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Hate to keep beating the dead horse (re: Country music's sad state)...
Posted on 8/21/12 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 8/21/12 at 1:51 pm
But here is a good article about the state of country music by someone that gets is (and surprisingly he writes for CMT.com)
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Trucks, Grits, Whiskey, Fishin' Holes and Pop and Rap
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Trucks, Grits, Whiskey, Fishin' Holes and Pop and Rap
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Well, the sky officially fell this week. The No. 1 country album is pretty much a rap album. Country rapper Colt Ford's Declaration of Independence is also No. 2 on the rap chart.
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And the No. 1 downloaded country single -- which even impartial observers agree has absolutely no country elements to it at all -- is also well on its way to being the most downloaded single by any female artist ever. Ever, ever. Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is a well-crafted and shrewdly put together pop powerhouse.
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We got long shopping lists of truck songs, we got back road songs, small-town songs, dirt road songs, fishin' hole songs, beer-and-babes songs, bonfire songs, grits songs, biscuits songs, green beans songs, fried chicken songs, whiskey songs, Jagermeister songs, moonshine songs, water tower songs, tractor songs, tight jeans songs, farmer's daughter songs, good ol' boy songs, Grand Ole Opry songs, Goo Goo Cluster songs, Shoo-fly pie songs, Moon Pie songs, Bubba songs, I'm-so-country songs, tanline songs, I'm-an-outlaw songs, Old Glory songs, whatever you want for your Southern lifestyle.
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Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:05 pm to Slickback
I would agree with this article. Most of what is played on country radio today is that stereotypical stuff. It's just the way the music BUSINESS is. It's about making money and that's the way to do it. Pump out hit after hit.
I will listen to all types of music but country being the overwhelming majority. I also tend to keep up with the industry and "Nashville" a good bit. I happen to like alot of the songwriters today and I even like a decent amount of the songs put out. They are not 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s country but they are today's "country."
What I'm saying is the music business changes alot over time. The country music of the 70s was nothing like the country of the 50s. Just like in the late 80s it took a huge turn toward pop. We have no idea whta kind of country music will be being made in 20 years.
I will listen to all types of music but country being the overwhelming majority. I also tend to keep up with the industry and "Nashville" a good bit. I happen to like alot of the songwriters today and I even like a decent amount of the songs put out. They are not 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s country but they are today's "country."
What I'm saying is the music business changes alot over time. The country music of the 70s was nothing like the country of the 50s. Just like in the late 80s it took a huge turn toward pop. We have no idea whta kind of country music will be being made in 20 years.
Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:11 pm to Slickback
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We got long shopping lists of truck songs, we got back road songs, small-town songs, dirt road songs, fishin' hole songs, beer-and-babes songs, bonfire songs, grits songs, biscuits songs, green beans songs, fried chicken songs, whiskey songs, Jagermeister songs, moonshine songs, water tower songs, tractor songs, tight jeans songs, farmer's daughter songs, good ol' boy songs, Grand Ole Opry songs, Goo Goo Cluster songs, Shoo-fly pie songs, Moon Pie songs, Bubba songs, I'm-so-country songs, tanline songs, I'm-an-outlaw songs, Old Glory songs, whatever you want for your Southern lifestyle.
This has been one of my pet peeves for a long time. If you have to spend the whole song telling me how "country" you are, it's not real country music.
Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:20 pm to OldTigahFot
Check out this song. Been watching this dude for years before he had a record deal. Played a shitload of 90s country down on lower Broadway for years.
Craig Campbell - You Probably Ain't
Craig Campbell - You Probably Ain't
Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:46 pm to Slickback
sitting in a tractor all day and listening to the radio...makes me disappoint in country music.
bullshite new artists ain't country never will be.
bullshite new artists ain't country never will be.
Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:59 pm to treble hook
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Check out this song.
Good one !
Posted on 8/21/12 at 2:59 pm to treble hook
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Craig Campbell - You Probably Ain't
Good song.
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Played a shitload of 90s country down on lower Broadway for years.
can't wait to go back.
Posted on 8/21/12 at 3:18 pm to Slickback
Posted on 8/21/12 at 3:31 pm to jimbeam
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bullshite new artists ain't country never will be.
You're just not listening to the right bands
Posted on 8/21/12 at 9:12 pm to TheDoc
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You're just not listening to the right bands
what i should say, is the new artists that play most of the time on the "country stations"
Posted on 8/21/12 at 9:26 pm to TheDoc
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bullshite new artists ain't country never will be.
You're just not listening to the right bands
You're right Doc, but they're saying that ain't what gets played.
Get your boy to book Bingham at the Vars again.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:46 am to OldTigahFot
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This has been one of my pet peeves for a long time. If you have to spend the whole song telling me how "country" you are, it's not real country music.
Well said.
Now I think I just stay here and drink!Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:49 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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Get your boy to book Bingham at the Vars again.
I'm sure it'll happen again
Posted on 8/22/12 at 8:29 am to Slickback
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Well, the sky officially fell this week. The No. 1 country album is pretty much a rap album. Country rapper Colt Ford's Declaration of Independence
I just heard "Driving Around" (or rather the first 30 seconds -- all I could stand)
Is there any escape from rap? Anyplace to hide at all?
Posted on 8/22/12 at 12:37 pm to OldTigahFot
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We got long shopping lists of truck songs, we got back road songs, small-town songs, dirt road songs, fishin' hole songs, beer-and-babes songs, bonfire songs, grits songs, biscuits songs, green beans songs, fried chicken songs, whiskey songs, Jagermeister songs, moonshine songs, water tower songs, tractor songs, tight jeans songs, farmer's daughter songs, good ol' boy songs, Grand Ole Opry songs, Goo Goo Cluster songs, Shoo-fly pie songs, Moon Pie songs, Bubba songs, I'm-so-country songs, tanline songs, I'm-an-outlaw songs, Old Glory songs, whatever you want for your Southern lifestyle.
If you ask me that is a long list of stuff. Rap has two categories and that is "I am cool" and then "I look cool in my _________."
This post was edited on 8/22/12 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 8/22/12 at 3:47 pm to rileytiger
Posted on 8/22/12 at 4:19 pm to jakedel12
Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:10 pm to Slickback
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And the No. 1 downloaded country single -- which even impartial observers agree has absolutely no country elements to it at all -- is also well on its way to being the most downloaded single by any female artist ever. Ever, ever. Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is a well-crafted and shrewdly put together pop powerhouse.
So sad
Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:25 pm to OldTigahFot
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This has been one of my pet peeves for a long time. If you have to spend the whole song telling me how "country" you are, it's not real country music.
Mine too. Also has anyone else noticed that people from the country want to porve how country they are? It used to be yeah I'm from the country but what of it. It was like being white you didn't make a big deal about. Now you can't drive around without seeing a truck with some redneck sticker on it
Posted on 8/22/12 at 7:26 pm to Chitter Chatter
Not gonna lie, I actually liked Colt Ford's early stuff. Now not so much.
Waffle House
Ride Through The Country
Nickel Sized Hail
Waffle House
Ride Through The Country
Nickel Sized Hail
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