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#1 Country Music Thread: Analyzing Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried"
This is one of the more famous and I think greater country songs. A popular bar song and a real work of art.
Tell me why this song is great in relation to the shit called country today. How would this song be different in lyrics and meaning if, for example, it was filtered through Keith Urban? In general, what strikes you about this song? Feel free to pull in any background knowledge you may have. I have of course answers for all the above; I want to see if someone can come up with more or better than I have (been debating with someone about this the last two hours). What does this song mean? What does the artist intend to get across, and how successfully does he do it? I'm not talking about the musical aspects so much as the lyrical content; we'll stipulate to Haggard being a great singer and guitar player, as far as my ears know. But what does he mean by this song. Remember, interpretations are no more equal than men are. What in this song speaks to all of us? What is the artist's attitude toward his imprisonment? Toward his mother? Toward himself? Enough English teacher questions, let's see if any of you pukes can get it right. Last edited by Alex Linder; July 9th, 2012 at 08:32 PM. |
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I'm not sure how similar the message is to "Simple Man" other than in both a parent offers advice. |
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Haggard's song seems to speak of predestination, of a resignation to inescapable fate; an awareness of an inherent personal flaw that the best of guidance could not steer him clear of. Last edited by Steven L. Akins; July 9th, 2012 at 08:53 PM. |
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Maybe people here don't enjoy microanalyzing things, but the you know who's are famous for it, and I think it's why they usually win. They pay attention to things, and come to understand them better than they understand themselves, perhaps, which allows remarkable feats of mimicry, such as "Tomorrow Belongs to Me," which is Germaner than Germans could do, and perfectly plausible as a nationalist hym - but written by two queer jews. But let's not depart from the Haggard song. I think one of the most striking things about it is what he in my view rather pointedly, rather sycopatedly, does not say. Stuff he almost surely would say if this song were written in 2012 by a committee of song manufacturers. |
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That's true. I'd never really noticed that 'til now.
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March 19th, 2019 | #8 |
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#1 Country Music Thread
this guy on what's wrong with it, i guess you'd say from a more technical angle, as opposed to political. which i've written about before, but cant locate thread, which this belongs on. very interesting subject but i'm extremely busy and cant mess with it at moment but will get back to it.
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"every player who uses these beats suonds like a skeezy player kinda licking his lips walking into a club"
niggerization, he describes. they're using that underenuciated nigstyle from young deadi and the rest of the uncaged monkeys deliberate mixing of genres racial sound mixing Last edited by Alex Linder; March 20th, 2019 at 05:16 AM. |
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if country music is about everyday life of adults, where are the songs about divorce, family court - sources of real feelings and pain to tens of millions of people. where are songs about feminism destroying families. songs about "i dont even recognize muh hometown anymoor"
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Now, to be accepted for promotion, errthang gotsta be double-dipped in a coating of Nigger; the kikes have made the grunts & screeches of that race of rabid chimps the musical gold standard. "'Good White music for grown-ups'? Get the fuck outta heah!" says laughing Pinchas. |
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