Words You Don't Hear Too Often

[trebor]

Chris Chitsey: "Superstitious Heart (Astrology, tarot cards, paranormal activity)
Jason Cassidy: "Baby Come On" (Tiger, kangaroo)

[sabre14]

Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband - "Even Superman" (Kryptonite)

[Andy]

Charley Pride - Crystal Chandeliers (gaiety)
Garth Brooks - Friends in Low Places (oasis)

[Andy]

Alan Jackson - Where Do I Go From Here (The Trucker's Song) (capricious)

[lbznick]

Chris LeDoux- Honky Tonk World (citing those soliloquies)

[bksouthga]

Mar 24, 2015 17:06:06 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

George Strait "Chill of an Early Fall" - Sobersome
Terri Clark "A Million Ways to Run" - Serenity
Sara Evans "Suds in the Bucket" - Biddies
Terri Clark "I Cheated On You" - Sheetrock

I have always understood that to be "sober summer" as a play on the seasons (summer/fall), as in:
"Oh, I'll be sober summer,
But when October comes and goes,
In no time at all,
I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall"

[bksouthga]

Feb 10, 2015 19:36:35 GMT -5 Andy said:

George Strait - Arkansas Dave (bay) (as in a reddish-brown horse. A country song expanded my vocabulary!)

"Bay" is used in the old folk song "Camptown Ladies", and also in several songs on Willie Nelson's "Red Headed Stranger" album.

[bboat11]

Sept 25, 2016 15:15:33 GMT -5 bksouthga said:

Mar 24, 2015 17:06:06 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

George Strait "Chill of an Early Fall" - Sobersome
Terri Clark "A Million Ways to Run" - Serenity
Sara Evans "Suds in the Bucket" - Biddies
Terri Clark "I Cheated On You" - Sheetrock

I have always understood that to be "sober summer" as a play on the seasons (summer/fall), as in:
"Oh, I'll be sober summer,
But when October comes and goes,
In no time at all,
I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall"

Yeah, that would totally make sense too! I have actually considered that before, but every time I listen to it it just never sounds like he finishes the word with an "er" sound. But you are probably right, because that would make a lot of sense considering how he sings about he'll be drinking again and stuff.

[bksouthga]

Sept 25, 2016 16:53:41 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Sept 25, 2016 15:15:33 GMT -5 bksouthga said:

I have always understood that to be "sober summer" as a play on the seasons (summer/fall), as in:
"Oh, I'll be sober summer,
But when October comes and goes,
In no time at all,
I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall"

Yeah, that would totally make sense too! I have actually considered that before, but every time I listen to it it just never sounds like he finishes the word with an "er" sound. But you are probably right, because that would make a lot of sense considering how he sings about he'll be drinking again and stuff.

This is such a great and unusual song. One of several that George cut in that time period (late 80s/early 90s) with strange structures. Some others that come to mind - What's Going On in Your World, So Much Like My Dad, The Man In Love With You.

[someguy]

Tanya Tucker - "Down To My Last Teardrop" (boo-hooing)

[kcaviator]

Erik Dylan - "Astronaut" (Trump; as in the POTUS)
Cole Swindell - "Party Wasn't Over" (moon rocks)
Logan Mize - "Ain't Always Pretty" (Frigidaire; as in the appliance manufacturer)
Eric Church - "Springsteen" (happenstance)

[Andy]

Phil Vassar or Tim McGraw - My Next Thirty Years (adolescent)
Tracy Lawrence - Can't Break It To My Heart (sifting)

[countrymusicjunkie]

Toby Keith-"That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy" (cantankerous)

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Faith Hill "This Kiss" (centrifugal motion, perpetual bliss)

Tim McGraw & Faith "Speak To A Girl" (throne)

Lauren Alaina "Holding The Other" (battleground)

[bksouthga]

Jul 8, 2017 12:30:52 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Faith Hill "This Kiss" (centrifugal motion, perpetual bliss)

Tim McGraw & Faith "Speak To A Girl" (throne)

Lauren Alaina "Holding The Other" (battleground)

m
I have often thought on the faith hill song that Beth Nielsen Chapman was trying to string together as many big words together as possible. Centrifugal, perpetual, pivotal. I don't know, just seems a little too forced.

