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Steve Earle — Copperhead Road
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teadye
(St. Petersburg, FL)
Posted: Jun 19, 2013 - 10:26
 
Always enjoy hearing this one! Reminds me of back home in East TN.

CrackerjaxATX
(ATX)
Posted: Jun 14, 2013 - 08:26
 
genius storytellers have spawned fr texas. activism is not always easy or welcoming here.
Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jun 14, 2013 - 08:25
 
 scraig wrote:

... The song is predictable except for the interesting addition of the bagpipes, which adds nothing to the song.
 

Wha?  The bagpipes add bagpipes to the song, of course.  No other reason needed.


But seriously, I think you'll find a pretty strong connection between American redneck culture and Scottish and Irish roots.  The bagpipes allude to that connection.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jun 14, 2013 - 08:19
 
 Proclivities wrote:

Just wondering how you came up with that theory.  REM and The B-52's are from Athens, Georgia.  Tom Petty is from Florida.  Dave Matthews Band is from Virginia.  Gram Parsons was from Georgia.  I guess it depends on how you define "southern" and "redneck".

 

Selectively, of course.

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: May 13, 2013 - 12:10
 
{#Arrowd}    Agree.  Their Gangsta Grass (sp) theme song is pretty good, eh?

mrgus
(Salt Lake City)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 06:57
 
 Ramenoodler wrote:
I wish someone would do a modern version of this song, featuring oxycontin, methamphetamines, and cold-sweat nightmares about Iraq & Afghanistan. 

Booze and weed is a little tame, honestly.  

 
I believe the writers of "Justified" are working on it. Go Boyd!

vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 06:56
 
Nice raw sound of Steve!
Like this a lot when traveling through the States...
or the Netherlands...

Pharlap
(Bahama, NC)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 06:53
 
Hey it's "Walon"!

Lonestar
(Probably Above You)
Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 06:25
 
Dreck for s*it-kickers. 

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 11:12
 
Yeah, baby, nothing like those US Forest Service roads in north Georgia.  No GPS, no cell service, no witnesses.

Highlowsel
(New York City)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 11:09
 
 Ramenoodler wrote:
I wish someone would do a modern version of this song, featuring oxycontin, methamphetamines, and cold-sweat nightmares about Iraq & Afghanistan. 

Booze and weed is a little tame, honestly.  
 
Yeah...maybe...but the cold-sweat nightmares are the same. 

Highlow
American Net'Zen

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 11:00
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I think part of why I love this song so much, and Steve Earle in general, is the bottom-line truth of what he sings. He doesn't just open that closet door - he yanks the skeletons out and shines a floodlight on them. And then he tells you, "THIS is what you're afraid of, folks. A bag of bones that looks sorta human, but has a ton of stories to tell.  Now, let me tell you one of mine. Betting the skeletons won't be so scary when I'm done."
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

everybody in my church loves this song...
 

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 10:59
 
Good story telling. He learned a thing from Charlie (or Townes van Zandt) don't you know. 

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Dec 27, 2012 - 19:37
 
 Ramenoodler wrote:
I wish someone would do a modern version of this song, featuring oxycontin, methamphetamines, and cold-sweat nightmares about Iraq & Afghanistan. 

Booze and weed is a little tame, honestly.  
 
I think you and Steve must be in synch. {#Devil_pimp}

http://youtu.be/ot4gvV89Rww


Ramenoodler
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 18:10
 
I wish someone would do a modern version of this song, featuring oxycontin, methamphetamines, and cold-sweat nightmares about Iraq & Afghanistan. 

Booze and weed is a little tame, honestly.  

Lonestar
(Probably Above You)
Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 10:40
 
Can almost feel I.Q. dropping listening to this song. 

countryrds
Posted: Nov 11, 2012 - 09:14
 
Prohibition did not work then and does not work now. Way to go Washington and Colorado!{#Daisy}

Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 13:59
 
I just never get tired of hearing this, or of hearing Steve Earle.
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}

cely
(the tropics of discourse)
Posted: Jul 23, 2012 - 16:42
 
This is an incredible piece of country rock in so many ways.  A 7 rating is an act of collective stupidity.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 05:31
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I think part of why I love this song so much, and Steve Earle in general, is the bottom-line truth of what he sings. He doesn't just open that closet door - he yanks the skeletons out and shines a floodlight on them. And then he tells you, "THIS is what you're afraid of, folks. A bag of bones that looks sorta human, but has a ton of stories to tell.  Now, let me tell you one of mine. Betting the skeletons won't be so scary when I'm done."
 
