The devil going ‘down to Georgia’ implies Satan normally lives in the northeast US, possibly Canada - ThreadSky

chrisballygk.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe he lives in Russia and it's the other Georgia.

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captainruck.bsky.social•2 days ago

I could easily believe Charlie Daniels believes the devil is "somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon Line"

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loquaciousscribble.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dang it! I was sure Lucifer was from Baltimore. Now we have to reprint all those travel brochures.

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skatingtomato.bsky.social•2 days ago

Glen Burnie, close enough

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waxmonkey.bsky.social•2 days ago

who out there putting soul quotas on satan

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oneoneder.bsky.social•2 days ago

Satan. He has severe ADHD and needs artificial deadlines to get him going.

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opinionhaver.bsky.social•2 days ago

“I’m literally neurodivergent and POC (red), but go off I guess…”

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taylornewc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nah, the devil is just from Ohio. I mean, how else do you think he became the devil?

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economymedicine.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is true, Ohio is the source of most of the worlds evil

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oneoneder.bsky.social•2 days ago

You know how a disproportionate of astronauts are from Ohio? That's evil trying to escape the bounds of earth and spread itself to the stars

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walmsley.bsky.social•2 days ago

maybe it was some kind of bet with God, like they did about Job

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waxmonkey.bsky.social•2 days ago

god has a gambling problem

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turnitup5000db.bsky.social•2 days ago

Little known fact, the song is actually about the Jersey Devil, specifically.

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lukebro92.bsky.social•2 days ago

No he lives in the Mexican Uplands. "Down" refers to elevation as Georgia is comparatively low-lying...

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paleopragmatist.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe he was just connecting at LaGuardia

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lukebro92.bsky.social•2 days ago

Everybody knows that it doesn't know whether you go to heaven or hell, you'll have a connection in Atlanta...

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dwyara.bsky.social•2 days ago

New Jersey Devils!

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tautou.bsky.social•2 days ago

There's a little section of woods in Mass called Satan's Kingdom.

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geauxirish.bsky.social•2 days ago

Greenland

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hotelalhamra.bsky.social•2 days ago

Philly, everyone knows the Lord of Lies is from Philly.

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theeveningprimrose.bsky.social•2 days ago

The song also implies he has a quota he's behind on

Who is the devil's boss???

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greased7.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's moved south, same as Trump.

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guillotinewit.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's across the street from Santa at the north pole. They get each other's mail all the time.

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chryx.bsky.social•1 day ago

For the farmer and the farm animal and the devil is Chicago

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awelder.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ozarks

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jgb.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, but if he's hearing about a local fiddle player then he's most likely living in South Carolina. Most likely Columbia.

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williameburns.bsky.social•2 days ago

In DC we proudly proclaim that we're the Devil's City.

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thatsbaseballsuzyn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hackensack, NJ

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qu0th.bsky.social•2 days ago

All I parse from that is that Georgia is below hell

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eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Of course a right wing redneck musician would have that perspective.

Also, the Devil's riff sounded better than his.

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fsquared.bsky.social•2 days ago

So many questions - why would souls be especially available in Georgia, necessitating the long trip - also, why the weird talking in third person.

"But if you lose the devil gets your . . . I'm sorry, that's weird, I . . . I get your soul."

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fsquared.bsky.social•2 days ago

Moreover I'm starting to think that the devil went down to Georgia but the contest was elsewhere.

Note, the devil is in the House of the Rising Sun. And, as any fan of rock from decades past know . . . that's in . . New Orleans.

This song has many, many mysteries.

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sheepbop.bsky.social•2 days ago

The rising sun is to the east, famously

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technicalsquirrel.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think the devil normally goes for persuasion, but that takes some time, which in this telling was a limiting resource. So he decided on a market-based approach, going somewhere people have a known tendency to trade their souls for earthly advantage. That would be Georgia, probably Cobb County.

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atomenthusiast.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Jersey Devil, obviously

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iggs44.bsky.social•2 days ago

New Jersey?

