YMMV / Marty Robbins

• Awesome Music: Pretty much the entirety of Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs counts, though special mention for "Big Iron".
• Complete Monster: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs' "Big Iron": Texas Red is a vicious outlaw residing in Agua Fria, where he is feared by all. A killer of men who takes pride in his murders, Texas Red has gunned down 20 men and marked notches into his pistol as trophies. When he hears that an Arizona Ranger is in town looking to arrest him, Texas Red eagerly tries to make the Ranger his 21st kill.
• Covered Up:
  • Guy Mitchell's cover of "Singin' the Blues" leapfrogged Robbins' original on the pop charts.
  • His version of "Ribbon of Darkness" gave Gordon Lightfoot his first major success as a songwriter.
• Epic Riff: The classical guitar opener of "El Paso" and the distinctive (and accidental) distorted guitar solo of "Don't Worry", both played by Nashville session legend Grady Martin, are quite well-remembered.
• Memetic Badass: Thanks to Big Iron, the Arizona Ranger has become one himself. It doesn't matter how many backup you brought, the Ranger will stop at nothing alongside the big iron on his hip.
• Memetic Loser: Similarly to the Arizona Ranger above, the Texas Red will be remembered as the outlaw who had the guts of being in the Ranger's hitlist and died for it.
• Signature Song: "El Paso" and "Big Iron".
• Tear Jerker: The ending to "El Paso" where the cowboy shares one last kiss with Feleena and dies in her arms. The sequel, "Feleena", narrating the other side of the story with Feleena shooting herself with the cowboy's gun, ending with the implication that their spirits still haunt the area in the present day, is also quite capable of reducing the unprepared to tears.

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