Comments on: Gone Country http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522 Readers who write, Writers who read. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:47:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Irvin Blackwell http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-42646 Irvin Blackwell Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:03:13 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-42646 i love taylor i wish i could go 2 her concert i love taylor i wish i could go 2 her concert

]]> By: Enrique May http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-42640 Enrique May Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:19:09 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-42640 Go taylor! Ur absolutely beautiful, i realy realy like u! U dserve sum1 much much beter dan joe, he\'s an asshole! Go taylor! Ur absolutely beautiful, i realy realy like u! U dserve sum1 much much beter dan joe, he\’s an asshole!

]]> By: Avery http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-15521 Avery Fri, 02 May 2008 19:19:58 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-15521 I know I am a little late on this. I fell in love with country music in college. Hey I was in SW Virginia. Randy Travis and <em>Forever & Ever, Amen</em> "They say that time takes its toll on a body Makes the young girl's brown hair turn grey But honey, I don't care, I'm ain't in love with your hair And if it all fell out well I'd love you anyway" I love that song. Kenny Chesney is one of my all time favorites. His song <em>Dreams</em> has some great lyrics too: "She swears the more she knows about love, the harder it is to find. Her perfect picture of her white horse prince, Is now dependability and common sense, Someone kind and brave. Someone not afraid of: Dreams" Janga, I agree with the intellectual snobbery comment. I know this first hand because before I discovered the joys and country music and romance novels and NASCAR I was pretty much a North Eastern snob about those things. Now I can't imagine not watching the race on Sunday or not listening to Kenny while I am mowing the lawn or not sitting down and falling in love again and again with a great romance novel. These things have really added great enjoyment to my life so others can be as "snobby" as they want about them. I'll convert them eventually! ; -) I know I am a little late on this. I fell in love with country music in college. Hey I was in SW Virginia. Randy Travis and Forever & Ever, Amen

“They say that time takes its toll on a body
Makes the young girl’s brown hair turn grey
But honey, I don’t care, I’m ain’t in love with your hair
And if it all fell out well I’d love you anyway”

I love that song. Kenny Chesney is one of my all time favorites. His song Dreams has some great lyrics too:

“She swears the more she knows about love, the harder it is to find.
Her perfect picture of her white horse prince,
Is now dependability and common sense,
Someone kind and brave.
Someone not afraid of: Dreams”

Janga, I agree with the intellectual snobbery comment. I know this first hand because before I discovered the joys and country music and romance novels and NASCAR I was pretty much a North Eastern snob about those things. Now I can’t imagine not watching the race on Sunday or not listening to Kenny while I am mowing the lawn or not sitting down and falling in love again and again with a great romance novel. These things have really added great enjoyment to my life so others can be as “snobby” as they want about them. I’ll convert them eventually! ; -)

]]> By: Janga http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-15515 Janga Fri, 02 May 2008 02:06:26 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-15515 Some of the prejudice against both romance fiction and country music is intellectual snobbery. You know, the stereotypical images of the romance reader as the bored housewife with her hair in curlers and her head on empty and the country music fan as a redneck hillbilly who murders the English language and nurses a longneck in a hick bar six nights a week prevail. Like most stereotypes, there is a nugget of truth there. It's just that the snobs never realize that the housewives are bright and that the rednecks are playing a game and that both fan bases are far more diverse than the narrow minded realize. San, Deana Carter had the #1 hit with "Strawberry Wine" in 1996. It is an older song, but still an evocative story, I think. Some of the prejudice against both romance fiction and country music is intellectual snobbery. You know, the stereotypical images of the romance reader as the bored housewife with her hair in curlers and her head on empty and the country music fan as a redneck hillbilly who murders the English language and nurses a longneck in a hick bar six nights a week prevail. Like most stereotypes, there is a nugget of truth there. It’s just that the snobs never realize that the housewives are bright and that the rednecks are playing a game and that both fan bases are far more diverse than the narrow minded realize.

San, Deana Carter had the #1 hit with “Strawberry Wine” in 1996. It is an older song, but still an evocative story, I think.

]]> By: Manda http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-15514 Manda Fri, 02 May 2008 01:33:27 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-15514 ITA about Nanci Griffith's version of From a Distance, Janga. Her voice is just so sweet. I didn't know about her being an unpubbed novelist. Makes a lot of sense though:) Di, I think you're on to something re: romance novels and country music being emotional. There does seem to be a bias in our culture against anything that smacks of sentimentalism or that evokes finer feelings and emotions. I think maybe people are just afraid that if they let something get past the tough outer shell they'll crumble into a puddle of tears. Or maybe that's just me;) ITA about Nanci Griffith’s version of From a Distance, Janga. Her voice is just so sweet. I didn’t know about her being an unpubbed novelist. Makes a lot of sense though:)

Di, I think you’re on to something re: romance novels and country music being emotional. There does seem to be a bias in our culture against anything that smacks of sentimentalism or that evokes finer feelings and emotions. I think maybe people are just afraid that if they let something get past the tough outer shell they’ll crumble into a puddle of tears.

Or maybe that’s just me;)

]]> By: Santa http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-15513 Santa Fri, 02 May 2008 01:23:45 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-15513 I, too, am a late comer to country music. My husband and oldest daughter are big fans. Most of them make me cry and a few of them make me want to stab my cowboy hat in the air - if I wore one. I particularly like a recent one where the singer talks about what she is going to do to her boyfriend's car while he dances inside the bar with someone else. The vengeful side of me says 'GO FOR IT'. I also happen to like the song about the guy who starts up with a new girlfriend who loves to swim naked with him. What's not to like about that? I seem to remember 'Strawberry Wine' from my coffee house days in Brooklyn. Is that a remake (or is it remix)? Grath Brooks is great. I like the chunky ones too and the concert he did in Central Park with Billy Joel was phenomenal. I, too, am a late comer to country music. My husband and oldest daughter are big fans. Most of them make me cry and a few of them make me want to stab my cowboy hat in the air – if I wore one. I particularly like a recent one where the singer talks about what she is going to do to her boyfriend’s car while he dances inside the bar with someone else. The vengeful side of me says ‘GO FOR IT’. I also happen to like the song about the guy who starts up with a new girlfriend who loves to swim naked with him. What’s not to like about that?

