Makes me want to lay back on a hammock with some deep-fried twinkies, a good radio station, and take things easy.

Wait, I've got the station. Now all I need is some twinkies.

Jack_Jefferson wrote:

Jack...do you really think the root of all problems in Columbus are a result southern behavior? I hope not. If your quality of life is declining look at the children in your neighborhood and their peers before throwing the blame over the Mason Dixon line. (Do you know that Maryland was south of the M-D line?)

I'm just happy knowing yankees won't ruin the quality of life down here with something stupid like ice fishing! (that was a joke, my wife is from Ohio)

Lastly...I don't believe SCOTS is intentionally spreading ruin and predjudice through their music. Get off their back.

Someone should upload "Liquored Up and Lacquered Down."

dmax wrote:

I'm from the South and we like laughing at ourselves! Why do you think Jeff Foxworthy is so rich?

Lighten up...it's just a FUN FUN band. If you ever attend a live concert (I'm sure you won't but I'm jes sayin), you'd probably have fun!!

Does everything have to be serious for it to have merit?

Isn't this stuff like warmed over B-52's?

Strange, I've always thought SCOTS was more tongue-in-cheek than serious. I'm a proud Yankee living in the South, and I love the sound and humor SCOTS offers.

Ugh....

Soooo horrible it's almost good.

Jeez, I don't have any huge political diatribe to add. I just think this is a pretty cool rockin' song..

OperaNrocks wrote:
Just came here to say the same thing.
I see I'm with the minority majority. I give it a 3

CCResque

Please enough of the crap hick american blues trash... Play some real music for once... Its becoming embarrassing to listen to what used to be my favorite station. :/

No can do...

mojoman wrote:

There's nothing cute or nobel or redeeming about white-trash. It's a shame that it's being treated like it's iconic, in place of things that the south could truly boast about.

RayRay wrote:

I don't dispute that racism exists throughout the USA nor do I assert that racism is all over the south (like I said, there are exceptions). You point out that there are fundamentalist proseletyzers throughout the USA. I agree with you, but I think the root of that movement and most of its ugly side effects (in the last ten or fifteen years) lies in the Republican backlash against President Clinton in the middle 1990's. Here in Ohio before that time, I found people to be more respectful of other's religious beliefs and didn't dare propose policy promoting the controversial aspects of one's fundamentalist faith. And speaking of Ohio, I did put a disclaimer in my message about Ohio being one of the states to elect Bush.

Now about the culture thing, for starters, how long have you been in Germany, RayRay? Did you live in Ohio before the 1990's? I have never been to Germany, but I've lived in Ohio all of my life and I've noticed a slow movement of certain types of sports, entertainment, music and the backlash against education and rational thought from the south becoming popular here. Case in point, twenty years ago, no one here cared about NASCAR or pro wrestling. Now newspapers cover it here in Columbus, Ohio (not a hick town). That's a small example, but I could keep going. Next time you are in the United States and north of the Mason Dixon line, think of about how the quality of life has changed, especially if you were there before 1990.

oh, my, i'm trying my best to stay awake and work tonight. most of the tunes are helping, but this clip really woke me up!

wade44 wrote:

Super Band Live...a must see.

Jack_Jefferson wrote:
I'll agree with you that the above-mentioned behaviors are apalling.
But there are plenty of intolerant, racist people in other parts of the coutry as well. There are fundamentalist proseletyzers and fascist politicans in many small and bigger towns and states ALL OVER the USA. And if you object to Bush being re-elected, just look at a map from the last election: the red states were in the west, midwest, and the north as well.
It's unfair to throw so much blame on the south or to say these are cases of the south forcing thier culture on the rest of the country. This behavior is not exclusively a southern thing, and there are people all over the country who are just as much to blame for spreading ignorance, bigotry, and intolerance, and electing bad politicans.

OperaNrocks wrote:

I was thinking about "Green River"

This song is ten times better once you've danced on stage with SCOTS and thrown fried chicken into the screaming crowd!!!

Hannio wrote:

Thanks, Hannio. That cracked me up. I should have read this first before I went on my rant.

I just needed to get that off my chest. I really do like certain parts of the south (Austin is one of my favorite cities in the nation). I just feel some things just have to be said and I don't mean to point fingers to members of this great web site.

I like this but does it sound a bit like CCRs Suzy Q? Just wonderin'.

dewhead wrote:

In a word: tacky.

With that said, there are some exceptions. But I do find it troublesome that this part of the US feels it necessary to impose its way of life on the rest of us. Let's consider:

People have a right to be Christian on their own terms. Some of us don't agree that fundamentalist Christianity should be legislated.

"Right to Work" legislation: This is slowly eroding the quality of life for the blue collar middle class.

George W. Bush: In 2004, my state shares some of the blame, but why did the south resoundingly choose a Yankee elitist that evaded military service?

Georgia: Swiftboating Max Cleland and getting the gullible to vote him out.

And let's not forget the hostility towards people that are different. Wasn't there a town in Tennessee that wanted homosexuals ran out of their town with no legal recourse for the person being chased out? Or how about the woman in Mississippi that was called every name in the book and served with death threats because she didn't want her daughter forced into a prayer circle at her public high school.

Like I said, there are exceptions to this, but, overall, I just don't buy that BS about people in the south being the friendliest you'll ever meet. I like to think they are (which is why I enjoy the TV shows mentioned in my previous post), but recent history teaches me otherwise.

One fun live band--I was the recipient of some chicken thrown by the band to the crowd dancing--the bones ended up being thrown back on stage! This CD is by far their best--a real, surfy/twangy/Credence-like collection of songs. Turn it up and rock on...

zakfoy wrote:

It really gets messy when they start throwing the gasoline.

Fun song.

At their shows, for this song the band has girls from the audience come up and throw fried chicken into the crowd. What a fun, messy addition to a great show.

Jack_Jefferson wrote:

And what, pray tell, is the South becoming?