WhySoSerious?
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Post by WhySoSerious? on May 11, 2004 20:35:05 GMT -5
A redneck anthem and Garth Brooks' biggest hit to date. It spent four weeks at #1 on BB's country chart.
I love it.
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Bob
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Post by Bob on May 11, 2004 21:57:04 GMT -5
I love it too lmao
only country I can say I truly like tho
i like "thunder rolls" a lot
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jimmy74747
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Post by jimmy74747 on May 11, 2004 22:21:11 GMT -5
Not just a redneck anthemn, but a true American anthem. One of the best known country songs of all time and deservedly so. I love it.
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Keith3000
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Post by Keith3000 on May 11, 2004 22:45:40 GMT -5
A great song. I've not listened to country for a long time, but I still love this song. Yeah, and I love "The Thunder Rolls" as well...
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Post by irock on May 11, 2004 23:59:19 GMT -5
I liked it for a while, but grew tired of it very quickly. Songs like this one can be very enjoyable but they're easily overplayed. This one was so overplayed that I doubt I'd enjoy hearing it now. Perhaps in a few years...
Mark Chesnutt did a version of FILP that some people prefer. I think Chesnutt's actually predated Brooks' by a few days.
I've always felt that Garth Brooks took a lot of hints from an old album cut by Ronnie Milsap that was never released as a single. Misery Loves Company, from 1980's otherwise pathetic 'Milsap Magic' album, was a minor hit on the club circuit. It got a lot of country airplay as an album cut and it's the finest example you're likely to ever hear of this subgenre I call honky-tonk pop.
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Post by Hervard on May 12, 2004 9:59:50 GMT -5
I liked it for a while, but grew tired of it very quickly. Songs like this one can be very enjoyable but they're easily overplayed. This one was so overplayed that I doubt I'd enjoy hearing it now. Perhaps in a few years... Sort of like his song "Two Pina Coladas". That song was pure junk. This was a little better, though. |
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Post by reception on May 12, 2004 18:02:51 GMT -5
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Post by rowdawg21 on Aug 24, 2007 22:28:33 GMT -5
Not just a redneck anthemn, but a true American anthem. One of the best known country songs of all time and deservedly so. I love it. |
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Acid Eyes
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Post by Acid Eyes on Aug 24, 2007 23:51:01 GMT -5
One of the only country songs I can stand.
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Post by shocker on Aug 26, 2007 3:26:17 GMT -5
One of the only country songs I can stand. I agree! I usually don't care for songs like this, but "Friends" is more than just a "tear in mah bear" blusey, hillbilly tune. It's actually catchy and fun. If Garth Brooks hadn't recorded "Friends", it could've easily been a rock song that crossed over to country. |
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