Why I generally listen to country music

[specktre]

I personally can't stand country music.

to me it all sounds the same, unorigional, and unentertaining. I consider myself an avid music fan (everything from Rap to rock) but i absolutely cannot stand to listen to country.

It is also WAY more depressing to listen to then anyother kind of music. i hate listening to some pu$$y talk about how he can't stand being away from his GF or wife. grow some balls you weak a$$ country singers.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth

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.

😉

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.

Ayup...totally agree. Bluegrass is some good stuff...toss in some Del McCoury, too. And Lucinda Williams would be stretching that but she's similar to Emmylou Harris (would love to see them in concert together...and put Patty Griffin on-stage, too!) Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Lyle Lovett...but what genre would you call them? Alternative Country? Americana? It's all blending so much. 🙂

 

[RyanM]

"I am a man of constant sorrow" is one of the greatest songs ever written.

That said, I'm not really a fan of most country. All the whine gets me thinking of cheese, and I HATE cheese.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: MachFive
"I am a man of constant sorrow" is one of the greatest songs ever written.

That said, I'm not really a fan of most country. All the whine gets me thinking of cheese, and I HATE cheese.

Country music is like any other form of music: there's formulaic, unoriginal crap and there's good stuff written by talented artists. You just have to look past all the trite garbage on the radio for the good stuff.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: MachFive
"I am a man of constant sorrow" is one of the greatest songs ever written.

That said, I'm not really a fan of most country. All the whine gets me thinking of cheese, and I HATE cheese.

I thought "Man of constant sorrow" was written by Bob Dylan.

 

[specktre]

sorry if i was unclear with my previous post but conjur u are absolutely correct, i love bluegrass but i hate this pop/country music they play on the radios now a days, it is 100% crap, but bluegrass Ownz

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: conjur

Ayup...totally agree. Bluegrass is some good stuff...toss in some Del McCoury, too. And Lucinda Williams would be stretching that but she's similar to Emmylou Harris (would love to see them in concert together...and put Patty Griffin on-stage, too!) Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Lyle Lovett...but what genra would you call them? Alternative Country? Americana? It's all blending so much. 🙂

Yeah, I've heard about "Americana" as a genre, but not too many stations pick that format. Fausto1 mentioned Tift Merrit, who was the cover story to last week's weekly local paper, The Independent (cover story here). The article was about the fact she cannot get any airplay on the local music stations (excepting college radio). It seems she can't because she isn't enough country for country stations and not "poppy" for the top-10 station. Oh, and it seems her recording company isn't on the ball about putting her name out there either.


The intersting other comment I'd like to make is the fact that Oh Brother Where Art Thou sold more albums than any other country individual or group sold that year. Because the sales where so big, CMA had to put the album on their awards list. Yet they did so without having any song play on the country stations or country music TV. I think that tells of the true nature of today's country music.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth

Originally posted by: conjur

Ayup...totally agree. Bluegrass is some good stuff...toss in some Del McCoury, too. And Lucinda Williams would be stretching that but she's similar to Emmylou Harris (would love to see them in concert together...and put Patty Griffin on-stage, too!) Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Lyle Lovett...but what genra would you call them? Alternative Country? Americana? It's all blending so much. 🙂

Yeah, I've heard about "Americana" as a genre, but not too many stations pick that format. Fausto1 mentioned Tift Merrit, who was the cover story to last week's weekly local paper, The Independent (cover story here). The article was about the fact she cannot get any airplay on the local music stations (excepting college radio). It seems she can't because she isn't enough country for country stations and not "poppy" for the top-10 station. Oh, and it seems her recording company isn't on the ball about putting her name out there either.

That sounds about par for the music industry as a whole. "Pay no attention to the talented indy artist in the corner! Check out this new Shania Twain album! It may sound just like the last one, but she's really hot! Buy her stuff or we'll saturate all forms of media with promo stuff until your head explodes!!"

 

[Yax]

Hey, I can listen to country music as good as any of you. After all, I've been hurt before too and all those ex-es that live in Texas can kiss my glass and Shania thinks I'm Brad Pitt or a rocket scientist.

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: MachFive
"I am a man of constant sorrow" is one of the greatest songs ever written.

That said, I'm not really a fan of most country. All the whine gets me thinking of cheese, and I HATE cheese.

I thought "Man of constant sorrow" was written by Bob Dylan.

Written by Dan Tyminski
oops I take that back. sung by Dan Tyminski, written by Carter Stanley

 

[Jugernot]

Yep me too. You don't hear country songs singing "So I popped a cap in the cop's ass and sexed up my hoe." 🙂

 

[Fausto]

Link to samples from Tift Merritt's album if anyone's interested.

EDIT- sweet! She's playing a little place here in Atlanta on June 18th! 😀

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

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.

You forgot the bit about your beloved truck not starting. 😉

Don't got no truck. Can't 'ford it. Do got me a 10 thousand dollar John Deere I wash every day though..

 

[XZeroII]

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.

haha, on the flip side...

I listen to Rap because I feel like abusing my wife, and shooting my drug dealer 😉
I listen to Metal because I hate life and want to kill myself 😉

😀😀😀

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: XZeroII

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.

haha, on the flip side...

I listen to Rap because I feel like abusing my wife, and shooting my drug dealer 😉
I listen to Metal because I hate life and want to kill myself 😉

😀😀😀

And I listen to Depeche Mode because I'm secretly very, very, very gay. :Q 😀



Okay...maybe not THAT secretly....but you get the general idea. 😛

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth

Originally posted by: conjur

Ayup...totally agree. Bluegrass is some good stuff...toss in some Del McCoury, too. And Lucinda Williams would be stretching that but she's similar to Emmylou Harris (would love to see them in concert together...and put Patty Griffin on-stage, too!) Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Lyle Lovett...but what genra would you call them? Alternative Country? Americana? It's all blending so much. 🙂

Yeah, I've heard about "Americana" as a genre, but not too many stations pick that format. Fausto1 mentioned Tift Merrit, who was the cover story to last week's weekly local paper, The Independent (cover story here). The article was about the fact she cannot get any airplay on the local music stations (excepting college radio). It seems she can't because she isn't enough country for country stations and not "poppy" for the top-10 station. Oh, and it seems her recording company isn't on the ball about putting her name out there either.

Yeah...Kasey Chambers' first album was pretty hot (Australian) but you'd think she was from Nashville or something. But my local public radio is about all I listen to. WFPK They've played Tift Merritt and all of the artists mentioned above (and they'll through in Ramones or John Coltrane right in the middle...GREAT mix).

The intersting other comment I'd like to make is the fact that Oh Brother Where Art Thou sold more albums than any other country individual or group sold that year. Because the sales where so big, CMA had to put the album on their awards list. Yet they did so without having any song play on the country stations or country music TV. I think that tells of the true nature of today's country music.

Ayup...the local mega-big-commerci-glomo country station (WAMZ) refused to play anything off of it.