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Country Music Is Good For The Soul

While the weather starts to get a little nicer, open those windows and turn it up!

Jessica Gavigan

Feb 28, 2017

Nazareth College

Jessica Gavigan

I personally am one of those girls with an extremely eclectic taste in music. I listen to rap for one song and then the next I’m on The Jonas Brothers Radio (yes -- they’re stuff still rocks). But when it comes to what really gets me going, the music that I instantly turn up when I’m happy, the music I use to focus, that’s country for sure.

If you’re one of those “I hate country music” types of people, here are some suggestions:

Try listening to it first; a lot of those individuals I know that dislike country music, have never actually listened to it.

Don’t just listen to one song or one artist and write it off; there are so many different styles when it comes to country. Yes, sometimes it all sounds the same but if you give variance to the artists you listen, I guarantee you’ll find something you love.

Have a beer while you’re listening; I’ve never met a single person that can be upset with country music blaring and a beer in their hand…(yes it could be the beer but work with me people).

Listen to it at different times; when you’re sad, country is a great way to let yourself cry. When you’re happy, country is a great way to keep yourself on that high, it all depends on the song you’re listening to.

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 100 times; country music is good for your soul. Nothing is better than driving down back roads in July with all of the windows down blasting country music. Laying on the beach soaking up the sun? Country music…sorry but no one can relax to hard-core rap.

Here are a few of my favorites for all you indecisive folks out there:

Saddness: Who You’d Be Today – Kenny Chesney / Tonight I Wanna Cry – Keith Urban

Lovey: H.O.L.Y – Florida Georgia Line / All I Want to Do – Sugarland

Happy: American Country Love Song – Jake Owen / Hey Heartbreak – Jennifer Nettles

Hurting: Ditry Laundry – Carrie Underwood / Little Toy Guns – Carrie Underwood

Nostalgia: Thank God for Hometowns – Carrie (again) / If My Truck Could Talk – Jason Aldean

Heartbroken: All Too Well – Taylor Swift / Holding Out For a Hero – Ella Mae Bowen

Adventurous: How Far Do You Wanna Go – Gloriana / Fast Cars & Freedom – Rascal Flatts

Lost: If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away – Justin Moore / Like Jesus Does – Eric Church

Tipsy: Down On The Farm – Tim McGraw / Gonna Know We Were Here – Jason Aldean

Accepting: All Kinds of Kinds – Miranda Lambert / Who I Am – Jessica Andrews

Hopeful: When I Pray For You – Dan + Shay / If I Told You – Darius Rucker

Stuck: Chaser – Carrie Underwood / Banjo – Rascal Flatts

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All names should be "unisex names."

1. Communicating via email can be awkward.

2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

I get it... I'm pale.

1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

The struggle bus is real.

1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

We don't buy into these... just like how we don't buy our friends.

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7. "I don't need to buy my friends."

6. "Oh, so I'll bet you love to drink."

5. "Can you tell me some of your secrets?"

4. "What do you do at your meetings?"

3. "Do you guys haze really badly?"

2. "Is it just like in the movies?"

1. "Sororities are so basic."

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!