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Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:21 pm to CottonWasKing
I hear ya... I don't mind his politics and I hate Ted Nugent's music, so it works out well for me... Ha
This post was edited on 5/16/13 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:23 pm to TFTC
Goddamn you, Ben McCulloch. Hate you more than any other man alive! One of my all time favorite songs.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 9:58 pm to CottonWasKing
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Why doesn't Steve Earle get more love?
Such a suck-up thread with no one answering the question.
Good music and good lyrics are good; they're just not popular. A 4/4 beat you can shuffle to will beat out a great, whiny song every time.
I, like Cotton, like Steve Earle, TT and AA. That said, most of their work is rather somber: "I hope he breaks your heart" .. Life in prison in Angola ..
Then comes Luke Bryan or Darius Rucker with a little pop-dance number and it's big hit city.
The bottom line is the majority of people don't like the music Cotton likes .. ain't that a shame (Fats Domino). A little rug cuttin pop and some good alternative country do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Of course, I don't know anyone who actually agrees with me.
TT, Varsity, pencilled in for the Fat Man. Trip to Baton Rouge just to buy CWK a cold barley pop.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:16 pm to Fat Man
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TT, Varsity, pencilled in for the Fat Man. Trip to Baton Rouge just to buy CWK a cold barley pop
I can't wait
Look for the guy getting pummeled because he called the wrong dude Fat Man
Posted on 5/16/13 at 11:03 pm to CottonWasKing
His show on XM Outlaw Country on Sundays is awesome if that hasn't been brought up yet. 
Posted on 5/17/13 at 12:00 am to CottonWasKing
You aren't one of those people that HATES the popular songs that an artist does are you? Sorry, but Copperhead Road, Guitar Town, and Someday are easily the best songs Steve Earle has released. I'm not saying he hasn't put out other good songs but those songs on his first big album are his most popular and his best imho.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 12:15 am to Govt Tide
Steve Earle can be over the top preachy with no sense of humor.......and I am a liberal. He has some great stuff but I've seen him live a couple of times and I just wanna say STFU and sing. I think he gets plenty of respect from people who appreciate music......all 433 of us.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 12:55 am to CottonWasKing
Alt.country, difficult to categorize, middle aged, overweight. Not marketable in a music industry where an artist must be young, fresh-faced, and perform pop music set to steel guitars.
Also, he was antiwar before antiwar was cool, and he supports a bunch of other counterculture issues that are unpopular in GOP and Jesus Nashville.
Also, he was antiwar before antiwar was cool, and he supports a bunch of other counterculture issues that are unpopular in GOP and Jesus Nashville.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:53 am to Jim Rockford
Hell, he supports counterculture issues that make most liberals uncomfortable. He has far more in common with punk than anyone else. Of course, DIY 80s style punk is deader than Dillinger, and it is a genre that has sold out harder than country. He's not "selling rebellion for money".
Posted on 5/17/13 at 10:03 am to Govt Tide
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Sorry, but Copperhead Road, Guitar Town, and Someday are easily the best songs Steve Earle has released
They are nice songs, but I think they are far from his best...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 10:17 am to Fat Man
quote:
Such a suck-up thread with no one answering the question.
I believe a few have offered up his politics as an answer, if you read through the tread before posting...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 10:21 am to TFTC
I don't like Steve's politics but I enjoy his music. I got to meet him couple years ago when he had just released his Townes Van Zandt tribute...which is awesome! He did a solo acoustic set at Cactus Records here in Houston. Really cool guy and didn't mind hanging out afterward and talking. I talked to him a little bit about his role in the Wire, and if he was going to do anymore acting.
Here is a video someone took that day
LINK
Here is a video someone took that day
LINK
Posted on 5/17/13 at 11:14 am to CottonWasKing
i love me some steve earle. tom ames prayer and goodbye are two of my absolute favorites.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 11:25 am to TFTC
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They are nice songs, but I think they are far from his best...
Exactly. They're good songs and I enjoy the hell out of them but they're nowhere close to his best.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 12:38 pm to TFTC
Good point. I did read the whole thread, I just didn't make the leap to that causing him to be less popular.
Good point.
Good point.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 1:09 pm to Dr. Rockso
quote:Threads on that die a quick death on here. I'm about to head out right now. Doubles tournament on Sunday.
Sweet avi! I'm outta here to go play 36 holes right now.
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