LogFAQs > #928106818

...I'm going to run out of minor increases to point values before we get to where I started giving out 7s at this rate; let's jump things up another slight notch and go up to 6.7.

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#167 [#219]:

Name: Gator Country
Origin: Molly Hatchet
Link:

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Nominator: Snake (8/15)

(6.5, 4, 6.7)

[I was prepared to give a low score early on, but that may just be the best southern rock guitar Ive ever heard. Expect this to rise a bit higher on repeat listens.]

Ehh...it's good, but the lyrics are a bit rough. Outside of the chorus, all the lines are rather tame shots at songs that are far more popular and well-known than this one.

...Well mostly; pretty sure I've never even heard of the Elvin Bishop song that was referenced. I like the fact that Elvin's Wikipedia page mentions Gator Country--get into multiple music hall of fames [later edit: "halls of fame" is probably a better way of pluralizing that], perform for decades, and the internet still lists "was briefly referenced in one song by some other group" as one of your big accomplishments.

That's gotta sting, doesn't it? We're, what, 40 years after Gator Country was released and that line is still permanently attached to Elvin Bishop. That's just rough.

...Aaanywho, most of the song is just a list of other songs & artists that I could be listening to. I'm listening to "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" by Elvin right now (I kinda felt obligated to listen to it after that tangent), and I'll go listen to Ramblin' Man after this.

I do kinda like that Gator Country manages to not be mean or anything. Like, it's very tame--too tame to really be a diss track--more...light teasing than anything else. It's kinda cute, actually (though I doubt 'cute' is what they were going for). Chorus is fun, though I'm not really into alligators, so you don't get any "non human bonus points" for it.

[Final Thoughts: Ehh...I guess "best southern rock guitar solo" is worth an extra .1 point.]

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