# I was born... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342 "2002-07-04T10:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/61 "2002-07-08T14:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Moto \* > \*\*Old country is the only country worth listening to. \*\* I have to strongly disagree. If your idea of current country is Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and similar Nashvegas pablum, then I can see your distaste. But that’s ignoring the real country scene you can find in places like the **Sons of Hermann Hall** in Dallas or **Love and War in Texas** in Plano. Check out the music stream from [KHYI\*\*. Have you heard the latest [url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123606&highlight=flatlanders](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123606&highlight=flatlanders)”]Flatlanders]([http://www.khyi.com](http://www.khyi.com)) album? What about any Hank III, Macon Grayson, Owen Temple or Bruce Robinson? If you haven’t, then your missing out. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/62 "2002-07-08T14:49:28Z")
Check out the music stream from [KHYI](http://www.khyi.com). Have you heard the latest [Flatlanders](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123606&highlight=flatlanders) album? [sub]What a difference a closing tag makes.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/63 "2002-07-08T17:41:58Z")
…six-gun in my hand, Behind the gun, I’ll make my final stand… That’s why they call me Bad company, and I can’t deny… ---
**Author:** ![malden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@malden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malden)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/64 "2002-07-08T18:07:50Z")
…in a southern town, I can’t take this whole run-around. I was raised here and here I’ll die, Underneath this Georgia sky… **-Dreams So Real, _Gloryline_** …to lead a double life, Of murder, strife, and misery… **-Liz Phair, _Perfect World_** …too late. Blame it on a simple twist of fate. **-Bob Dylan, _Simple Twist of Fate_** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/65 "2002-07-08T19:01:36Z")
Sorry, **Homebrew**. I should have said what’s on country stations isn’t worth listening to. Your point is very well taken. Still like Lefty Frizzell, though. ---
**Author:** ![hapaXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/66 "2002-07-08T19:21:36Z")
…by the river in a little tent Oh, just like the river, I been running ever since It’s been a long, a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come Oh, yes it will, look it here _ **A Change Gonna Come** _, by a thousand people, done best by **Sam Cooke and Otis Redding**. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/67 "2002-07-08T23:32:51Z")
Vincent, will you teach me how to paint? Theresa, will I ever be a saint? John, I really think your songs are great. I was born too late. “Born Too Late” - The Clarks ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/68 "2002-07-09T05:40:51Z")
…to be wild! -Steppenwolfe (Geez, I can’t believe that I’m the first to get that one…) ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/69 "2002-07-09T07:17:06Z")
… on the floor! - **The Make Up**. Actually, every verse from this great song starts with the phrase 'I was born …" giving a different important date in history. What a great band. Also … > [@](#): > > Well I was born in the desert came up from New Orleans > Came up on a tornado sunlight in the sky > I went around all day with the moon sticking in my eye - **Captain Beefheart’s** _Sure Nuff N Yes I Do_ (see [here](http://www.shiningsilence.com/hpr/lyrics/surenuffnyesido.html) for the full lyrics, as best as they’ve been deciphered). ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/70 "2002-07-09T10:43:07Z")
I was born to love volcanoes. **—The Dead Milkmen** I was born in a lighthouse, my mother was the sea. **—They Might Be Giants** ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342/71 "2002-07-09T12:10:40Z")
…about ten thousand years ago There ain’t nothing in this world that I don’t know I saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing Ring Around the Roses And I’ll whup the guy what says it isn’t so —Woody Guthrie [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-born/117342.md?page=3)