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skooly.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pretty sure it was Virginia

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christosilvia.bsky.social•2 days ago

William the devil lives in New Jersey

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ustin.bsky.social•2 days ago

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reptiledude.bsky.social•2 days ago

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juliafnp.bsky.social•2 days ago

I would posit New Jersey

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javonfair.bsky.social•2 days ago

Correct

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technicalsquirrel.bsky.social•1 day ago

Probably Long Island, if we're being real about it. No souls left to steal.

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johnlk.bsky.social•2 days ago

New York City, obviously

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newstraveler.bsky.social•2 days ago

“‘Cause he’s a lawyer!“

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califella.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's got a home in West Virginia

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surfcityfound.bsky.social•2 days ago

The devil is from Tennessee. Just north of Knoxville. He leaves every once in a while to surround himself with better people.

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dustbinfilm.bsky.social•2 days ago

that's a nice area, devil loves black bears and going to dollywood

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umlauthuth.bsky.social•2 days ago

after recently reviewing a lot of new england and new france folklore... actually yeah that's where. you just run into him during your commute

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ecbean.bsky.social•2 days ago

Eastern Seaboard Bias, evergreen

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jkochien.bsky.social•1 day ago

He met up with Daniel Webster first, after all.

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mosheroperandi.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's actually a vertical description. Normally he stays up on Stone Mountain.

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jessealston.bsky.social•2 days ago

I guess this wouldn’t be clear to someone not from the South, but yeah, that the devil is a Yankee is a core implication of the song

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jlet.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Michigan

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nottodayokay.bsky.social•2 days ago

The devil lives in western Wisconsin

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coachfinstock.bsky.social•2 days ago

Originally titled Satan Is A Snowbird

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oldak.bsky.social•2 days ago

It implies he lives in Tennessee.

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mcirwin47.bsky.social•2 days ago

Could live in Chattanooga

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kindofstrange.com•2 days ago

It's known that Hell is in Michigan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Michigan

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spanishspy.bsky.social•2 days ago

the Jersey Devil?

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sprawlhater.bsky.social•2 days ago

the devil lives in the Pine Barrens, there is a whole sports team about it

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kimmit1996.bsky.social•2 days ago

actually one can go “down to Georgia” from Florida. it’s a Southern thing.

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knitdan.bsky.social•2 days ago

I prefer to think of it as Georgia being situated on a metaphysical level below Hell.

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thcbbs.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's from Kentucky, obvs

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alwaysadorecats.bsky.social•2 days ago

Daniel Webster had that trial with him in Massachusetts, after all

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ladylinds.bsky.social•2 days ago

I do live in the northeast, so you're right.

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ecppdx.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow not even Satan wants to deal with the South on an everyday basis.

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winniethewitch.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or the North Pole.

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estupi.do•2 days ago

I think it just implies South Carolina

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bigladydragon.art•2 days ago

he probably lives in Bridgeport Connecticut

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dallas-taylor.bsky.social•2 days ago

South Carolina is my bet

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tammybeth.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nah. Just Tennessee.

Watch their legislature at work and you'll see

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tvwalkman.bsky.social•2 days ago

devil lives in heaven actually. theyre all bros up there playing with us

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justanotherdummy.bsky.social•2 days ago

I always assumed the devil was from Ohio, that being where Sherman was from.

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matthewterrill.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or just Chattanooga

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rosscoleman.bsky.social•2 days ago

I always thought it was Maine.

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rachacha.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where did The Exorcist take place, Bill?

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nordiceuropean.bsky.social•1 day ago

Or in Russia

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oneoneder.bsky.social•2 days ago

Regret to inform you that the devil is commuting to Georgia from North Carolina

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sheepbop.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well he did fall out of heaven

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opinionhaver.bsky.social•2 days ago

Connecticut Satan.

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sashotodorov.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Devil lives in Clemson, South Carolina.

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minimallycrazy.bsky.social•2 days ago

That tracks.

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dalassa.bsky.social•2 days ago

Checks out

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grandstandfan.bsky.social•2 days ago

My Aunt lives in Westport and I have no problem believing that place is hell on earth.

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tomscud.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hell, MI

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tznkai.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just a vacation property, he's established to be a foreign prince. See U.S. ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff 54 F.R.D. 282 (W.D. Pa. 1971) (internal citations omitted)

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