# What's the melody that says 'scary redneck country'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256 "2016-07-06T20:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/21 "2016-07-06T23:02:01Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8) Colibri had the link to the original. The version in Deliverance was done without permission, and led to a successful lawsuit against the filmmakers. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/22 "2016-07-06T23:08:36Z")
My money’s on [Foggy Mountain Breakdown.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Y3mnj-8lA) ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/23 "2016-07-06T23:16:21Z")
> [@HelenGawn](#): > > My money’s on [Foggy Mountain Breakdown.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Y3mnj-8lA) That says “[hillbilly chase music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC6lY-5Hi9g)”, not “scary redneck.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/24 "2016-07-06T23:48:23Z")
No, no, no. [Dueling Triangles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xZT7vIFlOQ) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/25 "2016-07-07T00:11:53Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Paddle faster, i hear banjos! Hope it’s not Fuzzy Lumpkins. Once you’re buttfucked by Fuzzy Lumpkins, you STAY buttfucked. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/26 "2016-07-07T00:46:15Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Colibri had the link to the original. The version in Deliverance was done without permission, and led to a successful lawsuit against the filmmakers. To be fair, the original was more in the vein of 1920’s-style death banjos. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/27 "2016-07-07T02:01:28Z")
Cotton-eye Joe? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/28 "2016-07-07T12:53:11Z")
Mexican fat burners? [sub]Gotcha ya![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/29 "2016-07-07T13:08:25Z")
Turkey in the Straw? ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/30 "2016-07-07T13:27:23Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Colibri had the link to the original. The version in Deliverance was done without permission, and led to a successful lawsuit against the filmmakers. True, but it was the use of the tune in _Deliverance_ that led to its being associated with the “scary hillbilly” stereotype. Not that the song itself is at all scary, but it’s the most recognizable piece of music from the movie that basically defined the “Hillbilly as Scary Threatening Other” genre. Other people have named a lot of great and well-known banjo songs, but I don’t know of any of those songs having become associated with “scary rednecks.” When you want to quickly call to mind the idea of being in a dangerous backcountry locale with no means of getting away, you use “Dueling Banjos.” It has very little to do with the music itself, and everything to do with what happens to Ned Beatty’s character in _Deliverance_. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/31 "2016-07-07T13:46:44Z")
Maybe it was “Greensleeves”? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/32 "2016-07-07T14:39:32Z")
Hey that **dstarfire** , he got a real purty mouth ain’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/33 "2016-07-07T14:45:14Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Hey that **dstarfire** , he got a real purty mouth ain’t he? Just wait for me to leave before you make him squeal like a pig. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/34 "2016-07-07T16:24:07Z")
Since there have been no serious replies so far… I’d say Dueling Banjos 😃 ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/35 "2016-07-07T16:48:11Z")
I’ll Take Manhattan? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/36 "2016-07-07T16:53:42Z")
_Rhapsody in Blue?_ ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/37 "2016-07-07T17:51:22Z")
36 replies, and no one has mentioned “_Dueling Banjos_”? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/38 "2016-07-07T18:23:37Z")
Muskrat Love. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/39 "2016-07-07T18:32:40Z")
That’s it. Banjos at dawn, my good sir! ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256/40 "2016-07-07T18:34:12Z")
Ah, I like bluegrass. For scary redneck music, I’d look at Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee” and “Fightin’ Side of Me”. Or if you prefer a historical one, try [“I’m a Good Ol Rebel”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvBCnHPM4Y). I don’t care for the sentiment myself, but I have to admit that it’s one HELL of a protest song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-melody-that-says-scary-redneck-country/759256.md?page=3)