Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers Dies.

[Cycleops]

The singer of those unforgettable songs Lucille and The Gambler and many others passed away aged 81 at his home in Georgia of natural causes.
One of the true icons of country music, may he rest in peace.

 

[Rocky]

Islands in the Stream with Dolly Parton - I really like that. RIP.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

That's sad to hear.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Thats sad, one of my favourite singers.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Ruby was my favourite

He certainly lived his life to the full

 

[winjim]

Will the curse of 2016 never end?

 

[PaulB]

This is my tribute to him. I've always had a soft spot for this song so I did a version of it.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCyV6zfwy_w

 

[Beebo]

A feminist may feel that ‘coward of the county‘, a pleasant song about gang rape, focused a little too much on the feelings of the boyfriend getting revenge rather than his girlfriend’s feelings about the situation.

and for the record i quite like the song, but viewed in these enlightened times i feels a bit dated.

 

[Drago]

He picked a fine time to leave us.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

A feminist may feel that ‘coward of the county‘, a pleasant song about gang rape, focused a little too much on the feelings of the boyfriend getting revenge rather than his girlfriend’s feelings about the situation.

Yeah yeah.

Tell us, what is an armchair identity politics social warrior's view on the exact ratio of revenge and feelings that one should apply to a cowboy song on the topic. What should we strive for?

 

[Dave7]

Those Gatlin boys will be happy
I liked his 'Gambler' song and think those words are important in life....."you have to know when to hold them, know when to fold them". They have helped me make a few decisions over the years

 

[Rocky]

He picked a fine time to leave us.

Four hundred children and a crop in the fields.........he obviously had a very large family.

 

[Archie_tect]

" a crop" ???

All these years and I never knew...

 

[Deleted member 1258]

A feminist may feel that ‘coward of the county‘, a pleasant song about gang rape, focused a little too much on the feelings of the boyfriend getting revenge rather than his girlfriend’s feelings about the situation.

and for the record i quite like the song, but viewed in these enlightened times i feels a bit dated.

Why bring this crap into this thread? lets just remember a great singer that sang some great songs.

 

[Archie_tect]

Dave, apparently it's 'crop'... I just found that out too.