Tina MusialMonday's Oldies Song: Goin' Through the Big D
June 15th 2008 22:56
Dallas, Texas, arguably the greatest city in the world, is often called "Big D".
Monday: Oldies Country
Tuesday: Tear-jerkers
Wednesday: Wildcard
Thursday: Hit Song of the Week
Friday: Party Song
Today’s Oldies Song:
Goin’ Through the Big D by Mark Chesnutt
The great city of Dallas, Texas is often given the nickname “Big D”. After all, everything is bigger in Texas, and the city’s gorgeous skyline and even more gorgeous people have made it the subject of many a country song.
[Can anybody guess where this blogger is from?]
But sweet old Dallas, Texas is not the subject of Mark Chesnutt’s “Goin’ Through the Big D”, at least not directly. The song is an entertaining number about a man’s horribly failed marriage, and it jokes about the relative speed of the dating, marriage, and breakup.
“Six short months we went together, decided it should be forever,” sings Chesnutt in the opening line of the song. And no, it’s not a true story… at least not for Chesnutt.
The story-tellers buys his honey a house “in a subdivided neighborhood”, in fact, he says in the second verse that his friends warned him against diving into love too quickly. “That was August, this is June.”
The refrain is a lighthearted look at the swift divorce. “I’m going through the Big D and don’t mean Dallas, I can’t believe what the judge had to tell us, I got the jeep and she got the palace. Yeah, I’m going through the Big D and don’t mean Dallas.”
American country music listeners, particularly those from Texas, immediately connect the term “Big D” to that glorious city in the northeastern part of Heaven… excuse me, Texas.
The song often puts a smile on the listeners’ faces. It takes a satirical look at divorce, and along with the up-tempo beat and the pleasant guitar, Chesnutt is a real charmer.
The song was first released in 1994 with Chesnutt’s fifth album, What A Way To Live. The album received gold recognition, and the single sat at #2 on American Country Charts.
The song was later released as a part of a fun-loving county compilation a few years later. A CD called Ultimate Country Party, released in 1998, included “Goin’ Through the Big D”… and added the letter “g” back into the title.
It’s a fun song, and a good one. And it mentions Dallas.
[Decca; Produced: Mark Wright; Album: What A Way To Live (1994); Single Release: 1995]
www.markchesnutt.com
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