My Top 10 "Horsey" Songs
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Mar 23, 2012
Rob’s View from the Passenger Seat
Robert H. Koontz DVM
10. “Screwball Was A Racehorse” – Roger Miller version
This is a great old song from my youth. My Dad used to play Roger Miller records (kids, records are just like CD’s only bigger) and I used to sing along. We listened to such classics as “Screwball Was A Racehorse”, “King Of The Road”, and “Can’t Roller Skate In a Buffalo Herd”. For the memories alone “Screwball” makes the list.
9. “Blaze Of Glory” – Jon Bon Jovi
This song was written for anyone that loves the romantic side of the old west. What mythical cowboy didn’t want to “go out in a blaze of glory/starring down a bullet”. “I’m a colt in your stable/I’m what Cain was to Able/Mr. catch me if you can”. Even if it is not reality, these lyrics remind us of how we imagine the old west to have been. Besides, I love 80’s hair bands.
8. “Beer For My Horses” – Toby Keith and Willie Nelson
Legend has it that the great racehorse Zenyatta had Guinness Stout after each race. Let’s face it, everyone deserves a beer after a hard day’s work especially our horses. Toby Keith put that sentiment to music.
7. “Billy The Kid” – Billy Dean
I know this is not really a song about horses, but it takes me back to my youth. The duel meaning of Billy the western legend and Billy the singer as a kid speaks to me. Billy the singer misses his youth and so do I. Billy the western legend rode horses as a youth and so did I. Somewhere in there is a horsey song.
6. “Rawhide” – The Blues Brothers version
Who can forget John Belushi cracking that whip? If the lyrics “Move’em on, head’em up/Head’em up, move’em on/Move’em on, head’em up/Rawhide”, don’t make you want to go on a cattle drive then you are a little too civilized.
5. “Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy” – Big and Rich
This song is probably the song about horses that is the most fun to listen too. It has a great beat and the country rap lyrics are just fun to sing. You have to love a guy that would not trade his old stud Leroy for a Cadillac. This song deserves to be higher on the list, but since I am not really a cowboy “Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy” never helped me much with the ladies. Enough said.
4. “Rodeo” – Garth Brooks
In my opinion "Rodeo" is one of the first really cool country songs with a classic rock influence. It made me start to think differently about country music. "It's the broncs and the blood/It;s thhe steers and the mud/And they call the thing rodeo", it makes me want to rodeo. Maybe not, I would probably die.
3. “Wanted Dead Or Alive” – Bon Jovi
“I’m a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride/I’m wanted (wanted) dead or alive”, this is a song about the modern cowboy. Even if we can’t all ride a horse to work, we can have a little of the cowboy spirit. Plus this is the quintessential hair band and I already told you that I love 80’s hair bands.
2. “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” – Toby Keith
Everybody has had a frustrating day and thought; I should Have been a cowboy! Who wouldn’t rather be “wearing my six-shooter riding my pony on a cattle drive” then toiling at work. When your boss is yelling at you; “Go west young man, haven’t you been told/California’s full of whiskey, women and gold”. I know I “should’ve been a cowboy/you should’ve been one too”.
1. “Run For The Roses” – Dan Fogelberg version
This song is about the ultimate competition and giving all you have to win that competition. If I am alone when I hear this song I usually cry. There is just something about dedicating your entire soul to a goal that makes me emotional. “And it’s run for the roses as fast as you can/Your fate is delivered your moments at hand/It’s the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance/And it’s high time you joined in the dance”. Lyrics like this make me want go out and achieve something.
These are my top ten songs in order. Maybe you have different opinions. Go to the Conley and Koontz Facebook page and let me know what you think. Do you like the way I ranked them? Suggest a different order. Do you have better song choices? For more ideas, check out the list on horsechannel.com. I would love to read your opinion.