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Non-country songs that sound country.

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I heard "We're Never Ever Getting Back Together", by Taylor Swift, on a country radio station playing at work. Then, later on in the same day after I got home from work, I listened to a few songs. One of them was "I Will Wait", by Mumford and Sons.

To my ears, "I Will Wait" actually sounds far more country. It even has a banjo. But I don't remember ever hearing that song on any country station.

I'll admit that I'm not really into country, with the exception of a small number of songs. So I'm not really an expert on country. But I was just curious if anyone else has any opinions about this sort of thing, about the non-country songs that sound more country than some songs released by country artists.
 
Certainly any song with a steel guitar and a bit of "twang" in the singing can "sound country"... for example, Elton John's "Tiny Dancer".

But it always strikes me as odd when country stations play Exile's "Kiss You All Over". Yes, it is a song done by what later became a country group, and was their biggest hit. But it is not a country song in the slightest!
 
Lionel Richie's "Stuck On You" got some country radio airplay when it was new. He later recorded a duet with Alabama ("Deep River Woman").
 
satech said:
Lionel Richie's "Stuck On You" got some country radio airplay when it was new. He later recorded a duet with Alabama ("Deep River Woman").
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I think both would be considered country.

"Still" and "Three Times a Lady" could have passed for country during their era.
 
You're both absolutely right about Crosby, Stills and Nash. Stephen Stills cut his musical teeth as a youngster growing up in Texas, and couldn't help but pass on the sound that influenced his formidable years.

Another artist whose music oozed with country nuance was Michael Nesmith, the only truly accomplished musician among the Monkees.
 
satech said:
But it always strikes me as odd when country stations play Exile's "Kiss You All Over". Yes, it is a song done by what later became a country group, and was their biggest hit. But it is not a country song in the slightest!
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Exile later recorded a country version of "Kiss You All Over." I am not for certain if that version ever got any significant airplay or not.
 
How about "Carolina in My Mind" and "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor? (probably other songs by him too, but those are two which come to my mind first.)
 
Clay McCauley said:
How about Bob Dylan's Lay Lady Lay, Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight, Eagles Seven Bridges Road & Michael Johnson's Bluer Than Blue?
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Dylan's Lay Lady Lay sounded like country because it was targeted at the country market, thanks to an assist by no less than Johnny Cash... The early day Eagles were packaged as country "rockers". That started changing though with New Kid In Town, circa 1977.
 
jfrancispastirchak said:
Dylan's Lay Lady Lay sounded like country because it was targeted at the country market, thanks to an assist by no less than Johnny Cash... The early day Eagles were packaged as country "rockers". That started changing though with New Kid In Town, circa 1977.
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Pretty much everything the Eagles have ever done can be considered "country" music in varying degrees, and has been covered by numerous country artists.

Another one, again covered by country artists: Marc Cohn - "Walking in Memphis"
 
Also:

America - Sister Golden Hair
Brian McFadden - Real To Me
James Taylor - Country Road
John Mayer - Why Georgia
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles
Pure Prairie League - Amie
Richard Marx - Straight From My Heart
Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough
Vonda Shepard - Reason To Believe
 
To me, some of the songs that the New Kids On The Block did back in the day could have been country songs if they were just done in country form. :) :) :)

God bless you and them always!!! :) :) :)

Holly

P.S. I was six when they first made it big and thanks to the influence of certain people who were around me at that time, I was crazy about them too. :) :) :)
 
satech said:
Also:

America - Sister Golden Hair
Brian McFadden - Real To Me
James Taylor - Country Road
John Mayer - Why Georgia
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles
Pure Prairie League - Amie
Richard Marx - Straight From My Heart
Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough
Vonda Shepard - Reason To Believe
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Bojangles was the creative gift of country singer/songwriter, Jerry Jeff Walker. And you can thank the late country crooner Keith Whitley for When You Say Nothing At All
 
^^^ And you can thank Alison Krauss for being the first to bring back "When You Say Nothing At All". :) :) :)

God bless you and her always!!! :) :) :)

Holly (a fan of Alison since 1994)
 
James Otto Sweet Heart said:
^^^ And you can thank Alison Krauss for being the first to bring back "When You Say Nothing At All". :) :) :)
God bless you and her always!!! :) :) :)

Holly (a fan of Alison since 1994)
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Good point. But enough about my nose...
 
^^^ I didn't say anything about your nose. I was talking about Alison Krauss. :) :) :)

God bless you and her always!!! :) :) :)

Holly (a fan of her since 1994)
 
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