My life

Hank Williams, Jr, "A Country Boy Can Survive": Throughout this whole video, one can observe that the basis of this song is centered around good, wholesome, hard-working folk that don't have much but what they do have, they're mighty proud of. One can tell by the looks on their faces that they don't take much crap off anyone. You watch Hank, himself, ride down what one could guess the Mississippi River on a barge, between clips of individuals working, hunting, fishing, and so on. When a person gets an image of a river, the first thing that comes to mind is the countryside. Growing up, myself, I've had many fond memories on the Blue River and it's tributaries, since the river itself runs very close to my house. My father would take my brothers and I deer hunting, and we would watch him gut the deer, being very careful not to waste any of the good meat. The whole central object that "country folks can survive" ties into my life because, simply, I've lived in the country most of my life and I have the skill and knowledge to do things that other people don't have a clue how to do such as: skinning a buck, running trot lines, living off the land, and such. In one clip, it shows a flag flying high, showing pride and patriotism. I would say this suits me right down to the bone. I take pride in my country and can think of no better place to live. If that ain't country, I don't know what is.

Chris LeDoux, "Stampede": I've drawn quite a few connections with this song. The only thing that separates this song is the fact that around these parts, there are no more "cattle drives", so a person really doesn't have to worry about stampeding cattle. Modern day stock trailers and pickups have replaced the need for cattle drives and horses, although horses have still an important useage if desired. It's nice to have a horse when working with cattle because they have the capability to go where the cows go, whereas larger vehicles cannot. As you watch and is stated in the song, longhorn cattle is the breed being used, since it has a long history with cowboys. Longhorns are known for their ability to defend themselves and their high meat yield. I can't say I've ever been in the situation where I was about to be trampled by stampeding cattle, but working around cattle enough my entire life, I can sort of grasp what the situation would be like. Ever since I've been old enough, I've been kicked, stepped on, charged at, and head-butted by cows. Back in the "old west", the cowboys would worry about stampeding cattle because there were no fences to keep them in the certain area they needed to be in. Should they stampede, they risk the chance of losing multiple cattle, which today would be an approximate value between $800 to $12,000.

Keith Anderson, "XXL": This video is based on how that a boy is quite a bit larger than the rest. He's born a big baby, grows through elementary in the larger physical state, and eventually grows to be a "XXL". I find certain lyrics humerous, such as: 'all the girls love a XXL' and 'I'm a lean mean love machine that likes to be held' because these attributes are oh, so true with me. I know what it's like growing up as the big kid in school, as I was, in fact, a large baby, and bigger than the rest of my classmates all through school. Traditionally, being the big kid meant you were the oddball in the class. It used to be looked down upon, but with this video, it is now actually sought after to be 'bigger than average.' It is being more and more accepted in today's social 'norms' and not so much a bad thing anymore. Now also in this video, there's obviously pretty girls in skimpy outfits (who doesn't like that?). Also, you see drummer Tommy Lee and NFL running back Eddie George. I'm not quite sure how these guys quite fit in to the music video, but looking at the comment posts on Youtube, you can probably figure it out for yourself. On the other hand, Eddie George is used as a 'symbol' if you will, as the big kid on the football team that 'can go pro'.