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"The Devil's Music"

I hate all them sumbitches. I'm pretty sure da debil don't like any of that **** either. Taylor Swift is as gawdawful as Marylyn Manson.

Give me R&B:

Papa Don't Take No Mess ~ Mr. James Brown (from Beech Island, SC) OK, this cut is not actually R&B but more the beginning of Funk.

We're Going to Hate Ourselves in the Morning ~ Clifford Curry

Searching For My Baby ~ Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces

May I ~ Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs (from Lancaster, SC)

South Carolina knows R&B. Ocean Drive (now called North Myrtle Beach) was vital to the development and support of R&B in the 50s and 60s. One of the kinder names for it back then was "Race Music". R&B would never have made it without people James Brown.

Nothing makes me happier than to sing Otis Redding at the top of my lungs, or older Stevie Wonder. That genre probably gets the most play from my mp3 player.
 
Nothing makes me happier than to sing Otis Redding at the top of my lungs, or older Stevie Wonder. That genre probably gets the most play from my mp3 player.



For me, it's Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles.
 
Awesome! Never gotten that before! Thanks, hon! <hug> :lol:



Yes, I know it is all a bit overwhelming, but go ahead, feel proud... only a handful of these have ever been awarded in the history of DP. :mrgreen:
 
Nothing makes me happier than to sing Otis Redding at the top of my lungs, or older Stevie Wonder. That genre probably gets the most play from my mp3 player.

So much talent came out of South Carolina and Georgia. Otis Redding was from Dawson, Ga, but of course lived in Macon as many R&B artists did back in the day. Redding was tremendously gifted man. I've read that he was also a very good businessman as well.
 
Coincidentally I had a long breakfast this morning with a close friend who happens to be black. We were talking about completely ****ed up Hip Hop and Rap are. My friend brought up a good point. He said it is/was popular because it is cheaper to produce and doesn't actually require a lot of talent. You don't need a band of talented musicians who bring parts of their soul into the music to make it. Cheaper to produce, cheaper to market. Because of this - according to my friend, which makes a lot of sense to me - there isn't a great deal of depth in hip hop or rap. There isn't really anywhere for it to go.

While as a generalization, it is pretty true, that's more a function of economics than any inherent lack of depth in the genre. Here's someone who doesn't lack depth





The bottom line is that commercial music, being commercial, will always sacrifice depth for a penny. That's always been true, regardless of the genre
 
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While as a generalization, it is pretty true, that's more a function of economics than any inherent lack of depth in the genre. Here's someone who doesn't lack depth





The bottom line is that commercial music, being commercial, will always sacrifice depth for a penny. That's always been true, regardless of the genre


Not bad. And you make an excellent point about commercial music.
 
Not bad. And you make an excellent point about commercial music.

Just look at what's happened to rock and country. Both used to be rich in diversity and creativity. Now that both have become commercialized, it's become dull and formulaic.
 
I like country western, but have to admit some of the lyrics are a bit disturbing, like this one:


I'm goin' home, gonna load my shotgun
Wait by the door and light a cigarette
If he wants a fight well now he's got one
And he ain't seen me crazy yet
He slapped my face and he shook me like a rag doll
Don't that sound like a real man
I'm going to show him what a little girls are made of
Gunpowder and lead

laying in wait to shoot an abusive boyfriend? Sounds like murder to me.
 
Just look at what's happened to rock and country. Both used to be rich in diversity and creativity. Now that both have become commercialized, it's become dull and formulaic.

BINGO! Ain't that the terrible truth?
 
I like country western, but have to admit some of the lyrics are a bit disturbing, like this one:




laying in wait to shoot an abusive boyfriend? Sounds like murder to me.


A lot of CW songs are about people doing stupid things. :)
 
A lot of CW songs are about people doing stupid things. :)

Yes, they are.

Whatever happened to those old love songs about eternal devotion such... Oh, come to think of it, doing stupid things again!
 
A lot of CW songs are about people doing stupid things. :)

All (or nearly all) genres of music have songs that tell stories about people doing stupid things.

Faust sells his soul to the devil, the two protagonists in Cosi fan tutte trick their fiancés into cheating (with them disguised as soldiers), etc
 
I haven't heard anyone seriously refer to rock as devil's music since I was a kid, but you did provide two examples of people at different ends of the spectrum whom I think are mentally ill to the point of being possessed.

Repent, you heathern. Repent!



I thought it was Elvis Presley whose music was first called the "devil's music."
 
"The devil's music" is usually whatever encourages rebellion and non-conformity, it seems. I don't get why pop isn't the devil's music, since the lyrics are usually about lust disguised in a catchy tune.

It's more reasonable to examine the lyrics of any given song, since there can be questionable content in any genre. It disturbs me greatly when I see people singing along to pop music that has incredibly lewd or degrading connotations, yet they don't seem to notice because the melody makes them feel good.

Most traditional people don't like the tone of rock music because it sounds angry and discordant, but the lyrics are often very meaningful.

Anyway... it's not black and white. And anyone who calls something the devil's music has probably drunk koolaid of some other variety anyway.
 
