"Catholic Country Song"

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I found this song on youtube youtube.com/watch?v=sPZ2KhqAyFU and I’m not sure whether its degrading the Church or not. the line about dancing and singing in the Sistine Chapel kinda grated on my nerves, but it is a fun sounding song. Any opinions?
 
It’s just a dumb song. I personally would not listen to it other than to decide if it I would want to indulge in it.:rolleyes: I don’t. me
 
I found it incredibly obnoxious! Then again, I can’t stand country music. 😃
 
I don’t think any of his songs qualify as Catholic country songs but they are country songs by a Catholic I quite like Collin Raye. I didn’t click on the link so I’m going to assume it’s not him
 
I listened to the whole song. Wow. It’s slightly irreverent, has nothing to do with Catholicism, but at least it’s not anti-Catholic. Generally it sounds like something you would hear from a decent musician at a coffeehouse or folk festival. Not bad.
 
boldlygo said:
Mindless drivel…‘country music’ is an oxymoron…
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No it is music. The Nashville country music is just terrible pop music. Old country music is excellent folk music and the foundation of rock music, which isn’t necessarily a good thing.
 
I like a lot of country music, but yes, I found this song inappropriate and didn’t listen to it all the way through.
 
boldlygo said:
Mindless drivel…‘country music’ is an oxymoron…
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I’m going to pretend you’re referring to country pop and not Hank or Merle. :whistle:

Having just listened to that shared piece, I don’t recognize it as anything close to country. It’'s got a guitar, but that’s about it.
 
Potter said:
Having just listened to that shared piece, I don’t recognize it as anything close to country. It’'s got a guitar, but that’s about it.
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It sort of reminds me of Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup,” which is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard him sing.
 
Actually, it’s always a shame to hear Americans say they don’t dig C&W. Because the truth of the matter is, there’s more beauty, true poetry, humor, and unremitting pain and sorrow in country music than there is in any other genre of popular music. The problem is just that modern country tends to be terrible, but real country is top-notch. Many people simply haven’t been exposed to the good stuff. But if anyone is interested in a list of the real deal, I’ll make a true believer out of you; just let me know and I’ll post a bunch of super-solid 100% burning C&W albums. It’s extremely fun to explore music, after all.

As far as the “Catholic Country Song” goes, in my estimation it’s just some bozo without any sense of music history. But it’s harmless, though; I don’t thing there’s anything really anti-Catholic about it. 🤷
 
AmericanRose said:
I found this song on youtube youtube.com/watch?v=sPZ2KhqAyFU and I’m not sure whether its degrading the Church or not. the line about dancing and singing in the Sistine Chapel kinda grated on my nerves, but it is a fun sounding song. Any opinions?
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sometimes country songs are meant to be funny.
I didn’t find it funny or cute. not sure what the point or motive was to writing this song. as another poster said - definitely not a Grammy winner!
 
7_Sorrows said:
sometimes country songs are meant to be funny.
I didn’t find it funny or cute. not sure what the point or motive was to writing this song. as another poster said - definitely not a Grammy winner!
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Yep, I agree 100%.

But please check out this one, 7 Sorrows:

youtube.com/watch?v=Vt9grPOJLp8

It’s so very poignant, and just the purest heights of poetry. 🙂
 
7_Sorrows said:
Some country I like. That was a little two twangy for me.
I am a music lover. There are some classic country songs I like and modern country
songs and artists.
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Yeah, you’re definitely right about that one being kind of twangy. It’s because the song itself is like four or five-hundred years old, and he was going for that ancient merry olde England ballad sound, which is what that song actually is. Merle Travis was actually a superlatively gifted guitar player though, and it really is completely evident on most of his recordings; that was just kind of an unusual one, for a number of different reasons. I mean, he was country and western so he didn’t sound like Jimi Hendrix or someone, but he was most assuredly in that same class.

And maybe I shouldn’t have bagged on modern country music quite so much, because there are some flat out fantastic modern country performers out there. I’m partial to this guy, too; his musical sensibility is quite often right on target, and can be just fiery hot and moving:

youtube.com/watch?v=HwTVy-nhi1E

youtube.com/watch?v=-ieK7Lv9Rbg
 
Exiled_Child said:
Yeah, you’re definitely right about that one being kind of twangy. It’s because the song itself is like four or five-hundred years old, and he was going for that ancient merry olde England ballad sound, which is what that song actually is. Merle Travis was actually a superlatively gifted guitar player though, and it really is completely evident on most of his recordings; that was just kind of an unusual one, for a number of different reasons. I mean, he was country and western so he didn’t sound like Jimi Hendrix or someone, but he was most assuredly in that same class.

And maybe I shouldn’t have bagged on modern country music quite so much, because there are some flat out fantastic modern country performers out there. I’m partial to this guy, too; his musical sensibility is quite often right on target, and can be just fiery hot and moving:

youtube.com/watch?v=HwTVy-nhi1E

youtube.com/watch?v=-ieK7Lv9Rbg
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I noticed he did a version of 16 Tons. I was a fan of Tennessee Ernie Ford when I was a young girl.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I noticed he did a version of 16 Tons. I was a fan of Tennessee Ernie Ford when I was a young girl.
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Oh, I love both of their versions. Merle Travis actually wrote that song himself and recorded it in the forties, but the Tennessee Ernie Ford version in the fifties was a really gigantic hit, and it’s the one that’s most well known. Both of those songs are super-lovable, though, and both are really distinctive, but the Tennessee Ernie Ford one is way more catchy and spooky and otherworldly, whereas the Merle Travis one is kind of vaguely hostile and menacing, and much simpler sounding.
 
Exiled_Child said:
Oh, I love both of their versions. Merle Travis actually wrote that song himself and recorded it in the forties, but the Tennessee Ernie Ford version in the fifties was a really gigantic hit, and it’s the one that’s most well known. Both of those songs are super-lovable, though, and both are really distinctive, but the Tennessee Ernie Ford one is way more catchy and spooky and otherworldly, whereas the Merle Travis one is kind of vaguely hostile and menacing, and much simpler sounding.
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he was a good composer, but Ford’s version is definitely a hit!
 
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