The Ballad of the Hillbilly and Her Countdowns
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86828)
United States
December 3, 2022 11:29am CST
New countdown time!
Have you ever noticed the number of songs that have “the ballad of” in their title? It’s not as bad now as it was “back then,” but you could swing a balladeer without hitting a song titled the ballad of something back in the 60s and 70s.
So….here come the ballad ballads! 
Yes, there will be country music.
Yes, there will be rock and roll.
And no, not many of these songs are “ballads” in the musical style sense (a slow song).
As for our teaser, I wish to heck they’d recorded this. I remember when this happened because I listened to Rockline all the time. Enjoy Mike Mills and Peter Buck singing “The Ballad of Cat Ballou.”
Yes, there will be country music.
Yes, there will be rock and roll.
And no, not many of these songs are “ballads” in the musical style sense (a slow song).
As for our teaser, I wish to heck they’d recorded this. I remember when this happened because I listened to Rockline all the time. Enjoy Mike Mills and Peter Buck singing “The Ballad of Cat Ballou.”
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
4 Dec 22
I vaguely remember it. I need to watch it again. Dad was into funny westerns like that when I was a kid (that’s how Blazing Saddles became the second R-rated movie I ever saw).
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
5 Dec 22
@JudyEv — in Blazing Saddles Mongo knocked the horse down, so it was Cat Ballou.
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@JudyEv (382412)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 22
@FourWalls Now you have me wondering if it was Blazing Saddles where I saw the horse but I'm pretty sure it was Cat Ballou.
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@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
3 Dec 22
That is true there is ballad in a lot of songs like that. Mike Ness Miss lady he bit country and a bit punk rock and roll. Why people love him I suppose. Stay true to you. Your song will be Mike Ness Approved. I like how the beat is kind of what Mike Ness uses. Why music is neat, you can learn things from people so different than you.
Why music is neat, you can learn things from people so different than you.
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@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
4 Dec 22
@FourWalls According to him he is just rock and roll but fans say different. You one of the most oldest punk rockers still alive. I find it neat, not sure Mike does.
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
4 Dec 22
@crossbones27 — hey, I’m glad he’s made it. You don’t have to cash in at 21 like Sid Vicious did to “prove” you’re a punk.
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
4 Dec 22
You realize Mike Ness is 60 now? What happens when our punkers get old????
Sounds like he’s been listening to a lot of Johnny Cash in that song. 
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@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Dec 22
Do not know this one, but the interesting idea here, I will be interested to see what you come up with. Meanwhile, I have taken up Christmas songs, the popular ones, not the traditional ones,
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
4 Dec 22
That should be fun.
By the way, did you know Latvian singer Haralds Simanis? He passed away the other day. He was 71. I listened to a couple of his songs on You Tube, he had a nice voice.
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@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Dec 22
@FourWalls thanks for the info. I will check it out online. I know quite a few that sing popular Latvian songs and have some of the songs on my favorite list on YouTube. I looked online and yes, I have heard some songs by him. He had an interesting background born into a Latvian-Gypsy family.
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
4 Dec 22
I haven’t seen it in eons. It’s not like one that stuck in my mind like glue.
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
4 Dec 22
Oh you’ve ever heard of R.E.M.?? I’m gonna make you stay with the breakfast club for lying like that!
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@LindaOHio (222728)
• United States
4 Dec 22
That last countdown was over so soon. :-(
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
4 Dec 22
Time flies when I don’t use country music. 
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@popciclecold (40214)
• United States
3 Dec 22
Didn't Nat King Cole sing that too. Never heard this one.
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
4 Dec 22
Yes, Nat King Cole had the hit. I just liked the way Mike and Peter sang it out of the blue. Like Coburn said, “That was the last song I was expecting you to do.”
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@popciclecold (40214)
• United States
4 Dec 22
@FourWalls Thank, had never heard the other.. Have a great day.
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@Marilynda1225 (91144)
• United States
3 Dec 22
Hey I remember that movie (is that good or bad thing?)
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@FourWalls (86828)
• United States
4 Dec 22
I guess it’s good because I don’t remember it all that well. Always loved the theme song though.
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