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re: Country Music - DNR
Posted on 7/22/12 at 8:47 pm to FinleyStreet
Posted on 7/22/12 at 8:47 pm to FinleyStreet
The acceptance of crossover-pop BS being celebrated by country music killed it for me. Shania Twain.
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Posted on 7/22/12 at 8:57 pm to L Boogie
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Ugh, I'm with you, Cotton. I can't stand Corey Smith.
Not with you guys on this one; I've had a good time at a # of Corey Smith shows.
Just to clarify, have either of you seen him live?
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:02 pm to Slickback
While we're giving suggestions of "good" country music, Jason Boland is an unbelievable talent. He's by far my favorite current artist and I'd put him up there with some of the legends.
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:03 pm to Fat Man
Yes. Rob Baird is a friend of mine and opened for Corey. Rob was great; Corey, not so much
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:06 pm to FinleyStreet
you're silly
the movie Urban Cowboy killed country because it made country popular to the whole country and it's been skewed towards pop ever since
the movie Urban Cowboy killed country because it made country popular to the whole country and it's been skewed towards pop ever since
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:07 pm to Powerman
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I think it's just market dynamics. At some point someone figured out that you could capture a larger market with a country/pop hybrid and it essentially spawned a new genre.
this
coincides with my post above this one
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:10 pm to L Boogie
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Rob was great; Corey, not so much
fair enough, but his stuff works for me ..
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:18 pm to Slickback
I agree with this. Boland has probably the best voice out there and his acoustic show is killer. Definitely check him out.
This post was edited on 7/22/12 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:47 pm to Fat Man
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:53 pm to TheDoc
Posted on 7/23/12 at 9:47 am to Fat Man
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Just to clarify, have either of you seen him live?
Twice and I don't plan on making it 3
Posted on 7/23/12 at 9:52 am to CottonWasKing
He's a really nice guy. And his band is awesome.
That's all I have to say about Corey smith.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:05 am to Slickback
quote:I agree here. When Mutt started producing Shania's music, he basically took what had worked in the rock/pop industry and added fiddles and some steel guitars. That, to me, started the "pop=country" slide.
The acceptance of crossover-pop BS being celebrated by country music killed it for me. Shania Twain.
Add to that acts that saw their type of mainstream pop/rock not finding a place on the current pop charts moving over to make "country" records. WTF is Darius Rucker doing on a country station? His music still sounds just like Hootie, but because it wouldn't get played on a top 40 station these days due to the change in tastes on the pop charts, he was repackaged as "country" to get air play. The same goes for Uncle Kracker and Kid Rock. you ended up with popular names being rebranded as country, and the station managers all decided that "people will listen because they liked them when they were mainstream/pop."
There are still some traditional country acts out there - George Strait, Alan Jackson, Asleep at the Wheel, but you have to wade through a pile of steaming crap to hear it on the radio. And even then, because of the preference for poppy songs, the best stuff ends up never being released as a single.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:10 am to FinleyStreet
I seriously do not understand all the Country Music is dead stuff? Does nobody realize that music changes over the years. The Outlaw Country that most people are referring to was much different than the country made in the 40s and 50s. Hell most people at the time though the 90s country was turing way too "pop."
The fact is there are some really talented singers and songwriters in Nashville today. If you don't like what's being put out today then listen to old records from the 70s and 80s or whatever time period you like.
Someone hated on Luke Bryan in another thread. Yea some of his songs are retarded but listen to...
Tackle Box
You Don't know Jack
Both good stuff IMO. Same thing with Church. He has some pretty good songs on his albums.
Oh and yea the Rascal Flatts suck in every way possible. I agree they have done nothing good for country music at all.
The fact is there are some really talented singers and songwriters in Nashville today. If you don't like what's being put out today then listen to old records from the 70s and 80s or whatever time period you like.
Someone hated on Luke Bryan in another thread. Yea some of his songs are retarded but listen to...
Tackle Box
You Don't know Jack
Both good stuff IMO. Same thing with Church. He has some pretty good songs on his albums.
Oh and yea the Rascal Flatts suck in every way possible. I agree they have done nothing good for country music at all.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:23 am to TheDoc
He is a 40 yr old man who hasn't gotten over how awesome he was in high school and college. He's a country music wooderson without the badass car
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:45 am to CottonWasKing
Mainstream country today is typically low hanging fruit.
It's to appeal to the anti-intellectual, nationalist, "good ole boy" crowd.
I feel most mainstream country music out of Nashville and even Texas is this sub version of country music, ala "redneck pop". Zero substance. Hell, most of them don't even write the songs they are singing or playing.
It's to appeal to the anti-intellectual, nationalist, "good ole boy" crowd.
I feel most mainstream country music out of Nashville and even Texas is this sub version of country music, ala "redneck pop". Zero substance. Hell, most of them don't even write the songs they are singing or playing.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 1:08 pm to TheDoc
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It's to appeal to the anti-intellectual, nationalist, "good ole boy" crowd.
And girls/women who grew up listening to Britney.
Like every other genre, country has always been mostly schlock. The difference between now and then was for all the hacks, you also had the Joneses, Cashes, Loretta's etc. There's nobody of that caliber out there now, at least not in the mainstream.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 1:56 pm to treble hook
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Does nobody realize that music changes over the years.
I get that, I just don't think mainstream country has changed for the better.
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The fact is there are some really talented singers and songwriters in Nashville today
They must be at the Bluebird?
quote:
Tackle Box You
Don't know Jack
I'll give those a listen. I really haven't liked any of the Luke Bryan stuff I've heard so far but am always prepared to stand corrected.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 7:56 pm to CottonWasKing
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He is a 40 yr old man who hasn't gotten over how awesome he was in high school and college
His last couple of CDs are about raising a family, suburb home. Older songs have lyric changes that reflect getting older.
Of course, at his shows, he stills plays the 'high school / college' songs; I suspect that is what his audience came to hear.
Which raises a question for another thread: Should an artist stick with his early material that created loyal fans, or evolve? And is it ok for him to evolve to become more commercially appealing e.g. Pat Green?
Posted on 7/23/12 at 8:23 pm to FinleyStreet
rascal figs did it
I like true country
I like true country
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