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Beyonce is OK, but I'm more of a fan of Rhianna, personally.
Not a fan of any kind of contemporary country music, though. It's my personal opinion that country music hasn't been good since at least the days of John Denver. The stuff they make these days is derivative slop.
I mean, they didn't really have to do that. It's already been done:
Luke Combs - Fast Car (Official Live Video)
He did it respectfully and didn't change any of the words, even when he calls himself a girl.
They also just don’t have to do that because it was already presumed—contemporary country fans, I should be clear. The type of people who listen to that type of music are generally angry young white guys who like drinking and are in college.
The country music space has been invaded by the right wing “patriot” crowd.
Always has been.
Who doesn’t like The Tracy Chapman version tho?
Read all of this:
The singer's 1988 song "Fast Car" -- turned into a massive country and pop hit this year in a cover version by country superstar Luke Combs -- was named song of the year at the 2023 CMA Awards, making Chapman the first Black songwriter to win in the category.
Though she wasn't able to attend the awards show, Chapman reacted to her win in a statement which read: "I'm sorry I couldn't join you all tonight. It's truly an honor for my song to be newly recognized after 35 years of its debut. Thank you to the CMAs and a special thanks to Luke and all of the fans of 'Fast Car.'"
edit: took out one of the bolds, she did receive a grammy.
Ok, but that doesn’t support the idea that people don’t like the song or more specifically her version.
She was nominated for song of the year and record of the year for fast car. She won the Grammy for best female pop performance, for that song.
We love her song so much she won a cma 35 years later.
This is a super false equivalence.
Except we're talking about country music specifically, not the general awards.
Which were themselves covers of black songs during segregation?
'Jolene' and 'Blackbird' were covers of black songs? Which ones?
Umm, the bird. It's in the fucking title. It's old though, so it uses derogatoryangage for women. Now it would be called woman of colour.
John Lennon, who originally wrote blackbird, was heavily influenced by 90s hip hop. /s
That would be rich.
full screen popup saying to disable my adblocker makes Turret3857 an uninformed boy.
There was an “X” in the upper right hand corner. I clicked it and the popup went away, and I could read the article.
i believe you but I instinctually click off of websites that do that. if you dont want my traffic you won't get it lol
I completely understand, but I’m more tolerant of the close-able popup with a clear X than I am the others though.
You hate Beyonce for her skin color
I hate Beyonce for her wealth and ideology
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I hate her because of her voice and talent free acting
I hate her because her song choices are woefully poor mediums for her otherwise superlative voice. Her "artistry" ruins her talent.
You hate Cowboy Carter because you are racist.
I hate Cowboy Carter because I think racist country music culture should be marginalized, not expanded.
And I just don't like her music. It's not her, her wealth, or her ideology and certainly not her skin tone, I just generally dislike most pop music. That includes country and rap/hiphop, though I like many sub-genres (e.g. "rock and roll" from the 70s is better country, folk music, gangster rap from the 80s and 90s, etc).
If her music was covered by a punk, metal, or ska band, I'd probably like it more. Pop music just feels manufactured and corporate, probably because it is, and a cover by a smaller group feels more passionate, probably because it is.
I hate Beyoncé because every time I listen to her music while skateboarding or snowboarding I get too hyped and then I get hurt badly. It’s the Illuminati at work IMO.
Dang body's not bootylicious enough