Old time Country Music for Seniors Thread

For me, the saddest song ever written is Hank Williams' "I'm so lonesome I could cry." The imagery is beautiful. If you listen closely, Hank is using the Shakespearean rhythm...with emphasis on the every other syllable: "HEAR that LONSsome WIPPerWILL he SOUNDS to BLUE to CRY..."
the meter mimics that beat of the human heart....so it resonates on a physical and emotional level. Brilliant.

Many a night I am cried myself to sleep to this song. not afraid to admit...it HAS been the song of my life.
 
We call this a coupe too but we pronounce it coop.
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Old&InTheWay said:
For me, the saddest song ever written is Hank Williams' "I'm so lonesome I could cry." The imagery is beautiful. If you listen closely, Hank is using the Shakespearean rhythm...with emphasis on the every other syllable: "HEAR that LONSsome WIPPerWILL he SOUNDS to BLUE to CRY..."
the meter mimics that beat of the human heart....so it resonates on a physical and emotional level. Brilliant.

Many a night I am cried myself to sleep to this song. not afraid to admit...it HAS been the song of my life.
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Good Lord, Oldie, you are making ME cry now, and I think we are both men. I am going to go play that song to see if I Can pick up what you are talking about with the meter.
 
Ken N Tx said:
Read the Title again!!
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Old time Country Music for Seniors Thread
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ClassicRockr said:
The reason I mentioned about the music is, from the Seniors that we have met (our age), none of them listen/listened to the really old music. I didn't start listening to country music until the mid 80's and my wife in the mid 90's. That was when both of us, before we met, started going to country nightclubs. When Line Dancing, 2-Step, Cowboy Cha Cha, California Swing and Texas Swing were extremely popular dances.
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HAHAHAHA! Oh my stomach. 😂
So much for my morning coffee. 🤣
Killer funny!
 
"Crazy" was written by Willie Nelson. I can't recall the details but the word "crazy" was suggested because he could not figure what word to use in his lyrics. In Houston we have an old country songs station and a sister country station for younger country fans. I am a die-hard fan of "outlaws of county music" like Willie and Waylon, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and others.
 
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