Posted on 02/13/2009 11:45:39 AM PST by nickcarraway
And, you're welcome to it, my man.
I’d rather be a Okie from Muskogee
IIRC, Shania Twain started the pop trend in country.
I dunno. Hank Williams is an old country star and he cant sing for crap and they never correct him. I just like his style.
Damn its about time, the current country music sucks. Its all about image not the music. Oh well the stupid sheeple buy it up just like they bought into Obama.
The musician's union has a motto stating that “live music” is the best, and yet there is never a peep out of them about people lip-synching. That's why I quit the union long ago and made better money after that. The Union, “Musician's Protective Union”, is a joke. I always said, yeah but, who is protecting us from the union.
Technology is a boon and a curse. It’s cool because it lets you hear stuff you ‘probly wouldn’t have found without it. It’s a curse ‘cause if that awesome new band you found ever makes it there’s a good chance they are going to start sucking.
I reckon lot of that super clean “loud” sound has to do with how folks listen to music anymore. Ear-buds or whatever you call ‘em instead of a good stereo, and always doing something else while listening to music.
Freegards
The "new" country music may not have the twang of yesteryear, or the ex-wives, dead dogs and such, but at least it's not like the alternative which is filth and garbage.
Oh, and yes, the gals in today's country music are definite hotties :)
My only "modern" favorites are George Straight and Emmylou Harris.
Any of the younger ones are just Reno lounge singers with mullets.
Hasn’t it been obvious for years that the mainstream Nashville music biz is more interested in image than music? AM country radio is snooze-inducing.
Taylor Swift is probably good evidence for this. There is no question that she is a multifaceted talent and I do enjoy a few of her songs, but she is by far the worst live singer I have heard...she can’t hit any of the notes or hold the tune anywhere near what is on her records.
Seeing her live on these awards shows is painful.
He ESPECIALLY can’t sing because he has been dead since the 1950s.
And most women do NOT look good with a mullet.
It certainly does suck. It’s been a long time since it didn’t suck.
Merle Haggard’s helped define an era but his time is past. The time of real peckerwood country music is passing, all that “my wife done left me, but I still got my huntin’ dog, got me a case of Budweiser an’ a TV to watch NASCAR on.” The people want poppified country and hot chicks!
George Strait’s “River of Love” is incredible. (And so is Alan Jackson’s “Country Boy”)
As long as Lee Ann is around country music will do just fine!
Nope. Linda Ronstadt.
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