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Posted on 06.26.10 by Danny Glover @ 12:23 pm
Country musicians have a twisted knack for making violence seem amusing. The latest entry in this niche music genre is the song “Pray For You,” by Jaron and the Long Road to Love. Here are the deadly wishes for a wife scorned from the chorus alone: “I pray your brakes go out runnin’ down a hill. I pray a flowerpot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I’d like to. I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls. I pray you’re flyin’ high when your engine stalls. I pray all your dreams never come true. Just know wherever you are, honey, I pray for you.” I know I shouldn’t, but I can’t help but smile, especially when I watch the video. I unsuccessfully fought the same urge — being entertained by violent, sometimes deadly fantasies set to catchy music rather than offended by them — when The Dixie Chicks released “Goodbye Earl” and when Carrie Underwood’s tune “Before He Cheats” rose to the top of the charts. The latter is still one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite singers. Enjoy these online encore performances: Filed under: Entertainment and Just For Laughs and Music and Redneck Music and Video Comments:
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This piece threw me back about 10 years, to listening to “Goodbye Earl” at the insistence of a friend and saying to myself “Hmm, maybe country music’s not so bad after all.”
Comment by Christopher Renner — June 26, 2010 @ 2:33 pm