Charlie Daniels poll

[lost-in-nj]

whats your favorite???
lost

[jpgray]

1. A sort of anti-"Devil Went Down to Georgia," that when played negates playing of the actual song

[Pierre.Suave]

3. you mean the

co-sin wave to that songs sin wave?

that would fucking rock, like active noise cancellation, but only for one song. What a great idea.

[jpgray]

4. Plus there exists the theoretical possibility that Charlie Daniels would summarily explode

:D

[Pierre.Suave]

6. sweet

we need to get working on this STAT!

[lost-in-nj]

8. WTF!?!?!?!?`

what the hell are you two talking about????

:hi:

lost

[madinmaryland]

2. Shave his fucking beard, then we can talk,.

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

5. Long Haired Country Boy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bs4y5si8DGs
People say I'm no-good,
And crazy as a loon.
I get stoned in the morning,
I get drunk in the afternoon.
Kinda like my old blue tick hound,
I like to lay around in the shade,
An', I ain't got no money,
But I damn sure got it made.

'Cos I ain't askin' nobody for nothin',
If I can't get it on my own.
If you don't like the way I'm livin',
You just leave this long-haired country boy alone.

Preacher man talkin' on the TV,
He's a-puttin' down the rock 'n' roll.
He wants me to send a donation,'Cos he's worried about my soul.
He said: "Jesus walked on the water,"And I know that is true,
But sometimes I think that preacher man,
Would like to do a little walkin', too.

But I ain't askin' nobody for nothin',
If I can't get it on my own.
You don't like the way I'm livin',
You just leave this long-haired country boy alone.

Instrumental Break.

A poor girl wants to marry, And a rich girl wants to flirt.
A rich man goes to college,And a poor man goes to work.
A drunkard wants another drink of wine,And a politician wants a vote.
I don't want much of nothin' at all,But I will take another toke.

'Cos I ain't askin' nobody for nothin',If I can't get it on my own.
If you don't like the way I'm livin',
You just leave this long-haired country boy alone.

[Orsino]

14. With Dicky Betts on the dobro.

That was a great album. "The South's Gonna Do It Again" is pretty silly, but infectious. I really liked "Trudy" and the melodrama of "Caballo Diablo."

Shame he turned into a jingoistic whore.

[mitchum]

7. He's always just been an opportunistic schlockmeister

[underpants]

11. That one

I agree with that one

[triguy46]

16. A 'little' too conservative for my taste. He seems stuck in 1977.

[gmoney]

9. Uneasy Rider

"...and I ain't even got a garage, you can call home and ask my wife..."

[wildhorses]

12. uneasy rider ...yeah. that was funny stuff

i vote for that one.

[Skittles]

10. he is disgusting

:puke:

[Rhythm]

13. "Carolina, I Remember You"...

I grew up in NC, and i remember hearing this one live once, and it almost bringing tears to the eyes of everyone in that audience in Charlotte.

spoken: The first things I remember are frosty Carolina mornings with a cheery fire
crackling in my mommas big black wood cook stove

I remember snow flakes as big as goose feathers and the moon the color of new
made country butter and a night sky like diamonds against black velvet reaching
from horizon to horizon

I remember when the biggest problems in my barefoot life were sand spurs and
red ant hills

I remember sitting with my grand daddy on the front porch and watching the last
of that magnificent southern sun bleed away into the twilight sky

I remember sunday school and kneeling at the cross and trying to imagine what
God looked like sunday dinner short pants hair cuts and a little puppy my
daddy brought home to me and I remember love

I remember steam puffing fire breathing awesome 10 wheel locomotives and the
conductors watch looked as big as one of my grand mothers biscuits

I remember my mother smiling in a red and white cherckered dress and christmas
always seemed so far away yes I remember you Carolina grand old lady if the
south
I remember you as home

One of the memories that stays on my mind
about an old southern lady that I left behind
is a ramshackle bridge where the deep river winds
and an old two-lane blacktop through the tall long-leaf pines

