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That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia

The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia The call came in at a quarter past four Sheriff said "We've...

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #1 from Jo MacQueen

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:20:53 -0500

*applause*

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Posted March 20, 2012 6:20 PM by Jo MacQueen

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #2 from Lila

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:11:21 -0500

*whistles and foot stomps*

That song has always pissed me off. Thanks!

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Posted March 20, 2012 7:11 PM by Lila

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #3 from Gar Lipow

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:15:00 -0500

Funny, but current events turn what would be a roar of laughter into s small chuckle for me. Not tasteless or offensive or anything, just a bit harder to laugh long and loud at.

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Posted March 20, 2012 7:15 PM by Gar Lipow

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #4 from Jim Macdonald

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:44:11 -0500

I'd originally wanted to take this out to the point where our fearless investigators find out-of-area mud on little sister's pickup truck, and follow it out to a shallow grave in the woods -- but that would make it an Entirely Too Long:

...If you don't like my song
I'll hit you with a Robin Hood
That's fifty stanzas long...

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Posted March 20, 2012 8:44 PM by Jim Macdonald

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #5 from David Harmon

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:00:49 -0500

Jim Macdonald #4: follow it out to a shallow grave in the woods

Hmm. "That's one grave that'll never be found" makes it sound like it might not be that easy. (But other traces might well be informative.)

The real key, of course, is that CSI is actively looking at the scene and trying to figure out what happened, instead of just a sheriff saying "why'd you do it".

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Posted March 20, 2012 10:00 PM by David Harmon

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #6 from Jim Macdonald

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:28:16 -0500

Lila #2:

Like you, this song has always pissed me off. Little sister blames the lawyer instead of herself? She was the one who pulled the trigger. And nothing stopped her from having a Perry Mason Moment in court, leaping to her feet and confessing.

Same deal with the Long Black Veil. Instead of walking the hills in a long black veil, the chick could have leapt to her feet and said, "Alibi, he haz one."

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Posted March 20, 2012 10:28 PM by Jim Macdonald

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #7 from Lila

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:01:22 -0500

Jim: yes, but Long Black Veil has a better tune. It also had the advantage of being sung by (among others) Bill Monroe.

Moreover, I find that the fact that the protagonist of LBV died to protect a worthless woman* simply adds poignancy; not so the fact that the dude in "Georgia" died because his sister was an idiot psychopath.

(Tangent: the other day I was eating in the local hip townie barbecue place--srsly, they have BBQ tofu and they carry Blenheim's Red--and lo, they had Johnny Cash singing "Ghost Riders in the Sky". Made my day, that did.)

*for those who don't know the song, I allege that this particular woman was worthless, not women in general!

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Posted March 20, 2012 11:01 PM by Lila

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #8 from Paul A.

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:29:01 -0500

These days, whenever "Long Black Veil" is mentioned, I remember someone at Mudcat Cafe musing that if the guy didn't do it because he was with his best friend's wife, maybe the cops ought to be asking where the best friend was at the time.

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Posted March 21, 2012 11:29 AM by Paul A.

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #9 from Lori Coulson

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:06:19 -0500

I believe the line goes:

"His cheatin' wife had never left town,
and that's one body that'll never be found..."

Two words: pig farm...

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Posted March 21, 2012 4:06 PM by Lori Coulson

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #10 from Lenora Rose

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:53:32 -0500

Jim Macdonald @ 6: Since the lyrics say "They hung my brother before I could say..." I figure little sister was still dealing with the first body while they did a one-day kangaroo "trial", so no Perry Mason moment. (And an even more valid argument for CSI).

But what irks me in the song is, had he not been caught and blamed for the shooting? Imagine the conversation between the siblings:

Sis: hey, while you were out of town, your skanky wife cheated on you with your best friend. Oh, and some other guy.
Brother: That lying cheating scum! (etc)
Sis: But it's okay. I already murdered both her and your ex best friend for you. Wasn't that sweet of me?
Brother: ...

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Posted March 22, 2012 1:53 PM by Lenora Rose

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #11 from Bruce E. Durocher II

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:19:25 -0500

Let's look on the bright side: since it takes place in Georgia we know nobody was on the banks of the Ohio.

...or "the West Texas town of El Paso" to cite another one that truly grinds my gears. Assuming she's one in a million, there are at least a thousand of her in China--two thousand if you include India. Dude, consider the life-extending virtues of world travel!

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Posted March 24, 2012 2:19 AM by Bruce E. Durocher II

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #12 from Sandy B.

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:59:31 -0500

I just had an extended moment of confusion: turns out I was thinking of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."

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Posted March 24, 2012 3:59 PM by Sandy B.

That's Why They Got CSI in Georgia -- comment #13 from Jim Macdonald

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:42:46 -0500

Virgil Caine is my name
And I serve up the roadhouse beer
Then a long-haul trucker came
'Cause he lived some place 'round here.
Sat down in the corner with Wo'
What they talked about I don't know,
Then old Wo' yelled, "Tell you what,
Your pretty bride ain't nothin' but a slut!"

The night that Wo' got shot in town
Yeah we had a slayin'
The night that Wo' got shot in town
And all the people were sayin'
They said "Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na...."

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Posted March 24, 2012 4:42 PM by Jim Macdonald