time I hear that song now (even if it's only on my iPod) it takes me back to those days. So many songs are like that. Looking forward to reading everybody's responses
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Post by carriekins on Jul 29, 2014 20:42:13 GMT -5
This should make some people laugh - and possibly garner some sympathy for yours truly. ;)
One of my exes in HS broke up with me by requesting George Strait's "Easy Come, Easy Go" and dedicating it to me on the radio. (Yep.) So the next night, I dedicated Brooks & Dunn's "That Ain't no Way to Go" to him. #winning
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 29, 2014 22:49:49 GMT -5
I thought of having a thread for personal stories about anything relating to country music. It can be about anything from specific songs, albums, meetings, concerts, radio listening experiences or really anything you'd want to share. Maybe it's a specific day that you feel might be an interesting story to share with other posters. This thread might not get many responses since telling a short story can be time consuming but hopefully we do. I'll start :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I got the idea for this thread after hearing "Voices" by Chris Young yesterday. I remember hanging with a friend of mine on a Friday night in the summer of 2010. We had just been to a Subway eatery I frequented often cause I had some friends who worked there. Anyway, on the radio afterwards we had WYRK on and "Voices" came on the radio. All I remember thinking was "Wow. This is just not like WYRK to be playing a song that peaked at #37 two years ago". Unfortunately there was no DJ on afterwards to explain why they played it. The next day I went online to look up some stuff relating to country music and then I saw the story of how RCA was going to re-release "Voices" to country radio. Then it made sense, cause there's no way they'd be playing "Voices" for the heck of it. I love that even in your own thoughts, you know the peak position! I am surprised you didn't also think of it's peak position on Billboard and MB! I LOVE this idea. I have so many stories and memories from songs. I hear a song (especially 90s and early 00's) and it takes me back to an exact place I heard it. My girlfriend in HS used to drive by baseball practice blasting, "Let's Go To Vegas," as a way to say bye to me when she was leaving school. Any time I hear that song now (even if it's only on my iPod) it takes me back to those days. So many songs are like that. Looking forward to reading everybody's responses It actually peaked at #37 on both MB and Billboard which was pretty ironic since it was re-released two years later and went to #1 on both MB and Billboard. Seriously, how many singles get released twice and peak at the same exact position on MB and Billboard both times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I love the those kind of stories of that tell what you get brought back to by hearing a song. One of those comes from "Baby Girl" by Sugarland. Not only is it one of my all-time favorites - but it also brings me back to being completely fanatic about it going to #1. The final week it was stuck at #2 behind Craig Morgan, I was actually in Gowanda, NY which was roughly an hour drive south of my home in Amherst, NY. It was for one of my nephews baptism and I had to go which I wasn't all that happy about since I hated dressing up and sitting through Church (now I don't mind, but at 15 years old it sucked ). Anyway after the service we were going to eat brunch at a local eatery (though there's only like three in Gowanda since the town is very small). While in the Church parking lot, I decided to listen to Country Countdown USA which I had listen to as much of as I could that morning. When we got to the eatery, my Dad asked aren't you coming and I said "No, not til I see who's #1". So after my whole family went in, I stayed to see who would be #1 (about 5-10 minutes). When those drums started and that undeniable melody came on the speakers at #2, I was so angry. I might have even slammed the car door, which my Dad would not have been happy about, but luckily he was inside. I'm not kidding in saying it completely ruined my day and perhaps my week. I knew that was Sugarland's last hope. Little did I know it would happen again a few months later to "Something More", courtesy of Toby Keith.
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Post by someguy on Jul 30, 2014 0:10:23 GMT -5
I used to drive my family nuts about our local station's top 30 countdown. I used to write down the top 30 chart every week, and had notebooks where I kept it all in (supernerd, haha). The countdown used to be on every Saturday morning from 9 until 12, and so I'd have to make sure I was either home or in the car where I could write it down. I didn't want to go anywhere until I could record it, haha. I remember even asking my aunt to listen and write it down if we were ever away for the weekend. This was before every radio station had a website, where I'm sure the chart could be found, so it wouldn't have been as big a deal if I was doing it now. (Then again, we were the last people I knew who got a computer or the internet, so it could have still been an issue, haha).
