Just Quit It!
March 18th, 2008 by FuzzTagged as: country music, name dropping.
A few years ago, I pointed out that country music had an all-of-the-sudden fascination with singing about babies. Then… it was kids. The new trend in country music is singing about other country artists. You can pass your own judgment on the issue (or not care about it either way) - but I think it’s friggin’ lame.
First -> Taylor Swift sang a song called, “Tim McGraw.” It’s a well-written song (especially since Swift was only like 16 when she wrote it).
Next -> Jason Aldean sang, “Johnny Cash.” Okay, Mr. Name Dropper, I’ll give you a pass, but only because Mr. Cash passed away not too long ago.
Then -> Just last week I added, “Kristofferson” (meaning Kris Kristofferson) by Tim McGraw to our station’s music rotation.
Today -> In the mail I received a new single from Heidi Newfield (formerly of the group, Trick Pony) called, “Johnny and June.” Hey, I don’t know if you got the memo, Heidi, but there was a) already a song about Johnny Cash and b) singing about other country artists has already been done.
This isn’t, of course, the first time that country music has played the name-dropping game. Here are some other titles:
- “Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way” - Waylon Jennings
- “Bob Wills is Still the King” - Waylon Jennings
- “Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life” - Moe Bandy
- “Willie, Waylon, and Me” - David Allan Coe
- “Weed With Willie” - Toby Keith
And I’m sure there are more that I couldn’t think of off the top of my head.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
You’re the name dropper!!
March 18th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
UGH! Actually… I’m allowed to drop MY OWN NAME!
March 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I love Tim’s song Kristofferson! Nice change for him….