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Napoleon Ier wrote:You people need to grow up to be honest.
vtmarik wrote:Three reasons (at least for me):
1. No killer riffs, solos, or interesting musical progressions like Jazz, Blues, or Rock.
2. The songs always feel lazy to me, like they could only think up two or three other lines to stick at the beginning of the chorus.
3. The type of people who listen to a lot of country where I come from are also the people who watch NASCAR, have confederate flags, and chew tobacco.
I like some country songs because they're awesome. The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks for example. The majority of it though just makes me want to kill myself.
Napoleon Ier wrote:You people need to grow up to be honest.
heavycola wrote:is Folsom Prison Blues a country song? Must be. Maybe the exception that proves the rule.
Care to clarify on that one?Heimdall wrote:cuz it sucks
I like country music, if not for it's more simple styles, but also because many of the songs I can relate to one way or another. As for the people who listen to country here, they vary from Cowboys to Techers (pronounced like Trekkers, but no 'R').Three reasons (at least for me):
1. No killer riffs, solos, or interesting musical progressions like Jazz, Blues, or Rock.
2. The songs always feel lazy to me, like they could only think up two or three other lines to stick at the beginning of the chorus.
3. The type of people who listen to a lot of country where I come from are also the people who watch NASCAR, have confederate flags, and chew tobacco.
I like some country songs because they're awesome. The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks for example. The majority of it though just makes me want to kill myself.
I can say the same for pop music myself. But, as I grow older, I come to like it more and more.Honestly, I used to like it, and as I aged I grew away from it. The thematic elements involved are a bit foreign to me and the instruments involved are not generally my favorites (I'm not a huge fan of acoustic guitar). However, I'll note that one of my guilty pleasures is Toby Keith. The man has an amazing voice, for damn sure.
To true, to true.vtmarik wrote:heavycola wrote:is Folsom Prison Blues a country song? Must be. Maybe the exception that proves the rule.
No, it's a Johnny Cash song. Cash is a genre unto himself.
Neoteny wrote:However, I'll note that one of my guilty pleasures is Toby Keith. The man has an amazing voice, for damn sure.
btownmeggy wrote:Neoteny wrote:However, I'll note that one of my guilty pleasures is Toby Keith. The man has an amazing voice, for damn sure.
A joke?
If this Toby Keith is the same person I'm thinking of (the guy from the Ford or Chevy or whatever commercials), he represents all that is wrong with country music today.
Napoleon Ier wrote:You people need to grow up to be honest.
muy_thaiguy wrote:Care to clarify on that one?Heimdall wrote:cuz it sucks
vtmarik wrote:heavycola wrote:is Folsom Prison Blues a country song? Must be. Maybe the exception that proves the rule.
No, it's a Johnny Cash song. Cash is a genre unto himself.
glide wrote:The "old" stuff was too depressing (and musically simple) for me...but some of the new stuff is very close to blues, and rock, and Im liking more and more of it.
btownmeggy wrote:glide wrote:The "old" stuff was too depressing (and musically simple) for me...but some of the new stuff is very close to blues, and rock, and Im liking more and more of it.
See, I feel just the opposite. I love sad music. I love the folk aesthetic. Dolly Parton a la 1970 makes me feel like jelly... in a wonderful, wonderful way...
darvlay wrote:btownmeggy wrote:glide wrote:The "old" stuff was too depressing (and musically simple) for me...but some of the new stuff is very close to blues, and rock, and Im liking more and more of it.
See, I feel just the opposite. I love sad music. I love the folk aesthetic. Dolly Parton a la 1970 makes me feel like jelly... in a wonderful, wonderful way...
You would love Patsy Cline then...
I really don't see the problem of it being almost exclusively American (with the occasional exception).darvlay wrote:vtmarik wrote:heavycola wrote:is Folsom Prison Blues a country song? Must be. Maybe the exception that proves the rule.
No, it's a Johnny Cash song. Cash is a genre unto himself.
Cash is country. Just like George Jones, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Wanda Jackson, and many other great performers. The problem with Country is that it is exclusively American (or to a lesser extent, Canadian) and tends to lend itself too often to McLuhan's thesis of 'the medium is the message'. Johnny Cash is also guilty of this with songs like Man in Black, Ragged Old Flag and other such tripe.
Not saying I don't like country or Cash, I do! But it is probably my least favorite genre as a whole.
muy_thaiguy wrote:I really don't see the problem of it being almost exclusively American (with the occasional exception).darvlay wrote:vtmarik wrote:heavycola wrote:is Folsom Prison Blues a country song? Must be. Maybe the exception that proves the rule.
No, it's a Johnny Cash song. Cash is a genre unto himself.
Cash is country. Just like George Jones, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Wanda Jackson, and many other great performers. The problem with Country is that it is exclusively American (or to a lesser extent, Canadian) and tends to lend itself too often to McLuhan's thesis of 'the medium is the message'. Johnny Cash is also guilty of this with songs like Man in Black, Ragged Old Flag and other such tripe.
Not saying I don't like country or Cash, I do! But it is probably my least favorite genre as a whole.
As for Johnny Cash being Country, how many other people can be heard as often on a classic rock station AND a country music station? Not many, I can tell you that.
I like country music, if not for it's more simple styles, but also because many of the songs I can relate to one way or another. As for the people who listen to country here, they vary from Cowboys to Techers (pronounced like Trekkers, but no 'R').
A type of student that goes to WyoTech here. Trouble makers, to say the least. Not to mention knocking up Junior High students from time to time.Stymie wrote:I like country music, if not for it's more simple styles, but also because many of the songs I can relate to one way or another. As for the people who listen to country here, they vary from Cowboys to Techers (pronounced like Trekkers, but no 'R').
What the heck, "Techers?" I have never heard of that before.
I don't drive an SUV, I drive a 74 Chevy Pickup.Napoleon Ier wrote::lol:
I'm sorry...I'm sorry...
I'm just imagining mtg in aviators and a cowboy hat with a red hankerchief around his neck, cradling a shotgun and a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon whilst he listens to country rock on his SUV stereo ranting about "drivin' them trouble makers outta town" in a John Wayne voice...why can I not be American...why?
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