drunken country repeats south of the border (WHAT?!)

i bought a shiteload of CDs before i came to algeria. music i wanted to catch up with that i hadn't bought. i'm not big on buying country music. i like it a lot, don't get me wrong, but i'm more into buying rock CDs. still, i went and bought the backlog of brad paisley and kenny chesney CDs along with some old everclear, helmet, and sponge. i just got around to listening to them on my computer whenever i have some computer work in the office, and i heard a song i recognized, but it wasn't quite right. when i was home from india, i'd heard on the country radio a good song called "some people change" by montgomery gentry. while listening to kenny chesney's when the sun goes down, i heard the same song which kenny sang 3 years ago. now that is a bit quick for a cover, particularly in the same genre. we all know most country singers don't write their own stuff, there are quite a few R&B/country songs that are covers from the other genre that work very well in both (i.e. billy joel's "shameless" covered by garth brooks), but only 3 years in the same genre, come on. too bad i think trace's version is better.

and speaking of kenny chesney, i think he's an unpatriotic drunk. just kidding, i like him, but still, you gotta look at some of the songs he sings. a lot involve drinking and mexico:
por ejemplo, "summertime", "beer in mexico", "tequila loves me", "somebody take me home", "when the sun goes down", "keg in the closet". "being drunk's a lot like loving you", etc. it's crazy. there is a definite theme going on there, but it's a theme i can live with i guess.