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Waylon Jennings Tops Country Music 'Best Opening Lyrics' Ever List


Posted on Feb 19, 2011 @ 03:15AM - 5 comments

Waylon Jennings may have been known as "the outlaw" but he had a way with words and his opening lyrics from 'Luckenbach, Texas' have been voted the all time best, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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Waylon Jennings may have been known as "the outlaw" but he had a way with words and his opening lyrics from 'Luckenbach, Texas' have been voted the all time best, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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"The only two things in life that make it worth livin'/ Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women," Jennings penned in 1977.

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The lyric was voted best in a poll conducted by AOL Music's country site, The Boot.

Hank Williams' 'I Saw the Light' came in number 2.  Brad Paisley placed two songs in the top 20.

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Super hot Lady Antebellum scored # 20 with "Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor" from their Grammy super hit "Need You Now."

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New Music Releases: Smashing Pumpkins


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Billy Corgan is back with another Smashing Pumpkins album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope 1: Songs for a Sailor, and says the album “harkens back to the original psychedelic roots of The Smashing Pumpkins; atmospheric, melodic, heavy, and pretty,” although he does have a new lineup for the band that includes guitarist Jeff Schroeder, drummer Mike Byrne and bassist Nicole Fiorentino. “Each song we've recorded is like its own movie,” says Corgan, who has offered up the album up for free song-by-song on the band’s website. “Hopefully when you put all 44 songs together they'll create a bigger journey that can only be seen when you have all the pieces to the map.” Of course, die-hard fans can purchase the limited edition box set, which is packaged in a silk-screened wooden box….

True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Volume 2 includes new tracks from Beck, Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello and Robbie Robertson….

Stone Temple Pilots are back with their first album since 2001. The album is self-titled and Don Was produced some tracks…

Jack White’s wife, model Karen Elson, releases her debut album, entitled The Ghost Who Walks and produced by White….

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John Prine’s new album, In Person & On Stage, features guest appearances from Emmylou Harris and Josh Ritter

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The SNL skit-turned-film MacGruber offers up a soundtrack that features tracks by Michael Bolton, Toto, The Black Keys and The Hives

The soundtrack for Sex and the City 2 features new tracks by Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Leona Lewis....

Widespread Panic’s latest offering, Dirty Side Down, includes a cover of Vic Chestnutt’s “This Cruel Thing”….

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