Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music

Have you always thought there was something special about 80s and 90s country music that you've never been able to put your finger on? Why does this music stand out? Well, let's don our cowboy hats, adjust our oversized belt buckles, tease that hair, and see if we can get the bottom of it, by picking apart one song at a time.

Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music is a music podcast hosted by Melton McMaynerbury, with 124 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Melton McMaynerbury hosts Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music, a music show with 124 episodes published.

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  Dissecting "I'll Think of a Reason Later" by Lee Ann Womack - 1998

  Sep 28, 202620 min

  We start to round out the 90s with a lighthearted, neotraditional turn from a pre-I-Hope-You-Dance Lee Ann Womack. It's her hilarious late-1998/early-1999 hit: " I'll Think of a Reason Later ". The slightly tongue-in-cheek lyrics set the stage, but how does Womack charm us with her down-to-earth delivery of them? And what does the Dolly Parton have to do with it?

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  Dissecting "How Do I Live" by Trisha Yearwood & by LeAnn Rimes - 1997

  Sep 14, 202649 min

  1997 takes us back to a moment in time when it made sense for a Nicholas Cage movie to have two different divas record the same Diane Warren song for it. And we're taking advantage of the opportunity for a two-fer, as we look at both Trisha Yearwood's & LeAnn Rimes's parallel hits: 1997's "How Do I Live". Though the different renditions seemed like a big deal at the time, we admit that in hindsight, the two are nearly interchangeable, and neither is particularly "country" in any meaningful sense. But what does that fact tell us about Diane Warren's composition? And if this song doesn't follow many of the typical distinctives we've found in country music, what does it do that made it work at the time?

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  Mini-Episode: Dissecting "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" by Dwight Yoakam

  Sep 7, 20264 min

  Here's a bonus mini-episode on Dwight Yoakam's haunting 1993 hit " A Thousand Miles from Nowhere ," by request from A Symposium of Popular Songs . Enjoy!

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  Dissecting "Strawberry Wine" - by Deana Carter - 1996

  Aug 31, 202626 min

  We take on anthem of feminine coming-of-age in Deana Carter's debut single, 1996's " Strawberry Wine ". I bet you still remember all the words to this karaoke-friendly chorus, but how does this song use sensory imagery to support its strong atmosphere of rural innocence? And why was Deana Carter perfect for it?

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  Dissecting "Wink" by Neal McCoy - 1994

  Aug 3, 202620 min

  We move toward the mid-90s with a song at which I defy you not to smile: Neal McCoy's 1994 hit " Wink ". McCoy's down-to-earth charisma meets its perfect vehicle in this quintessential product of Nashville. But just why do we find this cut so irresistible? And with all those forces in the mix, who's really winking at whom here?

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