{#Lol} {#Clap}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 20:04
 
 treatment_bound wrote:

Do you have a fully operating still in there in honor of Mr. Earle?

 
bingo...  hats off to rum-runners...  love this song...

 

haresfur
(Bendigo Australia)
Posted: Apr 19, 2012 - 16:46
 
Pretty similar to a story that a friend told to me about his uncle and cousins (before this was released).

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 09:10
 
 scraig wrote:
The song is predictable except for the interesting addition of the bagpipes, which adds nothing to the song. 
 
This makes no sense.
 
If the sound is interesting, it almost by definition adds something to the song. By the way as far as I can tell from the credits, the bagpipes are synths (on this track—the Pogues play on Johnny Come Lately, an all-around great song). 

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 09:06
 
Great story-in-song. For a few seconds the guitar break sounds a bit like The Doors "The End." Earle is a great song writer. 

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 09:03
 
Great, great....great song. Best of Steve IMO.

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 09:03
 
here we go again. PtSD button.

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 16:56
 
 dwlangham wrote:
An excellent opportunity to try out the PSD button.
 
To each their own.....it is Cool

dwlangham
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 16:51
 
An excellent opportunity to try out the PSD button.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 06:11
 
 liser wrote:
just wondering why southern music is automatically redneck?? 
 
Just wondering how you came up with that theory.  REM and The B-52's are from Athens, Georgia.  Tom Petty is from Florida.  Dave Matthews Band is from Virginia.  Gram Parsons was from Georgia.  I guess it depends on how you define "southern" and "redneck".

Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 18:25
 
 scraig wrote:

I just read the lyrics and they are awesome. By cheesy, I was referring to the formulaic country twang and typical bad ass chorus. The song is predictable except for the interesting addition of the bagpipes, which adds nothing to the song. I am going to ruminate on the most important song question for a bit. I meant no offense to you or Steve. Peace.
 
As far as I'm concerned, no offense taken, and peace right back atcha, scraig!  I think that vaulting over musical barriers is one of the best things a human can do, because it opens the doors necessary for the understanding of a lifestyle that might be foreign territory.  As for "cheesy," there's a certain pattern in country music, just like there's a certain pattern for the blues, or for reggae, or for pop.

Isn't it amazing what humans can do with eight basic notes and a few majors and minors?

And I really hate it when anyone refers to something as "cheesy," because it makes me crave Crunchy Cheetos. (And how weird - I didn't get a spell-check fwap on the wrist for "Cheetos," but I did with "fwap."

I prolly better shut up now.


treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 18:17
 
 romeotuma wrote:


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 
 
Do you have a fully operating still in there in honor of Mr. Earle?


donbrasco
(PDX)
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 18:12
 
This guy is a pretty good actor to boot. Check him out in HBO's the Wire.

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 12:24
 
 Cynaera wrote:

I was all set to hit you with both barrels, but I read some of your song comments, and you're not ignorant - just very particular. Still - Steve Earle is as "hometown" as a person can be, and this song has some very scary lyrics. I'm not sure where you get the "cheesy" part.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. *shrugs*  Um, just curious - what's the most important song you've ever embraced? Answer in PM if you don't want to respond here. I'll understand.
 
I just read the lyrics and they are awesome. By cheesy, I was referring to the formulaic country twang and typical bad ass chorus. The song is predictable except for the interesting addition of the bagpipes, which adds nothing to the song. I am going to ruminate on the most important song question for a bit. I meant no offense to you or Steve. Peace.

Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 12:14
 
I think part of why I love this song so much, and Steve Earle in general, is the bottom-line truth of what he sings. He doesn't just open that closet door - he yanks the skeletons out and shines a floodlight on them. And then he tells you, "THIS is what you're afraid of, folks. A bag of bones that looks sorta human, but has a ton of stories to tell.  Now, let me tell you one of mine. Betting the skeletons won't be so scary when I'm done."

ThePoose
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 12:11
 
''Southern''?  Appalachian you mean.

nicolewe wrote:
nice, cool, easy, southern sound...{#Cowboy}
 



2cats
(Oklahoma)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 12:10
 
We have plenty of Copperhead Roads around these parts!

Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: Nov 13, 2011 - 01:42
 
 Hannio wrote:


It takes a lot of naivete to believe that closed-minded, bigoted people live in only one area and are not found in every country on earth. 