Carolina, Carolina
You're hard but you're hard to forget

I still remember the magnolia nights
and goosefeather snow flakes in the gray morning light
sandspurs and puppies and red autumn leaves
and the warm lights in the clear night on a cold Christmas Eve

Carolina, Carolina
You're hard but you're hard to forget

Carolina I knew you
before the highways got to you
and I loved you as one of your own
and I still do

Carolina, Carolina
You're hard but you're hard to forget
You're hard To Forget

[last_texas_dem]

15. I'd go with "Uneasy Rider"

It's just a funny story-song that I don't get tired of hearing.

The thing is, I know Daniels has gone off the deep end as a wingnut in recent years, with "It Ain't a Rag" or whatever (actually he was sounded like a winger as far back as "Simple Man"- which isn't the Skynyd song- back in the late '80's), but all along, some of his more interesting work has been political to one degree or another. "Uneasy Rider", "Long Haired Country Boy", "In America" (maybe a little jingoistic but not right-wing; it was released during the Carter administration, and Daniels had supported him for President), and "Still in Saigon." The problem is, the quality of his work seems to have diminished alongside the quality of his political philosophy.

[Left Is Write]

17. My feelings on Charlie Daniels have changed so significantly in the last few years...

that I cannot enjoy any of his music anymore, not even Uneasy Rider.

[Iris]

18. me, too.

That's why I have to vote "wtf?"

[ThomCat]

19. Agreed. He's such a rabid neocon that I can't listen to his

music anymore. :(

[Midlodemocrat]

22. Me, too. I can't stomach him.

I used to love him when I was a kid, but now after hearing his hateful freep speech, not so much.

[LostinVA]

20. He is a mega-Freep

[KG]

21. everything on 'Fire On The Mountain' album.

"Trudy"

Call up Trudy on the telephone
Send a letter in the mail
Tell her I'm hung up in Dallas
And they won't let me outta this jail

And if she asks you how I'm fairing
Tell her I'm just about to lose my mind
Worried about old Johnny Lee Walker
And the girl I left behind

Now Johnny Lee Walker was a card mechanic
Had a hand for trouble and a eye for cash
Luckiest man in Dallas County
He had a gold watch chain and a black mustache

And he loved his whiskey and he loved his women
Drove a big long Cadillac limosine
Kept a big fine fancy townhouse in Dallas
And a hotel suite in New Orleans

Carried a switchblade knife in his left hip pocket
And a 44 hog leg up under his coat
Cut you down in a New York minute
If he catch you cheating that was all she wrote

So call up Trudy on the telephone
Send her a letter in the mail
Tell her I'm hung up in Dallas
And they won't let me outta this jail

If she asks you how I'm fairing
Tell her I'm just about to lose my mind
Worried about old Johnny Lee Walker
And the girl I left behind

I just got to town last Friday evening
Sure as hell didn't mean to stay
I was on my way back to Louisiana
Had a powerful thirst and six months pay

I met a peroxide blonde in a bar on D-ville
I was flying high and feeling mean
Poured down a bottle and a half of red eye
I dropped 35 dollars in the slot machine

And the boys in the back was dealing 7 card
I set down and won me a 110
I was raking in chips like Grant took Richmond
Till big Johnny Lee come a strolling in

He ripped off the bar like a 707
Pretty soon he done won all of my bread
I accused him of cheating he reached for a pistol
I grabbed a chair and went upside of his head

Then I took off a running like a motorcycle
Heard the bullets whining and sirens wail
But it took half the cops in Dallas County
Just to put one coon ass boy in jail

So call up Trudy on the telephone
Send her a letter in the mail
Tell her I'm hung up in Dallas
And they won't let me outta this jail

And if she asks you how I'm fairing
Tell her I'm just about to lose my mind
Worried about old Johnny Lee Walker
And the girl I left behind