Thus, the title has two meanings: The original sense of 'Damn straight,' and how George Strait's songs exacerbate his heartbreak. This is because every time Scotty McCreery hears one of King George's songs, it reminds him of how much he misses his ex. So it’s like ‘damn George, chill out already’. But by the practical looks of things, it’ll be a long time coming before the singer recuperates from this broken heart. Here, 'straight' becomes 'strait,' alluding to country legend George Strait. Moreover, it is later revealed that the vocalist has in fact been dumped. So now, put more simply into layman’s terms, he’s in his feelings. And then bam – a Strait tune randomly pops up on the radio, and said emotions are exacerbated. George Strait and his wife, Norma Strait, welcomed Jenifer into the world on October 6, 1972.
The Family Was Blessed To Have Jenifer In Their Lives. Like a breath of spring, she came and left, and I still don’t know why. On April 25, 1988, George Strait released the emotional song Baby Blue as the second single off of his album If You Ain’t Lovin’, You Ain’t Livin’. In other words, whenever he hears a George Strait song he more vividly remembers certain aspects of his relationship with his ex. This includes stuff like the color of her eyes and the first time they danced together. In the chorus, Strait sings: And baby blue was the color of her eyes. George Strait Sings Mournful Song, Baby Blue. Now ‘damn straight’ is actually a well-known colloquialism. And the role it serves in language is basically as an empowered confirmation. But the way it is spelled in this song is as “damn Strait” instead of ‘damn straight’. And that’s because McCreery is actually, in the chorus, directly addressing George Strait.Īnd the more overt purpose of all of this is to poetically lead us to what is the true thesis sentiment of this narrative is, which would most simply be the vocalist being heartbroken. sounding the same but leading to completely different concepts. And that is how the word “Strait” is also used therein, as not only alluding to George Strait but also as wordplay, i.e. The song is uses the color blue specifically blue eyes as a metonym for the singer’s daughter who died when she was 13. That’s why the title features the word strait instead of straight. But of course those two terms are homonyms, i.e.
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