Country Music Blog

Many years ago while we were living in Nashville, TN some friends took us to visit Music Row to check out the sites. We ventured into a gift shop of one of the female country music singers. The store personnel had one of her music videos playing. We seem to think the lyrics of the song said, “I’m just a country girl”. My wife and don’t recall for sure who it was. This was around 18 years ago. I thought it was Babara Mandrell but I’m not finding on a search of sites on her music that she sang such a song. The thing that struck me odd was that she was making such a claim in the song while she was stepping out of a stretch limo dressed in a mink stole. This almost seemed hypocritical to me. It seemed to me no self respecting “country girl” would be caught dead doing such a thing. When I think country dress I think of blue jeans and boots not an evening gown and furs. I know a country girl gets dressed up to go out special every once in a while but that seems a little over the top.

When I saw Taylor Swift’s video of “Our song” recently I had a similar reaction. It just seemed too frilly.

I do enjoy the song though. Very upbeat and fun and original. The girl is talented! She has a long and undoubtedly successful career ahead of her.

As a father of a young lady who is just turning 21 in 9 days I do have a problem with the “Sneakin’ out late” aspect of things.

One aspect of country music I have come to appreciate is the connection to faith in God. I greatly appreciae Taylor expressing her faith in sharing her prayer, “before I said amen
Asking God if he could play it again.”

I will continue to enjoy listening to her songs in the future.

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