Dissecting "Neon Moon" by Brooks & Dunn

When the sun goes down on your side of town, join Melton as he moves in and out of the beams of Brooks & Dunn's definitive 1992 classic "Neon Moon".  We take a different approach on this song, by comparing and contrasting it with the last one we covered.  What do "Neon Moon" and "Longneck Bottle" have in common, and what do the differences tell us about how country music worked and progressed in the 90s?  Let's see what we can unravel.