It has been a while since I last saw shades of ancient Greece in country music, but I have another candidate--Montgomery Gentry's "Back When I Knew It All" as a vindication of Socratic ignorance.
And, though this is neither new nor of the Greek/country genre, it's possible that Sam Cooke's "She Was Only Sixteen" concisely summarizes most of the romantic subplots involving Natasha in War and Peace.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
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Have you heard Toby Keith's "I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then?"
Yea, but that's about adultery. Is there a Greek parallel? The Montgomery Gentry song is just about life knowledge in general.
Adultery constitutes a large plurality of knowledge in the world of country music.
And alcoholism the rest, I know. Still, Socrates never said, "I know only that I know nothing about my wife's cheating ways."
Bye, bye, Alcibiades,
Beloved til your beard grew,
Boy you were such a tease,
Now you've buggered off to Persia
To help Tissaphernes
Conquer Athens in the sweet bye and bye,
Conquer Athens in the sweet bye and bye.
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