Merle Haggard -- Okie From Muskogee

1968

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[Nishra93]

Someone directed me here.

[Thi nk]

Classic song about the way things used to be- moral-minded, genuinely content people who got joy from other things besides drugs. Plus, this song represents a lifestyle.. unfortunately, one which has been replaced with metro-sexual, contemporary, apathetic generation without a moral set of beliefs but just "go with the flow".

[john ohara]

kinky friedmans version

(beep) hole from el paso

[Hunter Tidwell]

Its satire. He wrote it because he was angry at the more extreme protesters who said that the Vietnamese communists were in the right (both sides were in the wrong). He knew what it meant to have freedom taken away (prison). He made the song more extreme as a sort of spoof of the opposite of a hippie. From wikipedia: He always considered what became a redneck anthem to be a spoof, and even the hippies that are derided in the lyrics have taken a liking to the song and find humor in the lyrics.

[Nishra93]

It's not the choice of lifestyle I disagree with. It's the looking down on anything different. People who can relate to these lyrics tend to be the kind who love to shove their ideologies and beliefs down other people's throats. I'm sure you know what I mean...

[Asterope7]

An anthem for the resistance to the communists working hard to take OUR country from us!!!!!!!!!!!

[Leyawiin84]

I'm proud to be a CIO (California Improved Okie) from Merced.

[Nishra93]

I thought that part was kind of obvious.

[Todd V]

No you did not. You simply stated that you thought the lyrics were shallow/bullshit. You did not explain why you thought that was the case.

[Nishra93]

I did. Thoroughly so at that...

[Todd V]

I think you'd get a lesser amount of hate-replies if you explained your position.