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(Modern?) country music. What the hell....
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What's that douche bag with the song about going to a tailgating party with T-Pain and Kanye being played out of Ford F-150s? lol
I find Sara Shook & the Disarmers pretty fun. YMMV though cause it's a specific brand of country and her voice is pretty unique.
The only country albums I've ever cared about are Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" and "Red" albums, especially the later - she's honestly much better than the bro country crap you hear on radio.
Kacey is also good like some other posters said, and I genuinely enjoy Sam Hunt's stuff.
But yeah, modern country is garbage, sadly.
Kacey is also good like some other posters said, and I genuinely enjoy Sam Hunt's stuff.
But yeah, modern country is garbage, sadly.
The only country singers I can listen to are Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbel. I also like Hank III but haven't kept up with him in years so don't know if he's been problematic lately.
Haha yep.
I quite like country and I'm not ashamed to admit that "bro country" is a guilty pleasure of mine occasionally.
Echo the recommendation for someone like Sturgill and Kacey Musgraves though.
Really good stuff.
Btw you can replace 'country' from your post with any genre (in the context of radio).
Now this stuff i kinda like. A bit overdramatic, but good. Thanx.
He's one of my favorite comedians, so glad you liked it. Everyone else who hasn't seen it before too.
When I was student teaching my mentor played country during lunch and prep period, and blasted Garth Brooks for a whole week when the tour came to town. As someone who doesn't really like country it was odd for the same reasons you mentioned.
I remember a conversation I had with him about music once, and he was explaining that he liked country because "it's the only genre of music that talks about just sitting back and having a beer." I was pretty sure he was going to mention driving a truck next.
Yeah there you go, love devil wears a suit and tie. Thx for the other vid. Will check it out. Hell or High Water's OST sold me on him.
You really got to dig deep through crap country to find okay country, that it's accurate to just say the whole genre sucks.
A lot of it is shitty corporate, pop/rock with a "country twang". Not to dissimilar from most other top 40 formulaic shit these that's come about over the last 15 or so years when recording industry decided to start playing it much safer. I also kind of dislike most country music that's come about though since like the late 80s so. *shrug* Top 40 Country though is close to being as unbearable to listen to for me as Christian Worship music.
Somehow I probably manage to find a way to also blame Nickelback for it.
Somehow I probably manage to find a way to also blame Nickelback for it.
Growing up in the south country is everywhere from a young age, but I never really liked much of it growing up. There are a few artists here and there... I do love George Straight. Recent country... pretty much all I like is Chris Stapleton.
I don't know that I like any "proper" country, but Kasey Musgraves rocks my world, and I like when the folk artists I enjoy (like First Aid Kit) slip a little to the country side.
OP I don't even listen to country that much to know that this is false. Like these are the type of arguments I made when I was in high school against country and I knew for damn sure I was being disingenuous then. If you don't like country music just say so OP.
why don't you change gym
i would have tbqh
i would hate being stuck with shitty country for hours at a time
i would have tbqh
i would hate being stuck with shitty country for hours at a time
Radio station at work is always tuned to country, so I get a ton of that dreadful stuff.
"huntin, fishin, and lovin' every day, I THANK GOD HE MADE ME THIS WAY"
/wrists
"huntin, fishin, and lovin' every day, I THANK GOD HE MADE ME THIS WAY"
/wrists
And even then, they have to dodge pop stars writing a single throw away song becoming a top 40 hit below the mason dixon.
(this video is so trash though...)
Garth is one of the few likeable country personalities in my opinion. Plus, the dude has done a lot of charity over his career and has been a staunch supporter of gay marriage and referenced it in "We Shall be Free"
I typically despise country music, but I can't help but like Garth.
I LOVE both of these artists, also love Jason Isbell, American Aquarium and a lot of bands you aren't going to hear on any radio stations outside of Texas, which is really sad! If you haven't listened to either of these, check them out! Got tix for a NYE show with Tyler Childers. Should be a blast!
