My default response to this question would be Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, I'm not sure what could be more moving than those last 8 minutes of guitars jamming but it's a bit cliche at this point.
I'm posting "Between The Country" by Ian Noe for a variety of reasons. He's from my hometown and was a few years behind me in school (my younger brothers know him better than I do) and is most likely a distant cousin so I'm possibly a bit biased... The video and the song feel like my home county in a nutshell, the sense of hopelessness and decay and lack of opportunity set to music and video. At this point there is plenty of poverty, crime, and drugs there and little else and this song is the quickest and easiest way I've found to give someone asense of what it is like there. I also love music that is on the 'darker' side and pretty much everything he has put out fits that description.
I tend to like country music as it seems to mirror life more than a lot of other music; It feels more real. Of course other genres do also but the music of today is mostly rubbish so it's not a fair comparison. I like Lynyrd Skynyrd a lot, most of there songs have some sort of meaning that runs deeper than the surface and it's just good music.
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I love Skynyrd, I played the hell out of them growing up and don't listen to them very often now but every time I do I'm blown away again by how much there is to their music. If you like Skynyrd and country, check out Drive By Truckers, especially their stuff with Jason Isbell. I've always been rather fond of this one, in part because some of my kinfolk did a little feuding themselves.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xDODEj1gkS4
I listen to a lot of different stuff, but rock is the most prominent of the bunch, for me it's more relatable. I feel like there's plenty of good music out there now but it is definitely harder to find.
I think it's good to have diverse interests in life and because I was exposed to many different things, and left alone to choose what I liked, it's how I would be if I was a parent; I don't just in music but in everything. I can't recall how old you are, but for some reason I'm thinking quite young, so odd you listened to LS but it's music that reaches across generations I think.
ENGAGEtokens.Yeah, music that's on the darker side definitely has its place for sure. I know I have the periods of time when I am just into listening to things on the darker side. Sometimes it's a few days, other times it's a week or two but it kind of refreshes the musical soul, in a sense. Just like food, each genre has it's own flavor!
I am going to have to remember that analogy, that's a lovely way to put it. It definitely can be refreshing, I like it as a reminder of all the places I'm not in.
A few years back I discovered on YouTube that dark country was a thing and don't know how I missed it for so long. It was a refreshing change of pace for sure.
Oh, God. New to me and hits me right between the eyes. You can bet I'll hear more of his. Thank you.
I love me some Skynyrd, The whole lot. I forget how cutting edge they were with the three (or 4) screaming guitars. Like you, I don't listen to them much but every time I hear them I crank it up. In the Ghetto and Curtis Lowe are two that just thunder me from outside the norm. Damn. Raiford, too.
I've been thinking this morning that I need to interject John Prine into this thread, and I guess right here right now is as good a time as any. I heard his first album in it's first week in '73 and have been a fan ever since. This is from his last album (there may be one more-his wife hinted as much after he was an early CV victim).
He was asked when he released this album if he had any fears after 50 years of releasing. "I've had cancer. Twice. I'm not afraid of anything"
Raiford is always a good one to give you the chills. All I can do is write about it was another deep cut that I loved.
My dad started us on Prine at an early age, Paradise is just about required listening for anybody living here. I got to see him live once, although the show was postponed for a few months because of one of those bouts with cancer. That was a hell of a show! I've heard of people playing/singing his songs at funerals in lieu of praying :)
I've seen Prine at least a half dozen times. From packed venues to intimate houses and he was always just great. Another RIP guy that I'm going to miss.
Indeed. Did you know Prine co-wrote "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" that Coe had a hit with?
I did as a matter of fact. I'm a pretty big Prine junkie and have a couple of friends that fit that category too :)