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jp Jul 10, 2025

Erin Kirby’s “Boys These Days” wants to update Paula Cole’s “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” but fails to deliver the same specificity and emotional depth. Our full breakdown on what’s missing (besides cowboys):
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https://songreading.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/boys-these-days/

Charming, Vague, and Gone: Erin Kirby’s “Boys These Days” vs. Paula Cole’s Cowboys

Erin Kirby has complaints about “Boys These Days,” but if we’re being honest, they don’t seem all that bad — at least not compared to the emotionally absent cowboys of the late ’90s. Meanwhile, fem…

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Charming, Vague, and Gone: Erin Kirby’s “Boys These Days” vs. Paula Cole’s Cowboys

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