That just made my day. One of my favorite songs too.
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And you are
Waylon Jennings?
Charlie Pride?
Merle Haggard?
Each and All work for us . . .
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My explanation of the song to my daughters was that DAC was putting forth the ultimate both explanation for a country song and at the same time the ultimate parody of the country song. With these lyrics
Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
And he told me it was the perfect country & western song
I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country & western song
Because he hadnāt said anything at all about Mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettingā drunk
Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me
And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country & western song
And I felt obliged to include it on this album
The last verse goes like this here
Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got run over by a damned old train
And Iāll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standingā in the rain, no
But you donāt have to call me darlinā, darlinā
You never even called me
Well, I wonder why you donāt call me
Why donāt you ever call me by my name
(I annoy my daughters by playing it on loop! LoL)
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Lots of female artists lately
Caught Wet Leg a couple of times first tour, fun band
Waiting for Panic Shack first US tour, another fun band
Snail Mail can bring it
Sky Ferreira long awaited shows coming
Just found out about Fazerdaze
Hatchie put on great shows recently
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Now we remember that he wrote
Johnny Paycheckās signature hit āTake This Job and Shove Itā
and Tanya Tuckerās āWould You Lay With Me in a Field of Stoneā
Speaking of calling, thereās Travis Trittās "Hereās a Quarter . . . " Okay, tough to explain in age of personal mobile number . . .
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Maryās Danish
Melenas
The Go! Team
Love Metric but Brie Larson did it better
Santigold live
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Variousā¦
Tullycraft
Spoon
Mandragora
The Fiery Furnaces
Fontaines DC
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Phantogram
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Last one for the Classical fans. I got pulled over on the GSP for speeding while listening to this the first time on QXR.
Midori performing Ravelās Tzigane
https://youtu.be/wn0XkLAM8eE
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@kaos I like how you play a lot of newer songs. One of my main sources for discovering new music is through the French radio station Fip. Thatās where I heard Tim Bernardes first - though he still sounds āold schoolā perhaps.
My main kick is finding old songs that still (or again) sound fresh today, like this one here.
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I adore Santigold! And āThe Ickā is fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
Well hereās some nearly hundred year old Saturday morning music.
And hereās some newer stuff for the vocal enthusiasts
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The guy produced countless hits, from Seal to Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
http://www.simpleminds.org/sm/people/th1.htm
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Thoughts from the peanut gallery - disclosure Iām not a hater or a fan of horn or swift - but my friend in music biz just told me this the other day
the most recent taylor swift album showed that that jack antonoff hack has finally worn out his welcome. heās the goddamn 21st century trevor horn, and his shit will become just as dated as trevor hornās 80s shit
I guess the burn is she had 10/10 top ten. But I lean to his take.
I remember not being a fan of Trevor Horn in the 80s. I mean he had so many hits, that in itself was off putting to any āseriousā music lover - indeed probably the same as how some people look at Taylor Swift these days.
But itās only after considerable time one can really judge someone with a lot of commercial succes. And the guy (Trevor Horn) made some great records, including more artistically succesful ones like Buffalo Gal. The same sentiment can be seen in the comments below the article in the Guardian.
But, no, itās not music Iād typically play a lotā¦ 
Was just triggered by the article. Though it raises an interesting question: what modern day commercially succesful music is also really good?
Listening to Willie this morning. āI told my mom I was a drug dealer. She said āThank God youāre not writinā songs.'ā
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I have this discussion often and my answer is none. Of course thatās hyperbolic and thereās some good stuff that has some degree of commercial success. Folks disagree with me but Iām still going with none. Country music, less than none. Jazz and blues some great stuff just not commercially successful in a big sense.
What would u or others say?
national treasure
Agree, in that there is none or at least very little that is both successful and good (to my ears). Just for the fun of it Iāve just looked up spotifyās hits of 2021 and the only song I can remotely stand is Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar.
There is good stuff in for example France and Italy, as Iāve learned by listening to local radio, but their success is limited to their home countries.
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I do confess to enjoying
Iām also gratified by the success of Hamilton tho itās been some time now.
When I was a young man I would have agreed with you about country music, but over the past 20 years I have grown to enjoy it. The storytelling in country music is second to none. For variety it is getting there. How about a āredneck bandā from Regina?
Dead South.
Not working for you? How about a bluegrass band from Norway?
Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra.
Another of my favorites by Dead South.
