Country Music People

Night_Sprite

I'm trying to make a cd for a friend.  She likes country music, but I don't listen to it at all.  For those of you who listen to country music, what are some good upbeat songs I could include in a mix?

AllAboutTheBenjamin

My favorite country artists are Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks, and Johnny Cash.  Taylor Swift is popular but... meh.  George Strait and Brad Paisley are excellent too.

ETA - I honestly don't think it matters WHAT Kenny or Garth songs you pick (if you pick any!).  They are all awesome as friggen get out.

bsn1752

OK - being from Texas, I feel like I should answer this question...

Would You Go With Me - Josh Turner
Sweet Thing - Keith Urban


Hmm, I really love "Oklahoma Breakdown" by Stoney LaRue, but it's not really mainstream.

bsn1752

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[QUOTE]My favorite country artists are Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks, and Johnny Cash.  Taylor Swift is popular but... meh.  George Strait and Brad Paisley are excellent too. ETA - <strong>I honestly don't think it matters WHAT Kenny or Garth songs you pick (if you pick any!).  They are all awesome as friggen get out.
</strong>Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]

Ooo, except for that STOOOOPID "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" song... it makes my ears bleed.

AllAboutTheBenjamin

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Country Music People : Ooo, except for that STOOOOPID "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" song... it makes my ears bleed.
Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

Haha, actually that's not one of my favorites either - but it's a crowd favorite :)

ohwhynot

I like alt-country, so I'd recommend The Waco Brothers and Robbie Fulks.  Specific songs that are my favorites would be Waco Brothers' Death of Country Music,  Cowboy in Flames, See Willy Fly By, and their version of Big River. 

Robbie Fulks' Cigarette State, Let's Kill Saturday Night, Goodbye Good-Looking, and In Bristol Town One Bright Day, and gosh, just about anything really.  I love him. 

AllAboutTheBenjamin

Okay now my wheels are turning.

Kenny:
Back where I come from
Young
Keg in the Closet (?)

Garth:
Callin' Baton Rouge
Standing outside the fire
When you come back to me again
Beaches of Sheyenne
That Summer (haha... love that one)

pirategal03

I'm currently pretty in love with Eli Young Band and Bart Crow Band. 

jasmineh7777

Garth Brooks
 Two of  A Kind (Working on a full house)
 Ain't going down till the sun comes up

Taylor Swift
 Our Song
 Mine

Dixie Chicks
 Sin Wagon
 Ready to Run

Shania Twain
 Man, I feel like a woman!

SCBojangles1138

You've gotta have some classic Reba too!

Fancy
Does He Love You
The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia (although the Linda Rondstadt version is good too)

And that new song by Zach Brown Band and Alan Jackson - Fallin' in Love while She's walking Away

(Ok any ZBB or Alan is good)

bsn1752

Chicken Fried!

By Zach Brown Brand... definitely a good one!

KaylaSue19

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[QUOTE]Okay now my wheels are turning. Kenny: Back where I come from Young Keg in the Closet (?) Garth: <strong>Callin' Baton Rouge</strong> Standing outside the fire When you come back to me again Beaches of Sheyenne That Summer (haha... love that one)
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]

That is one of my favorite country songs. 

A few more off the top of my head:
Chattahoochie - Alan Jackson
Good Directions - Billy Currington
Ticks - Brad Paisley
Should've Been a Cowboy - Toby Keith
Small Town Saturday Night- Hal Ketchum

The last one is kind of old, but my mom was a radio DJ for a country station when I little and she used to play it, and dedicate it for me.

Night_Sprite

You're all so helpful.

tidetravel

Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band

Kiss an Angel Good Morning - Charlie Pride

Dust on the Bottle - David Lee Murphy

Beer for my Horses - Toby Keith / Willie Nelson

Pretty much anything by Montgomery Gentry:

Something to be Proud of
Hillbilly Shoes
Hell Yeah
Gone

Erm...  I'm sure there's more

anna.oskar

Great day to be alive by Travis Tritt is excellent!  I'm not a big country fan but you're missing out if you haven't heard that one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKipMUbXPKo

i'm Alright by jo Dee Messina always cheers me up too

tidetravel

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[QUOTE]Great day to be alive by Travis Tritt is excellent!  I'm not a big country fan but you're missing out if you haven't heard that one. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKipMUbXPKo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKipMUbXPKo</a> i'm Alright by jo Dee Messina always cheers me up too
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]
I love Travis Tritt, so much. 

T-R-O-U-B-L-E and Girls Gone Wild are fun songs.

ETA:  and anything by Trace Adkins is awesome, too:

HonkeyTonk, Badonkadonk
This Ain't no Thinking Thing
Chrome
Rough and Ready
Swing
Thankful Man

aggiebug

I am surprised Tim Mcgraw has yet to be mentioned

Ticks by Brad Paisley makes my skin crawl :shudder::

alehayes

Cowboy Cassanova-Carrie Underwood
That Summer-Garth Brooks (gotta agree with AATB there...it's AWESOME!)
Wild At Heart-Gloriana
Kiss A Girl-Keith Urban
Kerosene-Miranda Lambert (it's an angry song, but I think she's best when she's angry)
Red High Heels-Kellie Pickler
Me and My Gang-Rascal Flatts

and for that guilty pleasure...
 
H*nky Tonk Badonkadonk-Trace Adkins

MeaghanandMichael

You Look Giid in My Shirt - Keith Urban

Kiss an Angel Good Moring - Charlie Pride

Bad For Me  - Danielle Peck

Good Little Girls - Blue Country

Spoken Like a Man -Blain Larson

Proud of the House We Built - Brooks and Dunn

Guys Like Me - Eric Church

Pickin Wildflowers - Keith Anderson

tidetravel

Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy - Big and Rich 

I play Chicken with the Train - Cowboy Troy

AllAboutTheBenjamin

I really feel like jamming to country music right now.

tidetravel

Someone needs to go line dancing with me.  It's been too long since I've been out.

Celles

I like a lot of the songs/artists already mentioned.

I'll add:

SheDaisy
Rascall Flatts
Lady Antebellum

paprika28

This thread is one of my favorites. Tide- I go dancing 3-4 nights a week. Everyone laughs at DD because she already has enough rhythm to dance with me.

Darius Rucker- Come back song
Lady Antebellum- Our Kind of Love
Just about anything by Brad Paisley- I agree on the Ticks song though. Start A Band w/Keith Urban is good though. 
smoke a little smoke- Eric Church
Sin wagon- Dixie Chicks
Hell on the heart- Erick church
My Kind of Party- Jason Aldean
How I got to be this way- Justin Moore
Just about anything Toby Keith, Trace Adkins & some of the newer Reba is pretty upbeat.

cupcakesfrosting

Tide, on our Road Trip, I'll have to take you to the bar I used to work at.. Line dancing all freaking night long.. It's awesome.

Starqueg

Josh Turner "Why don't we just dance" or "Firecracker" are both good songs.  I love Sugarland and Little Big Town, both have good upbeat songs.  Trace Adkins is always good.  "HIllbilly Bone" is a great song.  Gretchen Wilson has a few songs that are fun to listen to.

I miss having a country station to listen to.  NYC doesn't have one. 

SCBojangles1138

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[QUOTE]Someone needs to go line dancing with me.  It's been too long since I've been out.
Posted by tidetravel[/QUOTE]
OMG Tide!!!! I thought I was the only one on here who loves to line dance! Its wierd though - at home in PA there's all sorts of places to dance but down here in TN I have to go to Nashville and only Nashville if I want to dance!