I seem to remember ‘Strawberry Wine’ from my coffee house days in Brooklyn. Is that a remake (or is it remix)?

Grath Brooks is great. I like the chunky ones too and the concert he did in Central Park with Billy Joel was phenomenal.

]]> By: Diana http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-15512 Diana Fri, 02 May 2008 00:20:40 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-15512 After Janga's last post, my anti-spam word is amnesia. Maybe the system is secretly laughing at us? Intriguing thought: What is it about romances and country that leads us to keep it secretive? Is the world trying to pretend love doesn't really exist, so that when we do find it, it's that much more special? I think it's just the overt expression of emotions. I feel that some people just don't know how to deal with the expression of love. Diana who's slightly confused... After Janga’s last post, my anti-spam word is amnesia. Maybe the system is secretly laughing at us?

Intriguing thought: What is it about romances and country that leads us to keep it secretive? Is the world trying to pretend love doesn’t really exist, so that when we do find it, it’s that much more special? I think it’s just the overt expression of emotions. I feel that some people just don’t know how to deal with the expression of love.

Diana
who’s slightly confused…

]]> By: Janga http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-15511 Janga Thu, 01 May 2008 22:38:23 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-15511 I hate it when I forget the anti-spam word and lose my post! Grrr! Terri, Garth is phenomenal. "The Dance" is my favorite of his, but "This Summer" may be his best story song. I have read that Spencer book too. it's funny that I can think of several romances with heroines who are country singers--Lynette Kent's Shenandoah Christmas and Susan Andersen's Coming Undone, for example. But the only one I can recall with a hero who is a country singer is Jerri Corgiat's Sing Me Home. I promise you'll be among the first to read TLWH. after all, you are my Nashville resource. :) Manda, I love Nanci Griffith too. I prefer her version of "From a Distance" to Bette Midler's. She is such a literate, intelligent writer too, but she is probably too folky to be "radio friendly." thus, lots of people don't know her music. She is an unpublished novelist too--another bond, don't you think? Diana, what a sweet story about the Paisley song. And I think you have hit upon another connection between romance and country music--closet fans. LOL! I hate it when I forget the anti-spam word and lose my post! Grrr!

Terri, Garth is phenomenal. “The Dance” is my favorite of his, but “This Summer” may be his best story song. I have read that Spencer book too. it’s funny that I can think of several romances with heroines who are country singers–Lynette Kent’s Shenandoah Christmas and Susan Andersen’s Coming Undone, for example. But the only one I can recall with a hero who is a country singer is Jerri Corgiat’s Sing Me Home. I promise you’ll be among the first to read TLWH. after all, you are my Nashville resource. :)

Manda, I love Nanci Griffith too. I prefer her version of “From a Distance” to Bette Midler’s. She is such a literate, intelligent writer too, but she is probably too folky to be “radio friendly.” thus, lots of people don’t know her music. She is an unpublished novelist too–another bond, don’t you think?

Diana, what a sweet story about the Paisley song. And I think you have hit upon another connection between romance and country music–closet fans. LOL!

]]> By: Diana http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-15510 Diana Thu, 01 May 2008 21:50:40 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-15510 Hi, my name is Diana and I used to be a jazz snob. I couldn't understand the love many had for country, but after living in Texas, I have found a new appreciation for country music. I love listening to it. Especially the "story" songs, like Sugarland's "Stay" always makes me feel slightly depressed. And I love Taylor Swift's "Tied Together with a Smile". And my friend just used Paisley's "He Didn't Have to be" for her father-daughter dance song. Gah, I think I need to go out and buy more country CD's. Diana secret lover of country Hi, my name is Diana and I used to be a jazz snob. I couldn’t understand the love many had for country, but after living in Texas, I have found a new appreciation for country music. I love listening to it. Especially the “story” songs, like Sugarland’s “Stay” always makes me feel slightly depressed. And I love Taylor Swift’s “Tied Together with a Smile”. And my friend just used Paisley’s “He Didn’t Have to be” for her father-daughter dance song. Gah, I think I need to go out and buy more country CD’s.

Diana
secret lover of country

]]> By: Manda http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522&cpage=1#comment-15509 Manda Thu, 01 May 2008 19:21:28 +0000 http://www.romancevagabonds.com/?p=1522#comment-15509 For some reason, this blog makes me want to cry:) Though I don't really listen to a lot of country music now, I have popped in every few years or so for a fix. I do love story songs and country is rife with them. I especially like George Strait and Clint Black. Another favorite, though she's less strongly defined by the music industry as country is Nancy Griffith. Love at the Five and Dime and Once in a Very Blue Moon move me every time I hear them. Great blog, Janga. And a wonderful bit of writing:) For some reason, this blog makes me want to cry:) Though I don’t really listen to a lot of country music now, I have popped in every few years or so for a fix. I do love story songs and country is rife with them. I especially like George Strait and Clint Black. Another favorite, though she’s less strongly defined by the music industry as country is Nancy Griffith. Love at the Five and Dime and Once in a Very Blue Moon move me every time I hear them.

Great blog, Janga. And a wonderful bit of writing:)

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