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Sept 23, 2015 20:35:09 GMT -5
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 23, 2015 20:35:09 GMT -5
What are some country songs that are also allegories? Basically, a song that has a hidden, more significant meaning than can sometimes be missed on first listen.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2015 21:25:27 GMT -5
Miranda Lambert- "Over You" Gary Allan- "Best I Ever Had"
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 23, 2015 21:44:39 GMT -5
George Strait - "You'll Be There"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2015 22:02:18 GMT -5
Interesting topic.
Carrie Underwood- Wasted Dixie Chicks- Bitter End, Top Of The World, Godspeed Brad Paisley- Welcome To The Future, Celebrity
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 23, 2015 23:09:22 GMT -5
Scotty McCreery - Clear As Day David Nail - The Secret
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Post by Andy on Sept 28, 2015 20:58:09 GMT -5
The Louvin Brothers/Johnny Cash/others? - Mary of the Wild Moor
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 1, 2015 1:00:56 GMT -5
Martina McBride - This Uncivil War Reba McEntire - Back Before The War
On a random note, I love songs that use war to depict the breakdown of a marriage/relationship... What a brilliant comparison. It is especially well done in Martina's song, both lyrically and from a production standpoint (with the drumrolls and violins at the beginning, and the penny whistle "Amazing Grace" solo fadeout at the end). Plus it is a song where her classic subdued verses/powerful choruses delivery works especially well, making the song sufficiently dramatic to depict the characters' turmoil.
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 1, 2015 19:02:00 GMT -5
On a random note, I love songs that use war to depict the breakdown of a marriage/relationship... What a brilliant comparison. It is especially well done in Martina's song, both lyrically and from a production standpoint (with the drumrolls and violins at the beginning, and the penny whistle "Amazing Grace" solo fadeout at the end). Plus it is a song where her classic subdued verses/powerful choruses delivery works especially well, making the song sufficiently dramatic to depict the characters' turmoil. American Young - "Love Is War"
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 10, 2015 18:22:56 GMT -5
Craig Morgan - "Almost Home"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2015 18:33:56 GMT -5
Ummm, is "Mean To Me" by Brett Eldredge, an allegory? lol I mean, you can think someone's been mean to him, or maybe what someone means to him.
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Post by sabre14 on May 20, 2016 13:27:42 GMT -5
Aaron Watson - "Bluebonnets (Julia's Song)"
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Post by bksouthga on May 22, 2016 12:14:23 GMT -5
I'm not sure y'all know what allegory is. "The lion the witch and the wardrobe" is allegory.
It seems like a lot of times in songs, allegory will be used in the first and second verses and then be revealed in the third verse or bridge. Often times it's used to apply religious meaning to every day things. Some songs I can think of like this: Love Without End Amen - George Strait I Won't Take Less Than Your Love - Tanya Tucker/Paul Davis/Paul Overstreet I'll try to think of some more.
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Post by sabre14 on May 22, 2016 12:22:17 GMT -5
Allegory (general definition) - "a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one."
or from Webster
"a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation."
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