Country Strong

Country music is a funny thing. I don't think I know of anything else that is so entirely hated by so many people. And then at the same time loved by so many others. Its never "Ya I can stand it I guess." or "I don't really like it" its always "I HATE COUNTRY MUSIC." Well I'm here to tell you that I LOVE IT! I'm sure I am losing friends right now just by saying it but I have got nothing to hide. Music to me is everything. Music powers my body, its what gets me through life, what keeps me going. The music on the radio, the mainstream music, caters to many peoples needs. its the party songs that make people have fun and sing along. Well lately I've been told that I am strange and weird. Its true. And its a good thing because I'm not like everyone else. the mainstream music is good, but the music that has real purpose, real feelings, and real meaning is the best. Artist like Jimmy Eat World, Wakey!Wakey!, The Spill Canvas, Sarah McLachlan (that ones for Weston), Yellowcard they are all great musicians that play music that is amazing but also has more purpose to it other than becoming number 1 on the charts and being played out of speakers in clubs everywhere. Their words mean something special to some one. their chords are chosen not by how cool the sound is but to fit the mood. which brings me back to my main point. Country is an amazing genre. It plays music that you can relate to the hard times in life. it can match your best times. It gets you wanting to jump up and grab a girl and go prancing around the room in your boots and cowboy hat. And as goofy as some of the songs are, they are all so real! Rascal Flatts didn't write the song 'What Hurts The Most' because they thought it'd get them chicks! which however I'm sure it did, but they probably wrote it because they had had a similar experience! One time a buddy and I got stranded on an island so to speak. We had a great talk about how awesome country songs are! And I'll tell ya, sitting there on the beach of the God forsaken island listening as my friend sang to me a country song about the good stuff in life, I thought to myself. This right here, this is the good stuff. These are the days I'm going to look back on and say how much I miss it. How much fun we had growing up in that hick town of Taber. Doing whatever we wanted and having a real good time doing it! Memories like that are what country songs are made of. All the good times, all the laughs. All the hard times and the tears that come with them. And all the times you messed up, but it didn't stop you from keep moving on. Country songs have a deeper meaning to them, meanings that we can all relate to. I want you all, whoever reads this, to find a memory of your past. Something you might be going through now, or maybe a good time from long ago. Take that part of your life and go find yourself a country song that is about the same thing. I know for a fact that there will be a song written about whatever it was you chose, and I can bet that you will like that song!

Here is mine, Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dtfBxUTXRY&ob=av3n