Good morning, Kittens and Dawgs! It’s Presidents’ Day. DH is off work and I’m spending it with him but you still can dance with me. It’s “freebie week” and since I missed sharing my country song picks a few weeks ago, I decided this would be an excellent time to do just that with these 7 off-the-top-of-my-head favorites playlist. Don’t spill your coffee now! 😉
#1 “Man! I Feel Like A Woman” Shania Twain I enjoying discovering interesting bits of a song’s back story that shed light on the inspiration behind the creation. Wikipedia shared this tidbit….
The title and thus the lyrics of the song were based on Twain’s experience while working at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario to provide for her brothers and sisters after their parents died in a car crash. Twain recalls seeing some drag performers working at the resort and credits them as the source of her inspiration. Later in 1993, after being signed to Mercury Nashville and releasing her first album Shania Twain, Twain met Robert John “Mutt” Lange, whom she would collaborate extensively with and marry at the end of the year. In 1994, while composing songs for what would become her second studio album The Woman in Me, Lange played to Twain a riff he had been working on and Twain sang lyrics for what would become “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”. Speaking of the writing of the song, she stated “There was no time to waste on ideas that wouldn’t make the album, but something like [the song] was just there. I was inspired right off the bat with that one, such as, by a riff Mutt had going, and the lyrics and phrasing just came out of the blue.”[2]
#2 “Take Me Home, Country Roads” John Denver premiered his song on December 30, 1970 at the Cellar Door, during an encore, with the singers reading the words from a folded piece of paper. This resulted in a five-minute ovation, one of the longest in the Washington DC music club. He recorded it a month later in New York City. It went number one on a Record World Pop Singles chart. The song became a favorite of Mountaineers. West Virginia University adopted the song as the school theme song and became the state theme song in 1974. It goes without saying this is a favorite of mine ever since I was a kid. My BIL#1 had the privilege of tuning John Denver’s piano once. He didn’t meet the star but WOW, what an honor! I thought it interesting that the songwriters almost used Massachusetts instead of WV. I’m sure they have winding roads in Massy but it somehow the overall cozy country road setting is best suited for song’s use of wild and wonderful West Virginia.
#3 “Breathe” Faith Hill is beautiful love song and when she sings, I can feel you breathe washing over me and suddenly I’m melting into you I totally relate to because I sleep every night with my head on DH’s shoulder. I often hear him breathing which washes over me and literally pulls me peacefully into him.
#4 “Lonely Tonight” from Blake Shelton Bringing Back the Sunshine album featuring Ashley Monroe of Pistol Annies, released 2014. The lyrics tell the story of two lovers reconnecting for a one night stand. The song topped the USA Country Airplay and Canada Country charts. The was Monroe’s first #1 solo.
#5 “Me and Tennessee” performed by Tim McGraw & Gwyneth Paltrow in the 2010 movie production and soundtrack Country Strong. This was the first time I’d ever heard Paltrow sing and thought, WOW she has a nice voice. The song peaked #34 on the US Billboard Hot Country chart.
#6 “I’m Already There” released March 2001. It’s the first song I heard by Lonestar. The lyrics stirred raw emotions reminding me of DH’s absences from home the previous year working in Michigan. I totally could relate to the phone conversation. Everytime I heard it play, I’d get teary eyed and I still do. It’s difficult when miles separate you from someone you love so deeply.
#7 “It’s Your Love” Tim McGraw and Faith Hill is another beautiful love ballad. The chorus echos the way I feel about DH.
It’s your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can’t get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I’m under
It’s your love
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In honor of Presidents’ Day, you’ll find these two mewsical posts, here and here paying tribute to the occasion. Next week, we’ll be boogieing to “Movie and TV Theme” songs, so join the 4M gang on the dance floor. Keep those tunes playing and your body swaying, I’ll see ya around the cyber block! Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for Cathy Chats!
