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Screw Willie Nelson! Here's the definitive version!
ifyoucantfixit:
I always loved Willie. I had downloaded my four disc set of music, onto my
computer. I have gone through and deleated them all. Never again will I have
to listen to a man, that places the dollar above honor.
Katie77:
I've missed something......what did Willlie Nelson do or say?
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on February 19, 2010, 04:11:25 am ---I've missed something......what did Willlie Nelson do or say?
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Take a look here, Sue:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,36828.0.html
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Lynne on February 19, 2010, 02:17:34 am ---Thanks, Paul, for finding Dylan's version and to Eric for adding it to the play list. It's hard to describe the depth of my disappointment with Nelson over these past months at what I can only call profiteering. I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was just the same. It's sad because since then, if a Willie song comes on, I change the channel. And I'm learning to play guitar and I'm avoiding him like the plague. I don't need to know anything he did. So, I hope you're happy with your legacy, Wille. It's not Farm Aid I'll be remembering you for, sadly.
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Lynne, I very much agree with you. The situation makes me so sad on numerous levels. It also mars my experience of my BBM soundtrack CD. I've loved that CD for so long, but it's very disheartening to have that Nelson song there at this point.
--- Quote from: sfericsf on February 19, 2010, 02:05:36 am ---I've added this version to the BBM Radio playlist... :)
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Good idea Eric! It's Dylan's song anyway, so I think it's a great idea to go back to the original. It's nice that there is another version to turn to.
southendmd:
I'll confess: I never liked Willie anyway. "To all the girls I've loved before" and "Don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" always grated on my nerves. "You were always on my mind" could make me run from the room. :-X
I tolerated him on the BBM soundtrack, but I secretly skipped over his song every time.
The one thing I liked him for, was writing Patsy Cline's "Crazy".
I've never been sure if Dylan wrote the song, as many sources cite it as "Traditional", some suggest that Dylan arranged an older, traditional folk song.
Nanci Griffith has a less dirge-like version on her "Other Voices, Too" album.
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