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uwe

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Re: 50 Rock Songs About the U.S.
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2019, 08:43:15 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on August 08, 2019, 02:48:41 PM
About 25 years ago, some columnist suggested that the national anthem be replaced with Doo Wah Diddy, saying it was the essential all-American boy-gets-girl song.

The original recording was girl-gets-boy.



Never heard this original version - beats everything that came out later.
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« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2019, 08:47:55 AM »
Can't believe that this wasn't in the original list:




Heck of a guitar solo too. Talk about an angry guitar.
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« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2019, 10:08:18 AM »
This one isn't rock but there is a little slap bass. Eat your heart out Larry Graham!




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« Reply #18 on: August 09, 2019, 10:37:24 AM »
I find it hard to draw exacting boundaries between rock, pop, folk and country. It's also pointless.

I always loved this "America Song" (admittedly, I thought it was a John Denver song, I wasn't aware about the argument who wrote it), it gives me goose bumps (in a good way) to this day, it's not chest-beatingly patriotic, but says something about the undisputable beauty of America as a geographic country.

BTW, in my ears this is more folk than country. Its vibe is even Paul Simonish to me.

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« Reply #19 on: August 09, 2019, 10:41:49 AM »
Folk to the core.  Not country. 
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« Reply #20 on: August 09, 2019, 12:35:13 PM »
The overalls almost make it country. A cowboy hat would have put him over the top.
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« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2019, 02:08:01 PM »
I'm not aware of any controversy about who wrote City of New Orleans. Steve Goodman, all the way. He considered himself a folk artist.
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