Considering I couldn't even begin to stomach country music from decades past, I'm glad I'm not familiar with modern country.
i heard a country station play the national anthem at like noon or something. thought the propaganda minister was going to come on afterwards to tell me about the motherland.
I like spooky, folksy story-telling style country, but maybe that's too close to the folk side so maybe it doesn't really count.
Beercan pickup truck country is straight up pandering idiocy that apparently most of its audience somehow doesn't see through.
Beercan pickup truck country is straight up pandering idiocy that apparently most of its audience somehow doesn't see through.
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Yep. This sentence would work equally well talking about modern pop, hip-hop, rock or any other heavily commercialized music. It's all obviously engineered to sound the same and it all just blends into itself.
The stuff that just mashes EDM and hip-hop into country is so super fucking awful though. It's not even remotely listenable
Lived in the south for over 20 years
People who mention Kacey Musgraves and Sam Hunt (who honestly is the Bruno Mars of country) you have great taste
I will always support the middle finger Nashville crowd who make music themselves
The constant phrase I hear in all popular country today is turn the radio on
Everything is about the radio
Which seems laughable to me
Popular country music refelcts how a generation who controlled media is struggling to hold on (the radio industry as a whole)
It's a machine that spits out clones who have a moment and then play country fairs after the next thing comes along
Big fan of the mid 90's alternative country movement
Wilco
Whiskey town
Red House Painters
People who mention Kacey Musgraves and Sam Hunt (who honestly is the Bruno Mars of country) you have great taste
I will always support the middle finger Nashville crowd who make music themselves
The constant phrase I hear in all popular country today is turn the radio on
Everything is about the radio
Which seems laughable to me
Popular country music refelcts how a generation who controlled media is struggling to hold on (the radio industry as a whole)
It's a machine that spits out clones who have a moment and then play country fairs after the next thing comes along
Big fan of the mid 90's alternative country movement
Wilco
Whiskey town
Red House Painters
sam hunt made "body like a back road", he's awful
the only song that was as bad or worse last year was this one
the only song that was as bad or worse last year was this one
I was subjected to this crap in an Uber ride this morning:
Some choice lyrics:
And then "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" came on which has aged like fine horse shit
Some choice lyrics:
And then "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" came on which has aged like fine horse shit
Dishwalla
It's two tickets to a concert, it's a Daytona airbrush t-shirt ----- nascar reference check
Wonderin' who's gonna kiss who first, you know what I'm talkin' about
Hey baby what you doin' tonight?
It's butterflies and Bud Lights ----- cheap beer reference check
Under the stars and on the stripes of a beach towel in a spring break town ----- american flag reference check
It's playin' in the night air, through the speakers all night long ----- radio reference check
Couple kids just livin' that American country love song ----- America namedrop and the word country, check
Well it's "Chris loves Jenny" on a license plate ----- Vehicle reference check
It's daddy gettin' mad 'cause you came home late
It's one last kiss in the driveway
Hey radio DJ, can you play that song that she loves ----- radio reference 2, check
So I can turn it up, and maybe turn her on
An American country love song ----- America namedrop and the word country a second time, check.
And several dozen apostrophes in place of the letter G.
Yikes.
It's two tickets to a concert, it's a Daytona airbrush t-shirt ----- nascar reference check
Wonderin' who's gonna kiss who first, you know what I'm talkin' about
Hey baby what you doin' tonight?
It's butterflies and Bud Lights ----- cheap beer reference check
Under the stars and on the stripes of a beach towel in a spring break town ----- american flag reference check
It's playin' in the night air, through the speakers all night long ----- radio reference check
Couple kids just livin' that American country love song ----- America namedrop and the word country, check
Well it's "Chris loves Jenny" on a license plate ----- Vehicle reference check
It's daddy gettin' mad 'cause you came home late
It's one last kiss in the driveway
Hey radio DJ, can you play that song that she loves ----- radio reference 2, check
So I can turn it up, and maybe turn her on
An American country love song ----- America namedrop and the word country a second time, check.
And several dozen apostrophes in place of the letter G.
Yikes.