 
It isn't so much that I want to get away from "closed-minded, bigoted people", as I know that the only way to do that would be to live on an isolated island (which would mean that I would have to deal with only my own unfortunately frequent close-mindedness).  Mostly I just wanted to get away from those closed-minded, bigoted people.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 21:44
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

dolumo
(A´burg)
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 12:11
 
good one!!

ThePoose
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 12:06
 
 scraig wrote:
I'm sorry. I can't stop laughing. This is the cheesiest thing I have ever heard.
 
So what songs would you term uncheesy?

This is a ballsy, muscular, evocative tune that has no parallel.
You can almost hear the revenue man squealin' like a pig. 


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 05:02
 
 Byronape wrote:

Another reason I wouldn't mind living in the UK.  I grew up around rednecks (My parents operated a dairy farm for many years) and I hated them all.  I'm sure it was just the way people were their, but it was almost like they glorified in their back hills country ignorance and closed mindedness.  I moved to as close to the opposite corner of the state as I could get to get away from them.

 
I understand your frustration and eagerness to escape from the backwoods, but as someone else has pointed out, ignorant bigots are a species common to all countries, including (and especially these days) England. We don't have 'rednecks' as I think that term means across the Pond, but we do have various country types of varying degrees of insularity and bigotry. Perhaps the closest would be described with the insulting term 'yokels', though they themselves would prefer 'honest country folk' I'm sure.

I don't think you'd get any yokels over here singing about learning lessons from Charlie on whiskey production, mind. Maybe in the Scottish Highlands, back in the days when every other croft had its own illegal distillery producing poitìn (pron. pocheen), or the Irish backwoods.

I digress. I do like this number and the attitude yer man's singing about, even if I wouldn't necessarily want to live in Copperhead Road...



dwlangham
Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 14:57
 
HEY THAT SONG'S OVER!

My day just got a little brighter.

dwlangham
Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 14:56
 
 Hannio wrote:


It takes a lot of naivete to believe that closed-minded, bigoted people live in only one area and are not found in every country on earth. 

 
Is that what's he's saying? I don't think so.


Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 11:52
 
 Byronape wrote:

Another reason I wouldn't mind living in the UK.  I grew up around rednecks (My parents operated a dairy farm for many years) and I hated them all.  I'm sure it was just the way people were their, but it was almost like they glorified in their back hills country ignorance and closed mindedness.  I moved to as close to the opposite corner of the state as I could get to get away from them.

 

It takes a lot of naivete to believe that closed-minded, bigoted people live in only one area and are not found in every country on earth. 


Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 10:48
 
 fredriley wrote:
This one's growing on me. It may be "redneck" (not a species to be found this side of the pond) but it tells an instructive story. 7 from the Nottingham jury.
 
Another reason I wouldn't mind living in the UK.  I grew up around rednecks (My parents operated a dairy farm for many years) and I hated them all.  I'm sure it was just the way people were there, but it was almost like they glorified in their back hills country ignorance and closed mindedness.  I moved to as close to the opposite corner of the state as I could get to get away from them.



cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 10:44
 
I would follow this with Hayes Carll's 'KMAGYOYO'. But I'm weird that way.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 10:44
 


Just turned the volume wayyyy up for this one...  people here have started jig dancing...  love it...



cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jun 08, 2011 - 14:58
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Ohhhh - do share! Townes Van Zandt... A rather eclectic but vital force in the music world. Pleaseohplease - share what you have/know. I'll pay you. (Well, I don't have much money, but if I can spare a few bucks after the bills are paid, they're yours.)

 
I just posted a vid over at 'Youtube Videos' of Justin Townes Earle playing on David Letterman. Pretty great stuff.


boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: May 24, 2011 - 07:22
 
My band just did a version of this for some rednecks up in North Central Kansas....they went nuts.My neighbor is an accomplished mandolin player and will jam with us this weekend at a gig in Overland Park,Ks....this song friggin rocks!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 18:13
 
 fredriley wrote:
This one's growing on me. It may be "redneck" (not a species to be found this side of the pond) but it tells an instructive story. 7 from the Nottingham jury.
 
Well, by Cthulu, we'll convert you yet, Mr. Riley.  Kudos to you and the rest of the Nottingham jury. (Um, BTW - I really have a love-hate relationship with that darned Sheriff of Nottingham. He's inept, but then, that's what keeps Robin Hood alive, right?) {#Wink}