Brooks & Dunn's music covers the full range of modern country music, and their chart-topping hits have included everything from the Ronan Keating-penned ballad "The Long Goodbye," through the Rivers Rutherford-written "Ain't Nothing About You," to the gospel music-influenced "Believe." They are also associated with being pioneers of the line dance craze of the mid-1990s. One of their hits, "Boot Scootin' Boogie" - the video for which was made in Tulsa, Oklahoma - is most emblematic of this style.
Both band members write, sing, and play guitar. One or both artists writes or co-writes a large majority of their material, and self-penned successes include the 2004 smash "Red Dirt Road" which the duo wrote together. Both artists have served as song-writers for other artists too. Ronnie Dunn co-wrote country superstar Toby Keith's song "Don't Leave I Think I Love You" which appeared on his 2003 album Shock'n Y'all. Dunn's vocal performances have tended to be released as radio singles: recent hits "You Can't Take the Honkytonk Out of The Girl," "Red Dirt Road," "It's Getting Better All The Time," "That's What It's All About," "Play Something Country," and "Believe" all feature Ronnie Dunn singing lead vocals.
Brooks & Dunn are renowned for their high-energy stage shows. Recent tours have featured Australian country singer Keith Urban, fellow duo Montgomery Gentry, and successful country newcomer Gretchen Wilson. Their latest Deuces Wild tour of 2005 featured fellow country duo Big and Rich. In 2006, the duo opened for the Rolling Stones at their Omaha, Nebraska show.
The duo's songs have been used by President George W Bush as his official campaign songs in both his election and re-election campaigns. In 2000, the then Texas Governor chose the blue-collar line-dance-friending hit of the mid-1990s, "Hard Workin' Man," and in 2004, the President selected the (pre-9/11) hit patriotic "Only in America." Brooks & Dunn both supported the President's re-election campaign, performing at a Republican rally featuring Laura Bush on the eve of the election.
Their latest album is Hillbilly Deluxe which features the number 1 single "Play Something Country."
On August 10, 2009, the duo issued a statement on their website announcing that they were splitting up after 20 years of making music together. The split was amicable, with a final album in September 2009 and a final tour in 2010.
On December 3, 2014, it was announced that Brooks & Dunn will reunite and perform a series of concerts in Las Vegas, Nevada with Reba McEntire throughout mid-late 2015. In 2016, they were selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up track featuring the artists performing a medley of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "On the Road Again", and "I Will Always Love You", which was released in celebration of 50 years of the CMA Awards.
Memory Town
Brooks & Dunn Lyrics
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And a window I can look in and see you're always home
Waiting for me with the lights low in your silk night gown
Somewhere on the outskirts of memory town
Past the stoplight there's a desert where my Coupe Deville
Roars down a lonely highway and it always will
The wind is in your hair and we're nowhere to be found
Two spirits on the boulevard of memory town
[Chorus: x2]
I can pull the shades and feel your lips they're touching mine again
I can watch the shadows of the moon slow dance across your skin
Hold you in a place where lovers never say goodbye
Every moment comes alive, when I go down to memory town
Round the corner there's an ocean where the waves roll in
And a feeling that you only feel when love begins
We lie together in the sand and watch the sun go down
I close my eyes and smell the warm salt air in memory town
I can pull the shades and feel your lips they're touching mine again
I can watch the shadow of the moon slow dance across your skin
Hold you in a place where lovers never say good-bye
Every moment comes alive, every time I close my eyes and go back down to memory town
There's a house down on the corner with the porch light on
A window I can look and see you're always home
Waiting for me with the light low in your silk night gown
Somewhere on the outskirts of memory town
Take me down
To memory town
The song “Memory Town” by Brooks & Dunn is a love song that talks about a place in one’s mind where they can go to relive moments with their loved one. The lyrics describe a house with a porch light and an open window, where their partner is waiting for them in a silk nightgown. It’s a place where they can relive memories of driving down a lonely highway, feeling the wind in their hair and being lost in the moment. The song also talks about lying together on the sand, watching the sun go down and feeling the warm salt air.
The chorus talks about how the memory town is a place where they can relive these moments over and over again. They can pull the shades, feel their partner’s lips, watch the moon dance across their skin, and hold them in a place where lovers never say goodbye. It’s a place where every moment comes alive and they can be together no matter how far apart they may be.
Overall, the song is about the power of memories and how they can transport us to a different time and place. It’s a reminder that even when we are physically apart from the ones we love, we can still hold onto the moments we shared and relive them in our minds.
Line by Line Meaning
There's a house down on the corner with the porch light on
There is a house situated on the corner of the street and its porch light is always turned on.
And a window I can look in and see you're always home
Through the window of the house, I can see that you are always at home.
Waiting for me with the lights low in your silk night gown
You are waiting for me to arrive dressed in your silk nightgown and the lights are dim.
Somewhere on the outskirts of memory town
This house is located in a part of a town that exists only in my memories.
Past the stoplight there's a desert where my Coupe Deville
After crossing a stoplight, there lies a deserted area where my Coupe Deville car takes me.
Roars down a lonely highway and it always will
My car roars down a deserted highway, and it will always do so.
The wind is in your hair and we're nowhere to be found
The wind is blowing through your hair, and we seem to be in a place where no one can find us.
Two spirits on the boulevard of memory town
We are two spirits moving along the boulevard of the memory town.
I can pull the shades and feel your lips they're touching mine again
I can close the shades of the window and feel your lips touching mine once again.
I can watch the shadows of the moon slow dance across your skin
I can observe the shadows of the moon slowly changing and dancing on your skin.
Hold you in a place where lovers never say goodbye
I can hold you in a place where lovers never have to say goodbye.
Every moment comes alive, when I go down to memory town
Every moment comes alive again whenever I recollect about those memories of our time together.
Round the corner there's an ocean where the waves roll in
On the other side of the corner, there is an ocean where the waves are rolling in.
And a feeling that you only feel when love begins
There is a unique feeling that only comes when we are beginning to fall in love with someone.
We lie together in the sand and watch the sun go down
We lie together in the sand while watching the sunset.
I close my eyes and smell the warm salt air in memory town
I shut my eyes and feel the memory of the warm salt air that was present in the town where we were together.
Take me down to memory town
Take me on a trip down to my memory town where we can relive our memories.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BROOKS, VANHOY
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