Oct 16, 2015
ISTL Countdown - “Lost Highway,” Hank Williams Sr,, September 1949
Backtracking a bit for the sake of a couple of B-sides. This was the flip side of “You’re Gonna Change (or I’m Gonna Leave)” and peaked at #12 on the country charts.
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ISTL Countdown - “Lost Highway,” Hank Williams Sr,, September 1949
Backtracking a bit for the sake of a couple of B-sides. This was the flip side of “You’re Gonna Change (or I’m Gonna Leave)” and peaked at #12 on the country charts.
ISTL Countdown - “I Just Don’t Like This Kind of Livin’,” Hank Williams Sr, January 1950
A #5 country hit which aired more of the Williams’ dirty linen for all to see. I am almost beginning to feel a bit sorry for Audrey. “Your evil heart will be your ruin” - wow.
ISTL Countdown - “My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It,” Hank Williams Sr, 1949
Hank doing the guitar solo, there. A lot of controversy with this one: beer is mentioned (”White Rabbit” was a long ways off, yet); and Williams was forced to drop a reference to Ford automobiles, lest the Chevy and Studebaker deejays refuse to play the song. The vocals are much less “twangy” than usual, too. Still, it was a #2 country hit.
ISTL Countdown - “You’re Gonna Change (or I’m Gonna Leave),” Hank Williams Sr, September 1949
Shots fired. I wonder if this will be in the movie? Because it would be fun to watch, I think.
ISTL Countdown - “Mind Your Own Business,” Hank Williams Sr., July 1949
Bears more than a passing resemblance to “Move It on Over,” doesn’t it? This is supposed to be a humorous song, but I’m hearing a lot of irritation in Hank’s vocals.
ISTL Countdown - “Wedding Bells,” Hank Williams Sr, May 1949
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ISTL Countdown - Hank Williams Sr, “Lovesick Blues,” February 11, 1949
Ka-ching, at least for the songwriters (Cliff Friend and Irving Mills) This was a #1 C/W hit, reaching #24 on the Billboard "Most Played on Jukeboxes” list too. Said publication named it the C/W record of the year, while Cashbox awarded it with “Best Hillbilly Record of the Year.” We don’t need no stinking meter! Right now I’m imagining the reactions if, in the movie, Tom yodels “I’m nobody’s sugar daddy now.”
ISTL Countdown - Hank Williams Sr., “A Mansion on the Hill,” December 1948
Not to be confused with Bruce Springsteen’s “Mansion on the Hill,” I suppose, though the overall feelings are the same. Lyrically this is more along the lines of “A Bird in a Gilded Cage” or maybe even “Lyin’ Eyes.” Someday, someone needs to write a song from a woman’s point of view about her ex-man marrying up.