Flower Top Ten: A Different Kind of Flower (#6)

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Previously I’ve mentioned my affection for Tommy Smothers as a child. He is a yo-yo master. The weather is trying to impersonate him. Looks like tomorrow will be a stay-in-and-drink-hot-chocolate day. Poor flowers! Here’s a song from my list of favorites with “flower” in the title that can stand up to the weather. #6: A Different Kind of Flower - Ray Price Linda? NO. After all those years of crossovers in the early 70s (“For the Good Times,” “She’s Got to Be a Saint,” “I Won’t Mention It Again”), Ray Price went back to his shuffling roots. Hooray! I’m not much on that pop-era Price, which was such a 180 from what made him a legend. Welcome back to the “real” Ray Price: fiddles and shuffles. Here we have a song with a theme that’s rather common in country music: the rich girl and the poor boy. You can hear this in things from Hank Williams’ “Mansion on a Hill” to Garth Brooks’ “Friends in Low Places.” Eddie Murphy could explain the plot of this song much better (and more profanely, meaning it would be more accurate than my tap-dancing) than I, but suffice it to say Boston girl and southern boy have a quick fling. While he is the one who meant it to be a one-night “love ‘em and leave ‘em” thing, it turns out HE is the one who got smitten. Karma is a female dog, even in country songs. A Different Kind of Flower Written by Gary Sefton Recorded by Ray Price From Reunited, 1977 I just can’t keep country clover on my mind: