Comments on: AP: Autocratic, imperious Catholic bishop retires

By: perplexed

perplexed — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:56:33 +0000

I’m catholic too, it just reminds me of a time growing up in a church with members who owned the beer distributorships in the central part of the state. Needless to say there were several occasions that were simply diluted at best with lots of beer and fish and spaghetti. It was a good time for all of us.

By: Caleb Powers

Caleb Powers — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:20:52 +0000

Me, too, Perplexed. I am of the school of thought that all of the wisdom of the western world is contained in the lyrics of country music songs. When I was in law school, they made me an honorary Texan (from Massachussetts, Kentucky and Texas look the same), and we had a big country music dance with Tex-Mex food and Lone Star and Pearl beer. It was a lot of fun.

By: Todd Bonin

Todd Bonin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:43:41 +0000

What defines a song “about a mom getting run over by a pick up truck when she got out of prison” as a Catholic song? I think that comment is way out of line. I’m a Catholic deep down in Dixie, and the local jails aren’t full of members of my church.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:40:15 +0000

You’re one to talk about bias, Frank. Take the freaking mote out of your own eye, brother.

By: perplexed

perplexed — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:55:25 +0000

I have to tell you, I thought that song was hilarious.

By: Caleb Powers

Caleb Powers — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:27:45 +0000

Nope, perplexed, that one was written by Steve Goodman, who is Jewish (he also wrote what is arguably the greatest country train song, “The City of New Orleans,”) so it is at least arguably the first Jewish Country Song. It’s an additional verse to “You Never Even Called Me By My Name.” Here are the lyrics as sung by David Allan Coe:

WELL, A FRIEND OF MINE NAMED STEVE GOODMAN WROTE THAT SONG AND
HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG. I WROTE
HIM BACK A LETTER AND I TOLD HIM IT WAS NOT THE PERFECT COUNTRY
& WESTERN SONG BECAUSE HE HADN’T SAID ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT MAMA,
OR TRAINS, OR TRUCKS, OR PRISON, OR GETTIN’ DRUNK. WELL HE SAT
DOWN AND WROTE ANOTHER VERSE TO THE SONG AND HE SENT IT TO ME,
AND AFTER READING IT, I REALIZED THAT MY FRIEND HAD WRITTEN THE
PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG. AND I FELT OBLIGED TO INCLUDE IT
ON THIS ALBUM. THE LAST VERSE GOES LIKE THIS HERE:

WELL, I WAS DRUNK THE DAY MY MOM GOT OUT OF PRISON
AND I WENT TO PICK HER UP IN THE RAIN
BUT BEFORE I COULD GET TO THE STATION IN MY PICKUP TRUCK
SHE GOT RUNNED OVER BY A DAMNED OLD TRAIN

By: perplexed

perplexed — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:17:11 +0000

Caleb, there’s one out, its about a mom getting run over by a pick up truck when she got out of prison. lol

By: Caleb Powers

Caleb Powers — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:20:42 +0000

I didn’t know Catholics listened to country music. I’ve heard lots of country music about protestant churches, but never a Catholic country song.

How about it, folks? Somebody come up with an idea for a Catholic country song!