COUNTRY MUSIC

SO PEOPLE THINK IT'S TOO SIMPLE. SOME PEOPLE EVEN THINK IT'S STUPID BUT LET'S PRESENT AN ARGUMENT.

FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE WAY COUNTRY MUSIC SPEAKS OF PRIDE. FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE WAY COUNTRY MUSIC SPEAKS OF FOOLISHNESS. FEW PEOPLE UNSERSTAND WHAT COUNTRY MUSIC HAS TO SAY ABOUT LOVE. I KNOW OF FEW SIMPLE SONGS WHICH SPEAK OF HUMANITY WITH SUCH GRACE AND CANDOR.

YOU SEE, OFTEN COUNTRY MUSIC IS SANG FROM THE PROSPECTIVE OF THE PROTAGONIST (IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF IT AS A STORY.) IT DOESN'T MAKE THE SINGER LESS INTELLIGENT. IT MAKES THE SONG MORE BELIEVABLE.

 IN GARTH BROOK'S "LONG NECK BOTTLE," IT'S THE BOTTLE THAT WON'T LET GO OF HIS HAND. IN GEORGE STRAIT'S "FOOL HEARTED MEMORY," IT'S THE JUKEBOX THAT KEEPS PLAYING THAT SONG.

REAL PRIDE MAKES REAL MEN UTERLY DISMISS THEIR FEELINGS. IT SAYS 'I AM ALREADY OVER HER,' AND 'MAYBE I NEVER LOVED HER.' THE MESSAGE IS MUCH DEEPER. COUNTRY MUSIC WARNS OF SHALLOW LOVE. IN COUNTRY MUSIC IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO LOVE THE BEST YOU CAN, NO MATTER THE OUTCOME. BUT THIS IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF FOOLISHNESS, RATHER, IT'S A MESSAGE TO A WORLD THAT NOW KNOWS LITTLE OF CLASSIC VALUES: SURENDER, MAINLY.

THAT BEING SAID, THIS BLOG SHOULD BE ABOUT MICHAEL SCOTT'S MUSIC. SO GET AHOLD OF MY LATEST RECORD AND DISCOVER COUNTRY MUSIC AT ITS ESSENSCE.