Skip to playerSkip to main content
Rizzle
  • 2 days ago
Transcript
00:00The Greatest Country Song That May Have Cursed Everyone Who Touched It
00:04Country music's mythology runs deep, but few songs carry the weight of George Jones's
00:09He Stopped Loving Her Today.
00:12Initially, Jones resisted the track's relentless finality,
00:15yet it resurrected his career and solidified his legacy forever.
00:19Billy Sherrill's persistence transformed Jones's reluctance into country music's defining moment.
00:24Sherrill later called the production a funeral march.
00:27The track, Chronicling a Love Enduring Even After Death,
00:30became Jones's biggest hit and a standard for heartbreak.
00:34Yet, its success entangled Jones, binding him to night after night of emotional performances.
00:41The song, while resurrecting his career, became an artistic trap,
00:44compelling him to repeatedly channel grief not originally his own.
00:48Personal tragedies surrounding the song's key figures
00:51fueled the curse narrative that haunts country music to this day.
00:54Tammy Wynette, Jones's ex-wife, died at 55,
00:59intensifying the story's eerie coincidences for fans.
01:03The curse reflects country music's tendency to mythologize its own pain,
01:07thriving on authentic suffering.
01:09Jones understood this paradox.
01:11His immortalizing song exhausted him emotionally,
01:14demanding he channel alien grief.
01:16At Jones's 2013 funeral,
01:18the 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
1 year ago
0:48
Remembering country music's George Jones | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
1:14
Shania Twain Not Impressed With Overall Country Music Now
Celebrity Wire
7 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
22:01
Top 20 Greatest Country Songs of All Time
WatchMojo
3 years ago
2:23
10 Classic Country Songs Every Fan Knows
Rizzle
1 day ago
0:32
Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire Just Recorded Their First-Ever Duet
Southern Living
4 years ago
1:01
Getting to know Hank Williams | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
0:45
Alan Jackson | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
13:25
Top 10 Country Songs That Took Over Pop Radio
MsMojo
6 weeks ago
10:20
Top 10 Country Music One Hit Wonders
WatchMojo
3 years ago
3:29
Country Music’s Cutest Couples
Country Living
7 years ago
2:26
The Best Country Songs for Every Mood
Country Living
3 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
0:38
Garth Brooks has a big heart | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
1:41
George Strait’s Texas Flood Benefit Proves Country Stars Show Up When It Counts
Rizzle
2 days ago
0:30
More than country music. This is music country.
NME
4 years ago
2:08
Best Country Songs in Movies | Rare Country's 5
Rare
8 years ago
1:05
Watch Luke Bryan Attempt to Sing a Line from 100 Country Music Songs in 10 Minutes
Southern Living
5 years ago
12:39
Top 10 Classic Female Country Songs
MsMojo
9 years ago
1:43
Carly Pearce's Opry moment | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
2:30
George Strait honors Alan Jackson | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago
0:43
Tanya Tucker: Country music’s ultimate firecracker | Rare Country
Rare
8 years ago