Skip to player
Skip to main content
Search
Connect
Watch fullscreen
Like
Bookmark
Share
More
Add to Playlist
Report
The Greatest Country Song That May Have Cursed Everyone Who Touched It
Rizzle
Follow
6 weeks ago
Category
🎵
Music
Transcript
Display full video transcript
00:00
The Greatest Country Song That May Have Cursed Everyone Who Touched It
00:04
Country music's mythology runs deep, but few songs carry the weight of George Jones's
00:09
He Stopped Loving Her Today.
00:12
Initially, Jones resisted the track's relentless finality,
00:15
yet it resurrected his career and solidified his legacy forever.
00:19
Billy Sherrill's persistence transformed Jones's reluctance into country music's defining moment.
00:24
Sherrill later called the production a funeral march.
00:27
The track, Chronicling a Love Enduring Even After Death,
00:30
became Jones's biggest hit and a standard for heartbreak.
00:34
Yet, its success entangled Jones, binding him to night after night of emotional performances.
00:41
The song, while resurrecting his career, became an artistic trap,
00:44
compelling him to repeatedly channel grief not originally his own.
00:48
Personal tragedies surrounding the song's key figures
00:51
fueled the curse narrative that haunts country music to this day.
00:54
Tammy Wynette, Jones's ex-wife, died at 55,
00:59
intensifying the story's eerie coincidences for fans.
01:03
The curse reflects country music's tendency to mythologize its own pain,
01:07
thriving on authentic suffering.
01:09
Jones understood this paradox.
01:11
His immortalizing song exhausted him emotionally,
01:14
demanding he channel alien grief.
01:16
At Jones's 2013 funeral,
01:18
the song played, completing a mythic artistic circle.
Be the first to comment
Add your comment
Recommended
0:25
|
Up next
Garth Brooks' big hit song | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
32:31
Top 30 Greatest Country Songs of All Time
MsMojo
2 years ago
0:48
Remembering country music's George Jones | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
12:13
Top 10 Greatest Country Singers of All Time
MsMojo
5 weeks ago
1:14
Shania Twain Not Impressed With Overall Country Music Now
Celebrity Wire
7 years ago
2:23
10 Classic Country Songs Every Fan Knows
Rizzle
6 weeks ago
22:01
Top 20 Greatest Country Songs of All Time
WatchMojo
3 years ago
0:51
Getting to know Jana Kramer | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
1:30
Remembering country music's Patsy Cline | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
11:15
Top 10 Country Songs You Forgot Were Awesome
WatchMojo
3 years ago
10:05
Top 10 Country Music One-Hit Wonders
MsMojo
2 days ago
0:32
Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire Just Recorded Their First-Ever Duet
Southern Living
4 years ago
0:45
Alan Jackson | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
1:01
Getting to know Hank Williams | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
13:25
Top 10 Country Songs That Took Over Pop Radio
MsMojo
3 months ago
10:20
Top 10 Country Music One Hit Wonders
WatchMojo
3 years ago
2:26
The Best Country Songs for Every Mood
Country Living
3 years ago
13:03
Top 10 Country Songs That Told a Beautiful Story
MsMojo
5 weeks ago
0:38
Garth Brooks has a big heart | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
3:29
Country Music’s Cutest Couples
Country Living
7 years ago
0:42
George Strait's "The Chair" Was Written at 4 O'clock in the Morning in 45 Minutes
Southern Living
5 years ago
3:20
Headache Be a Sign of a Stroke
Sehat08
1 year ago
4:05
BERITA BOLA HARI INI POGBAMATA PERGI, LEAO KE ARSENAL, DYBALA KE INTER
Sehat08
4 years ago
5:10
BERITA BOLA HARI INI GOAL DEBUT MARTIAL HALLLANDCRISTENSEN GABUNG BARCA
Sehat08
4 years ago
1:57
CM Punk Needs Gunther as His Next Rival, Says WWE Legend
Rizzle
26 minutes ago
Be the first to comment