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Rolling Stone Names 25 Greatest Country Songs

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1. I Walk The Line

2. Crazy

3. I'm So Lonesome...

4. He Stopped Loving Her Today

5. Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On the Corner)

6. Stand By Your Man

7. You Don't Know Me

8.Mama Tried

9. Jolene

10. Mamma, Don't Let Your Babies..

11. Man of Constant Sorrow

12. I've Got A Tiger By the Tail

13. Blue Moon of KY

14. Setting the Woods On Fire

15. It Wasn't God Who Made ***** Tonk Angels

16. Wichita Lineman

17. New San Antonio Rose

18. All My Ex's Live In Texas

19. Don't Come Home A Drinkin'

20. The Gambler

21. Will The Circle Be Unbroken

22. Walking The Floor Over You

23. If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time

24. Mean

25. Take This Job And Shove It

 

Was #15 seriously a word filter violation? Or were just not wanting to make sure you didn't offend old white guys:lol2:

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Which is maybe why she does not like 70s music. Because she knows it takes you away from the present moment with her?

 

You may be overrating our relationship.

How do you remember the 70's???

 

I am old and I didn't do that many recreational activities to cloud my memory,at least, I don' think I did. But when I went back to a fraternity reunion at the "Harvard of the South -aka Morehead State University", one of my beloved fraternity brothers told my step daughter the if it grew, I smoked it. She, by the way, laughed all night long.

You may be overrating our relationship.

 

:lol2: :lol2:

The lack of anything by Townes Van Zandt renders this list invalid.

 

Which of his songs deserve to be on the list IYO.

Which of his songs deserve to be on the list IYO.

 

Could make a strong argument for Pancho and Lefty, even though his isn't the best-known version.

The lack of anything by Townes Van Zandt renders this list invalid.

 

I read through this issue with gritted teeth. Rolling Stone always keeps itself firmly planted in the mainstream, but in this issue they doubled down on it; you would think music stopped being country at about #10 on the Billboard charts.

I looked at the list of their top 100, and it's a joke.

 

The Mississippi Sheiks

Kacey Musgraves

The Louvin Brothers

Emmit Miller and His Georgia Crackers

O.B. McClinton

Neko Case

Lucinda Williams

D.L. Mennard

John Prine

The Flatlanders

 

What the heck?!?

 

Several of these artists in your list are very, very good. You need to get out more.

Could make a strong argument for Pancho and Lefty, even though his isn't the best-known version.

 

Yeah that was the only one I could think of too, but I don't think of it as a top 25-50 song ever. Great story telling in the song and I am a sucker for songs like that but I can't put it in the top 25.

I read through this issue with gritted teeth. Rolling Stone always keeps itself firmly planted in the mainstream, but in this issue they doubled down on it; you would think music stopped being country at about #10 on the Billboard charts.

 

Rolling Stone "List" that they put out from time to time range from bad to horrible. I wonder sometimes if everybody working there is either 25 or just perpetually stoned or both when putting the list together.

Rolling Stone "List" that they put out from time to time range from bad to horrible. I wonder sometimes if everybody working there is either 25 or just perpetually stoned or both when putting the list together.

 

Their lists would probably be a lot better if they were stoned. :lol2:

Mine would look a little more like this.....

 

 

1. I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash

2. Crazy – Willie Nelson / Patsy Cline

3. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams

4. He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones

5. Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On the Corner) – Jimmy Rodgers

6. Blue Moon Of Kentucky – Bill Monroe

7. You Don’t Know Me – Ray Charles

8. Mama Tried – Merle Haggard

9. Sittin’ On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks

10. Jolene - Dolly Parton

11. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys – Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings

12. Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette

13. Can The Circle Be Unbroken – The Carter Family

14. Man Of Constant Sorrow – Dick Burnett

15. I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail – Buck Owens

16. Settin’ The Woods On Fire – Hank Williams

17. It Wasn’t God Who Made HonkyTonk Angels – Kitty Wells

18. To Live Is To Fly – Townes Van Zandt

19. New San Antonio Rose – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

20. Don’t Come Home ‘A Drinking (With Lovin’ On Your Mind) – Loretta Lynn

21. I’m Walking The Floor Over You – Ernest Tubb

22. If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time – Lefty Frizzell

23. Luckenback, Texas – Waylon Jennings

24. By The Time I Get To Phoenix – Glen Campbell

25. All My Exes Live In Texas – George Strait

I would not put Crazy at #2

 

I'm the biggest Johnny Cash fan ever but #4 should be #1 on any list of country music songs ever made...with all respect to David Allen Coe, "He stopped loving her today" Is the Perfect Country Song!

100% agree.
Mine would look a little more like this.....

 

 

1. I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash

2. Crazy – Willie Nelson / Patsy Cline

3. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams

4. He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones

5. Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On the Corner) – Jimmy Rodgers

6. Blue Moon Of Kentucky – Bill Monroe

7. You Don’t Know Me – Ray Charles

8. Mama Tried – Merle Haggard

9. Sittin’ On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks

10. Jolene - Dolly Parton

11. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys – Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings

12. Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette

13. Can The Circle Be Unbroken – The Carter Family

14. Man Of Constant Sorrow – Dick Burnett

15. I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail – Buck Owens

16. Settin’ The Woods On Fire – Hank Williams

17. It Wasn’t God Who Made HonkyTonk Angels – Kitty Wells

18. To Live Is To Fly – Townes Van Zandt

19. New San Antonio Rose – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

20. Don’t Come Home ‘A Drinking (With Lovin’ On Your Mind) – Loretta Lynn

21. I’m Walking The Floor Over You – Ernest Tubb

22. If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time – Lefty Frizzell

23. Luckenback, Texas – Waylon Jennings

24. By The Time I Get To Phoenix – Glen Campbell

25. All My Exes Live In Texas – George Strait

 

Would be very hard to convince me that only one Strait song deserves to be on that list. Especially any over Run.

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