Posted on 01/14/2018 9:41:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
My life didnt change when I saw the duelling banjos scene in Deliverance, but it was the first time I realised there was more to country music than the Benny Hill theme tune
y name is Martin and I love country music. There you go, Ive said it. Its not always an easy thing to do. When the subject comes up, I get a funny sort of look. Once you spring the c-word on people, you can see theyre thinking: [darn], this blokes weird. Does he dress up like a cowboy at home and do those funny dances?
Sometimes people like to crack a joke about country and Ive heard most of them. Theres the one that goes: Do you like country? Or just western? And then theres: Yeeeeehaaaaa! People think that ones pretty hilarious. But there is one joke which is quite funny and also very telling. It goes like this. Two blokes go into a pub, somewhere in northern England. One of them, who is hard of hearing, goes to the bar to get some drinks. The barmaid says theres a band on, a country and western band. The bloke goes back to his mate and sits down with the drinks. Theres a band on tonight, he says. The other bloke says What type of band? The other one replies: I dont know. Some [expletive] from Preston.
Sorry to hit you with another c-word but the punchline neatly reflects popular contempt for country music. The gag is perceptive in that a lot of what we call country music is irredeemably naff chugging pop-rock with lyrics about beer and trucks sung by blokes with hats like Garth Brooks and Jason Aldean. But I also hate the joke because it obscures everything that I love about country. Theres no rollicking
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So one could also state it like this;
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Once in a while Ill try to listen to modern rock music and I can understand why country got popular as an alternative.
"Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, from African American musical styles such as gospel, jump blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues, along with country music."
I've never really put much stock in that sort of conventional wisdom that overstates the black roots of rock'n'roll, and only mentions country as an afterthought.
The mainstream pop rock'n'roll that became a teen-centric phenomenon in the 50s evolved most directly from rockabilly, which was really just up-tempo country with electric guitars.
Check out Junior Brown, then.
Heartening to meet others like me who were in Travis Tritt’s camp concerning his comments about that song, lol.
You beat me to it.
I love “the ride” by DAC.
Back in the late 1980s as a suburban high school student, it was ones like the Desert Rose Band, Traveling Wilburys (I know, not exactly country), Eddie Rabbitt, Rodney Crowell, and Keith Whitley that got me hooked big time as I worked as a moving truck driver’s helper at the time.
What I also quite fondly remember from that time was the women artists of the time, as I especially liked Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker, The Judds, KT Oslin, Holly Dunn, Lacy J Dalton, Roseanne Cash, Dolly Parton, Lorrie Morgan, and others.
From about 2002 to 2012 or so, I listed to country a lot. Then the bro-country thing got going and I got sick of hear the same song about pickup trucks, drinking and girls on the tailgate.
Too many newer artists and writers are stuck in the same loop.
I miss Bob Wills...
Frey isn't too political these days.
He can still vote Democrat.
There are several retro 70’s rock stations near me. I much prefer the older stuff.
Can’t stand much of modern music. Yea, I’m an old guy but my tastes have always been rather eclectic. I just don’t like the whiny sensitive male artists singing about their hurt feelings.
Brits commenting on country music - grrrr. And they think the Benny Hill theme song is a country classic - or something.
Teardrop Valley-The Lonesome Drifter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EzLcBWbqaY
The Race is On-George Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKBAyxULAo
Mama Tried-Ben Haggard (covers his dad’s song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T5OnZL2Jxg
High on a Hilltop-Merle Haggard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ8mCO4407I
Let’s Rock Tonight-Jimmy Grubbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tv1sdzygdk
High Class Feeling-Lee Finn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNOzXTfDGp8
Rock It-George “Thumper” Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac1VRXyfTDo
One Hand Loose-Charlie Feathers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLhGR13MRDY
Isn’t zydeco Cajun? I’ve never gotten to understand the variations of southern music. I do know it was all beautiful and soulful up until cross-over. The kind Sean Hannity plays. He doesn’t like the old country of Merle and Johnny. Can you imagine?
Monkey zoo trick
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