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beantownbubba wrote: Seriously, we take ourselves seriously and if we're singing along it's because a song signifies, it has meaning, we identify with it because it's real, it's damn near poetry man. When those guys sing it's because they're drunk or because it's the only way they can express their repressed homoerotic feelings or some shit like that.


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Can't argue with how the guy handled this situation...

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Clams wrote:Can't argue with how the guy handled this situation...

http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/eric- ... tomach-flu


That changes my opinion a bit. Still haven't heard anything by him that I've really dug, but that was a standup gesture. Especially considering they're going to make up the show too.
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brett27295 wrote:
Clams wrote:Can't argue with how the guy handled this situation...

http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/eric- ... tomach-flu


That changes my opinion a bit. Still haven't heard anything by him that I've really dug, but that was a standup gesture. Especially considering they're going to make up the show too.


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After listening to people bitch and moan (and by "people", I'm increasingly inclined to think I mean "bitchers and moaners") about Eric Church, I've decided he's okay in my book. He can't be any worse than listening to people whine about him. And now I'm turning on a YouTube stream of his stuff to find out whether I've placed myself in a tenable position.
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John A Arkansawyer wrote:After listening to people bitch and moan (and by "people", I'm increasingly inclined to think I mean "bitchers and moaners") about Eric Church, I've decided he's okay in my book. He can't be any worse than listening to people whine about him. And now I'm turning on a YouTube stream of his stuff to find out whether I've placed myself in a tenable position.
And I have. He's okay by me. Maybe I should've seen him and Miranda Lambert up in North River City after all.
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from last night:

You have to admire Church, though, for the courage of his choice of an opening act. He could have picked any young star in Nashville, but instead he chose the Drive-By Truckers, an act that has never had a Billboard-charting single. The quintet may well be the greatest rock 'n' roll band of this new millennium (who else has a 21st-century catalog to match?) and in a short, 45-minute set, they demonstrated the power of uncompromised Southern rock.

Co-founders Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley may not sing as well as Church, but they are much stronger writers, and they fleshed out the obscured implications of Church's 'Give Me Back My Hometown' with Southern Gothic tales about land ownership in 'Uncle Frank' and 'Sink Hole.' And when Hood started waving his arms and preaching during 'Let There Be Rock,' the contradictions and challenges of being a teenage rock 'n' roll fan were far sharper than in 'Springsteen.'

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Wolf wrote:from last night:

You have to admire Church, though, for the courage of his choice of an opening act. He could have picked any young star in Nashville, but instead he chose the Drive-By Truckers, an act that has never had a Billboard-charting single. The quintet may well be the greatest rock 'n' roll band of this new millennium (who else has a 21st-century catalog to match?) and in a short, 45-minute set, they demonstrated the power of uncompromised Southern rock.

Co-founders Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley may not sing as well as Church, but they are much stronger writers, and they fleshed out the obscured implications of Church's 'Give Me Back My Hometown' with Southern Gothic tales about land ownership in 'Uncle Frank' and 'Sink Hole.' And when Hood started waving his arms and preaching during 'Let There Be Rock,' the contradictions and challenges of being a teenage rock 'n' roll fan were far sharper than in 'Springsteen.'

- See more at: http://www.citypaper.com/blogs/noise/bc ... 7fktT.dpuf
Love that - thanks for sharing.

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any time sir

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Nice, thanks for posting. Not sure if anyone picked up on it but the author of that article, Geoffrey Himes, appears in The Secret To A Happy Ending and has been writing for publications like No Depression and championing alt.country music for years.

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On a driving trip today was listening to SiriusXM. Clicking Next checking out the channels I stopped at E Street Radio because the screen said Eric Church. He was sitting in as the guest DJ. He was picking the songs and telling the audience why, explaining what the song meant to him, how it affected his growth as a musician, etc. It seemed like the show must have been a replay from a session he'd done before.

Anyway, he then played his own song Springsteen. He explained about how seeing Bruce for the first time was the inspiration for the song. The following isn't word for word but it is a close paraphrase: "When I was about 15 the first amphitheater concert I went to was to see Bruce. I took a girl who I was falling in love with. We laid a blanket out on the grass in the back. What an awesome night. We'll that relationship lasted about 2 weeks but to this day whenever I here a song played from that show I automatically think about that girl, about where she is and whether she remembers me. I think that is a powerful testament to how music can move our emotions and provide bonds between people."

I personally am good with some of his stuff, don't care for most of it, but just listening to what he was saying in between 5 or 6 songs pretty clearly told me the guy understands music from both the performer and the listener perspective. Both being fans of and influenced by Springsteen is an obvious bridge between he and DBT.

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Humboldt wrote:He explained about how seeing Bruce for the first time was the inspiration for the song. The following isn't word for word but it is a close paraphrase: "When I was about 15 the first amphitheater concert I went to was to see Bruce. I took a girl who I was falling in love with. We laid a blanket out on the grass in the back. What an awesome night. We'll that relationship lasted about 2 weeks but to this day whenever I here a song played from that show I automatically think about that girl, about where she is and whether she remembers me. I think that is a powerful testament to how music can move our emotions and provide bonds between people."
The River can take me to exactly that same place of mine. I don't know what I'd do if I heard it played on a slightly draggy tape deck. Plotz probably.
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Humboldt wrote:We'll that relationship lasted about 2 weeks but to this day whenever I here a song played from that show I automatically think about that girl, about where she is and whether she remembers me. I think that is a powerful testament to how music can move our emotions and provide bonds between people."
I'd say it's a toss up whether "I know what he means" or "this guy is so egotistical he thinks that him thinking about someone creates bonds between more than one person."

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I didn't know until I read the City Paper article above that that crappy Springsteen song was a #1! Jesus, you can sell that country audience anything.
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Rocky wrote:I didn't know until I read the City Paper article above that that crappy Springsteen song was a #1! Jesus, you can sell that country audience anything.
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Rocky wrote:I didn't know until I read the City Paper article above that that crappy Springsteen song was a #1! Jesus, you can sell that country audience anything.
I like it!

Catchy shit.

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I have to agree with Rocky, I know top 40 pop music is pretty much the same but with country music today it seems like they're abusing the privilege. Between the obligatory patriotic drek followed closely by muh guns and muh truck, the word formulaic to me is interchangeable with pop country.

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