What is the best country song?

[BrookeS]

[Lliam]

There's some old stuff that I really like a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/WDv-SRh7j1w

Then there is Rawhide:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=746661929442988

Ghost Riders in the Sky has some of the most evocative lyrics ever:

An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he moved along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed steers he saw
Plowin' through the ragged skies
And up the cloudy draw

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders coming hard
And he heard their mournful cry

Yippie-yi-yay
Yippie-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat
They're riding hard to catch that herd but they ain't caught 'em yet
'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky
On horses snorting fire
As they ride on, hear their cry

As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name
'If you wanna save your soul from hell a-riding on our range
Then, cowboy, change your ways today or with us you will ride
Trying to catch the devil's herd
Across these endless skies
Yippie-yi-o
Yippie-yi-yay
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3LtmZM0OWO8

Lastly I'll mention one that isn't exactly country western, but the band sure is with the guitar work and peddle steel. Damn!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/eZu5TwRbYiA

[exitseven]

How about this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzjNx-Nncoc

[DizzyDesii]

Rawhide still comes on tv early mornings and i flip on there just for the theme song 🤣

[exitseven]

@DizzyDesii I used to sing that song to my kids when they were little and I would be herding them off to bed.

[Lliam]

@DizzyDesii. Do you really? It's such a great song. I can't believe reruns of that show are still running. And Clint Eastwood was just a kid. It was his first major acting gig. When he went off to make spaghetti westerns and got his popular image as a teeth gritting tough guy, he took his wardrobe from Rawhide with him.

[DizzyDesii]

My grandpa watches those channel almost daily. They play reruns of Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawhide, and Little House on the Prairie

[Lliam]

@exitseven. Yuppies in the Sky is a classic. That's a funny story about herding your kids off to bed.
"Hyahhh!" (whip snap)

[exitseven]

@Lliam. Keep those babies moving

[nolabels]

"He Stopped Loving Her Today"

I say that this is the best ever performance of this song, only because it was Alan's sendoff for George.

See below for a classic George Jones version.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/UiM42bGUFbghttps://www.youtube.com/embed/5dnktss4Vow

This is THE best country song, EVER!

[nolabels]

Here's another killer, especially if you know the backstory:

https://youtu.be/iEkQGa_O5tU

[nolabels]

This one, too, if you know what I'm talking about:

https://youtu.be/B4Hk6qDgQjA

[DizzyDesii]

There is no “best”. But my fave country artists that i’d recommend— Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Johnny Cash, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Reba McIntire, Willie Nelson, MartinaMcBride, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, The Band Perry, Bo Bice, Sheryl Crow, Billy Ray Cyrus, Cowboy Troy, Hunter Hayes, Jana Kramer, Lonestar, Sugarland, Easton Corbin, Cole Swindell, Sam Hunt, Leann Rimes, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts, and Gretchen Wilson

https://www.youtube.com/embed/KtNYA4pAGjIhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/RnpL9wRWcWEhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/SoIKv3xxuMAhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/BWSn0JFRiPIhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/iXi6IHFHeIA

[comekitty]

Bottoms Up 💕

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ukick72Qafc

[nolabels]

That old gangster stuff seems romantic as hell.
I wonder if it was worth the inevitable end?

[comekitty]

@nolabels crime doesn't pay, so I wouldn't think so. The song itself, other than the Bonnie and Clyde reference, isn't about gangsters. 🙂

[nolabels]

Yes, but for me, much older than you are, the connection to gangsters is very strong, even though my life began after the age of gangsters had fallen away. My parents were witnesses to the news broadcasts regaling the broadcasts of gangster operations.
I guess that 30 years age difference does possibly matter in one's perspective.

[BrookeS]

@comekitty i love that song

[Simslover92]

I feel this is somewhat a country song but not really but this is such a beautiful song I first heard on Guiding Light years ago.

Marc Broussard-Hope For Me Yet

https://youtu.be/fB5mT70QC58

[nolabels]

I'd call that song 'folk-pop' maybe?
It's a nice song.
Thank you for submitting it. 👍😊

[Simslover92]

Oh ok. I guess so. You're welcome!

[abc3643]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR31easm__c

[nolabels]

Oh, Hank!
Thank you so much for your short time here on Earth!

[Adventurer23]

Oh, it HAS to be this one...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/UVvojl4JrDs

[Adventurer23]

For the record, I've never smoked weed in my life. lol

[DryGermanGuy]

https://youtu.be/vM_7msjCtYw

[nolabels]

Tom Jones!
I made fun of him as a kid in the 60s.
I've come to revere him as a godsend in my later years.
Sir Thomas!!!

[MORPHEUS_12]

None, definitely not a fan of goat roping music.

[BrookeS]

Thats fair. Thanks for answering though ;)

[Likes2drive]

Blake Shelton has some good ones, Country Boy. It’s hard to say, lots of them out there but I don’t listen to that much country music

[DizzyDesii]

I can't stand Blake as a person but i loooove his songs Gods Country, Who Are You When Im Not Looking, Nobody But You, and his cover of Footloose
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4h9o0Gujuoc

[Likes2drive]

@DizzyDesii Yeah I guess you can like the music and not them, just like with Taylor Swift,

[DizzyDesii]

Yea idc for taylor but i liked some of her albums. And I don't know her country accent when singing always cane across as exaggerated/fake to me so i like her non-country songs a little more

[Likes2drive]

@DizzyDesii Yeah I meant her regular music too

[exitseven]

So many good ones. I think that Willie Nelson 's Blue Eyes Crying in the rain.

[najekim]

Last country song I like was "May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose" by Little Jimmy Dickens. Not a fan of country anyways.

[Sabretooth]

One of my favorites:

https://youtu.be/uNkF_ZpQ4eg

[nolabels]

That's a good one, for sure!!!

There's a bit of dust on my bottle, but it's full, and its contents are just fine!

[Sabretooth]

@nolabels the guitar is my favorite.

[Mansearching]

Amarillo by Morning

[In_Trance]

Lol, there's only one country song

[Sabretooth]

you mean this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ6qWSuPX24 ?