Are you ready to be heartbroken?
With just a couple of minutes till we go on air I feel a heartache coming on. Tonight's show is for all those who didn't get a Valentine on Saturday. It's a chance to wallow in some of the best pop music ever written. Who wants to sing about happy stuff when there's so much misery out there? ( There speaks a true Mozz fan!)
Top genre so far is country - hardly surprising when you think about the recorded output of Patsy Cline and Hank Williams.
If you are a fan then you have to check out this guy's . he posts a new sad song every day. In his words:
"I chose 'Love and Heartbreak in Modern Country Music' as the concept for my blog, because I believe country music best illustrates life's loves, and life's biggest heartbreaks. The tone, melody, and mood in each country song enable the listener to better feel the emotions the artist is trying to portray, while also leaving a long lasting effect on the listener. As a result, country music best reveals the everlasting love, as well as the tragic heartbreaks people face in everyday life."
Comment number 1.
At 16th Feb 2009, Scotch Get wrote:Country music is not for kids. You don't really appreciate the genre until life has stabbed you in the back and kicked you in the............shins a few times.
Keep it Country!
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Comment number 2.
At 16th Feb 2009, garygilmore wrote:2 songs from a "new" scottish country/rock outfit..Le Reno Amps
a) From their second record So for Your Thrill
"Beautiful (My Time Has Come)
b) From their new record..Tear it Open
song called "If you want a Lover!"
Lovely band...
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Comment number 3.
At 16th Feb 2009, Glen Miller wrote:Heartache Spoken Here - Warren Zevon and Dwight Yoakam
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Comment number 4.
At 16th Feb 2009, Scotch Get wrote:Glen,
Was it from Mr. Zevon that Christopher Brookmyre acquired the book title?
(My ignorance is appalling).
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Comment number 5.
At 16th Feb 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#4
I can only assume so since it pre-dates the book.
We did not discuss it during our brief meeting.
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Comment number 6.
At 17th Feb 2009, ramlathi wrote:You may need to write some for your heart brokenness!
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Comment number 7.
At 17th Feb 2009, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Got enough thanks, just listen to the MAN!
Lost On The River, Dark Is The Night
Just Like The Blind, Praying For Site
Drifting Alone, Heart Filled With Fright
I'm lost On The River The River Of Life.
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Comment number 8.
At 17th Feb 2009, Glen Miller wrote:Praying For Site was apparently considered as the theme for Grand Designs
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Comment number 9.
At 17th Feb 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Glen - I am sure you know this but its actually some Hank Williams lyrics. praying for site is not a song as far as I know - are you maybe thinking of Praying For Time?
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Comment number 10.
At 17th Feb 2009, Glen Miller wrote:Whatever happened to the Anti-Hank - Garth Brooks?
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Comment number 11.
At 17th Feb 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Not sure what he is doing musically (sic) but I know he married Trishia Yearwood and for that reason alone......
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Comment number 12.
At 18th Feb 2009, Glen Miller wrote:I thought she was married to the guy in the Mavericks - What A Crying Shame.
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Comment number 13.
At 18th Feb 2009, norriemaclean wrote:I could be wrong...happens frequently!
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Comment number 14.
At 18th Feb 2009, Rich wrote:Trisha Yearwood has been married 3 times. Her 2nd husband was indeed the bassist from the Mavericks but that marriage only lasted about 5 years. She married Garth Brooks in 2005.
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Comment number 15.
At 18th Feb 2009, Glen Miller wrote:What did she see in millionaire Garth Brooks?
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Comment number 16.
At 18th Feb 2009, Rich wrote:I have no idea! I had been hoping to be Husband #3 so I was very disappointed when it didn't work out that way. Oh well, I can always aim to be #4.
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Comment number 17.
At 18th Feb 2009, Scotch Get wrote:I went to one of her gigs at GRCH many moons ago.
The lassie has a fine pair of lungs!
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Comment number 18.
At 18th Feb 2009, norriemaclean wrote:She has Scotch, I would have been there too. I believe she does some mighty fine Georgian cooking too.
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Comment number 19.
At 19th Feb 2009, Rich wrote:I've seen Trisha Yearwood a few times and am always impressed by how amazing her voice is in person. So many singers sound great on record, but when you go to one of their shows they only sound OK-ish and you realize how much studio trickery must've been involved in getting them to sound that good on their records. But more than any other singer I've ever seen, Trisha Yearwood sounds EXACTLY the same onstage as she does on her records.
Purely in terms of the quality of their voices only, when you talk about all-time great country voices I think there's Patsy Cline, and then there's Trisha Yearwood, and then there's about a thousand miles, and then there's everybody else.
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Comment number 20.
At 19th Feb 2009, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:#8 D'oh, C'est La Folie
Kevin McCloud and pursuit of architectural brilliance would be better than my grammatical folly.... praise the lord "I saw the lite!"
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Comment number 21.
At 19th Feb 2009, Scotch Get wrote:Rich,
Dunno, man.
Went to see Dolly in Glasgow during her U.K. tour and she was fabulous.
Trisha has a great voice, but she keeps the volume cranked up to 11.
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Comment number 22.
At 19th Feb 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Rich &SG I have seen Trisha at least twice and must admit I really enjoyed her both times.
Certainly her version of How Do I Live kicked the hit version way into touch!
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Comment number 23.
At 19th Feb 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#20
You have to put the easy ones away.
I can't however think of any clever riposte to your Hornsteiner, so it's a draw.
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