Being a songwriter (lyricist) myself---and having written dozens of
country songs, mostly in the early 90's---the use of imperfect rhymes in every
contemporary Country song is a true pet peeve of mine. The current Country
music songwriters go out of their way to make every single rhyme an imperfect
one---ie: rhyming "back" with "that" or "pit" with "this". Hey, if this
occurred occasionally or even semi-frequently, it wouldn't bother me so
much...but nowadays it's always the case...always. And I'm not alone in
feeling
the way I do. Years ago, the legendary lyricist Sammy Cahn said it was his
personal pet peeve as well...and that was decades before contemporary
Country music started thoroughly dumbing-down the songwriting process. A few
years ago, I met the great songwriter Paul Williams at a friend's Christmas
party and we got into a long conversation about this subject...and he agreed
with me completely.
In Country music as well as Pop music, these days more often than not
songs are "cloned"---somebody has a monster hit, causing songwriters to
scramble in an effort to write a song that's just close enough to the hit
where
they won't get their asses sued for plagiarism. I'm sure this same type of
practice takes place all the time in the TV and movie industries as well.
I think Country music had a renaissance of sorts in the late 80's and
early 90's and has gone downhill ever since. Just my two cents, whatever
that's
worth...
Rick
In a message dated 6/9/2012 8:57:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ki...@movieart.net writes:
The greatest moment in the history of country music was when Johnny Cash's
stepdaughter, Carlene Carter, said that she was "going to put the cunt
back in country."* It's
been all downhill after that.
*In 1979, during a concert at _New York_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York) 's _Bottom Line_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom_Line) , _Carlene
Carter_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlene_Carter) introduced a song
about mate-swapping called Swap-Meat Rag by stating, "If this song don't put
the cunt back in country, I don't know what will."
Yours sincerely,
Pat Boone
On Jun 9, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr wrote:
We are indeed! And the boots I would be scootin' in are custom made Paul
Bonds with my initials inlaid front and back! We're serious about this
stuff, by golly! You should have seen the show tonight. Blake Shelton and
Jake
Owen made me swoon, Carrie Underwood who is sheer perfection in every way
certainly had Mo's attention, and the National Anthem was sung to
perfection by The Oak Ridge Boys. That's what I'm talking' about: Yee Haw!
As for the "porn" you sent Morrie, Kirby you nut, those were some great
shots of movie poster stuff from back in the day. Mo is hanging his head
for not getting back to you the moment he watched it. I really enjoyed seeing
Mo bidding in that auction. He says THANK YOU!!
Okay, so I have no input as to how to get great - or even good- tickets
to next year's CMA event. Bummer, dudes.
'Night- By the way, here is my favorite, hands down, no question about it,
FOREVER AND EVER favorite country music video. Mo loves it too. We both
wish we could have participated!! Watch it standing up and HAVE A GOOD
TIME!!!
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSROm-vgVRk_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSROm-vgVRk)
____________________________________
From: Kirby McDaniel <_kirby@MOVIEART.NET_ (mailto:ki...@movieart.net) >
To: _MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU_ (mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU)
Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Off topic: but oh boy would I love a favor.....
They're boot-scooters! They should move to Texas. Like Stephen McNally
and the Indians in APACHE DRUMS, we are
surrounded by those people. Yee hah.
K.
On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote:
At 07:03 AM 6/8/2012, Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr wrote:
I am a huge ( okay, bigger than huge) country music fan, and Mo has been
a willing convert.
Poor Morrie
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