Grady Smith I think you should start adding these songs in videos like this to your Spotify playlist

Tim McGraw's Dont Take the Girl is another example of a good story song.

Feel better soon! LOVED THIS VIDEO SM!!

This Cowboys hat or I’m gonna miss her

Convoy and the ride are great songs too

Garth and someone else was talking about seeing the story in a paper and wrote a song about it

I can't believe nothing from Jerry Reed made it

I came here to say this because that's the first thing that comes to mind when somebody mentions a ridiculous Story song

As a truch driver,its not absured.i could tell you some sick crap ive seen.the turn up is diesel!!!!

Sean Lewis called him Amos Moses

"And that, Marjorie, just so you know, and just so your children will one day know, is the night....when the lights....went out...in GEORGIA!" - Julia Sugarbaker

The movie was filmed in the small town I am from in GA.

Love Needs A Holiday was a fun one by Reba

@@ashburnsdeal Trenton GA. Great little town. I spent a lot of time there visiting my uncle.

She actually wasn’t the original singer of this song.

Love it

YES!

Yes! I was shocked it wasn’t on here!

Such a great song.

If you drink enough while hitchhiking anything is possible lol

@Urban Cowboy Well, as storytelling as it may be, it can get absurd. You just don't walk a long walk, get picked up by a drunken ghost of an old country singer. That's where it got absurd. I like the song don't get me wrong, but that's just how it is

@Urban Cowboy And that's pretty much just how The Ride is. Cool story, but gets absurd

Ridin' With The Legend - Keith Bryant is the first time I'd heard a version of this song and I fell in love with it. It was a few years after he died that I'd heard it, he was my grandpa's favorite driver and had also passed on a few months after the accident. So I prefer that version.

Makayla Adams agree on private Malone!

Chain of Love is another one.

That is my favorite song

Goose bumps when I listen to this song

I love that song to death! But man is it crazy.

Tim McGraw Don’t Take the Girl, as well, but that’s a heartbreaker

@@alybrynjohnson2495Agree...very deep song...classic country tune

He had a line in there getting the title on on it it was a list of about twenty years of individual parts

Shut up Kenny

I don’t think I could ever listen to this song and not cry

And in Reba's song "Going Out Like That" she even made a reference to "Fancy" in the beginning: "It's been a while since she put that red dress on and slip into those high heels."

I don't like it because of that

@@tcog9300 if you don’t have anything nice to say, then say nothing.

@@Blablablablabla392 no

"Chicken in black- johnny cash" the most absurd story song I think, tho that ones close

But the Psychobilly Cadillac does exists

Most of Cash’s songs are absurd stories

It was based on a true story.

Cash is King

It's absurd, but intentionally absurd. I'm guessing that's why it's not on the list

It's one my favorites

Connar Back not a story song

or "ticks"

@@chasemeyer It's very intentional yes. When the chorus starts with 'Well, I'm gonna miss her...when I get back...'

Love that song! Haha

But that’s a line all the women in my family use now. Carter gave us all a gift with that one.

I love that song and the video is equally great.

Yes, that is pure madcap

The thing about that song is that the police chief must have had a reputation, because one can surmise from his wife's reaction that she already knew about his cheating ways.

One hundred percent agree!!

First song that I thought of when I saw "absurd story song."

But sooo fun to sing on a school bus in middle school! Lol

I agree Toby has some wild stories.

Also Who's Your Daddy and It's A Little Too Late.

Yes! Toby Keith is an absolute gold mind for this topic! :)

You mean Sk8er Boi

Yeah, definitely

Mississippi Squirrel Revival is a comedy song-it’s deliberately crazy.

Nothing wrong with a squirrel going to church

@@crackerjacksomething2033 i feel like Harv Newton might disagree.

@@austinveno6743 that’s ok he’ll get over it

Third Rock from the sun as well.

I'll throw in Mississippi Squirrel Revival. I'm pretty sure that's country even though it's primarily comedy. Does The Streak also count as country? ...man, I miss Music with Moskowitz.

Also, The One I Loved Back Then kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJeClK99xM2Yl2Q.html Which is one of the few two-verse songs that I think is the full expression of an idea. Most country songs with just verses make me think they haven't been fully developed, but this one is great ^_^

Or It sure is Monday

Rhett Kelly hit just where I was aimin!

Me too! Presumably, he survived as well? Idk

Omg yesss I wanna know so bad

SAME!!!!

@Karen Carpenter-Shoals I wondered that too. But what if the teacher was headed to vacation and the farmer was going for higher education. It never explicitly says

Pshhh farmers don't take vacations lol

one of my favorite songs too!!

he doesn't know anything about country music or anything else.

This is truly an absurd story song!

MY FAVORITE!!! it's a 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56...

ontxtteredwxngs automobile

And it didn't cost me a dime... sorry

Heh, salami slicing...and LOL THE AUCTIONEER JOKE AT THE END

I actually _perform_ that song, and when I get to that part, I sing, _The Georgia patrol was makin' the rounds, so he fired a shot just to flag 'em down, and a big-bellied sherif grabbed his gun, and said, 'why'dja do it? Fool_ ...

