| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/3/2005 11:50:59 AM | I love these forums and usually just read...but.....I have to take issue with ...
anyone who knows anything about music can tell you that rock & roll comes from country & western(as well as blues & jazz & gospel etc.)
blues and jazz coming from country....thats a good one! Crack a book and do a little research into "modern musical history"....I would be curious to know the roots of this country music that gave birth to the blues and jazz. Enlighten me please | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/3/2005 1:14:40 PM | | if you're referring to my post i think you misread it herk. i said that rock & roll comes from country & western music, AS WELL as elements of Blues & Jazz & Gospel. | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/3/2005 1:52:23 PM | Various musical idioms have long borrowed freely from one another. Cowboy icon / singer Gene Autry started out in a bluesy vein decades ago. In fact, Country music has sometimes been dubbed "the white man's blues", and, at least, Classic Country is very similar to The Blues, even if the "sound" is quite different.
Way back, in the 1930's, Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys employed horns to give a jazzy feel to their arrangements of "Western Swing" music.
Eddy Arnold's 1950s recording of "Trouble In Mind" was actually a remake of a 1920s Blues standard.
While the genesis of Country music may have been unrelated to Jazz, Pop and Blues, Country music rather quickly began to borrow from other genres. The "Countrypolitan" sound of the late '50s, and early-to-mid '60s was a highly successful attempt to appeal to the broader pop audience, as crafted by producers Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley, and artists such as Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold and several others.
The Country music of today is often barely distinguishable from some of the milder forms of rock music, complete with occasional horns and B-3 organ washes. | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/3/2005 2:24:05 PM | | I stand corrected, I did misread your intention that rock music stemmed from all those stated instead of vice verse...my apologies | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/4/2005 9:41:24 PM | well theres nothing good about it....lol! its just NOT my thing...too hillbilly for me...i once worked with a vet traveling around to farms and we always had to listen to country music...and it was just awful!
yeeeeeeeeeee-ha......spin your partner round and round....lol | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/4/2005 10:38:39 PM | ^^^^ And again, basic prejudices rear their ugly head.
well theres nothing good about it
paraphrased as: "If I don't like it then it must be bad" | |
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Joined: 1/9/2005
Msg: 58 | |
| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/4/2005 10:54:06 PM | Yup, ......this thread is just a "my pop is better than your pop" (all puns intended)
ALL pop, ............is a celebration of the mediocre.
......................people. | |
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JmanTO
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Joined: 5/29/2005
Msg: 60 | |
| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/5/2005 12:00:53 AM | | there is no problem with country music. Everyone has different tastes, just because people say they don't like country doesn't mean it's not popular. Look at the States. | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/6/2005 6:51:22 AM | i'll tell you what the problem is. Everyone has the same image, the songs they sing are for the most part written by the same group of Nashville songwriters, many of the albums are loaded with session musicians playing the same guitars and amps on album to album.
There basically two types of country songs today, goofy songs with on vapid catch phrases and the(Velveeta) ballad about your woman or your pick-up truck.
Oh and who can forget Toby Keith's right wing blather(and yes, I'm technically on his side)
The artists' images are calculated even more so than someone like Britney, becasue they are trying to get the country fans and some more 'adventerous' rock music fans to listen.
They are so vanilla, it makes Dave Matthews look like Metallica.
I feel like country music glorifies many things (like rap music) that I don't want to be associated with. Beer, cowboy raps and pick-up trucks ain't my thing.
Strong words/melodies, musical talent and and a strong self-cultivated image are what do it for me.
The old stuff, Hank Sr, bluegrass,western swing, Outlaw country of the 70's. That is where the beauty of a homegrown musical style is. Not in cookie cutter songs for grey people. | |
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JmanTO
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Joined: 5/29/2005
Msg: 63 | |
| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/8/2005 10:53:46 PM | | Country music is excellent when it's simplistic. All the whistles and bells associated with new country tend to get very annoying fast. It's like they can't decide whether they're country or they're pop. Make up your damn mind and stick to it. | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/9/2005 6:25:27 AM | | I grew up with country, so I still like the older stuff....alan jackson, toby keith, shania twain, david lee murphy....and I still know most of it word for word. But I've moved on. | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/9/2005 7:41:53 AM | Though I'm not personally a fan of the sound of country music, I do feel that it is not done justice by young people. Common excuses for not liking country music are 'it's too whiney' or 'it's too twangy.' Although I do agree that it is too twangy for my taste, how do you think a country and western fan feels when they hear Killswitch Engage screaming bloody murder at a crowd of 16 year olds? As far as too whiney goes, if any young person took two seconds to analyse the lyrics of the music they listen to, they'd realize that new rock music today is far more likely to make you want to hang yourself than country music is.
Unfortunately, it's become a trend these days to not like country music. Kids who have never looked into it beside being bombarded by Shania Twain on their parents mix music station think they look cool by going 'yeah man, country f***ing sucks...parents are retarded, let's go shoot some rednecks.' It's the whole rebellion against parents and society. Plus, most of these kids have grown up in the city in a cushy lifestyle (not all, but many), so they don't understand or identify with the lifestyle that older country music portrays.
Overall, I still am not a fan of the sound of Country (don't mind some Toby Keith), I wish young people would actually LISTEN to the music they're gonna diss so that they have a valid argument before they make fools of themselves in front of more educated adults. It would be nice if young people could actually help give us a good name rather than being retarded and then complaining that our parents find us ignorant...just my opinion. | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/9/2005 8:35:42 AM | | Interestingly, American Country music (especially the "Classic" Country and some "Alt. County) has a large following overseas, including the British Isles and Japan. In fact, quite a lot of young American "Roots" musicians have devoted foreign followings and regularly tour Europe, Australia and all points in-between. | |
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Joined: 5/2/2004
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/9/2005 3:18:30 PM | Im one that doesnt care for country music.
The old stuff is alright, but today, country music is crap. The lyrics are awful and some of these country artists will sing about the same stuff, i.e. breaking up with someone, I cant live without so and so, how cool it is to be redneck-these obviously arent names of any particular songs, but these are the kinda things they sing about. | |
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JmanTO
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Joined: 5/29/2005
Msg: 68 | |
| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/10/2005 1:58:15 PM | LOL, if you think Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, and Shania Twain are old country, it's time to start digging up some records, girl!  | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/11/2005 3:02:59 AM | haha... i mean... it really S U C K S !!! I can't stand it.... even a little bit (unless of course i am inihilated, which is seldom) it makes me edgy, annoyed, and drives me nuts. even when a really sexy young man begins to sing me a country love song, I am so turned OFF, I want too PUKE!!!... I CAN HOWEVER appreciate the talent, skill, oh...and balls it takes to be where they are (the artist).... Thanks for letting me voice my opinion on this public forum... 
  C O U N T R Y S U C K S !!! | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/15/2005 10:05:00 AM | | Well, what they dub as "new country" was terrible. But you can't go wrong with what I like to call "dirty country" like Johnny Cash, hank williams jr. | |
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| WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Posted: 6/28/2005 11:23:13 PM | | Ones taste in music is largely subjective, however anyone posting that Johnny Cash sucks is a complete fvcktard who should suicide themselves before they contaminate the gene pool with more inbred carnie DNA. | |
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