One of the biggest things I can remember about music growing up was when Shania Twain released Come On Over. That album release felt like such an event. I think a big part of it had to do with the fact that Shania was basically from the same area I grew up in (more or less), so it was like she was a hometown girl. The local station played the entire album on the radio around the time it came out, which was the first and only time I can ever remember an entire album being played on the radio. The teachers here were on strike for two weeks, right around the time the album came out. I remember going with my mom to Zellers (haha) the day the album came out, and it was such a cool thing to get an album on a school day. We were at the mall pretty early that day, so I remember having to ask the sales people to get the album out, and they opened the box right there and I got the first copy out of it. That was pretty cool.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Jul 30, 2014 2:39:02 GMT -5
Great thread!
I'd have to think harder but I remember when I was 6 or 7 I'd print off the Country Weekly singles/albums charts and put them in a little binder. Haha, I think I still have that binder to this day.
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Post by Kentucky25 on Jul 30, 2014 10:42:39 GMT -5
In 2012, I was on vacation down Alabama and me and my buddy were going out to get Wendy's and "Drinkin' Man" came on as I was leaving the car to go get something I'd forgot. I came back in as it ended and my buddy was stone-faced and said "I just heard the saddest song I've heard". I've had a lot of those situations and I've got like albums I heavily listened to during relationships so like Eli Young Band's "Life at Best" album reminds me of one my exes who would play "Crazy Girl" on repeat all the time.
Great idea for a thread btw, sabre14!
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Post by Kat5Kind on Jul 30, 2014 11:58:57 GMT -5
I have a lot of these. The last time I was on a storm chase (2012?) Storm Warning came on. Perfect timing. That was a successful chase, but I lost my passion for chasing after the Joplin tornado the previous year.
Wanted (Hunter Hayes) is why I'm still alive. When I was in 8th grade I was bullied to the point of not wanting to be here. The song came on right before I would have done something stupid. I credit him and that song for stopping me. Now I have a pretty good life.
A song that takes me back is Love Story by Taylor Swift. I'm hearing impaired and wear hearing aids, and this was the first song that I really understood and heard the lyrics to.
Another one is The House That Built Me. My version would have been featuring a trailer. The landlord's daughter took over, kicked her dad out of his home, and ran us out.
I Want Crazy and Runnin' Outta Moonlight both take me back to 7/27/13 when I met Hunter in Owensville, MO. That's still one of the best days of my life!
Homeboy (Eric Church) fits my brother to a T. He's in and out of jail all the time.
Gunpowder & Lead gave me the guts to stand up to any boy who tried to hit me.
I connect to Crazy Girl and Even If It Breaks Your Heart on a personal level.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 12:22:11 GMT -5
Loved this thread idea :)
A few that stick out to me:
"I Hope You Dance" is always the ultimate song to take me back. I was about 11-12 when I saw the video and fell in love with the song. From there, I was in love with Country music and the stories. I've always been drawn to those story songs, or ones that tigger memories/emotions, and this song helped me discover what I love at a pretty young age
Carrie's "Before He Cheats " holds a really random memory for me. I had watched and rooted for Carrie on Idol, so I got her album for my birthday in 2005. Usually, when I first hear albums I stick to the songs I love first. I remember playing the heck outta BHC, and it was really the first Carrie song I loved. So when it became her signature hit and blew up pretty soon after that, it was kind of funny .
" Just A Dream" reminds me of a classmate who passed away at 17; I remember playing it over and over the night that we found out he had passed.
We played Kenny Chesney's first Greatest Hits album on a long trip, and I remember it was the only album we had in the car at the time. We played it for hours, and now it takes me back to that trip when I hear it
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Post by trebor on Jul 30, 2014 12:52:37 GMT -5
I used to drive my family nuts about our local station's top 30 countdown. I used to write down the top 30 chart every week, and had notebooks where I kept it all in (supernerd, haha). The countdown used to be on every Saturday morning from 9 until 12, and so I'd have to make sure I was either home or in the car where I could write it down. I didn't want to go anywhere until I could record it, haha. I remember even asking my aunt to listen and write it down if we were ever away for the weekend. This was before every radio station had a website, where I'm sure the chart could be found, so it wouldn't have been as big a deal if I was doing it now. (Then again, we were the last people I knew who got a computer or the internet, so it could have still been an issue, haha). Gosh! Tell me about it! 100% exact experience here; this is me. Jeez! Thanks for sharing :)
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Post by trebor on Jul 30, 2014 13:41:20 GMT -5
My "countriest" moment was almost a moment of divine revelation and fulfilment.
I was in New York at the belated Virgin Megastore on Times Square which was the biggest record store I have ever seen; a multi-storey "Cathedral" with so many CDs I nearly passed away.
The country department was so huge I almost had teary eyes and didn't know where to turn to first. Don't have to go into lenghts that my credit card was used up to the max.
