wtf? I like country music?!

[DrPizza]

Wow, this old country stuff isn't half bad; I used to hate country music as a general rule. And, I can't recall running into any country songs that I liked on the radio while scanning for a station to listen to. I don't know what album it is, but it's had 4 or 5 good songs on in a row.

One Piece at a Time
Ghost Riders in the Sky


Shit! Sure, I just *had* to start making this thread. So much for the streak of good country songs. Oh well, back to grading tests.

 

[l0cke]

Don't worry, there are something like 5,800 billion covers of Ghost Riders in the Sky out there.

 

[MisterJackson]

I loathe country from the late 80's on.....especially todays "Pop Country"....but listening to the old school guys of country takes me back to times growing up and hanging out with my Dad. He was a huge Cash fan.

 

[natto fire]

I haven't heard much original Johnny Cash, but his covers are good, and I really like his voice. I see no foul here, and perhaps I need to buy some JC albums?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Johnny Cash isn't bad. I can tolerate some of his music. I even like some country songs but none of the popular upbeat crap. I kind of like depressing music in general...it's so much more interesting.

 

[middlehead]

Johnny Cash is not country. Johnny Cash is one of those artists that is above genres.

 

[her209]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG3liYFyuPY&fmt=18

 

[nakedfrog]

Yep, there's old country that's good. I'm in the same boat as you.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Johnny Cash isn't bad. I can tolerate some of his music. I even like some country songs but none of the popular upbeat crap. I kind of like depressing music in general...it's so much more interesting.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Johnny Cash isn't bad. I can tolerate some of his music. I even like some country songs but none of the popular upbeat crap. I kind of like depressing music in general...it's so much more interesting.

could you post this again

 

[bobsmith1492]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Johnny Cash isn't bad. I can tolerate some of his music. I even like some country songs but none of the popular upbeat crap. I kind of like depressing music in general...it's so much more interesting.

could you post this again

I can.

Check out Allison Krauss, too; newer but good, might be considered country too, who knows.

Oh, and yeah Johnny Cash rocks - "I went down in a burning ring of fire... down, down, down and the flames went higher."

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Johnny Cash isn't bad. I can tolerate some of his music. I even like some country songs but none of the popular upbeat crap. I kind of like depressing music in general...it's so much more interesting.

could you post this again

I can.

Check out Allison Krauss, too; newer but good, might be considered country too, who knows.

Oh, and yeah Johnny Cash rocks - "I went down in a burning ring of fire... down, down, down and the flames went higher."

She runs a little more towards the bluegrass side, doesn't she?

 

[SampSon]

You can't really compare Johnny Cash with the pop 'country' crap that is on the radio now.

 

[SandEagle]

i started liking county song more and more after hearing Phil Vasser's 'Carlene'.... what a clean, awesome song it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S94tbGGjcIw&fmt=18

 

[RESmonkey]

What school?

 

[BoomerD]

I like "Old Country," but can't stand the stuff that's come out since the mid-late 80's. IIRC, Hank Williams Jr. coined the term "Young Country" to fit the genre of country music that was basically rock & roll with a twang. (I've been a Bocephus fan since the 60's when he was still playing his daddy's music)

 

[JasonCoder]

Considering that Johnny Cash sold more songs than the Beatles (yea, those Beatles), you can't feel bad for liking his stuff. The man's music is great. Personal favorite: I Walk the Line. How he goes up and down with his voice is simply great.

 

[SampSon]

Originally posted by: JasonCoder
Considering that Johnny Cash sold more songs than the Beatles (yea, those Beatles), you can't feel bad for liking his stuff. The man's music is great. Personal favorite: I Walk the Line. How he goes up and down with his voice is simply great.

Cash isn't even close to selling as much music as the Beatles. No matter which way you measure it, Cash isn't even within an earshot of the Beatles numbers.

I'm not sure where you get your information from, but it's horribly wrong.

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: middlehead
Johnny Cash is not country. Johnny Cash is one of those artists that is above genres.

If he was going to be categorized I'd say folk. Country for me is Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, etc.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: middlehead
Johnny Cash is not country. Johnny Cash is one of those artists that is above genres.

If he was going to be categorized I'd say folk. Country for me is Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, etc.

Yeah, that sounds good. His music is pretty far from any recent country music. I really don't care for country music at all, but I like Johnny Cash.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Johnny Cash isn't bad. I can tolerate some of his music. I even like some country songs but none of the popular upbeat crap. I kind of like depressing music in general...it's so much more interesting.

Did you say depressing? Are we talking country? are we thinking old school?
Then there wasn't much better than the, hat bumpin, belly grindin, underwired bra rakin, slow two stepping dancing to the songs of GEORGE JONES

 

[JasonCoder]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: JasonCoder
Considering that Johnny Cash sold more songs than the Beatles (yea, those Beatles), you can't feel bad for liking his stuff. The man's music is great. Personal favorite: I Walk the Line. How he goes up and down with his voice is simply great.

Cash isn't even close to selling as much music as the Beatles. No matter which way you measure it, Cash isn't even within an earshot of the Beatles numbers.

I'm not sure where you get your information from, but it's horribly wrong.

Think I read it in an issue of Rolling Stone, but here's what I could find in a pinch:

From Stephen Miller's biography...

His hits include "I Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire", and "A Boy Named Sue". By 1969, he had sold more records than The Beatles.

That's pretty good. But wikipedia has the beatles selling over a billion records worldwide. Plus a couple of them are still alive, so how fair is that . I can see them being more appealing outside the U.S. then Cash, so yea, I probably should have said "in the U.S."

Who knows, maybe since '69 the Cashman tapered off and the Beatles shit gold.

 

[IEC]

Folk music is popular, who woulda thunk it?

 

[LtPage1]

You don't have to like country music to like Johnny Cash.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: JasonCoder

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: JasonCoder
Considering that Johnny Cash sold more songs than the Beatles (yea, those Beatles), you can't feel bad for liking his stuff. The man's music is great. Personal favorite: I Walk the Line. How he goes up and down with his voice is simply great.

Cash isn't even close to selling as much music as the Beatles. No matter which way you measure it, Cash isn't even within an earshot of the Beatles numbers.

I'm not sure where you get your information from, but it's horribly wrong.

Think I read it in an issue of Rolling Stone, but here's what I could find in a pinch:

From Stephen Miller's biography...

His hits include "I Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire", and "A Boy Named Sue". By 1969, he had sold more records than The Beatles.

That's pretty good. But wikipedia has the beatles selling over a billion records worldwide. Plus a couple of them are still alive, so how fair is that . I can see them being more appealing outside the U.S. then Cash, so yea, I probably should have said "in the U.S."

Who knows, maybe since '69 the Cashman tapered off and the Beatles shit gold.

A quick check on Wikipedia says Johnny Cash rings in at about 90 million, and the Beatles are estimated to have sold about a billion worldwide ("by 1985").