THE DEAD SOUTH Broken Cowboy REACTION and SONG ANALYSIS 

The Dead South is really cool, good that you enjoyed

Absolutely one of their best, but they have many many brilliant songs with interesting harmonies & instrumentation.

This is my favourite Dead South song in a long list of awesome songs. The part you missed is that at the end, he is contemplating suicide - that old taunting tree is where people hang themselves.

Our first post covid concert here in TN literally in a cave. Love these guys so much!!!!

This is my all time favorite band. You should check out some of their other songs. They are even better live!

I would love to see you do more of there music, thank you,

Just frigging AWESOME… 🍻🍻🇦🇺🇦🇺

It's been a long dark dirty road And pocket full of gold I've been out here now All on my own It's real quiet here Just the way I like it here There's no one to bother me Except In 1955, born into Wadena's pride I laid my head on that Milligan creek bed When I was a young man I helped build this land Oh, I put down these rails as a CPR man Thought I'd live forever With my heart in my pocket Oh, my gun by my side And my feelings in a locket Well, that was a cold year in '77 But I married my wife We had two kids I gave her a daughter She gave me a son And we rode those damn horses 'til we had none Fist still like flyin' Doing things for dyin' Oh, I should have put that old gun away Well I, I am a broken Cowboy And I don't feel right no more 'Cause I am a broken Cowboy Livin' life in the fast lane Racing cars and robbing trains I thought I had it all Then one day, I got the call A father's worst dream My son went down and I The colours deceive me As I see grey Oh, you're cutting me down with those Cold words you're saying Then you called me, brother But this can't be so, 'cause you Slander my name, anywhere the wind will blow Well, I am a broken cowboy And I don't feel right no more 'Cause I am a broken cowboy Yes, I am a broken cowboy It's been a long dark dirty road But a pocket full of gold And I've been out here now All on my own Well, it's real quiet here Just the way I like it here There's no one to bother me Except that old taunting tree Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Daniel J Kenyon / Colton Craig Crawford / Nathaniel William Hilts / Scott Matthew Pringle Broken Cowboy lyrics © Southern Music Pub. Co. Canada Ltd. there isn't anything The Dead South does that isn't great!!

Not the kind of music i grew up to but stumbled on this song a few years back and it still haunts me

"CPR man" refers to working on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Nice analysis (but it's a cello not a bass - used as a bass but still a cello).

The genre is actually called Murder Folk. It is hauntingly beautiful. Love their entire catalog

Hey, man. Great reaction and analysis to a great song. You should check out more of their stuff. This song does some really cool things narratively, in that there are things the narrator leaves out (look at the lyrics right after "my son went down," the narrator goes from detailed to vague and indistinct). Also, the intro ends "there's no one to bother me, except" followed by a pause. the song ends "there's no one to bother me, except that old taunting tree," which to me suggests that he hanged himself. Great story telling leaves details out like this that the listener needs to connect dots and color in. It's really, really brilliant. Also, it's not a bass, it's a cello.

They dropped a new music video right around the time you published this. It’s really cool. Based on your analysis of this video I’d love to see how you break down Tiny Wooden Box. Their instrumentation is impressive.

That actually a cello, not a bass.

How do you fix a broken cowboy? With some gloooooOOOOO 🐮!

I love all your reactions!! Please One of the most beautiful songs that you can hear from Måneskin is CORALINE LIVE AT SANremo musical festival. Pick the right video which has a good sound quality, the one with English and Italian captions present on the screen. That performance is unique, with Sanremo orchestra! The musical carpet is like a sea which crashes onto the rocks. The meaning of the song is incredible, you should try to focus also on the lyrics the second time you listen to it. It is like listening to Bohemian Rapsody focusing on music and singing and not understanding the meaning. Believe me it will be incredibile for you and for us, as you will notice things that probably we would not pick Please please please do that

Is that a bass or a cello? Doesn't sound low enough for a bass.

That's not an upright bass it's a cello.

That`s a Cello not a Bass.

That's a cello not a bass