{"id":501,"date":"2011-05-02T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/?p=501"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T16:05:08","slug":"country-music-prepares-response-to-the-death-of-osama-bin-laden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/05\/country-music-prepares-response-to-the-death-of-osama-bin-laden.html","title":{"rendered":"Country Music Prepares Response to the Death of Osama Bin Laden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The rumble from Nashville is so thunderous that it can probably heard all over the globe – it’s the sound of country musicians scrambling to be the first to release a country song about the death of Osama Bin Laden.\u00a0 After 9\/11 country musicians were the largest distributor of patriotic songs, but Darryl Worley’s hit “Have You Forgotten?” took the prize.\u00a0 The catchy song had such a special combination of passion and political rhetoric that the other attempts at 9\/11 remembrance could only marvel at it’s patriotic magnitude.\u00a0 Unfortunately, that song’s time has come to an end.\u00a0 Recall the chorus lyrics:<\/p>\n

“You say we shouldn’t worry about Bin Laden…<\/em><\/p>\n

have you forgotten?”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While it will assuredly be blasted at least 30 times today on any self-respecting country station, Darryl Worley’s run at the top is over.\u00a0 It is time for someone else to step up and deliver the most epic, patriotic, country song imagine-able.\u00a0 Will it be Mr. Worley with a sequel song?\u00a0 Will Lee Greenwood finally issue the long awaited follow-up to “Proud to be an American”?\u00a0 Or will it be Taylor Swift taking a break from teen angst to reflect on the death of America’s number 1 enemy?<\/p>\n

The world can only wait.<\/p>\n

Related – Taylor Swift Wins Big and I Mourn the Passing of Country Music<\/a><\/p>\n

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