upminer

Reception is spotty at best... I understand the co workers same at my place actually my counselor said so many of us take to alcohol who work here for one reason or another... It's in the culture of the area for sure. I luck out though because I work alone from a pickup truck on a pipeline I only start and end my shift in the plant for the daily pre shift meeting.

Spacegoat

Not bad trachemys, and definitely country! Good crescendo toward the end, and a nice selection of bluegrass instruments in the mix.

Keep up the good fight upminer. If thats how you feel, maybe get some new cds in your truck? If you don't have a cd burner all that, maybe ask someone into computers to burn some off for you. Anyone who is into music loves to share it. All the best

Tonks

Invest in an mp3 player or your smartphone, and an FM transmitter attachment for it if your work truck doesn't have an AUX input. Can play your own music over whatever station you choose.

Soberpotamus

I find the same frustration sometimes while reading a good book. There's the alcohol, and there's the angst.

It's odd... revisiting the writing I used to read while drinking. I'm processing it differently now.

upminer

Never thought of an fm transmitter ill look into that... I think I drive one of the only 2013 model trucks made without even an aux input...

ForMyGirls

Yeah, I love country music, and it seems a lot of it lately is all about alcohol, but so is TV, books, billboards, coworkers, etc, etc...

Here's one of my favorite country songs of all time, and is where I stole my signature line. I'm sure a lot of us here can relate (I know I can)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e77BakjRrdU

upminer

That's a good one.... Still remember the first time I saw this sitting at the kitchen table with a hangover.... Bought the cd that day. It took me awhile to grasp it all but this was the interview that related to me "training yourself" to drink and still fulfill your duties.... http://www.npr.org/2013/06/10/190372...th-to-sobriety

upminer

Double post

Spacegoat

Hey I think I got to the real root of why country music is driving you nuts on the radio…



All of the songs are the same! As in literally. They must be made in China now or something?

tomsteve

I've been listening to country music for a long time( and might seem strange I can jump from it to heavy metal to classical) but I must be missing something. I don't notice every song having alcohol in it. Yeah, there's songs that talk about alcohol but not all of em.
And it's in every genre of music.

trachemys

Holy duplication, Stratman! I nearly wet myself laughing at that.

Mikie9

HAHAHA Stratman!

upminer, find a transmitter. I used one for awhile. They aren't perfect, but better than listening to songs you don't care for.

Spacegoat

True that. Transmitter will do the job, have had a few of them

Haha yeah 3 guitarists, one solo

Mikie9

That was awesome lol

Spacegoat

Hehe

qbee223

Blech i get it. Country music is nothing but trash and triggers nowadays.

Nofearnobeer

Know what ya mean....Brantley Gilbert is my fav at the moment....lol , his tunes don't help much , but still great music...Hang in there...

zerothehero

I like both kinds of music: Country AND Western...

But seriously, commerical radio in any genre is mostly painful.

Here's a good country tune (different country maybe), but I can't figure out how to link from the youtube app on my ipad. So, go to youtube and search "Richard Thompson - God Loves a Drunk - Seattle 1990." I was at that show and must have been standing almost right next to whoever filmed it. There were a bunch of loud, obnoxious drunks in the audience and then he busted it out. I remember sobbing through it, thinking about my mom. It's a beautiful, sad, angry, mournful piece. Check it out.

Mikie9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-noSz2XsIY

upminer

Got a transmitter for my iPhone... Very happy with it for what it is.