While I was filling the handy baskets provided, an elderly couple approached me thinking I was a clerk filling up the shelves (sweet moment) and asked me for assistance in choosing a country CD.
I have a vivid memory that one of the CDs that I recommended was Joe Nichol's album "Man With A Memory" which contains the amazing "The Impossible".
Off Topic: Shame that the last Brick & Mortar store that carried a good enough choice of country CDs in my town closed down the other year (Digital Albums are not really my thing).
Musical moments and first steps into country: "Amazed" LoneStar / "Beautiful Mess" Diamond Rio / "I Hope You Dance" Lee Ann Womack (same as mentioned by @carrieflattsfan) These are all pop cross-overs but you have to start somewhere when you're not born into the genre :) This is the reason why I don't mind the poppier sounding songs which may have the merit to attract and inspire new crowd
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 30, 2014 15:38:59 GMT -5
There are many stories of non-country listeners being moved by country songs or at least ended up liking a country song and being turned to the genre. I remember a time when I was visiting my sister and her family in November or December of 2005. She's 10 years older than me so she has quite a few kids (three at that time). While there, we were talking and I asked if I could watch some TV. She said sure. So I turned it to CMT (CMT still played music videos during the daytime back then). My sister is much like myself in that she's extremely sarcastic and a bit of a smart a*s. She proceeded to make fun of nearly every song that came on. I remember her making fun of Miranda Lambert's "Kerosene", saying how she was only there for her looks and that she looked like she was striving to be the Jessica Simpson of country music. She even made some jokes about "Come A Little Closer" by Dierks Bentley. Something about how cheesy it was with the "I feel like laying you down".
But I'll never forget when "She Didn't Have Time" by Terri Clark came on. She didn't say a single word during the whole video. To be quite honest I don't really remember what exactly she said but I do know she tried to change the subject after I mentioned that she seemed to like that one. My sister had her first kid (boy) at just 16 years old and the father moved away when he was 2. She basically spent much of her late teens and twenties caring for him along with other babies that came after she met someone who is now her husband. The latest one was born just this past year by the way. She's got her hands full still with so many kids but I love visiting still, though I think I'd go crazy if I had to live in that house. Lol
Since then she has listened to more country music and now that's all she plays in her car she says. Her husband even liked "Crazy Girl" so much by EYB, that he learned it on guitar. I absolutely love it when a song hits so close to home for someone that it makes them realize how great this genre is. :)
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Post by trebor on Jul 30, 2014 17:14:55 GMT -5
There are many stories of non-country listeners being moved by country songs or at least ended up liking a country song and being turned to the genre. I remember a time when I was visiting my sister and her family in November or December of 2005. She's 10 years older than me so she has quite a few kids (three at that time). While there, we were talking and I asked if I could watch some TV. She said sure. So I turned it to CMT (CMT still played music videos during the daytime back then). My sister is much like myself in that she's extremely sarcastic and a bit of a smart a*s. She proceeded to make fun of nearly every song that came on. I remember her making fun of Miranda Lambert's "Kerosene", saying how she was only there for her looks and that she looked like she was striving to be the Jessica Simpson of country music. She even made some jokes about "Come A Little Closer" by Dierks Bentley. Something about how cheesy it was with the "I feel like laying you down". But I'll never forget when "She Didn't Have Time" by Terri Clark came on. She didn't say a single word during the whole video. To be quite honest I don't really remember what exactly she said but I do know she tried to change the subject after I mentioned that she seemed to like that one. My sister had her first kid (boy) at just 16 years old and the father moved away when he was 2. She basically spent much of her late teens and twenties caring for him along with other babies that came after she met someone who is now her husband. The latest one was born just this past year by the way. She's got her hands full still with so many kids but I love visiting still, though I think I'd go crazy if I had to live in that house. Lol Since then she has listened to more country music and now that's all she plays in her car she says. Her husband even liked "Crazy Girl" so much by EYB, that he learned it on guitar. I absolutely love it when a song hits so close to home for someone that it makes them realize how great this genre is. :) Thank you for sharing this/these (very) personal moment(s). Kudos/Respect
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Post by recjus85 on Jul 31, 2014 0:20:11 GMT -5
Growing up (90s pretty much), the only time my parents listened to country music was the oldies shows. Would beg to listen to the new country at the time before I got a radio in my room (yea we were poor lol). I remember hearing songs I liked here and there (me and my sister used to love to sing Sold, and Ain't Goin' Down...). The first song that really stuck with me though was "Don't Take The Girl" by Tim McGraw. When it came out in early 94, I was still 8 (turned 9 in May), which is the age of the boy in the song, and I thought that was cool, and wish I was with the girl and all. Now, when I think about it, I kinda laugh about that part lol. to this day, I still consider it my favorite song, even though I don't want the girl anymore...