A lot of CW songs are about people doing stupid things. :)

But they have the very best song titles. One of my favorites is Kinky Friedman's "Get Your Biscuits In the Oven and Your Buns In Bed."

“When You Leave Walk Out Backwards, so I’ll Think You’re Walking in”

“The Last Word in Lonesome is ‘Me’”

“I Wanna Whip Your Cow”

“We Used to Kiss on the Lips, but It’s all Over Now”

“I Gave Her my Heart and a Diamond and she Clubbed me With a Spade”

“I Wish I Were a Woman so I Could go Out with a Guy Like Me”

“Did I Shave my Legs for This?”

“I Don’t Know Whether to Kill Myself or go Bowling”

“I Fell for her, She Fell for him, and He Fell for me”

“If I Can’t be Number One in Your Life, Then Number Two on You”

“Mama Get a Hammer There’s a Fly on Daddy’s Head”

“If the Phone Don’t Ring, You’ll Know It’s me”

“How Can I Miss You if You Won’t go Away”

“I’d Rather Have a Bottle in Front of Me than a Frontal Lobotomy”

“I Keep Forgettin’ I Forgot About You”

“I Liked You Better Before I Knew You so Well”

“I Still miss You Baby, but My Aim’s Gettin’ Better”

“It Only Takes one Bar to make a Prison”

“I Wouldn’t take her to a Dog Fight, Cause I’m Afraid She’d Win”

“I’ll Marry You Tomorrow, But Let’s Honeymoon Tonight”

“I’m so Miserable Without You; It’s Like Having You Here”

“My Wife Ran Off With my Best Friend and I Sure do Miss Him”

“You’re the Reason our Kids are so Ugly”

“I Ain’t Never Gone to Bed with an Ugly Woman, but I Sure Woke up With a Few”

“At the Gas Station of Love, I Got the Self Service Pump”

“Can’t Get Over You, so Why Don’t You Get Under Me?”

“I Got In at 2 With a 10 and Woke Up at 10 With a 2”

“I Went Back to My Fourth Wife for the Third time and Gave Her a Second Chance to make a First Class Fool out of Me”

“If Fingerprints Showed up on Skin, Wonder Whose I’d Find on You.”

“If I Were in Your Shoes, I’d Walk Right Back to Me”

“If You Don’t Leave Me Alone, I’ll Go and Find Someone else who Will”

“If You Want your Freedom PDQ, Divorce me COD”

“I’m Gonna put a Bar in the Back of my Car and Drive Myself to Drink”

“It Takes me all Night Long to do What I Used to do all Night Long”

“They May put me in Prison, but They Can’t Stop my Face from Breakin’ Out”

“If You Can’t Live Without Me, Why Aren’t You Dead?”

“There Ain’t Enough Room in my Fruit of the Looms to Hold All My Lovin’ for You”

“If She Hadn’t Been so Good Lookin’ I Might Have Seen the Train”

"I Wanna Whip Your Cow": Top 40 greatest country song titles | Washington Times Communities

Best Country-Western Song Titles of All-Time...


1. Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In Bed
2. Get Your Tongue Otta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye
3. Her Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure
4. How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
5. Can't Get Over You, So Why Don't You Get Under Me?
6. Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling
7. Got In At 2 With a 10, And Woke Up At 10 With a 2.
8. Hate Every Bone In Your Body Except For Mine
9. Just Bought A Car From A Guy That Stole My Girl,But The Car Don't Run, So I Figure We Got An Even Deal
10. Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You
11. Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well
12. Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better
13. Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win
14. I'll Marry You Tomorrow But Let's Honeymoon Tonite
15. I'm So miserable Without You, It's Like Having You Here
16. I've Got Tears in My Ears From Lying On My Back While I Cry Over You
17. If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You
18. If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To, I'd Be Out By Now
19. Mama Get A Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)
20. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus
21. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, and I Sure Do Miss Him
22. Please Bypass this Heart
23. She Got The Ring and I Got The Finger
24. You're the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly

Best Country Song Titles
 
One of my favorites, and it's actually pretty good song, is She Slept With Texas.
 
I thought it was Elvis Presley whose music was first called the "devil's music."

No clue. Well before my time. I just know when I was a kid, I would hear really old people obsess about rock brainwashing people with hidden messages from Satan and the like.
 
Risky, I think you'll like this:
 
I thought it was Elvis Presley whose music was first called the "devil's music."


I think it was the suggestive hip gyrations that sent people ballistic. Prior to Elvis nobody had ever seen anything like that.





 
I'll have to check, but on some TV show, the camera only showed Elvis above the waist. Ed Sullivan? Not so long ago I saw an old black-and-white vid clip of some preacher condemning Elvis from the pulpit.

And it definitely didn't help that some considered his music "Negro." I'm going to go look on YouTube.
 
Ah, yes. A leading contributor to juvenile delinquency:
 
But I tell you what was really filthy--swing music and those crazy jitterbuggers. Nasty! (Kidding.)

And then there are the dirty blues songs. I can't even remember the name of the product or service, but there's a commercial now running that talks about a "snake," and anybody familiar with blues standards is picking right up on that, LOL.
 
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