{"id":2205,"date":"2011-05-19T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2015-11-19T11:39:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T18:39:44","slug":"my-country-music-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/19\/my-country-music-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"My Country Music Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I have a confession.<\/p>\n

I like Country Music.<\/p>\n

There, I\u00a0said it.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s just me, but I think there’s definitely a stigma attached to Country Music. There is the perception that the music is quite hokey and that every song is about how the singer has lost his woman, his pickup truck, his favourite horse\u00a0and\/or dog.<\/p>\n

A while ago, a girl whom I was rather rather sweet on, unashamedly declared that she really liked Country Music. For this, of course, I mercilessly teased her. In fact, that reminds of a joke…<\/p>\n

Q.<\/strong> What happens when you play a country song backwards?
\nA.<\/strong> The guy gets his wife back, his truck back, stops drinking, and his dog comes back to life.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

But the truth is that I have found myself increasingly\u00a0listening to country music. There is something that’s wholesome and honest about virtually all the songs I’ve listened to (with the possible exception of “Did I really shave my legs for this<\/span>?”<\/em> by Deana Carter \ud83d\ude09 ).<\/p>\n

The other thing I like about country music is that I can understand what they’re singing about!\u00a0Country music generally sticks to the basics of life,\u00a0whereas I quite frankly have no idea what a lot of music I hear on the radio is even about.<\/p>\n

I must just be getting old, I guess \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Red Lights &\u00a0Heartbreak<\/h3>\n

Today I’ve been listening repeatedly to a song by Darius Rucker called “this”:<\/p>\n