You just liked them for the album covers? ;)
Posted on 05/20/2014 8:58:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I agree. There’s good pop music and good country music. I think that “country” music is now code for “white” and that’s what i’m seeing actually. I’ve played guitar for over 30 years and have come across some great tunes and musicians. Some are idiots in their politics and personal lives but really creative. If you or any Freepers like acoustic guitar check out Tommy Emmanuel and the label Candyrat.
There’s a web based show called Daryl’s House that is really nice and highlights some great live non doctored music in different genres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhFJXgBMlZM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
There are a lot of paradoxes out there.
Exactly, if it isn’t rap or hip-hop or Top 40 dance music, it sounds like Country by comparison.
I think Gospel Quartet music because it never became mega-popular still retains the realness and creativity of what was country music but in saying that, at the same time, one can’t substitute the music for religion. But it’s okay for reflection.
When my friends were listening to Foghat and Cream, I was listening to Herb Alpert.
Ha ha!
First album I got as a kid was Tijuana Brass album. Going Places.
Or even bluegrass, I don’t know if one can call that a sub genre of country but that has been around and really doesn’t run the risk of being spoiled.
You just liked them for the album covers? ;)
Why do DJ’s choose to give regular airplay to say, Rihana’s or Miley Cyrus’ music over some other equally talented singer?
Today, I'm gonna post a link to what's wrong with country today, a perfect illustration of what the writer of this article is talking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRh-vBOS-dU
This is a beer commercial, not music.
But it's not just country. Popular music today is in a bad way. All you have to do is to compare a Marvin Gaye or a Wilson Pickett to Jay-Z or lil Wayne.
Because outside of George Strait and Aaron Watson it sucks and has since late 90’s when I stopped listening.
To be a country star today: have some tats, a plastic hat or do rag on your head, men wearing girl jeans, girls wearing almost nothing, or basically look like you just left a Seattle Starbucks with a fedora. Talent is optional.
I heard a theory that most of the new singers are Georgia/Florida types versus the prior acts from Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and the likes. They too that Lynrd Skynrd type southern sound versus Western Swing.
The mistaken impression is that a DJ has any choice in the matter, on the vast majority of radio stations airing today. They have songs in rotation. This rotation is played over and over again. It’s a rare thing to even encounter a DJ having enough discretion to actually play a request, unless that request is in the rotation. This is controlled from the central office of an entity that owns many radio stations. The end result is stultifying homogeneity. I’ve taken to listening to college stations when I listen to radio just because it can be surprising. There are no surprises on the vast majority of commercial radio.
Dwight Yoakam brought back some real country even though, DY’s music is likewise flawed but isn’t just schmaltzy stuff like George Strait or Garth Brooks, Garth who set all kinds of records for popularity. Yoakam’s music has some excellent violin work among other instruments. Subject matter can be negative.
Just my opinion, nothing more:
Alan Jackson remade the Pop A Top song and that’s a great country song: http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_6682/alan-jackson/tpx_1159902 even if it might be pale compared to the original.
He also did Chatahoochie which for a fairly recent country song really isn’t that bad.
George Strait in the 80s &90s. I would include Allen Jackson and even Garth somewhat, but after that nothing has been good since.
Yeah, I brought that one to school and someone stole it. I have four pristine copies now. What can I say? Estate sales, ten cents a piece.
Interesting how often that album is featured in movies, though. I’ve seen it in at least three, but the only one that comes to mind is Boondock Saints. When their Italian sidekick comes home, frantically grabbing his stuff to go on the run, there it is in the albums he grabs.
Two years ago my granddaughter’s favorite country song was “Pontoon”. She was two.
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