Posted on 05/20/2014 8:58:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Similar questions have been being asked since the 2nd generation of the Grand Ole Opry members took to the microphones/stages/radios/records.
Similar questions were being floated 40 years ago.
Similar questions were being floated 20 years ago.
Sadly, music of all genres are suffering this fate. It is all prepackaged and sound-alike. There is no balance of art and money, it’s all about money and it’s killing music.
similar questions have been asked since Isaac Watts started writing hymns, and musical instruments were allowed in worship services... and likely, before that :)
Having abandoned a nearly lifelong affinity for country music with the advent of Garth Brooks, I have no idea what the “Bro’ Country phenomenon” is.
Would someone care to define?
gee just country music?
it’s the whole darn culture and all it’s movies, TV and music, dance, clothes.. in all it’s forms.
We used to be the Greatest Generation, we beat the Nazis.
Now it’s just full of narcism.
liberal democrats.
they would sing rap just as soon a country or western
Today? Today??? Country music has not been right since Patsy Cline died!
Similar questions were floated last week...right here...with this same article.
Very little contemporary music, from any genre, ‘trips my trigger’ these days. Country included.
For me, I think its the lack of great, unique voices...probably a byproduct of the reality that music stars today have to look good for the camera, even more than sound good.
And technology simultaneously makes up for vocal shortcomings (auto-tune) while emphasizing shortcomings in the looks department (HDTV). So, more than ever, we get really good looking people who are adequate singers.
I mentioned this on the other thread from last week. If you watch a re-run of Hee-Haw, or a musical act from the Ed Sullivan Show, etc....the performers are ‘naked’. There is very little to back them up - no earpieces helping them out, no synthesizers, no auto tune, sometimes no music. They had to be very good, or they would be exposed.
So I agree a lot of today’s music is fairly bland....or at the other end of the spectrum, deliberately strange to get attention.
The fans are strangely tattooed morbidly fat people with weird hairdos who like to do drugs, ride big motorcycles dripping with fringe, and generally look like they are on their way to a felonious Hall'o'ween Party. L'il Abner on LSD and Steroids.
It was more like "Country Music" when the fans and Hank Williams did not look as if they belonged to some alien species, as do today "stars" and their "fans."
Today's country music is a commercially contrived 'white rap' sort of artifact and does not spring from anything genuine.
You’ve got so-called female “country singers” dating Kennedys, for crying out loud.
And the same questions were asked of rock music 20 years ago, and 40 years ago.
The problem is that now I’m asking those questions instead of defending the genre. I’m not getting old, the modern music is crap. Really, it is.
“Rock n Roll’s been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.”
I thought rap would last about 6 years or so and fade away. It has been going on for 3-4 decades now.
Long ago I said that MTV killed music. Any a$$—— with a video camera could get on MTV. The great bands died and it became all about the vocalist. Back in the day when I could still jump, the best music came from bands that played together for year, were serious about the music, and usually had some sort of musical education.
Now all the good musicians are just session players, and it’s all about the money.
MTV killed music, American Idol made damn sure it stayed dead.
I LOVE the show “Nashville”. The music and the performers are terrific! The special Nashville, a behind the scenes show about the music and song writers and colaberations, was a great show/episode/special.
REAL country, absolutely.
Patsy Cline, the greatest female voice in country music.
Jim Reeves, the greatest male voice in country music.
I still listen to many songs by both.
I was thinking more of John Bonham and Keith Moon...
colaberations = collaborations
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