The top 10 country songs of all time

[SUBMAN1]

10. I Hate every Bone in her Body but Mine
9. I Ain't Never Gone to Bed With an Ugly Woman but I Woke up with a Few
8. If the Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know it's Me
7. I've Missed You, but My Aim's Improvin'
6. Wouldn't Take Her to A Dogfight 'Cause I'm Scared She'd Win
5. I'm So Miserable Without You, it's Like You're Still Here
4. My Wife Ran Off with My Best Friend and I Miss Him
3. She Took My Ring and Gave Me the Finger
2. She's Lookin' Better with Every Beer
And the Number One Country & Western song is...

It's Hard to Kiss The Lips At Night that Chewed My Ass Out All Day Long

[Platapus]

What, No mention of

"I've got tears in my ears from laying in bed crying over you"?

What kind of list is this?

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Platapus

What, No mention of

"I've got tears in my ears from laying in bed crying over you"?

What kind of list is this?

Man! How is that gonna sell? The older you get, you start to realize that there are at least 3 billion women on this planet! Crud! Next!

-S

[Sailor Steve]

You know, some of those are not too far off from real songs:

Jerry Reed - She got the Gold Mine (I got the Shaft)

"Never went to bed with an ugly woman but I sure woke up with a few" is an actual line from the Willie Nelson classic Ten With A Two.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Awww. I thought this was a real "classic country music" thread.


I think I'll go put on some Conway Twitty to cheer myself up.

[Sailor Steve]

How 'bout some Charlie Pride?

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

How 'bout some Charlie Pride?

Oh another great!

I'll put him on next.

Right now I'm listening to "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Awww. I thought this was a real "classic country music" thread.


I think I'll go put on some Conway Twitty to cheer myself up.

Country?!! Ughh!

Do you know that country music has been labled for causing the most suicides out of every music type available? Listen to what they sing about already!

-S

[Tchocky]

[SUBMAN1]

The Effect of Country Music on Suicide

STEVEN STACK, Wayne State University
JIM GUNDLACH, Auburn University

Abstract

This article assesses the link between country music and metropolitan suicide rates.
Country music is hypothesized to nurture a suicidal mood through its concerns with
problems common in the suicidal population, such as marital discord, alcohol abuse, and
alienation from work. The results of a multiple regression analysis of 49 metropolitan
areas show that the greater the airtime devoted to country music, the greater the white
suicide rate. The effect is independent of divorce, southernness, poverty, and gun
availability. The existence of a country music subculture is thought to reinforce the link
between country music and suicide. Our model explains 51% of the variance in urban
white suicide rates.

Sociological work on the relationship between art and society has been largely
restricted to speculative, sociohistorical theories that are often mutually
opposed. Some theorists see art as creating social structure ( Adorno 1973), while
Sorokin ( 1937 ) suggests that society and art are manifested in cyclical autono*
mous spheres; and still others contend that art is a reflection of social structure
( Albrecht 1954). Little empirical work has been done on the impact of music on
social problems. While some research has linked music to criminal behavior
( Singer, Levine & Jou 1990), the relationship between music and suicide remains
largely unexplored. Music is not mentioned in reviews of the literature on
suicide ( Lester 1983; Stack 1982, 1990b); instead, the impact of art on suicide has
been largely restricted to analyses of television movies and soap operas (for a
review, see Stack 1990b).

In this article, we explore the link between a particular form of popular
music (country music) and metropolitan suicide rates. We contend that the
themes found in country music foster a suicidal mood among people already at
risk of suicide and that it is thereby associated with a high suicide rate. The
effect is buttressed by the country subculture and a link between this subculture
and a racial status related to an increased suicide risk.

[Sailor Steve]

Itz muz be tru. i red it onna innernetz.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Itz muz be tru. i red it onna innernetz.

Didn't i tell you to stay away from the crack?!! :p

-S

[mookiemookie]

The video for #1 is great, too. (Yes, it really is a country song)

[Enigma]

I'd be interested in a study that compares the amount of suicide induced by country music vs. the amount of suicide induced by reading Subman's 126 daily posts.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Itz muz be tru. i red it onna innernetz.

We have got to work on your 1337.

Listen carefully, this is important for your un-education;

it r must b tr00. i s33n it on 1nt3rw3b. edit- I'm sorry I meant mst (sp)

or even better


stfu ur gay


See how that works? The simpler and stupider the better.