This Pearls Before Swine comic talks about country music.
Pig: I heard the greatest country music song at a bar last night, but I can’t remember the title.
Rat: Tell me what it’s about and I’ll Google it.
Pig: It’s about his guy with a pickup truck and a cheating spouse.
Rat: Oh, good. You’ve narrowed it down to nine million songs.
Pig: Oh, and somebody drowns their sorrows.
Rat: Somehow that didn’t help.
I usually don’t listen to country music, but I laughed at the comic. Lately these words have been going through my head,
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
With four hungry children
And a crop in the field
It’s from the song Lucille, and they played it once down in the assisted living place because one of the women was named Lucille. It’s a happy memory from when I was buzzing around in my wheel chair after I broke my hip.
Do you have any happy memories from unusual situations?
November 14, 2024
This reminds me of my husband. He hated country music. I tend to have a wide variety of music that I listen to based on my mood, and country is one of them. He said one day that all country music was the same, girl leaves and he’s heartbroken. I surprised him one day when I played a CD I had and proved him wrong. I can’t recall who the artist was or what the song was but it wasn’t about losing a girl and being heartbroken
That’s too bad he didn’t like it when you did. Good for you for showing that description wasn’t always true.
I love some of all genres, no genre that I love all the songs. I do love country and like those better than most. the cartoon is hilarious and TRUE..
I love Jelly Rolls song, Lord, I need a favor, and Somebody save me. neither are about what the cartoon says… thanks for the smile today
I’m going to have to look that one up. 🙂
…I enjoyed the country music of the past. Today’s country ain’t my thing.
I don’t know enough about it to know about the change.
Hope Lucille doesn’t get stuck in my head today!
Good luck!
This is a cute joke. like Christine I hope I don’t end up singing this song all day..I think I’ve already played in my head a few times..LOL. And like Madsnapper, I like many of the Jelly Roll songs. Also….Cody Johnson has several Christian country songs that I listen too. One is “By your Grace.”
And…”Where I find God” by Larry Fleet.
I’ll have to look them up. 🙂
Like Tom, I prefer the old, “real” Country music.
Unusual situation? I’ve not thought about this for years, but the first thing to pop in my head was the time a priest led those of us in the lifeboat/tender back to ship in singing, “Nearer my God to Thee.”
Some of the older passengers’ expressions reflected obvious disapproval, but it was our joy and laughter I remember most.
Thanks. 🙂
That is funny….I like some country…I just don’t want to listen to it all the time. I cannot remember a happy memory in an unusual situation, but I know there have been some.
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I don’t know if that is a really happy memory or if you were being facetious! But this is a really good joke! For me, certain songs always bring back memories of what was happening to me during the time they were popular.
It was really a happy memory.
I am sure I have memories like that but I can’t think of one now. I like Waylon and a few others I can’t think of but overall, not a country fan. I’m a child of the 60s!
As I’ve said, I’m mostly clueless.
Yes, Lucille will be with me the rest of the day!
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That is interesting about the Lucille song and you bussing around in the wheel chair. I’m not into country music at all.
Same here, in general.
Probably many but I can’t think of a particular one right now.
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I recently read a good one. Someone said that with self driving vehicles now it is only a matter of time before someone writes a country song about a guy’s truck leaving him.
I’ve had Lucille in my head lately but I have no idea why.
I think that joke is hilarious. 🙂
A great song by Kenny Rogers.
God bless.
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