A while back, I ranted against the miserable collapse of Tim McGraw's and Faith Hill's lyrical (let alone musical) abilities. There were those among you who objected.
Thankfully, Tim and Faith rushed to my defense, and brought about a new song, which I hope silences all criticism. May I present "I need you."
(Tim)I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
I wanna smell that sweet addiction on my breathe
I wanna ride across West Virginia in the back seat of a Cadillac
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need youLike a needle needs a vein
Like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs a rain
And I need youLike a lighthouse on the coast
Like the father and the son need the Holy Ghost
I need you
(Faith)I wanna get lost in some corner booth,
Cantina Mexicowanna dance to the static of an AM radio
wanna wrap the moon around us,
lay beside you skin on skin
Make love til the sun comes up,
til the sun goes down again
Cause I need youLike a needle needs a vein
Like uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs a rain
I need youLike a lighthouse needs a coast
Like the father and the son need the Holy Ghost
I need you, OOH I need you
(Tim)I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need you, whoa I need you
I need you I need you I need you, I need you
Now, if you're like me, you may need a few minutes to stop scratching your heads. This is simply incomprehensible to me. There are several (only several) lines that might have a place in a song, in isolation. But the whole of this is really, frankly, weird. The central line seems especially odd. If it's not just strange and out-of-place, I certainly think it must be a drug reference.
Bizarre.
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Durn drugs.
Based on the fact that a large percentage of country music (and other genres too) contain nonsensical lyrics, it doesn't seem fair to just target Tim and Faith, even if these lyrics are terrible. Again, why Tim and Faith? Is there something else you hold against them?
Come on, Charlotte, no one else it THAT bad. Even my diehard stepfather, Alex has had enough. Tim is off his rocker and he's out to prove it to the world.
(Not to mention that every other nonsensical song I've ever heard on country radio doesn't get near the amount of play as this one has.)
How do you put a drug reference in the same chorus as the necessary relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?
He's out of his mind and gosh I hope all of America doesn't go with him.
Abe's got a good point. Nothing much redeeming about them lyrics, fer shore. Definitely some druggie talk, fer shore.
It is a shame, but it is not a new trend at all, and certainly not limited to Tim and Faith. Take a couple artists with some fine songs in their repertoire, Trace Adkins and James Taylor, for instance. Sex and drugs galore for them. Of course, they're no rap stars with XXX lyrics, but they're certainly more than just suggestive:
1) Trace Adkins - Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
"Shut my mouth, slap your grandma
There ought to be a law
Get the Sheriff on the phone
Lord have mercy, how she even get them britches on with that
That honky tonk badonkadonk . . ."
Playful, perhaps? Not after you see the music video.
2) James Taylor - Steamroller
"Yes I'm a steamroller for your love, babe
I'd like nothing better than to roll all over you
I'm gonna inject your soul with some sweet rock & roll
And shoot you full of rhythm and blues . . .
I just don't seem to cut loose
This here low down
No where
Half life
Freeze dried
Fat fried
Chicken chokin', mother f***ing pain
Oh, roll on over
I got those steamroller blues."
Our own James Taylor. Our F-bombing, drug-singing James Taylor.
Point? Not that Tim and Faith are excused. Abe's point is apt. But that "THAT bad" most certainly is out there elsewhere. Right in amongst some of our most popular artists.
Ain't much new under the sun from one generation to the next these days.
Durn pop music and its durn obssession with durn drugs and durn sex and anything that is durn scandal.
Is that Ted Nugent article I sent around on the "Summer of Love" relevant to this?
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