You know what I love about Country Music? Among other things, its the fact that I repeatedly find songs that mirror my own life. For example, the Brantley Gilbert song "You Don't Know Her Like I Do", which describes the struggle of overcoming a lost love. Or Whiskey Lullaby, which I have determined recently has perhaps the greatest 2nd verse ever. She sends him into incredible despair but feels just as bad as she makes him feel and eventually ends up suffering the same fate. Its an uplifting and human genre. It has the ability to break your heart but create optimism in the place of that emptiness.
I love any genre where they can just sit down on a stool with their instrument and guide the listeners through a story. Especially barefoot (I know Shania has done this)
I love it when I wake up with a song in my head, especially if I haven't heard it in a while. It has happened a lot recently with The Band Perry and Miranda Lambert (the Miranda ones make perfect sense, she is playing in my car enough over the past few years to stick).
I love songs that remind me of other songs. Eric Church's latest, Springsteen, reminds me of Clint Black's State of Mind. Especially ones by the same artist. Intentional or not. Kenny Chesney's "Somewhere With You" seems like a direct parallel to "I Can't Go There". He is reminded of every place he has ever been with her but can't go to those places because of his memories of her. Its like a perfect contradiction that makes sense.
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