Day 15 -- A Story Song
"We Danced" -- Brad Paisley, Who Needs Pictures (2000)
From what I can gather, most story songs are depressing. They deal in murder, rape, suicide, prostitution, alcoholism, insanity and other depressing unpleasantness. I get it. Drama sells. But you know what? Depressing unpleasantness just ain't my bag, baby. So I went on the hunt for a happy story song. I won't lie, it was slim pickins'. But luckily there is "We Danced".
"We Danced" tells the very short but sweet story of how two people meet, fall in love, and eventually get engaged. A woman returns to a bar after closing time looking for her purse. The bartender and this woman get to talking and before he gives back her purse, he "ransoms" it saying he'll only return it if they dance. Cute. Then, presumably much later, the woman stops by the bar after work and the bartender proposes. She says she'll only marry him if they dance. Cute.
I like the simplicity and the earnestness of the song. Brad Paisley's sincere delivery is also spot on. The song is corny, he knows it's corny, but he doesn't care. In the words of Paul McCartney, some people want to fill the world with silly love songs. And what's wrong with that? Nothing, I say. Absolutely nothing.
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