Country Music

[potentiality_26]

I watched Ken Burns' Country Music.  I'm not normally into documentaries but that was really freaking good.  That's the history of my nation right there- war, poverty, racism, genius, capitalism... it's got it all.  

Anyway I cried a lot. 

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[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Aw. I am from South Carolina and was raise, in part, by my grandmother. There was a radio in the corner of the kitchen counter and WCOS went on at 5:30 am and didn't go off until everyone went to bed. It was the soundtrack of my whole early childhood, and I know all the songs, all of them, for a certain group of years. I've left all of that behind a long time ago, but I would probably cry, too.

[potentiality_26]

Oh wow, yes, you must know all those songs!

I have some records from my grandparents that I recognized a lot of the songs and singers from, but I definitely don't have those kind of memories- so I was a little surprised by the amount of nostalgia that apparently exists in me where this music and this history is concerned.

[corvidology]

I'm really looking forward to watching it as I've heard nothing but great things about it.

[potentiality_26]

It's really excellent!