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Post by recjus85 on Jul 31, 2014 0:27:58 GMT -5
Great thread! I'd have to think harder but I remember when I was 6 or 7 I'd print off the Country Weekly singles/albums charts and put them in a little binder. Haha, I think I still have that binder to this day. I used to print my own up. They were all fancy and stuff. I found a whole bunch of them the other day. Like 10-15 years old on some of them. Have a big tote full of nothing but Country Weekly as well.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Jul 31, 2014 1:00:28 GMT -5
Great thread! I'd have to think harder but I remember when I was 6 or 7 I'd print off the Country Weekly singles/albums charts and put them in a little binder. Haha, I think I still have that binder to this day. I used to print my own up. They were all fancy and stuff. I found a whole bunch of them the other day. Like 10-15 years old on some of them. Have a big tote full of nothing but Country Weekly as well. Oh my god I did the same thing haha. Made my own personal charts when I was like 7.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 31, 2014 3:17:08 GMT -5
"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" came out either the week of or like the week after we found out my grandpa had stage 4 cancer and had months to live. That song couldn't have had better timing.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 1, 2014 13:11:56 GMT -5
One of my favorite memories was when Pepsi used to do their free iTunes songs. You buy a 20 oz pop, and there would be a 1 out of 3 chance at a free song. I saved up about 7 or 8 and went on iTunes for the first time (sometime in mid 2005). We didn't have a computer at home, so my Dad who worked an office type of job as he was an electrical engineer, decided to let me download on his computer at work. We went on a Saturday night and that was the first time I discovered iTunes. My first songs that I ever downloaded were... "Don't Ask Me How I Know" - Bobby Pinson "Too Much Fun" - Daryle Singletary "Hillbillies" - Hot Apple Pie (extended version with an added chorus) "Dream Big" - Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband "Dust On The Bottle" - David Lee Murphy "What A Crying Shame" - The Mavericks (my Dad wanted this one, lol) After that we probably went about 10-15 times over the next year or two to download. The great thing about it was that we went on Saturday nights, so there would be no one there. We also would make microwaved pasta or simply get some take out to eat while we were there. Usually my Dad would just work on some of his projects while I simply downloaded. Even though I didn't have a computer at home, you'd think I would look at different websites online while I had the chance, but I enjoyed music so much I don't think it ever crossed my mind, Lol. I remember when I saved some money and I got to spend 25 dollars worth of songs one night. Easily one of the greatest nights ever, as I felt like a kid in a candy store. To this day those memories are some of my favorites and now that they are gone is sad, as I of course never fully appreciated it while it was happening. Downloading songs on my iPhone today isn't near as fun as it was back then.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 15, 2014 13:21:49 GMT -5
Bumping this thread again. :)
I think I've mentioned before when I went to the first concert after Eric Church got kicked off the Rascal Flatts tour in late 2006. By the way, Eric cost Lyric Street and Rascal Flatts management team money with going over the curfew time and noise limits, and he signed a contract before the tour, so there really wasn't any need to go against the rules since it affected other people.
Anyway, it was November 2nd, 2006 and the opening acts that night were Gary Allan (main reason I wanted to go) and Taylor Swift who had just flown to Buffalo to fill in as the first opening act. Eric Church was in town to, at the Buckin' Buffalo Bar on Franklin Street and played while and long after the big concert was over that night. I remember Taylor talking about how her label told her the news and that she had to hurry, to join the tour in time. This was while "Tim McGraw" was on the doorsteps of the top 10 (in fact I believe it was #11 or #12 that week on MB). So this was long before she became the global superstar she is today. I remember a girl yelling in the crowd "Play Tim McGraw". I was thinking sarcastically "No, she's not going to play her only freakin' single thus far"...
Then Gary Allan came on and his lead guitarist (who was wearing a Pat LaFontaine jersey) had his family in the row in front of us with his kids. After Gary's set was done (which was incredible by the way), there was a guy behind me and my brother who I went with, who was saying how amazing Gary was and how underrated he is as an artist. He found out that Gary's guitarists kids were in front of him, he said "That's your Dad? That's killer man, that must be awesome seeing your Dad do that every night". I vividly remember the person who was playing the steel guitar for Gary at one point during a song, actually tried playing the steel with a bottle of whiskey. It didn't sound to great but looked awesome.
