Earl's Gotta Die

[racvb]

Not many radio stations are playing the Dixie Chicks' new single,
"Earl's Gotta Die" about a battered wife who conspires with a friend to
"off" the husband. It's both funny and poignant.

Ironically, it has created the first "answer" song in a long time.
Remember "King Of The Road" followed by "Queen Of The House?"

Well, "Earl's Gotta Die" will be followed by an "answer" song by country
star Tracey Lawrence ...

It's called, "Please Don't Kill Me!"

[Coop]

racvb wrote:

The song is called "Goodbye Earl" and I've heard it quit a bit.

Coop

[Stacy Pleasant]

racvb wrote
>Not many radio stations are playing the Dixie Chicks' new single,

I think the song is great; however, I, myself, have a slight problem with
placing murder in such a humorous light. Actually, it's probably not so
much the humor alone as many songs have done this. It's the inter-twining
of the serious and the humor that have me a bit apprehensive of the tune.
This probably makes no sense because I cannot exactly put it into words.
When I first heard the song and Natalie sang the line "Earl's Gotta Die", I
did a complete double-take. This caught me off guard as it was not what I
was expecting. However, like I said, the song's addictive, the beat is
great, and Natilie's vocals are at their best on the song.

Thanks,
Stacy Brian Pleasant
'The secret of life is there ain't no secret!'

[Balecox]

Kinda sounds like both to me...but you are right, it is more Fried Green than
Thelma...Patsi

[Prnzofthvs]

>The song is called "Goodbye Earl" and I've heard it quit a bit.
>
>Coop

What perplexes me is that DJ's are referring to "Thelma and Louise." when they
mention it. Seems more like "Fried Green Tomatoes" to me.

Steve
"You got to stand for somethin', or you'll fall for anything."
Aaron Tippin

[Ken Teller]

Around these parts we would refer to Earl as "needin'
killin' for some time now." The poor girl in the song must be

a yankee, or an orphan, cause right around the time Earl put
her in the hospital down here, her Daddy (and/or her Uncles or

Brothers) would have taken old Earl out for some midnight
bottom fishing....and that would be about the end of that.
Then the song would have been called "Earl Must Have Run Off"
(He was a no-account boy, anyways and the girl is better off
without him.)

>Not many radio stations are playing the Dixie Chicks' new single,

[James Michael Randorff]

In article <37F8C36D...@ridgenet.net>, racvb <ra...@ridgenet.net> writes:

>Well, "Earl's Gotta Die" will be followed by an "answer" song by country
>star Tracey Lawrence ...
>
>It's called, "Please Don't Kill Me!"

OK, this may be leaving myself open for a "Here's Your Sign" comment... but
are you serious, or are you just kidding about this?

Later,
~~ James Michael Randorff (jran...@aol.com)
~~ http://hometown.aol.com/jrandorff/index.html

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world... she walks into
mine." -- The late, great, Humphrey Bogart, from "Casablanca"