Comments on: Fifteen, There’s Still Time For You.

By: Kevin J. Coyne

Kevin J. Coyne — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:16:40 +0000

Chris N,

Have you heard Wynonna’s cover of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”? It’s more blues than country, but I love it.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:18:28 +0000

“Time of Your Life” just always reminds me of the Seinfeld finale. It’s the first time I heard it.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:09:39 +0000

Lynn,

I love “Time of Your Life” too. It got me to like Green Day. I’m surprised, really, that country artists have covered Five For Fighting songs.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:02:06 +0000

I love “100 Years” as well. I made a slideshow of family pictures a few years back and that is one of the key songs on it. That, and “Save the Last Dance for Me,” which I’ve always loved. Both songs make me feel incredibly nostalgic.

It’s not country, but Green Day’s “Time of Your Life” is also a favorite. It came out right about the time I was transferring colleges, and it always reminds me that life might not take the path you expect, but that you have to appreciate the journey for what it is. (Cheesy, I know. ;)

(Off topic, but with regards to Taylor Swift, you can actually hear some Five for Fighting influence in a few of her songs. I hear it in “White Horse,” for example)

I’ll think about this longer and come back…

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:35:03 +0000

I’d definatly agree with “Hello” by Sugarland, for some reason it seems like it’s bittersweet in some way, which in some ways life often is. “Hello” in the lyric sense, reminds me of Deanna’s “Strawberry Wine” and the somber “Georgia Rain” by Trisha Yearwood

Another mention is Faith’s “Secret Of Life” while I don’t consider it as moving as some of the other suggestions it sure makes you think about life.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:39:31 +0000

Something about “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” has rung a bell for me ever since I was a kid. I always thought the truth about the darkness of the world was in that song, and that I should take heed.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:19:58 +0000

Carson, I agree with you on “Fifteen” – It reminds me of when I was 15, and how long ago that was now.

And Sugarland’s song “Hello”‘s last verse makes me think about life in general – How quickly it comes and go, and how sometimes memories are all the remain.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:15:24 +0000

Great post, Kevin. What I love about country music is that it has so many songs that make me reflect. Like Michael, it often has to do with timing for me. The last couple of months have been somewhat hectic and uncertain in a couple of areas for me. So, Wynonna’s “Rescue Me” really hit me when it came up on my ipod a month or so ago. I’ve liked that song all along, but it was like hearing it for the first time that day.

Oddly enough, at around 15, I had a somewhat secret dream of being in the music business too. I really wanted it to happen, but never really took it seriously enough to actually pursue it. So, it’s funny that I “accidentally” landed here.

By: Martin in NY

Martin in NY — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:02:03 +0000

Kevin,

What a truly beautiful post.

The song that always does this for me is “Carefree Highway” by Gordon Lightfoot. I remember even when I was a kid and heard it for the first time, it made me self-reflective.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:29:58 +0000

Interesting thread. First of all, after reading this post I checked out the writer bios in the About Us section to see whose entries I’ve been making all these comments on in the past few weeks. (By the way, I discovered your site via the9513.com.) I was surprised to find that, contrary to most people’s perceptions of a country fan, many of you are a lot like me. I’m also turning 30 next year, work in education and live on a coast (California). I discovered country music when I was in my early teens in Michigan. Although I do listen to all types of music, for some reason I’ve never found another genre that speaks to me like country.
As for the topic at hand, I’m not sure if this counts but the first song that came to my mind was Wynonna’s “What the World Needs Now”. I had heard it before but it came on my iPod at the gym one day when I was on the treadmill watching a closed captioned CNN report on the aftermath of a college shooting. I have to admit, its simple message made my eyes a little misty. It’s all about timing I guess. I remember versions of Tim McGraw’s “Please Remember Me” and Lonestar’s “I’m Already There” being spliced with news footage from a similar tragedy and the war in Iraq respectively and I found them to be quite moving too.

I suppose there are other songs that make me reflect on life (Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic”, Kathy Mattea’s “Standing Knee Deep In a River”, etc.) but these were the first to come to mind.

Thank you.