Johnny Punani2 Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Higher diesel prices and now this. The trucking industry in on the verge of collaspe now. Damn you George Bush, Damn you to Hell!!! Heartbreaking Country Ballad Paralyzes Trucking Industry NASHVILLE, TN—The interstate trucking industry, already beset with rising fuel prices and a shortage of qualified workers, was dealt another blow last month, with the release of the agonizingly sorrowful country ballad "She's Gone Back To What She Calls Home," by Cole Hardin. "At any given time, day or night, an estimated 45 percent of the nation's over-the-road truckers are idling on the shoulder, in waysides, or in truck-stop parking lots, listening to Mr. Hardin's ballad of infidelity, loss, and heartbreak," said Russell Knutson, a spokesman for trucking giant Schneider National. "There's been an alarming number of loads that don't make it to their destinations. And the ones that do make it are usually behind schedule, because they're being loaded, transported, and unloaded by crews brought low by the thought of a good-loving woman a man loves best packing everything up but her wedding dress and going back to the town she never should've left." "'Scuse me a moment," Knutson said. "Sorry, but I must've gotten something in my eye just then." Performance figures for the entire North American continent have suffered since the May 14 radio release of the "She's Gone Back" single, from the album Fenced In Heart. Last week, the Department of Transportation reported business volume down 60 percent, manifest damage up 9 percent, and worker productivity down across the board, as drivers complain of heartache, loneliness, and the she-ain't-never-comin'-back-again blues. "This isn't an easy job, no sir," said Arrow Trucking Company driver Wayne Crudup, 33, of Lexington, KY. "Long hours, tougher regulations every year, and lots less money than you'd like. Now, on top of that, I can't stop thinking of how that lady left that little home and that poor guy all alone, all because his eye went wanderin' where it never shoulda been. The song starts going round and round in your head, and it gets a touch hard to see the road sometimes." National Surface Transportation Board statistics have shown a clear link between the playing of "She's Gone Back" on public airwaves and lulls in the trucking industry. The effects are especially noticeable in the South and Midwest. "Unfortunately, country-radio stations nationwide have 'She's Gone Back' in heavy rotation," NTSB spokesman Howard Stivoric said. "The steel guitar's wail invokes that cold, hard, lonely road she's taking back to where her heart'll stop breaking, and, well, that makes anyone who hears it want to turn right around and get on back to where they came from. For a country that transports 85 percent of its perishable goods by truck, a heartbreaking ballad like this one is bad news." Due to the song's popularity, the average trucker is spending as many as three hours per day sitting motionless in the breakdown lane. Travelers on the nation's highways are growing accustomed to seeing dozens of semis pull over to the side of the road whenever the song is played. "We're especially worried about routes through trucking's Golden Triangle: Atlanta, Memphis, and Nashville," National Highway Traffic Safety administrator Dr. Jeff Runge said. "The high volume of country stations in that area, many of which confess to playing the song almost hourly, has created a depression hot-spot. Almost nothing's getting into or out of that area." Fearing for the financial and emotional safety of their workers, industry leaders have asked President Bush and the FCC to remove the song from the airwaves, as President Carter did during the "He Stopped Loving Her Today" crisis of 1980. Hardin, the singer responsible for the problem, was unavailable for comment, as he is currently in his hometown of Green Hills, SC, caring for his dying mother and writing "She Taught Me How To Love," a tribute to her 46 years of service as a devoted wife and parent. click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark327 Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Am i missing something here , i' listen to country music all the time and i've never heard of the song or the artist !!!!! . what are they doing playing this song over the C.B. radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by mark327 Am i missing something here , i' listen to country music all the time and i've never heard of the song or the artist !!!!! . what are they doing playing this song over the C.B. radio :doh: :doh: :doh: You've never heard of Cole Hardin? Damn, where have you been? Under a rock? You must not be a true country music fan then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark327 Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by Johnny 'Luscious' Punani :doh: :doh: :doh: You've never heard of Cole Hardin? Damn, where have you been? Under a rock? You must not be a true country music fan then. Sorry J.P. but i am a big country music fan > the only Cole Hardin i remember is played by Gary Cooper in "The Westerner" also starting Walter Brennan as judge Roy Bean the hanging judge in a lighthearted western classic . Lilly Langtry also stars as "Jersey Lil" Bean's love interest whom Cole repeatedly expoilts to escape from being hung . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by mark327 Sorry J.P. but i am a big country music fan > the only Cole Hardin i remember is played by Gary Cooper in "The Westerner" also starting Walter Brennan as judge Roy Bean the hanging judge in a lighthearted western classic . Lilly Langtry also stars as "Jersey Lil" Bean's love interest whom Cole reatedly expoilts to escape from being hung . Man, I can't believe you never heard of him. Hey, have you ever heard one of his songs called The Onion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark327 Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by Johnny 'Luscious' Punani Man, I can't believe you never heard of him. Hey, have you ever heard one of his songs called The Onion? sorry J.P. can't say i have :doh: i've been listening to country for the past 20 yrs along with my classic rock from the 60's and 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 lmao!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 I can only help so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 What happens when you play country records backwards? You sober up, your dog and wife come back to you,.. and then you go back to prison.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark327 Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by riggo-toni What happens when you play country records backwards? You sober up, your dog and wife come back to you,.. and then you go back to prison.... i have not played any records backwards since the beatles J.P. :doh: what can i say , you got me , took me a couple of post ,but you got me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by mark327 i have not played any records backwards since the beatles J.P. :doh: what can i say , you got me , took me a couple of post ,but you got me Winner!! Winner!! Chicken Dinner!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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