So, apparently Germans really, really dig “Country Roads.”

Yeah, the song that John Denver sand.  I’m not exactly sure why that is, and neither is anybody else.

For decades, Danoff’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — a 1971 hit for John Denver — has been a sing-along favorite at Munich’s Oktoberfest, a nostalgic touchstone bound to bring Germans to their feet whenever it’s played.

Why? “I have no idea,” [Bill] Danoff, 67, told us. “I’ve never been to Germany” — though he’d never been to West Virginia either before he wrote his ode to the Mountain State.

Ask German natives why they get misty-eyed over a song about the Shenandoah and Blue Ridge, what cultural resonance they find in it, and you’ll get a quizzical stare: It’s a really good song, don’t you think?

After the fold: video of Germans losing their minds (to quote the article) upon hearing the song. Continue reading So, apparently Germans really, really dig “Country Roads.”

Indiana GOP mocking their AWOL colleagues.

Call this fallout from the defeat of Wisconsin Democrats; call it a wondrous example of political-themed poetry/music/parody songs THAT ACTUALLY SCANS; or just call it funny. Any way you look at it, this parody of John Denver’s “Country Roads” by Indiana legislators making (deserved) fun of their AWOL Democratic colleagues is worth watching. Via The Campaign Spot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnLNnGDzV3c&tracker=False

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