"The Devil went down to Georgia..."

[Kit Sullivan]

The Devil did go down to Georgia, and I've heard this historical account of how Johhny outplayed the Devil and his golden fiddle a jillion times.

My only problem is...I think the Devil's portion of the musical contest is actually far better than Johnny's!

I think the Devil should have won Johnny's soul, as the bet stipulated.

Who's with me?

 

[Jeff73Mach1]

Stylistically I agree, but it was the band of demons joining in that took the music past that of Johnny's fiddle. So the Devil's own playing alone wasn't enough. Johnny also showed a technical proficiency that the Devil did not.





I think this should clear things up

 

[Mister 4x4]

Stylistically I agree, but it was the band of demons joining in that took the music past that of Johnny's fiddle. So the Devil's own playing alone wasn't enough. Johnny also showed a technical proficiency that the Devil did not.

OK... wow.

But - I gotta agree. Johnny didn't have his own band of demons to join in, so technically the Devil cheated... which is not exactly "out of character."

So... now that that's out of the way, can anybody explain, "Chicken in the bread pan, kickin' out dough," to me?

 

[turtle5353]

Stylistically I agree, but it was the band of demons joining in that took the music past that of Johnny's fiddle. So the Devil's own playing alone wasn't enough. Johnny also showed a technical proficiency that the Devil did not.

I think its picken out dough. Like its eating it out of the pan.

"Granny, does your dog bite?" "no child no"

 

[hyena429]

Stylistically I agree, but it was the band of demons joining in that took the music past that of Johnny's fiddle. So the Devil's own playing alone wasn't enough. Johnny also showed a technical proficiency that the Devil did not.

Those are old square dance lerics...I think it suposta be "Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough..Big pig rootin' up the little tater now.

They must of been taking about the troubles of farm animals at the time .lol

When i seen charlie play this live when i was 10 years old " first show i ever been too" during the fiddle solo, Some arse hole jumped on stage and grabbed the bandana off charlies hat..He turned and gave him a big cowboy boot off stage "boom!!" and kept playing..He did not miss a note!! But he did write later how upset he was cause he had that bandana a long time...Which that sucks ass..I don't think he ever played here again.

 

[Kit Sullivan]

Those are old square-dancing routines ( I think?).

Johnny should have hired the demons as his backup band. Too cool...

 

[Jeff73Mach1]

Thank you for this thread. I needed some silliness interjected into my morning

 

[will e]

And I always thought that it was interesting that the devil had to go 'down' to get to Georgia.

What I never understood was if there were five big dudes, a drunk chick and a fella with green teeth why was he only going to fight 3 of them?

 

[turtle5353]

lol....didn't he kick ole green teeth in the knee?

 

[rpmcarter]

And I always thought that it was interesting that the devil had to go 'down' to get to Georgia.

What I never understood was if there were five big dudes, a drunk chick and a fella with green teeth why was he only going to fight 3 of them?

well seeing how the Devil is all about letting you do what you want to regardless of the consequences, teenage sex, drugs, gays etc it would appear he is a liberal. Well that said he may have been from Washington DC or the northeast or left coast?

 

[caspianwendell]

And I always thought that it was interesting that the devil had to go 'down' to get to Georgia.

What I never understood was if there were five big dudes, a drunk chick and a fella with green teeth why was he only going to fight 3 of them?

He had to "go down" because he spends so much time in DC

 

[rpmcarter]

Maybe the Devil was already in Ga due to a pre-engagement with a Gay Pride Day and decided to sit in with Johhny for a JAM....Johnny being a southern boy thought he meant 'music'. After all he was "way BEHIND" ......and in a bind...so he coulda very well been looking for some S&M? I mean...most southern people are fairly respectable so why would Johnny call him a Son of a B.... ???? I'm thinking it was just The Devil trying to play on a "young boy" (which is something the Devil would be into) and trick him. ???

 

[Kit Sullivan]

Since it has been made perfectly clear that even the mildest and most inocuous and harmless jokes about religion won't be tolerated on this forum, it only seems apprporiate that the other typical "PC" subjects should be treated the same: race, color, sexual orientation, etc.

None of it bothers me because it is all meaningless, but...fair is fair, right?

 

[rpmcarter]

I'm thinking the Devil or the image of said subject, isnt offended at all. In fact he may be delighted. In fact I KNOW he's delighted over your "mild joke". However your taking position over a subjective figure, image or belief not a person...therefore the content is pertaining to the perception of said "figure" or image which would not be like a person. So it doesnt look like any person was insulted in this incident. In fact the topic is about a character in a song. I do understand that had I said something about the Church he went to...i can see where you would be offended.

 

[Luke]

Alleged incident

 

[rpmcarter]

Alleged incident

"alleged" ..... dancebanana

 

[Kit Sullivan]

No offense taken...just an observation.

 

[Boss1Ray]

Sorry folks but I can't resist:

:dodgy:

Has anyone listened to this song backwards?

rofl rofl rofl

Ray

 

[Mister 4x4]

Since it has been made perfectly clear that even the mildest and most inocuous and harmless jokes about religion won't be tolerated on this forum, it only seems apprporiate that the other typical "PC" subjects should be treated the same: race, color, sexual orientation, etc.

None of it bothers me because it is all meaningless, but...fair is fair, right?

You're right, Kit - speculation about whether the Devil belongs to the LGBT group aside, it's better to tread lightly on these topics - in the "public" forums, for sure. Think of it this way, if you wouldn't bring it up during a corporate staff meeting, local TV News interview, or while addressing an elementary school assembly, you'll always be better off using different metaphors to keep the joke(s) going.

It's not the Devil, Johnny, the State of Georgia, or the band of demons we'll be offending, after all, since they're all pretty much ficticious characters in a popular country song.

Normally, there's a friendly warning issued for these things, but I think the deceased equine was been sufficiently tenderized.