Rascal Flatts was very good. I have seen them two other times since but that night was the first time. They are great entertainers when they perform live and always make jokes (usually Jay DeMarcus) in between songs in their set list. The Buffalo Sabres were in Boston that same night playing the Bruins, and they had a streak of 8 or 9 wins to start the season. Before Rascal Flatts came on, we were in the concourse and saw the Sabres were loosing 4-1 after two periods. So we of course thought that the game was pretty much over. Before Rascal Flatts performed their last song of the night (which was "Life Is A Highway"), Gary said "Oh by the way, the Sabres beat the Bruins 5-4 in a shootout". The place erupted as you would expect. I still get a smile just typing that. I've been fortunate enough to have been to many concerts, but there's about 10-12 that really stick out above the others and that night was certainly one of them.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 27, 2014 17:00:20 GMT -5
Bump. :) When I was a freshman in high school, my first period of the day was an elective class called Architectural Design. Basically you would just design buildings and a lot of the time use things like solar energy to make you structure more efficient. To be honest, I can't even remember doing much of any work in that class. To this day, I don't really know how I got to pass it other than it wasn't a must class like English or History, so that's probably why. Rather than doing the work we were supposed to be doing over those 40 minutes, I would take it upon myself to look at the Radio and Records country charts. It was in March of 2005 that I really took a huge interest in them. Before I would listen to Country Countdown USA every week and try and keep the peaks in my memory bank. But it was that year I discovered the charts online and I was fascinated by them. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed (of course) to print out non-architect things, and I didn't have a computer at home so I would simply write them down in a notebook every week. Back then the R&R charts weren't published till late Wednesday night or Thursday morning, so every Thursday morning I would do pretty much nothing but jot down the top 55 songs on R&R that week. Because I didn't have a computer at home, I would go one step further and instead of going to Lunch (4th or 5th period), I would get a library pass and go into the computer lab to listen to more country music and follow more in the way of the charts. My History teacher in my Sophomore year, Mr. Sellers actually would sign every day for me in the pass booklet. Basically anytime you wanted to go to the bathroom, locker, library, or resource center, you would need a teacher or councilor to sign you a pass. Mr. Sellers though knew I went to the library every lunch or study hall to go on the computer and play chess with my friends, lol. Luckily history was my best class and since I was doing great in his class, he let me have some fun on my off periods. The first two years of high school I probably spent (or wasted depending on how you want to look at it) countless hours looking up the R&R country charts and other country music related things. I would even make chart predictions for where I thought the songs would land the following week. After a while I got pretty good at it since I studied point patterns. If I had to go back and change those times, I wouldn't do it since I loved it so much.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 17:24:31 GMT -5
sabre14 ah! Dont remind me i go back next week... But lets see i remember this march i had tickets to see Gary Allan at the Seneca Alleghany Casino in Salamanca NY. While looking over the merchandise booth i saw a guitar that was 500$. the purchase got you the guitar and a meet and greet. I had spent my money so my mom was nice enough to buy it for me and so we both got to meet him and he signed my guitar so pretty awesome night there
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Post by bjer127 on Aug 27, 2014 18:07:37 GMT -5
I come from a musical family. My grandparents were in very prominent bluegrass band in DC Maryland area. I grew with lots of banjo music. My grandmother is 80 years old and still plays bass in bluegrass bands. She always takes time to sing "it wasn't god who made honky tonk angels" by kitty wells. The song always reminds me of her.
I remember my mom jamming out in her Oldsmobile cutlass with cassette tapes of Vince gill, Alabama, Alan Jackson and patty loveless. 90s country ALWAYS reminds Me of childhood. It was always on.
I too had kenny chesneys first greatest hits and it was only cd in the car on a trip to the beach with my friends. I was 17. Boy we thought we were so cool
Any old school outlaw country reminds me of drunken bonfires in high school. Pull up the truck and blare some Waylon jennings
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Post by bjer127 on Aug 27, 2014 18:13:00 GMT -5
Sorry for double posting but another memory just came in. I remember being very young maybe 5 years old. We were out in the orchard picking apples in back of the truck. Dad was driving from tree to tree while we picked apples. It was crisp fall morning. He had randy travis "always and forever" album playing. To this day love that album.
I also remember when me and my cousin worked for my uncle the summer after our senior year of high school. We were doing HVac work. We would drive from job to job in his old Ford truck and listened to his favorites. Nonstop tracy Lawrence, Aaron tippin and sammy kershaw. Great moments
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