Yes, but it was intentionally absurd. The guy who wrote and recorded it was a dentist in San Francisco who was part of an amateur bluegrass band, and his goofy Christmas joke song went viral.

How about "Grandpa got runned over by a John Deere" (Cledus T Judd)? If you haven't heard of him Cledus does funny parodies of other (mostly country) songs. It is absurd but it's hilarious.

Marty was country when country was just that

Always felt that his songs would make a good movie

I think that the absurdity loses a lot of its "WTF?!" punch when it's from a known comedy artist.

I agree. This is still my favorite song ever. And not all of his music is comedy

But, that’s deliberately silly.

That song makes me smile the entire time I'm listening to it

willow rayn I think that’d be better suited on the “sad story” list.

YES! One of my top fave country songs.

Don’t bake the squirrel

Yeah, the guy in that song is such a pussy. Trynna give the guy his wallet and car keys instead of being a man and defending his self and the aforementioned girl.

The Little Girl - John Michael Montgomery

That’s a great one but it’s pretty sad, he’s focusing more on absurd story lines…I love this song as well ❤️

Saaaame. The dixie chicks are some of my favourites even though most of their songs are older than me

I always thought it cool that they got a big tv/movie star as Dennis Franz to play the husband.

It definitely belongs on this list although I'm not a fan of the Dixie Chicks.

@@Bahrta_sai and that's completely okay🙌

That's a tear jerker

Olive Rose but unfortunately not an absurd story. Sadly happens way too much.

One of the most beautiful saddest songs ever. Maybe even sadder than he stopped loving her today

That song unfortunately doesn't belong with a group of absurd songs, it is all too real.

Coward of the county- Kenny Rogers

The Gambler gives more of a life lesson, than being absurd

😢😢rip

Daniel Wedgeworth Tommy NEVER threw a punch in his life until that song but he took out “three of them” Gatlin boys?

That's a terrible comment

No worries, it took me quite a few listens over a long time to get it as well haha

Same girl 😂😂😂

Yeah that's what i told him

Ole Red is Blake Shelton signature song. Lol

I have a list of 15 songs that didn't make it -- that was one. I figured it could be in a video about sad songs too.

Grady Smith Awesome. Loving the videos btw. Keep it up Grady!

I’m a big Johnny cash fan love boy named sue

@@GradySmith Would LOVE a sad songs video. Or best heartbreak songs! Loving the content, Grady!

Brandon can’t say I’ve been so lucky haha I love that and all GB songs too

Or Strawberry Wine. The roles are both reversed

Ohh that’s a good one too!

I always thought that was just a country music ripoff of the movie "Summer of '42".

@@Marlboro65 What about "The Beaches of Cheyenne?" That just was odd... and sad... and where the hell are they keeping the beaches in Wyoming?

“Me Neither” by Brad Paisley is comic genius.

That Alan song was the first track I've thought about before watching the video. It is super crazy lmao

Brilliant picks!

I was thinking "Last Name" by Carrie Underwood.

There should be a part 2. And it better have I Don't Even Know Your Name by Alan Jackson.

I love that song, but is it really an ABSURD story song? I think it would belong on a different story song video/playlist.

same vibe as "the farmer's daughter" by rodney atkins

Did you know Luke Bryan wrote good directions I found that out a few years ago.

That is one of my all time favorites!

@@donnalynn2 Mine too!

For a few listens it's pretty funny but gets old quick.

Idk many people who know that one tho so it wouldn't surprise me if he doesnt

I love that song

ieatyomama that song always makes me laugh

Chevelle shepherd does an awesome rendition

I was thinking Miranda lambert when he said that someone should cover it, she would be perfect for it

I'm surprised no one talked about the movie Harper Valley PTA with Barbara Eden!

That would be great

It's so funny , my sister was 12 years older than me and I grew up hearing my mother speak those same words to my sister - When you are raised in an old southern family one must always behave appropriately in public

It's a bummer Pirates of the Mississippi didn't quite make it

Feed Jake was amazing. 😭

Also pretty good at drinking beer

My favourite.

I always just call that song “turnip greens” lol

I came down to the comments to write exactly this! It's a rollercoaster ride of a song lol

Yeah man definitely a great song ! But not "Absurd" ...

Jesse Marks 100% should be

Cause Tim McGraw sucks

@@joetroutt7425 finally someone else gets it.

It's not absurd

He should make a video on sad/heartbreaking/tearjerker story songs, if he hasn't already. This song would absolutely be on it!

Ic youve heard George Strait I can still make Cheyenne it part of the same story

"Beaches" is sometimes used to describe the outside edge of the area. So it kind of combines the beaches near where she lived and the "beaches" where her husband died. If you know rodeo, it makes sense.

@@abbiholz9274 interesting. Then why do they talk about the ocean, footprints in the sand, and the water?

