Do Dat Thang

"Country music is three chords and the truth." - Harlan Howard

I don't really listen to much contemporary country music. Sometimes a track here or there will filter through, or I'll get some guidance from my bestest friend Doug, or I'll be so curious about a title that I'll look into it. There are some great song titles out there in the country music realm. And I'm completely spacing out on any of them right now, but feel free to drop me a line if you know some goodies off the top of your head.

Anyway, recently there has been a song out there called "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)." If I didn't know any better, I'd think it was the name of a porn film, but it's actually by this duo Big & Rich. (Hmmm... the porn theme continues.) Well, it sounded to me like it would be a pretty stupid song. So I finally heard it, and guess what? It's a stupid song. But it's a stupid RAP song. Done over twangs and stuff.

Let me demonstrate:

"Well I walk into the room passing out hundred dollar bills and it kills and it thrills like the horns on my Silverado grill..."

Phat! Nice rhymes, cowboy! And immediate mention of money; classic hip hop maneuver. Continuing:

"And I buy the bar a double round of Crown and everybody's getting down and this town ain't never gonna be the same..."

Good usage of the word "ain't to remind us that this is, after all, a country song.

"I saddle up my horse and I ride into the city, I make a lot of noise 'cause the girls - they are so pretty... riding up and down Broadway on my old stud Leroy and the girls say "Save a horse, ride a cowboy!"

Alright! Now we've got sex.

"Well, I don't give a dang about nothin, I'm singing and bling blinging..."

Can you hear the beatbox? And banjo? Hot!

"While the girls are drinking longnecks down and I wouldn't trade my old Leroy or Chevrolet for your Escalade..."

And there are the car mentions.

Well, it goes on, and there's even a spoken interlude that includes the phrase "we made love" (yes - I agree that "get busy" would have been better), but you've gotta track this tune down once just to hear how whickety whack it really is.

Just another example of the white man stealing from the black man, if ya ask me. Wild.