Posted on 02/02/2020 10:28:04 AM PST by nickcarraway
Loretta Lynn voiced her displeasure with current country music during a recent podcast, and she didn’t hold back.
The 87-year-old country music pioneer told Martina McBride that she thinks country music is “dead.”
“I think it’s a shame,” she said on the ‘Vocal Point with Martina McBride’ podcast, according to WhiskeyRiff.com. “I think it’s a shame to let a type of music die. I don’t care what any kind of music it is. Rock, country, whatever. I think it’s a shame to let it die, and I’m here to start feeding it.”
She later told McBride, who is also a country singer most famous for her work in the 1990s and 2000s, that it’s “a sad situation because we should never let country music die.”
She continued: “I’m getting mad about it. I am. Because it’s ridiculous,” as reported by PEOPLE Magazine.
The full podcast with Lynn is available at luminarypodcasts.com.
Lynn, who rose to fame in the 1960s and remains one of the most popular artists of her genre, later took to Facebook to follow up on her comments to McBride.
The Kentucky native said she loves country music and is proud of its heritage, but feels the “hard push to crossover” is ruining the genre. Many current country acts are incorporating pop or rap into their songs.
“I like it country — pure and simple and real,” she said on Facebook. “I am so proud of all the artists out there, especially the younger ones, who know what I mean and are still keeping it country. When you love something, you can’t just stand by quietly if you think it’s in danger.”
It’s not the first time Lynn sounded off on the country music genre. In 2010 she wrote in the introduction to her biography about the blurred lines between country and pop.
“Some of these country singers aren’t really country ... I think some of them should be singing pop music and leave country alone,” she wrote, according to TheBoot.com.
Lynn suffered a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip a year later. She made her first public appearance in nearly two years last April for an all-star tribute birthday concert in her honor. Music legends from every generation were in attendance for the event.
Earlier this week, Lynn may have just won the viral “Dolly Parton Challenge.” In her social media post, she wrote “Y’all wish” for where a Tinder photo would have gone.
The rap coalition of America might have to visit you.
Dave Dudley.
Maybe one of the best "classic sounding" country tunes I've heard in recent years:
It's a great trucking song, too!
Dang, still alive. Good for you, Loretta.
Got my ass kicked in a barroom brawl in Knocksville, Tennessee in 1979 at a shit hole called the Long Branch Saloon while this song was playing on the jukebox. LOL. One of my greatest memories.
And Del Reeves
She’s 87. I’m sure most old people hate current music. Been that way forever.
“Dave Dudley”
Truck driving and pool playing.
“We’re coming to your city” music from Hannity’s program is what made me quit listening. I at first merely did not like that song, now I loathe it.
I tuned in the other day; he is still playing it. Turned away.
Passing a Jimmy and a White.
I’ll say. It’s like the Communism of music. Killed and oppressed more than any other type of music.
Possibly THE worst "country" song ever.
Now as a male music fan, why would I want to listen to any of that? That’s why the genre sucks. It’s corporate music made for overweight suburban housewives.
Yeah that song is over about a decade old. Maybe more. It’s John Rich. Possibly the worst song ever.
I suspect the connection with Hawaiian music is related to the use of lap and pedal steel guitars played with a slide. That swoopy sliding sound is a big part of those styles.
I remember when all my college buddies started listening to Garth Brooks. We were all Rock ‘n Roll from the ‘60s & ‘70s era while in school. You could argue that Garth ripping off the stage antics of the Rolling Stones et. al. was a seductive way to get aging boomer Rock fans to give Country a try.
“ country music has always evolved.. what Loretta Lynn sang in the 60’s and 70’s was a lot different from country music from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s“
+1
A visit to the amazing Country Music Hall of Fame makes that point obvious.
It will be different 25 years from now...
And what they play now sells.
music is the recreational form of language because of thi is constantly changing... the music we liked as kids grated on the ears of the earlier generation. and now yhe music of this generation grates on my ear fortunately we have an advantage that has only come forward with the advent of recording. we can listen and love the old stuff from our youth.
I just passed half my yuengling lager through my nose! Stings! Great point, though!
While I think Loretta may have a point, her argument comes of a bit like race fans saying that Jeff Gordon ruined NASCAR because... HE’S FROM CALIFORNIA AND AN OPEN-WHEELER! (The Horror)
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