James performs on the MusicFog.com stage at Threadgill’s south. SXSW 2009.
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James McMurtry “Choctaw Bingo”
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James performs on the MusicFog.com stage at Threadgill’s south. SXSW 2009.
Duration : 0:8:29
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
A BAR is a Browning …
A BAR is a Browning Automatic Rifle. It was used quite a bit in WWII. Big fan of James McMurtry. I’ve seen him a couple of times and he puts on a great show.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
your a racist piece …
your a racist piece of and learn to count theres only 6 i promised not to aruge on line but tell me where you live and ill send a friend to dig up your dead family and them in the ass
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
thanks for the back …
thanks for the back up lots of retards here other people left the same comments and my friends pointed it out to me him and calling me oriental racist goof you sound like why i quit drinking
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
are you oriental… …
are you oriental….won dom fok??????
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
what is a B,A.R.??? …
what is a B,A.R.??????lol
I want to see who knows caliburs and toys….but I see this page I wont get a proper answer…
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
ran you must KNOW.. …
ran you must KNOW..what you eat.!…”SHIT”!!..Texas is one of 3 states that are in the black,its a big place hence your dasterdly full O statistics..your prolly a a Yankee and an Obama LOVER…..how do them food stamps taste??????BTW…..THAT IS 6 STRINGS ON A 12 STRING NECK……if you dont agree with ME…”your prolly a rascist”…..GD Yankees…cant even count strings on a guitar
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
BAR ya
BAR ya
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
your a real piece …
your a real piece of arnt you i promised not to argue on line anymore but you needed it goof
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
McMurtry introduces …
McMurtry introduces it as a “little song about the North Texas-Southern Oklahoma Crystal Methamphetamine Industry.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
OK sorry, I didn’t …
OK sorry, I didn’t mean dumb ass.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Texas Pride:
1 – A …
Texas Pride:
1 – A child is born into poverty every 7 minutes here.
2 – Has the highest rate of people living in poverty.
3 – A child is abused or neglected every 10 minutes.
4 – Ranks 50th for the highest teen birth rate.
5 – Ranks 50th in the nation for the most people without medical insurance.
6- Has the second highest income gap between rich and poor.
7 – Home to three of the poorest counties in the nationl.
8 – Has three of the most polluted cities in the U.S.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Did you listen to …
Did you listen to the track?!? It’s a 12 string guitar dumb -ass. You can’t see the bottom 2 strings or the rest of the strings because of the resolution.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
listening to this …
listening to this song makes me wonder what happened to music? this is legite barebones emotions and the junk they play today rap/hip-hop that’s not music that’s a bunch of wannabee gangsters that can rhyme!
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
i love the 6 string …
i love the 6 string on a 12 string neck
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
well what do you …
well what do you know??A prophetic political ,mouthpiece from “Ft Worth Texas”….”visceral “THAT”..I think James likes his ‘crowd”…just not the people on the “HILL”…Yall wanna make everything political….hand to mouth living is political???GET A CLUE!!Texas…is one of 3 states that operate in the BLACK,Yankee whiners.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I have 99% of the …
I have 99% of the same views as James, and it sounds like you do as well.
James uses Progressive themes in his music, and espouses a lot of what I’d consider “Social Democratic” ideals. Good for him. He’s got my business every time he comes to town or puts out a new release.
I don’t get a social message from this song. I see it as McMurtry taking a jaundiced view of his surroundings.
IMHO, Southern boys are a lot “easier” with violence and lawlessness than the average citizen. That’s all.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
It is my opinion …
It is my opinion that much of McMurtry’s music is a clarion call to the poor and desperate to stop working against their own self interests. And to only take from this song a plangent description of the obvious is to miss the larger message.
“Never maturing beyond the visceral” is not endemic to the south, it occurs everywhere.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I will agree with …
I will agree with you, at a certain level.
I don’t know where you’re from, but I’m from the South. I’ve spent most of my life in TN and TX. The people he describes are very prevalent around where I’ve lived, from West TN to East TX.
“Never maturing beyond the visceral” is a white Southern trait. Even for those of us who have made a concerted effort to do so.
I think this old boy is one of the best. He shoots from the hip, and he takes you right down the middle. Good times!
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I have been missing …
I have been missing all of this
fantastic music! This is
excellent. Love it!
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
James wrote this …
James wrote this song as a way of incorpating all the places he saw touring the Mid west like that Mcdonald’s on the Will rogers turnpike.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
jonnytx you’re …
jonnytx you’re right “live in aught-three” is an amazing album. This song is not a celebratory song it is a condemnation. From giving the kids a “little bit a vodka…” to fantasizing about sex with relatives, a line that the audience woos at thus demonstrating the trait mcmurty is condemning, this song is about never maturing beyond the visceral.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I’m from East Texas …
I’m from East Texas, my wife’s people are from West Arkansas. This song describes it perfectly.
I live in North Dakota now. I miss home, but not the meth and the general laziness of people who think that living on disability while chain smoking and popping vicodin, soma, and xanax is normal.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Hey bro, get “Live …
Hey bro, get “Live in Aught-Three”, you sure won’t regret it.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Why haven’t I heard …
Why haven’t I heard of this guy before? ! Ah yes – because I’m a Brit … Well, I know about him now! Show me a record store …
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Im from Oklahoma,I …
Im from Oklahoma,I dig this song coz I relate!!!this is not grating or RAP,this is reality…..Durant Oklahoma is the meth capitol of the south…..you think its a joke on his audiance….your so WRONG!!!we get “IT”….METH=DEATH…!most posters problly dont even know what an old B.A.R is….or a pop,knife,n gun shop.wake up America