Happy 85th to a badass motherfucker

[Gil Bang 26231]

[jimmyjazz 47138]

There ain't nothin' short of dyin'
Half as lonesome as the sound
On the sleepin' city sidewalks
Sunday mornin' comin' down

[Gil Bang 26231]

IMHO, it's the greatest country song ever written.   "He Stopped Lovin' Her Today" is the greatest performance, but "Sunday Morning" is the greatest song.  

Hard to believe that "Country Music" has devolved into songs about pontoon boats and mud tires, but here we are. 

[Gil Bang 26231]

How many MEN, and that motherfucker is a MAN, have a Ranger tab and an Oxford degree?   He's quite remarkable.

[jimmyjazz 47138]

I'm no connoisseur of country music, but I would absolutely agree that "Sunday Morning Coming Down" is the pinnacle, at least as far as my knowledge extends.  It's stunning. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Just now, Gil Bang said:

IMHO, it's the greatest country song ever written.   "He Stopped Lovin' Her Today" is the greatest performance, but "Sunday Morning" is the greatest song.  

Hard to believe that "Country Music" has devolved into songs about pontoon boats and mud tires, but here we are. 

If I hear another fucking affected southern accent in a country song my head is gonna explode. The crap they peddle today as country music is an abomination against man.

[Gil Bang 26231]

a few years ago, I tuned into one of those awards shows, CMA or something, and the opening was the two dipshit co-hosts joking about each other's tight jeans.  I'm not bullshitting. That was some high-level discourse. 

[Gil Bang 26231]

8 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

If I hear another fucking affected southern accent in a country song my head is gonna explode. The crap they peddle today as country music is an abomination against man.

Anybody that writes or records a song that features mud tires, tailgates, moonshine (or "good stuff"), or just mentions F150s in any capacity...they need to me sent to GITMO.

[tbone_ 14440]

If you guys want to really get pissed off go tour the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville sometime.

[tbone_ 14440]

Hey, little girl, don’t you know he’s the devil?

[Gil Bang 26231]

He's everything that I ain't

[tbone_ 14440]

And happy birthday you old fuck

[Gil Bang 26231]

1 minute ago, tbone_ said:

And happy birthday you old fuck

It's not my birthday, but thanks, I guess. 

[Gil Bang 26231]

See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
Which he spent like they was goin' outta style
And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,
Searchin' for a shrine he's never found
Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,
Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down

He's a poet, he's a picker
He's a prophet, he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.

He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
And he's traded in tomorrow for today
Runnin' from his devils, lord, and reachin' for the stars,
And losin' all he's loved along the way
But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse,
And all he ever gets is older and around
>from the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse,
The goin' up was worth the comin' down

He's a poet, he's a picker
He's a prophet, he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
There's a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home.

[Gil Bang 26231]

He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction

 

 

How fucking great is that line?   

[jimmyjazz 47138]

Well, when you're a Phi Beta Kappa jock who earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford and subsequently flew helicopters for the Army Rangers . . . I guess it's an OK line.

[Gil Bang 26231]

9 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Well, when you're a Phi Beta Kappa jock who earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford and subsequently flew helicopters for the Army Rangers . . . I guess it's an OK line.

point of order:  Kris graduated from Ranger school before he went to Rucker for helos.   He didn't fly to support Ranger ops.  Mofo was Ranger qualified!  

So, it's even a better line. 

[tbone_ 14440]

If you’re feeling salty, I’m your tequila

[hullabelew 3730]

11 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

If I hear another fucking affected southern accent in a country song my head is gonna explode. The crap they peddle today as country music is an abomination against man.

A couple of years ago, Amanda Shires summed it up perfectly.   "I can hold my breath longer than I can listen to country radio." 

[hullabelew 3730]

And as far as spiritual lyrics...it's hard to beat this verse.

Tell me Lord, if you think there's a way
I can try to repay
All I've taken from you
Maybe Lord, I can show someone else
What I've been through myself
On my way back to you.

 

And I would stack this performance of this song up against "He Stopped Loving Her Today".  Damn, Kris could write.  

 

 

Edited June 23, 2021 by hullabelew

[Al_4_ISU 12623]

Reckon they may just nail him up if he come down again