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re: Zac Brown is "covering" Jason Isbell on ESPN right now
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:23 am to GardenOfEden41
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:23 am to GardenOfEden41
Considering this song was written about a guy I knew, and his wife and child which over time I grew to know more... I was bit pissed that the announcer credited Zac Brown's band with the song... And I love Zac Brown for the most part... I think it was an announcer's mistake by not giving credit to Jason Isbell for writing it... and I would have liked to see them mention it was for a fallen marine named Matthew Conley, and his wife, daughter, and family...
As my friend who posted the video on youtube stated.. I hope that song gains the publicity it deserves, but that no one forgets who it is about as easily as they forgot who wrote it...
As my friend who posted the video on youtube stated.. I hope that song gains the publicity it deserves, but that no one forgets who it is about as easily as they forgot who wrote it...
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 1:25 am
Posted on 1/13/15 at 7:02 am to NATidefan
upvote... it's my favorite isbell song.
the lyrics aren't meant for corporate america though
the lyrics aren't meant for corporate america though
quote:
"Dress Blues"
What can you see from your window?
I can't see anything from mine.
Flags on the side of the highway
and scripture on grocery store signs.
Maybe eighteen was too early.
Maybe thirty or forty is too.
Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
before he sent down his angels for you?
Mamas and grandmamas love you
'cause that's all they know how to do.
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
or sleeping in your dress blues.
Your wife said this all would be funny
when you came back home in a week.
You'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you
in a bar or a tent by the creek.
Your baby would just about be here.
Your very last tour would be up
but you won't be back. They're all dressing in black
drinking sweet tea in styrofoam cups.
Mamas and grandmamas love you.
American boys hate to lose.
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
or sleeping in your dress blues.
Now the high school gymnasium's ready,
full of flowers and old legionnaires.
Nobody showed up to protest,
just sniffle and stare.
But there's red, white, and blue in the rafters
and there's silent old men from the corps.
What did they say when they shipped you away
to fight somebody's Hollywood war?
Nobody here could forget you.
You showed us what we had to lose.
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
or sleeping in your dress blues.
No, no you never planned on the bombs in the sand
or sleeping in your dress blues.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 8:50 am to NATidefan
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NATidefan
I get the sentimental value this song has to you and not trying to down play it, but I don't think many stations/announcers would take the time to credit a songwriter that 99.9% of the public has never heard of... just the way it goes..
edit: And I have an Isbell "block" but it's a damn good song... I can't let my bias get in the way..
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 8:51 am
Posted on 3/10/15 at 4:14 pm to NATidefan
quote:
Considering this song was written about a guy I knew, and his wife and child which over time I grew to know more... I was bit pissed that the announcer credited Zac Brown's band with the song... And I love Zac Brown for the most part... I think it was an announcer's mistake by not giving credit to Jason Isbell for writing it... and I would have liked to see them mention it was for a fallen marine named Matthew Conley, and his wife, daughter, and family...
99 out of 100 times a song is performed the songwriter is not credited. So I'm not sure what you're upset about. As a songwriter, I think it sucks, but it's the way it is.
I mean, how many times have you heard someone say "I love that George Strait song" well, Strait didn't write it.
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