Country music is only awful after 9/11
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Bo Burnham said it brilliantly:
I think some of the greatest song writers of all time are country artists: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, you know? And if you're writing honestly, that is art! And I would never bash that! Um, the problem is, with a lot of modern country music, wha- what is called "Stadium Country Music" Sort of Keith Urban Brand of Country music is that it is not honest, it is the exact opposite of honest
And then he launched into one of the best comedy songs of all time illustrating it perfectly 💪❤️
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Miley Cyrus has a killer cover of it. https://youtu.be/wOwblaKmyVw?si=tDbbVbTgLhbYF_Nk
That one really is a banger. But watching that video again, I can't get over how terrible the vocals would actually sound if she was up on the mic like that.
Yeah, I actually like this version better than the original. I think the slightly slower pace helps, but those instruments just do it for me
The white stripes:
'Hold our guitar and drum sticks...'
As long as Johnny Cash is considered Country Music, it's not possible to "hate country music" anyway.
I'm the opposite side of the same coin: if I like it, I don't consider it country music.
Lots of stuff without twang I'd just call folk music (add other terms if needed, American, western etc).
Also I'm glad the same thing didn't do the same thing to rock. Like there is a certain mostly-post-grunge vocal style popular in the 2000s that'd be really annoying if it was part of most rock music.
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Country music doesn't have to be bad. Which means that the recent stuff is a deliberate stylistic choice. Do with that as you will.
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny cash, Dolly Parton…I don’t like “country music” but can enjoy all of these artists. Country music has been bastardized by clearchannel, along with almost all other types of music. Fuck clearchannel (now rebranded as “I heart radio” which is…such a stupid fucking name)
There's so much great music everywhere, and I truly enjoy nearly all music. But if you listen to FM radio it's a damn shame that almost all of it is just the stale, overplayed, corporate safe stuff. THAT is the country most people dislike
Newer bands I can think of with an old school country feel are First Aid Kit, Gregory Alan Isakov, Secret Sisters etc. And the new Hunger Games movie soundtrack is a great sampler of slow and fast folk/bluegrass vibes
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"i heart corporate daddy for telling me what music to listen to"
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We owe our appreciation of Johnny Cash to Rick Rubin who rescued him from literal dinner theater hell.
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