lazarus57 - The Fireman
lazarus57
Jun 29, 2025 04:57pm
<p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">MEN VS WOMAN SHOWDOWN - ROUND 1</span></p><p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/BHTN/04a4938c46_M7WO_media.jpg"></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);"><em>Round 1. Sing a song for your own team your choice.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>The Fireman</strong>" is a song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Vickery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mack Vickery</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Kemp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Wayne Kemp</a>, and recorded by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">country music</a> artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">George Strait</a>. It was released in May 1985 as the third and final single from his album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Does_Fort_Worth_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind</em></a>. It reached number 5 on the country music chart in the United States, and number 10 in Canada.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fireman_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[3]</sup></a></p><p>Content</p><p>The narrator is a man with charm and wit that can cool down any angry woman. He tends to go after women that have just been in fights with their significant other or have recently experienced a break up. He even heads over to his friend's place to "cool off" the friend's woman with "a little mouth to mouth."</p><p>Cover versions</p><p>Country music singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Alan Jackson</a> covered the song from the television special George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert.</p><p>Critical reception</p><p>Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B− grade, calling it "more cocky than clever" and that "the strained metaphor that gives structure to the song errs too far on the side of ridiculous." He goes on to say that the only reason the song is "listenable at all is the fantastic Western swing arrangement and Strait’s in-on-the-joke delivery."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fireman_(song)#cite_note-coyne-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[1]</sup></a></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.1a001810dc49644b9de0a00c9de2bba4?rik=V%2bn%2fHya1YruGqA&riu=http%3a%2f%2fi.ytimg.com%2fvi%2fPGdWmexwJok%2fhqdefault.jpg&ehk=YN3dgtWAoejByTXt6%2b1Hg%2fjUvvvsrpYcPwby3BTDTwo%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="George Strait- The Fireman - YouTube"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8MHonq0Wa0M/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="George Strait - The Fireman (Live/Studio) - YouTube"></p>