[Andy]

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Molotov (facetious)

[bksouthga]

Jul 9, 2017 20:19:23 GMT -5 Andy said:

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Molotov (facetious)

Only other song I've ever heard it in is "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" by Don Henley. And it's a GREAT line: Molotov cocktail is the local drink, and all she wants to do is dance.

[.indulgecountry]

Jul 10, 2017 1:00:04 GMT -5 bksouthga said:

Jul 9, 2017 20:19:23 GMT -5 Andy said:

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Molotov (facetious)

Only other song I've ever heard it in is "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" by Don Henley. And it's a GREAT line: Molotov cocktail is the local drink, and all she wants to do is dance.

I think he was saying that 'facetious' was the word he doesn't hear too often, but I imagine 'molotov' isn't too common either.

[bboat11]

Jul 9, 2017 0:44:38 GMT -5 bksouthga said:

Jul 8, 2017 12:30:52 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Faith Hill "This Kiss" (centrifugal motion, perpetual bliss)

Tim McGraw & Faith "Speak To A Girl" (throne)

Lauren Alaina "Holding The Other" (battleground)

m
I have often thought on the faith hill song that Beth Nielsen Chapman was trying to string together as many big words together as possible. Centrifugal, perpetual, pivotal. I don't know, just seems a little too forced.

Yeah, it is definitely intentional. I mean, there is no way that those words would all end up next to each other unless the writer intentionally thought it would be a cool idea and found a way to make it happen. However, rather than detracting from the song, I have always thought that that is where the song gets a lot of its charm! It would be much more generic if it weren't for that particular quirk.

For the record, the same thing goes for me with Martina's "I Love You" (erratically, fanatically, kinetically, magically, etc.), but I know pretty much nobody else likes that song, so maybe the charm of big rhyming words is a quirk that is unique to me Lol!

Although for a much more serious example, Reba's "From The Inside Out" on her new album rhymes "survival", "revival", and "arrival" at the end of the chorus in a pretty clever way

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How has it not been mentioned that Carrie Underwood's "Choctaw County Affair" mentions catawampus?

[bksouthga]

Jul 10, 2017 6:56:29 GMT -5 @adam1995 said:

How has it not been mentioned that Carrie Underwood's "Choctaw County Affair" mentions catawampus?

I have always wondered if that was a real word. Didn't know how to spell it either. One of my favorite words like that is when Randy Houser says "betweenst" in How Country Feels. That may not be the countriest song in the world but that's dang sure a country word!

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I think it is a real word, I looked it up, because I too, was unsure.

[fearlessarrow]

Jul 10, 2017 2:13:23 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Jul 9, 2017 0:44:38 GMT -5 bksouthga said:

m
I have often thought on the faith hill song that Beth Nielsen Chapman was trying to string together as many big words together as possible. Centrifugal, perpetual, pivotal. I don't know, just seems a little too forced.

Yeah, it is definitely intentional. I mean, there is no way that those words would all end up next to each other unless the writer intentionally thought it would be a cool idea and found a way to make it happen. However, rather than detracting from the song, I have always thought that that is where the song gets a lot of its charm! It would be much more generic if it weren't for that particular quirk.

For the record, the same thing goes for me with Martina's "I Love You" (erratically, fanatically, kinetically, magically, etc.), but I know pretty much nobody else likes that song, so maybe the charm of big rhyming words is a quirk that is unique to me Lol!

Although for a much more serious example, Reba's "From The Inside Out" on her new album rhymes "survival", "revival", and "arrival" at the end of the chorus in a pretty clever way

I also think the intentional use of those words in "This Kiss" adds charm to the song. Something about it just works and the song flows just fine imo. I even think without those words the song would've had less flow to it.

Now I know I'm losing one of the songs I ranked high on the Martina rankdown pretty early  :'(

[zjames]

Jason Isbell - "Different Days" (Benzodiazepine)

[bboat11]

Jul 12, 2017 21:39:55 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

Jul 10, 2017 2:13:23 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Yeah, it is definitely intentional. I mean, there is no way that those words would all end up next to each other unless the writer intentionally thought it would be a cool idea and found a way to make it happen. However, rather than detracting from the song, I have always thought that that is where the song gets a lot of its charm! It would be much more generic if it weren't for that particular quirk.

For the record, the same thing goes for me with Martina's "I Love You" (erratically, fanatically, kinetically, magically, etc.), but I know pretty much nobody else likes that song, so maybe the charm of big rhyming words is a quirk that is unique to me Lol!

