Charlie Daniels has Lost It
Sometimes your parents become grandparents. In that transition, they become cooky, bible thumpers. Much like your Grammie, Charlie Daniels is a cooky, old, bible thumper.
You may remember Charlie Daniels and his band for their hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." The song is about a fiddling contest between a boy, named Johnny and the hellbeast. If Johnny wins the duel he claims the devil's favorite golden fiddle. But if Satan triumphs, he harvests Johnny little soul. Obviously, this is a one sided contest because a soul is obviously more valuable and a cooler collector item than a golden fiddle.
The song is the last song in Guitar Hero 3. You have to battle Lou Cifer for your soul because you sold it along the way to make it big in the music buisness (so this is very true to real life). If you beat Lou, you beat the game, you triumph over evil, and you totally rule in your mom's basement. Mr. Daniels has taken offense to this on his blog.
"To tell you the truth the whole thing bothered me and struck me as something that is not the healthiest thing in the world for young, impressionable minds to be exposed to, but the thing that really got me was what they had done with my song.
The song, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," which I wrote, is supposed to be a lighthearted novelty about a fiddling contest between a country boy and the devil and the devil always loses.
That is not the case with the Guitar Hero version which comes complete with a horned, guitar-playing devil who battles the player and very often wins.
I want any of you parents out there whose children have this game to know that I did not grant these people my permission to pervert my song and am disgusted with the result.
Unfortunately I lost the publishing rights on the song many years ago in a settlement with a former partner and the license to Guitar Hero was granted by the company who now owns the publishing."
Charlie has become a huge bible thumper now and changed the lyrics to remove the "curse" words. Instead of saying, 'The devil marched in and said I told you you son of a bitch" is now "son of a gun" and so on.
The bigger part is Mr. Daniels has no say in the rights to the song. So this is just a big old "tough shit" for Daniels. Maybe you should have fought harder to keep the publishing rights to your own song.
If you like to read the rantings of a country legend and nearly stark raving mad....check out his blog: http://www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox-2008-040408.htm
Here is a video of me kicking Satan's ass...that is right my character is a woman because I am comfortable with my sexuality.
Now check out this kid become corrupted by Satan...oh he beats the game on expert too...maybe Charlie Daniels is full of shit.
You may remember Charlie Daniels and his band for their hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." The song is about a fiddling contest between a boy, named Johnny and the hellbeast. If Johnny wins the duel he claims the devil's favorite golden fiddle. But if Satan triumphs, he harvests Johnny little soul. Obviously, this is a one sided contest because a soul is obviously more valuable and a cooler collector item than a golden fiddle.
The song is the last song in Guitar Hero 3. You have to battle Lou Cifer for your soul because you sold it along the way to make it big in the music buisness (so this is very true to real life). If you beat Lou, you beat the game, you triumph over evil, and you totally rule in your mom's basement. Mr. Daniels has taken offense to this on his blog.
"To tell you the truth the whole thing bothered me and struck me as something that is not the healthiest thing in the world for young, impressionable minds to be exposed to, but the thing that really got me was what they had done with my song.
The song, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," which I wrote, is supposed to be a lighthearted novelty about a fiddling contest between a country boy and the devil and the devil always loses.
That is not the case with the Guitar Hero version which comes complete with a horned, guitar-playing devil who battles the player and very often wins.
I want any of you parents out there whose children have this game to know that I did not grant these people my permission to pervert my song and am disgusted with the result.
Unfortunately I lost the publishing rights on the song many years ago in a settlement with a former partner and the license to Guitar Hero was granted by the company who now owns the publishing."
Charlie has become a huge bible thumper now and changed the lyrics to remove the "curse" words. Instead of saying, 'The devil marched in and said I told you you son of a bitch" is now "son of a gun" and so on.
The bigger part is Mr. Daniels has no say in the rights to the song. So this is just a big old "tough shit" for Daniels. Maybe you should have fought harder to keep the publishing rights to your own song.
If you like to read the rantings of a country legend and nearly stark raving mad....check out his blog: http://www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox-2008-040408.htm
Here is a video of me kicking Satan's ass...that is right my character is a woman because I am comfortable with my sexuality.
Now check out this kid become corrupted by Satan...oh he beats the game on expert too...maybe Charlie Daniels is full of shit.
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