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Why I generally listen to country music

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Riprorin

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The main reason is that most pop/rock music is so damn depressing. Not that all country music isn't, but it's a heck of a lot better.

Given that 1 out of 12 teenagers are severly depressed and we're the Prozac generation, it's not surprising that this is reflected in pop culture, ie. music, movies, TV, etc.
 
This country is not in a moral death spiral, it's just the bad news is being sensationalized and reported more. At least that's what some would have you believe.
 
I listen to country music to remind me of my wife leaving me, taking all my money, my dog dieing, me getting fired, mama is sick, papa never loved me and all I got is my Budweiser and Nascar...but that's just me.
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
I listen to country music to remind me of my wife leaving me, taking all my money, my dog dieing, me getting fired, mama is sick, papa never loved me and all I got is my Budweiser and Nascar...but that's just me.
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You forgot the bit about your beloved truck not starting. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
I listen to country music to remind me of my wife leaving me, taking all my money, my dog dieing, me getting fired, mama is sick, papa never loved me and all I got is my Budweiser and Nascar...but that's just me.
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..well that and the fact there's nothing else to listen to other than that and fire 'n brimstones preachers on the radio while on those lone country roads in Iowa/central Illinois/Indiana etc... it's not that bad, i think of it as a temporary self-brainwashing
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Originally posted by: Riprorin
I avoid the twangy stuff myself.
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"it's not the twang itself, it's the application of twang that matters!" you can do lotsa cool stuff (including rockin out hard) with telecasters... ;-)
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
I listen to country music to remind me of my wife leaving me, taking all my money, my dog dieing, me getting fired, mama is sick, papa never loved me and all I got is my Budweiser and Nascar...but that's just me.
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lol, funny post 😉

I love country music but I love the rest of music too!
 
Originally posted by: pukemon
Originally posted by: Riprorin
I avoid the twangy stuff myself.
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"it's not the twang itself, it's the application of twang that matters!" you can do lotsa cool stuff (including rockin out hard) with telecasters... ;-)
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I think he's referring to the voices, not the guitars...
 
You know what happens when you play a country album backwards?













You Get Your Job Back

You Get your car back

You get your wife back

Your get your dog back

You get your cat back

😉

Ausm
 
Dang. You beat me to it. I don't get to pour the sarcasm on now. 😛


Originally posted by: ausm
You know what happens when you play a country album backwards?













You Get Your Job Back

You Get your car back

You get your wife back

Your get your dog back

You get your cat back

😉

Ausm
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Country *is* pop. It just has a twang to it. It's sugar-coated cliches.

And no one writes their own stuff.

Blech.

You can have it.

😉
 
This dude I know at work hogs the radio and blairs that $hit all day long...thank God for the Ipod 🙂

Ausm
 
Originally posted by: conjur
Country *is* pop. It just has a twang to it. It's sugar-coated cliches.

And no one writes their own stuff.

Blech.

You can have it.

😉
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I remember when country music was country; not this urban, jingoistic, pop sound they have out now - since Urban Cowboy was filmed. It is too much a music factory, machined in Nashville and Charlotte. What I listen to instead of country is bluegrass.

Old country hits: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack

Bluegrass: Ricky Scaggs, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley
Not country but had her roots there: Shelby Lynne

I grew up in eastern Kentucky, in a small little town called Russell. I lived next door to the Judd's mom (Naomi's) and went to school with Billy Ray Cyrus. And no, I didn't and don't have a mullet.


 
Originally posted by: MaxDepth
Old country hits: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack

Bluegrass: Ricky Scaggs, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley
Not country but had her roots there: Shelby Lynne

I grew up in eastern Kentucky, in a small little town called Russell. I lived next door to the Judd's mom (Naomi's) and went to school with Billy Ray Cyrus. And no, I didn't and don't have a mullet.
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Alison Krauss is great. Even though it's not country I really like the AKUS cover of "Baby, now that I found you". And I remember being at a party in 1978 when someone put on an Emmylou Harris album and the whole room said "Who?" She's still cranking it out.
 
Originally posted by: kranky
Originally posted by: MaxDepth
Old country hits: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack

Bluegrass: Ricky Scaggs, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley
Not country but had her roots there: Shelby Lynne

I grew up in eastern Kentucky, in a small little town called Russell. I lived next door to the Judd's mom (Naomi's) and went to school with Billy Ray Cyrus. And no, I didn't and don't have a mullet.
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Alison Krauss is great. Even though it's not country I really like the AKUS cover of "Baby, now that I found you". And I remember being at a party in 1978 when someone put on an Emmylou Harris album and the whole room said "Who?" She's still cranking it out.
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Check out Tift Merritt if you're an Emmylou fan. Good stuff. 🙂
 
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