Country Music Lowers Your Kid’s IQ

A Prestigous Weekly Journal ^ | 9/21/01 | DENNISD'ANTONIO

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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - Young children exposed to country music score lower on IQ tests than kids raised on rock 'n' roll, declares controversial music professor Dr. Roger Solett - and he bases his startling claim on the results of a study of 1,000 kids!

"Country music makes kids stupid," he said. "It's the mind- warping lyrics." And he cited a few examples drawn from what he called "some of the most popular country songs of the past two decades." On the list:

"I'd Rather Have a Bottle in Front of Me Than a Frontal Lobotomy."

"Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissin' You Goodbye."

"If You Wanna Keep Your Beer Cold, Put It Next to My Ex-wife's Heart."

Dr. Solett is the former director of the prestigious Chopin Symphony and a professor of music. He said he and his research team gave IQ tests to 500 6-year-olds whose parents played country music in the house or car daily.

"They're Billy Ray Cyrus, Faith Hill, Clint Black, Randy Travis, Garth Brooks fans - and their children scored, on average, 10 points lower on standard IQ tests than 500 6-year-olds whose parents are rock 'n' roll junkies," said Dr. Solett.

"Now what's the difference between rock and country? It's just wild people banging on drums and strumming guitars in both cases. Lots of howling. Lots of noise. The only difference between rock and country is that country is stupid - the lyrics, I mean.

" 'I wanna whip your cow . . . I fell on a pile of you and got love all over me . . . Drop-kick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life' . . . I mean, c'mon, this kinda stuff'll warp your mind."

But Dr. Solett's controversial study, and particularly his views, are not shared by many, if any, of his peers. And a member of his own research team, who asked to remain anonymous, told Weekly World News, "He hates hick music with a passion."

[Jim Noble]

She Got the Goldmine, I got the Shaft

I Flushed You From the Toilet of My Heart

Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road

[okie01]

The Girls All Get Prettier At Closin' Time...Jerry Lee Lewis.

[Capitalist Eric]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[justlurking]

If the Phone Don't Ring, Baby, You'll Know It's Me.

I generally despise country music, but if this is the same one I've heard (on non-country radio), it's one of my favorites.

[E.G.C.]

Well, I like all kinds of music but I have some people who are big fans of country music and that, if it's true is sure going to be news to them.

[E.G.C.]

People in my family that is.

[phillibuck]

from David Allan Coe's "One More Time"

One more time, I'd like to slip my p_____r in you
Even if it's just a quickie, I won't mind
No I won't get your new white dress dirty, baby
I'd just like to f__k you one more time.
heaven knows, that you've been a good daughter, baby
And I'd just like to f__k you one more time.
Lord I love it when you call me Daddy
And I'd just like to f__k you one more time

[alpowolf]

The only version I've ever heard is Jimmy Buffett's If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me on his Last Mango in Paris album.

[maestro]

The Taliban loves 'Country Music', they use it like LSD.

[aculeus]

Ima Lives!

[1Old Pro]

I suspect it has more to do with what the parents listen to.

[Publius6961]

BUMP

[JoeSixPack1]

Wait,,, the IQ test in question must be writen in ebonics! So the results are biased!! And why are we allowing some maniac with too much time on his hands to get inside the minds of 1 thousand 6-year olds???? And did this guy ask his husband/boyfriend to help!~

[CIBvet]

Shelby Singleton, one of Nashville's most successful Producers in the late '60's & '70's, was once asked in an interview why, from out of all the eager young talent available then, he chose to produce David Allan Coe.

His response ... "Because David Allan Coe is the kind of guy who is willing to do ANYTHING to become successful."

IMO, the guy has always lacked a moral compass, as evidenced by his body of work.

[phillibuck]

A friend of mine here in the humble burg in which I live (Amarillo), used to work at a music store. He's told me this story before of D A Coe coming to play here one night. He stopped off at said music store, and while I don't remember all of the details, he got all upset over something, fired his whole band, I believe, then had to have a guy at the store help him program all the keyboard parts back into his keyboards. Was a real prick, evidently.

[ravingnutter]

Well my response to him is a line from a newer country song...

"Kiss this...and I don't mean on my ruby red lips!"

[bluecollarman]

Your walking on the fightin' side of me
Runnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it leave it let this song that I'm singin' be a warnin'
When your runnin' down our country man your walking on the fightin' side of me.

To all you country music bashers "I Am Proud To Be An American" is a country song.

[stboz]

"Ah keep mah pants up with a piece of twine.
Ah keep mah orms wyd open all th' time.
Ah keep mah self kwite willin' all thuh time...
Because yore mine, pleeze pull thuh twine!"