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Originally Posted by Drjohnrock
Over the years, I've heard countless songs about how bad city life is and how it would be great to move to, or back to, the country, the farm, blah blah blah. The late Mark E. Smith was of the opposite opinion, as "Hard Life In Country", from 1982's underrated Room To Live album:
"It's hard to live in the country/in the present state of things/your body gets pulled right back/you get a terrible urge to drink." And by the song's end, things are much worse there for the narrator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUiB...&start_radio=1
And then there's "Contraflow", from the 2003 album The Real New Fall LP:
"I hate the countryside so much/I hate the country folk so much.":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=calb...&start_radio=1 |
I don't know about farms and such but after 40 years of living in big cities I'm so ready to spend a few months in a country house with just the babe and the dog somewhere where it rains every day and you don't hear loud people.
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