Manny: you’ll LOVE the German version.
"Ich habe ein Mann in Reno erschossen, nur um ihn sterben zu sehen!"
Zastrel jsem cloveku v Reno, abych se ho dival umrit.
Last May, I was driving around in Turkey and came across a station playing US country music. After two weeks there, I had become a little tired of tonal progressions that are foreign to the Western ear, cultural allusions which I could not understand or relate to, and somewhat alien-sounding intonations in the melodies, so I switched over to the BBC.
I had a similar experience. I was driving to Avila, Spain, late at night, and came across a station playing a Conway Twitty marathon. It was pretty surreal.
As mentioned above, country music is known over here in Japan. It’s not that popular, but there certainly is a hard core following, mostly based in the Kyoto are.
::ahem:: …mostly based in Kyoto. Stop. Period. End.
I understand that country music is popular
in Nigeria because it sounds very similar
to the local folk music.
** Swiddles** said:
Excerpted from “Let’s Go Burn Ol’ Nashville Down” by Mojo Nixon and Jello Biafra, from the album Prairie Home Invasion All rights reserved. Not availible in WA, PQ, NSW. Shake Well Before Using.
I thought you might like this little ditty. It keeps on going like that. Great song.
There is also an L.A. based country-punk band named The Knitters that plays rockabilly. John Doe and Exene Cervenka from the band “X” are in it. John Doe’s debut solo album “Meet John Doe” also has some great country-roots music on it. There IS still good country & western music being made, just not the crap they play on country and western stations.