Although for a much more serious example, Reba's "From The Inside Out" on her new album rhymes "survival", "revival", and "arrival" at the end of the chorus in a pretty clever way

I also think the intentional use of those words in "This Kiss" adds charm to the song. Something about it just works and the song flows just fine imo. I even think without those words the song would've had less flow to it.

Now I know I'm losing one of the songs I ranked high on the Martina rankdown pretty early  :'(

The thing is, it is by FAR her biggest chart hit (it spent 5 weeks at #1), so a lot of people burned out on it. Plus lots of people disliked the song to begin with because it is admittedly pretty corny, so by the time it was so successful those people REALLY got tired of it. It was kind of a stylistic stretch for Martina, not really fitting in with any of her earlier sounds, and a lot of people (on Pulse) really didn't think it worked. I personally like it though! It is a lighthearted breath of fresh air that has a lot of charm to it!

I also have to wonder how Martina feels about it, because the song has pretty much never been a part of her touring setlist since it stopped charting. She totally pays the song dust, and it is supposed to be her biggest hit. However, she is one of those artists whose most-remembered songs are not the ones that were actually the most successful. (For example, "Independence Day" didn't even make the top 10, but it is definitely remembered and treated like it was a huge #1 smash!)

[fearlessarrow]

Jul 12, 2017 21:56:53 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Jul 12, 2017 21:39:55 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

I also think the intentional use of those words in "This Kiss" adds charm to the song. Something about it just works and the song flows just fine imo. I even think without those words the song would've had less flow to it.

Now I know I'm losing one of the songs I ranked high on the Martina rankdown pretty early  :'(

The thing is, it is by FAR her biggest chart hit (it spent 5 weeks at #1), so a lot of people burned out on it. Plus lots of people disliked the song to begin with because it is admittedly pretty corny, so by the time it was so successful those people REALLY got tired of it. It was kind of a stylistic stretch for Martina, not really fitting in with any of her earlier sounds, and a lot of people (on Pulse) really didn't think it worked. I personally like it though! It is a lighthearted breath of fresh air that has a lot of charm to it!

I also have to wonder how Martina feels about it, because the song has pretty much never been a part of her touring setlist since it stopped charting. She totally pays the song dust, and it is supposed to be her biggest hit. However, she is one of those artists whose most-remembered songs are not the ones that were actually the most successful. (For example, "Independence Day" didn't even make the top 10, but it is definitely remembered and treated like it was a huge #1 smash!)

Yeah it did feel like it sounded more similar to some of the country crossovers that were big around the turn of the century (Faith Hill's "This Kiss" or "The Way You Love Me" etc.) than the earlier hits she had. To me it sounded more adult contemporary than country which I definitely felt was an outlier since her stuff is usually country or country-pop. I wonder if the fact that it was on a soundtrack had to do with it being an outlier in her discography sonically.

I guess if the song is that polarizing, it doesn't make sense to prioritize that song over her more remembered hits like "Independence Day" or her current songs on tour. I was very surprised to learn that "Independence Day" peaked at #12 when I first found out since that is Martina's signature hit (or one of her signature hits).

[Todd]

Skeeter Davis - "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" (Cassius Clay)

[Andy]

Hank Williams Jr. - You Can't Find Many Kissers (virility)
Midland - Make a Little (conjugate)
Pam Tillis - When You Walk in the Room (nonchalant)

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Nov 8, 2017 19:57:10 GMT -5 Andy said:

Hank Williams Jr. - You Can't Find Many Kissers (virility)

"Power Tools" by Ray Stevens also uses "virility". And "validity".

Are there any other country songs besides "Fix a Drink" that use the word "toilet"?

[Andy]

Nov 10, 2017 0:01:01 GMT -5 Ten Pound Hammer said:

Nov 8, 2017 19:57:10 GMT -5 Andy said:

Hank Williams Jr. - You Can't Find Many Kissers (virility)

Are there any other country songs besides "Fix a Drink" that use the word "toilet"?

Some I know of:

Brad Paisley - Ode de Toilet (The Toilet Song)
Brad Paisley - Selfie#theinternetisforever
Cledus T. Judd - Refried Beans
Jamey Johnson - Mowin' Down the Roses
Mark Chesnutt - Think Like a Woman