Posted on 04/14/2019 8:11:47 PM PDT by Galatians328
the music video for Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" uses language of the Wild Wild West with a hip hop spin. The genre-blending tune was a breakout hit ... debuted on three Billboard charts at the same time: the Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs and Hot Country Songs.But Billboard quietly removed the song from the country chart the following week,...
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I just listened to it. This infantile ditty is a 3-genre hit? What a disgrace to the industry. At least I got to confirm once more that the western music industry is still a flaming dumpster fire.
“Country music today is just rock music with a fiddle.” Tom Petty.
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Sorry just tried to listen to this and it IS NOT country!!!!
worthless noise
It’s pretty bad and just think it will make millions for this Lil Nas. The world has gone mad.
He’s right! Just like country pop is basically pop music with a slight ‘twang’ in it. Mind you that country music in general isn’t my favorite kind of music to listen to but I do recognize that this genre is pretty nonexistent in its original format now and days
Heavy metal still reigns supreme.
Bad music with a fiddle. Not rock.
C-ountry Rap. Crap.
Now this is kickin’ it, Old School
Wild Wild West - Kool Moe Dee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auhwI00iKWg
I’m in China. Billboard China Radio just played it last night.
I listen to both. Country before Luke Bryan was a thing. BTW, your user name is one of my favorite (I have a few)Iron Maiden songs
putting that billy ray virus spawning enema nozzle on it doesn't make it country...
THAT was not the good ol days of country music .
Garth Brooks was the beginning of the end for Country Music.
“I USED TO LIVE DOWNTOWN!”
I’m satisfied with all my old BOB WILLS AND THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS, SPADE COOLEY, HOYLE NIX, Marty Robbins and BUCK OWENS records from the past. Haven’t listened to what passes for country music in forty years.
Not long ago I was in a farm supply store and they had someone howling some song over the intercom. I’m saying...”What in the H-— is that noise!”! Then I realized it was some noise being passed off as a “Country music”.
It's okay I guess. Never really breaks out as far as I'm concerned.
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