@@highnoon9333 she did live out in California by the ocean. So its more drawing comparison between the two. "And of you go down by the water, you'll see her footprints in the sand cause every night she walks the beaches of cheyenne". So if you go to where she died, you'll see footprints on the California beach, because shes walking the beaches of Cheyenne. I dont know the best way to explain it, but the song shouldn't be taken literally word for word.

@@abbiholz9274 ok got it

That's Mississippi squirrel revival. The haircut song is pretty funny too. Although not politically correct but funny

Mississippi Squirrel Revival

So many Ray Stevens songs were story songs, I love them all. I dig the song Sittin' Up with the Dead.

@@DJWidget Ray Stevens is a gold mine of absurd songs. But I love every one of them.

Cassplease yes pleaseee

He doesn't know country music history... or music history... or music in general. I think he has chosen to go in a different direction in which you use your beta voice to ramble for way too long about shit you know nothing about.

Her or Miranda

Or Ashley Mcbryde!!!

I was just thinking Miranda Lambert could pull it off pretty well too.

For some reason the first person I thought of to do it was Jillian Jacqueline

I’ve got Lorrie Morgan’s version & it’s pretty good.

Toby 👎. Red Soli Cup is by the Beavers Boys and others. At least Toby didn’t steal this song and claim it was his, like he did with REK’s The Road Goes on Forever (which would have been a good song for this list.)

@@MrTXForester YES it would have.

Or Coat of Many Colors

@@robertewalt7789 He actually mentions Coat of Many Colors in the intro. I don't think there's anything that ridiculous about Jolene.

"You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly"

Tyler Tschetter u can’t forget about The chicken in Black- Johnny cash

Yes, such a great song!

Had this song in my head during the whole video. Lol

I was waiting for that to be number one!

I love that song!

Ick. One of the most cringey songs...

No? It's how we talk down south. I live in Houston but still say "Go down to Dallas/Austin/Fort Worth etc."

Doodle Dog it actually implies that the devil was up north and went south to Georgia

Cherish Wishon ITS A JOKE

Doodle Dog I never ever thought of it that way! Mind blown

yeah it sucks here

Did you ever watch the full movie ?

Jaymi Adams I had no clue there was a movie I’ll definitely look into it sorry for the late reply KZfaq failed to notify me of your reply to my comment 🤦🏻‍♀️

Yep it's older with the star of I dream of genie but it was an interesting movie.

I grew up in the 70s, i remember watching the movie as well. Barbara Eden starred in it. It was all taken directly from the song. It was a made for tv movie, might be hard to find it. Worth the watch though. Barbara Eden was a hot commodity back then and she never showed her belly button!

Donna Lynn when I watched I found the. Full movie on KZfaq

Thank you! My take on that song for ages has been, "Good song, bad theology."

Yes! There are good story songs and then there in Uneasy Rider which is clearly in a league of its own.

Through family Im related to Ray Stevens. never met him but my parents have! looking at the family tree.... he was lying about the whole situation. lol

Original done by Lonso and Oscar.

boo676767 that’s a classic!

That one is the best ever.

Is that really a story song? The Ride would be a better DAC song for that list I think.

It would have been the best Country song had it mentioned prisons, trucks, mama and trains

It’s still the perfect country and western song

I love Riding With Private Malone

Also amazing

Based off a true story

Wheat fields give Garth wood.

That's what I was thinking.

Came here to say this!

Love that song especially Reba's version.

I've long been struck by the compare-and-contrast between "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" and "Goodbye, Earl" -- because you have the same thing, a deliberate murder, and yet in "Earl" it's celebrated, while in "Georgia" it's a horrible ending of injustice and regrets, the idea that murder is not done in a vacuum and leaves the community (and innocent lives) harmed regardless of how much the murder victims might or might not have "deserved" it. For that reason, I think it's the more moral of the two songs. It also interests me that one of the two victims (the guy) seemed redeemable (came clean to the husband, was possibly trying to do right even though he'd slipped up), and that we never do hear much about the woman other than that she was a cheater who slept around. Possibly, given time to cool off, the husband could have reconciled with her, or else sent her away and moved on, but by taking the step to murder, his sister sealed the fate of all involved.

Daniel Hund best song ever

Ngl he copied David Allan Coe’s The Ride

Mabey its not absurd in his opinion I love Reba McIntire.

That’s exactly what I was gonna comment

@@babybeesmusic but did you know she was the third person to record it?

Ms. de Bourgh of Rosings lost his mind!

@EMILY GRAY I'm a big Austen fan. :-) With or without Zombies. ;-) My account icon is taken from the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie. I never saw the movie, but the book--and particularly the audiobook performance of it--is hilarious. Elizabeth and Lady Catherine have a Kung Fu duel while discussing the former's reported engagement to Mr. Darcy. Crouching Tiger style. Awesome. :-)

Grabbed an alagator and fought another round.

Oh wow, i almost forgot about Marie Lavou! I loved that song when i was in 7th grade

"Marie Laveau" is totally one of the awesomest songs!

"Better hide all them high heeled shoes..." Haha!!