Garth Brooks Turns 50 – Eric’s Top 50 Garth Songs
There is no doubt in my mind, the reason that I'm in the business I am is Garth Brooks. On the first Friday in May 1992, I bought the "Ropin' The Wind" album and my life would never be the same. Until then, I listened to the average pop music of the day. If you guessed correctly on my 'Two Truths and A Lie' quiz, then you know how bad my taste in music was. After I heard the song, 'Rodeo,' I really heard something in country music I had never heard before. From then on, I was hooked on country. I wasn't just a fan, but it made me want to be immersed as far as possible into the genre. Fast forward past the line dancing, wearing a cowboy hat to prom, going to every concert that came to town, and singing country karaoke til the wee hours of the night, now I'm as immersed in country music as I could be. The only thing I haven't done is meet the man himself...and THAT WILL HAPPEN! I know it will. As a young kid, I used to make my own top 10 lists, completely made up of Garth Brooks songs and they would change every month. So, let's take a trip back to those times as we celebrate Garth Brooks's 50th Brithday. I present my personal Top 50 Garth Brooks songs of all time!
1) The Dance
2) The Change
3) To Make You Feel My Love
4) Shameless
5) The Fever
6) When You Come Back To Me Again
7) The River
8 ) More Than A Memory
9) Standing Outside the Fire
10) You Move Me
11) It's Your Song
12) Unanswered Prayers
13) Rodeo
14) Learning To Live Again
15) The Old Stuff
16) If Tomorrow Never Comes
17) Mr. Midnight
18) Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)
19) In Lonesome Dove
20) Wild Horses
21) Ireland
22) Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
23) Against The Grain
24) Burning Bridges
25) Do What You Gotta Do
26) In Another's Eyes (with Trisha Yearwood)
27) The Thunder Rolls
28) The Red Strokes
29) Tearin' It Up (And Burinin' It Down)
30) Two Of A Kind (Working On A Full House)
31) Papa Loved Mama
32) We Shall Be Free
33) The Cowboy Song
34) Somewhere Other Than The Night
35) I Don't Have To Wonder
36) American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
37) Belleau Wood
38) Good Ride Cowboy
39) It Don't Matter To The Sun
40) We Bury The Hatchet
41) What She's Doin' Now
42) Wrapped Up In You
43) Hard Luck Woman
44) Fit For A King
45) Squeeze Me In (with Trisha Yearwood)
46) She's Gonna Make It
47) That Ol' Wind
48) Callin' Baton Rouge
49) Cowboy Bill
50) Longneck Bottle