What is up with country music?
faux_rillz
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Do all country dudes look like this now?
faux_rillz
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Blame Garth Brooks.
I get wistful remembering my youth when this guy was the standard
which is still kinda soft compared to these guys
a force to be reckoned with
That's what I'm saying--there's nothing "country" about country music anymore--it's just insipid soft rock with a slight twang. And reactionary lyrical content.
country music has always had prominent nostalgia / good ole days type themes.
if you interpret this a a fond look back towards days of unquestioned white supremacy it can seem pretty foul...
This is what I'm talking about. This guy looks straight brokeback mountain in this picture! LOL.
What is this bullshit? You are clearly a rappist who does not understand the country music culture.
What up Ross? I'm
But, I suppose that most genres of music pull this shit in one way or another.
Right, I'm not saying it's a new thing--I'm saying that it's one of the few ways in which contemporary "country" music still resembles the music that people used to apply that word to.
I'm certainly no modern country fan, but I'd say that it's themes & sound reflect exactly what it's audience wants to hear - Eagles-ish AOR/MOR with a slight frosting of twang
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Could be.
But let me say this: I would apply very few of the arguments that I've ever made regarding rap music to country.
While I am generally inclined to trust Black popular taste, I have no such faith in white people as a whole.
All that said, not feeling the
[faux]You don't really like country music and I suspect that you never have.[/faux]
Saying it doesn't sound like it used to sound is very different from saying that it does sound like soft rock that doesn't purport to be country.
Not that I'm invested enough in the music to even argue the point.
I'm much more interested in the fashions.
in terms of gayness chesney ain't got nothin' on such shirtless narcisists as tupac, lil wayne & fiddy
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But yeah, don't really care much for most of the pop country ish, which is a shame, since it seems to be the subgenre with the absolute highest production standards. Top notch engineers and all the audio equipment companies bending over backwards and whatnot.
Deej, you are being a poptart. "Plz"
I have not--in this thread--addressed the merits of the lyrical content. I have only noted that it is one of the few elements present in the music that ties it to a longer tradition.
"Reactionary" is a value-neutral term; if you think it's a bad word, that's because you are bringing your own politics to the discussion.
Did I mention that you sound ass-hurt?
nah, her producer/husband Mutt Lange is a genius of some sort, I heard some Shania on the radio the other day & was amazed at how many pop hooks were crammed into the song - that's mainly why people listen to it - being hot can only get you so far.
Def Leppard sure fell off quick after Lange moved on.
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Did I say anything about sexuality?
This point might better be addressed to the board's numerous homophobes.
I would just like to note that "headz" have somehow found their way into this discussion.
don't be asshurt now.
I was just musing aloud, or in print as it were.
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motherfocking realspeak.
Ne-Yo and Kenny Chesnut are the same person.
Both satisfy the unquentaible thirst for sappy ass music with the random "hard song" put in the mix just to fool the audience to thinking the artist isn't a total fancy-pantser
i like some of the older stuff, and Merle Haggard is that dude.
def leppard are cool as shit.
this kid is pretty country too:
This is to other dudes in this thread - there's a way to make fun of these dudes clothes w/out being homophobic with it.