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Falcopops · #1 Post by **Falcopops** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:23 am

«The Effect of Country Music on Suicide»

(S. Stack and J. Gundlach; Wayne State University and Auburn University; 1992)

"The greater the airtime devoted to country music, the greater the white suicide rate"

According to the authors, Steven Stack and Jim Gundlach, the paper "assesses the link between country music and metropolitan suicide rates. Country music is hypothesized to nurture a suicidal mood through its concerns with problems common in the suicidal population, such as marital discord, alcohol abuse, and alienation from work. The results of a multiple regression analysis of 49 metropolitan areas show that the greater the airtime devoted to country music, the greater the white suicide rate. The effect is independent of divorce, southernness, poverty, and gun availability. The existence of a country music subculture is thought to reinforce the link between country music and suicide. Our model explains 51% of the variance in urban white suicide rates." The paper can be found online.

wavey · #2 Post by **wavey** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:19 am

Best country song title I've heard is

Kick me through the goalpost of life, sweet jesus!

That would cheer anyone up, surely

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:49 am

I guess this means they must listen to a lot of country music in Scandinavia ... though I've never noticed it when I've been there

Falcopops · #4 Post by **Falcopops** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:48 pm

I've always loathed Country music and reckoned it was always about something depressing, losing your dog, having your pickup stolen, wife running off with the best friend, finding a Suzuki part on your Aprilia, etc

So this just goes to prove my point.

Remember the scene in the Blues Brothers:

"What kind of usic do you usually play?"

"Oh we play both kinds, Country and Western"

then the final song - Stand by your man, and the big tough truckie is crying in his beer.

Rave rant blah blah, must remember not to post after a bottle of wine and a couple of shorts

D-Rider · #5 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:58 pm

Yeah - Blues Brothers - the only time I've enjoyed something with country music in it.

..... Though Lynyrd Skynrd certainly have some country influence mixed in with their sound and they are ace ....

.... and Emmylou Harris was always worth watching .....

Perhaps this explains the Gixer sidestand on my Falco ............

Another chorus of "Rawhide" you Blues Brothers!

Samray · #6 Post by **Samray** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:35 pm

Falcopops wrote:
Rave rant blah blah, must remember not to post after a bottle of wine and a couple of shorts

You're worried !! ...... it's mid afternoon here.

MartDude · #7 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:33 pm

Aren't most 'popular' songs about alcohol/drug problems, unrequited love, broken relatioships, betrayal, loss, etc. etc? Country & Western just adds a schmaltzy, syrupy gloss to those themes, surely?

BikerGran · #8 Post by **BikerGran** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:26 pm

You should all have a listen to Jerry Jeff Walker!

Viking · #9 Post by **Viking** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:00 pm

D-Rider wrote:I guess this means they must listen to a lot of country music in Scandinavia ... though I've never noticed it when I've been there

Perhaps that's because they sing it in Swedish / Norwegian / Danish?

MartDude · #10 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:55 pm

A Swedish friend tells me it's quite popular over there, in some circles, along with evreything that goes with it - American cars, cruisers, dressing up as cowboys etc. Sounds odd - can't imagine a Viking in a stetson.

redfalco · #11 Post by **redfalco** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:35 pm

I like many others put a Suzuki side stand on.

Should I now hide all the sharp objects.

Falcopops · #12 Post by **Falcopops** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:34 pm

redfalco wrote:I like many others put a Suzuki side stand on.

Should I now hide all the sharp objects.

Not necessarily, but you will need to resort to pushing it over to join the far from exclusive MY F@#*&*g BIKE FELL OFF ITS SIDESTAND club

HowardQ · #13 Post by **HowardQ** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:19 am

Falcopops wrote:
redfalco wrote:I like many others put a Suzuki side stand on.

Should I now hide all the sharp objects.
Not necessarily, but you will need to resort to pushing it over to join the far from exclusive MY F@#*&*g BIKE FELL OFF ITS SIDESTAND club

I lost this thread somewhere, is the club above a new country music club!

Or are Falco owneres turning to suicide when when their bikes keep falling off the side stand.