Originally posted by mikelomAfter reading your post I listened to the song again, and I have to agree that the imagery is brilliant. A masterful lyric for a love song.
As the first answer to this thread was John Denver, I must agree. John Denver died a billionaire! Surely it must be Annie's song?....played continuously around the world daily.
This song has been flogged to death, but I never tire of the words and it always brings a smile to me. To compare the beauty of a woman to the beauty of nature - that's romantic - and still a country song!
It reminds of a time when I happened to say to a friend I was walking in to work with "This would be a good day to be blind." I didn't mean anything terrible by it, but it was windy and spattering rain, the sky was grey so there was very little to actually see, but to feel the day and hear the day are things that people tend to forget.
Love is blind they say, so filling your senses with the sorts of things he sings about in that song is a good analogy for the romantic movie, wishy washy, lovesong version of love...
I wouldn't say that this song really fits into the "country" genre though, regardless of whether John Denver was seen as a country musician or not...
Originally posted by wormwoodThere is a fine line between folky rock, folk, and folky country music which is generally defined by how the artist is marketed. A lot of Neil Young's songs could be considered country music, but because people associate it with a sort of alternative, hippy, seventies, folk attitude it isn't country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ArnbiHx6hk
wtf, that's country but neil young's old man isn't???
Originally posted by wormwoodI understand wher you are coming from, and the song is more folk, but John Denver was a country player and Neil Young never was. Remember John Denver's famed anthem "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"? A large portion of Denver's body of work centered on nature and the Colorado life style he loved. He also wrote of his passions such as his first wife Annie. He straddled the line of country/folk/pop. Neil Young never even flirted with the line. He has always been rock, but your case is well made that Old Man and possibly Southern Man could have crossed over in the right circumstances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ArnbiHx6hk
wtf, that's country but neil young's old man isn't???
Originally posted by mlpriorDidn't mean to infer that. I realized there were two different posts. I just thought it was interesting that one post said Merle and the other post had lyrics from John Denver. Didn't mean to insinuate anything other than I was surprised it wasn't lyrics to a Merle Haggard song. And, yes to pick only one song is pretty damned tough to do. I don't have just one favorite song for sure. As far as Wynonna versus Shania I do think Wynonna has more talent or the two IMO.
And Wynonna isn't Shania....
That's why they are in seperate posts. 😕
There isn't just ONE great country song....there are years of great country songs. Why pick just one?
Originally posted by shortcircuitYou didn't infer anything. The speaker implies, the listener infers.
Didn't mean to infer that. I realized there were two different posts. I just thought it was interesting that one post said Merle and the other post had lyrics from John Denver. Didn't mean to insinuate anything other than I was surprised it wasn't lyrics to a Merle Haggard song. And, yes to pick only one song is pretty damned tough to do. I don't have j ...[text shortened]... for sure. As far as Wynonna versus Shania I do think Wynonna has more talent or the two IMO.
Originally posted by demonseedin-fer : to bring or carry in, infer.
You didn't infer anything. The speaker [b]implies, the listener infers.[/b]
1. originate, to bring on or about; cause; induce.
2. to conclude or decide from something known or assumed; derive by reasoning.
3. to lead to as a conclusion; indicate.
4. to indicate indirectly; imply; in this sense, still sometimes regarded as a loose usage
5. to draw inferences
This is from Webster's Dictionary. It would appear that my usage is correct (see #4)
Now, go back to sleep.
Originally posted by shortcircuitThe dictionary definition is not sufficient in establishing correct grammatical usage.
in-fer : to bring or carry in, infer.
1. originate, to bring on or about; cause; induce.
2. to conclude or decide from something known or assumed; derive by reasoning.
3. to lead to as a conclusion; indicate.
4. to indicate indirectly; imply; in this sense, still sometimes regarded as a loose usage
5. to draw inferences
This is from Webster's Dictionary. It would appear that my usage is correct (see #4)
Now, go back to sleep.
Do not confuse the words infer and imply. They can describe the same situation, but from different points of view.
We infer something from what is being said to us; we can also imply something to someone who is listening to us.
Originally posted by shortcircuitðŸ˜
Uh Slappy, you got a little confused on the lyrics there. The second line should be "Why do you roll smoke?" not "why to you blow smoke". The meaning is rolling joints referring to his rampant drug and alcohol problems.
The next line is "why must you live out the songs that you wrote?"
For what it is worth.
Correct me when I'm completely wrong.