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I'm sure there's probably 10 political science PhDs worth in studying what actually drives Trumps utility function. For simple folk like me I've just assumed at this stage it's no more complicated than staying out of jail and some really twisted internal psychology, everything beyond that is a...

Yeah you might be right. Much as Billy D is a Hulme/Wythenshawe blue and the song itself is more than decent the other side should be able to send out Entwistle's bassline on its own and it should still win. But it's a funny old game Screamsy, so who knows.

Is this final going to be City v Watford?

The rigour this thread encourages can be instructive. I've always been happy enough to listen The Charlatans for a song or three but never invested enough for much more. I have never given it any thought whatsoever as to why, but now 'forced' to do so by the thread it transpires the answer is...

The relationship between politics and folk has already been mentioned. Though the resultant book hasn't been published yet, this project is very interesting (at least if you are a bit nerdy) https://oursubversivevoice.com/about/

Ah that was kismet mc111. As a child one of my primary school's go to pieces for comcerts and choir competitions was an energetic version of The Wabash Cannonball. Can't remember more than 4 items in the supermarket these days, but the words to this come back with ease.

Rob mentioned the Carter Family in his write up but we don't yet have anything from them on the playlist, which given their stature in Country should be rectified. I'll hold fire till till the weekend in case anybody else wants to nominate something by them in the interim?

Happy that B&W has mentioned it though, as I meant to comment when Sadds put this on the other playlist. In the 80s a family member ran a pub that had regular live music and one of the most popular bands, who would have the place rammed to the gunwales, would always finish their set with this...

It's easy, from a distance, to underestimate or misunderstand how ground breaking she was. Patsy Cline is probably more burned into public consciousness because she had a crossover career and died young so is frozen in time. No doubt Cline is a great but it was Wells who got the ball rolling...

V quick turnaround BH, is it once you've lapped them they are toast?

I imagine it's the same kind of thinking, tarrifs will damage BYD, who will be under pressure from the EU too, more than it'll damage Tesla. But Musk has a foot in both Trump and Xi's worlds so maybe he can realise an upside whichever way it goes? You're not wrong about it ending badly for the...

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-tesla-elon-musk-supports-trump-ending-ev-tax-credits-2024-11?op=1

So does he own a horse then? I presume not.

In fairness they kind of make that kind of joke in the film themselves.

Rob touched on it in the 'Country Goes Pop' section of his write up but has there ever been another genre, that's used technology to undermine the quality of its product in the way country often has? (though record sales no doubt will show I'm talking bollocks) Many years ago I remember hearing...

I like The Blind Boys enough that I can even forgive them their cameo in Hop!!

Indeed. He didn't seem to have any sort of normal childhood by most accounts, though it's hard to work out with figures like him whether their origin stories are true or confections.

Long before rappers started back and forthing using songs, Kitty Wells was telling Hank Williams to do one with a song that's been sung by loads of female artists since. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells Don't know if it's the first 'wronged woman' country song but...

Tricky one to score this. I'm always happy to hear a Charlatans song or two but struggle to get into them at a whole album level. It's not that I lose interest as such, it just doesn't 'stir the blood' (TM Sadds or Eamo I can never remember which) sufficiently.

Didn't someone try and get Johnson done for MIPO but the high court threw it out? In some cases caused generational damage for millions and no real remedy available.