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DOES COUNTRY MUSIC SUCK???

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PEZ
Posted 2007-12-09 10:40 AM (#71472 - in reply to #71422)
Subject: Re: DOES COUNTRY MUSIC SUCK???



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Originally posted by stephent28:
Screw the genre.

A good song is a good song and crap is crap.
If you condemn a song due to genre, you are ultimately missing out on some good music.
well said
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Tupperware
Posted 2007-12-09 11:15 AM (#71473 - in reply to #71422)
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Agreed. Saying that all country&western music is crap would be like saying that all taylor guitars suck. Unless you have heard every single country&western song ever recorded, or unless you have played every single taylor guitar ever built, you can not authoritatively back up your claims.

Dave
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stephent28
Posted 2007-12-09 3:27 PM (#71474 - in reply to #71422)
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heh heh heh...gotta love Dave's analogy! :rolleyes:
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cliff
Posted 2007-12-10 9:44 AM (#71475 - in reply to #71422)
Subject: Re: DOES COUNTRY MUSIC SUCK???


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I agree that you can't say that it ALL "sucks", but I could just never get "into" it, even theough my parents used t'listen to it around the house when I was growing up . . .

While I'll admit there is good technical "playing" (on SOME of it, anyway), I just can get "into" the songs.
As of late, everything is just so "formulaic". Songs are either about the dayid Mama or Daddy, Jeezus, or 'MUHRica . . and quite often cobbled together immediately after the CurrentEvent du jour.
Reminds me of the character that WillieNelson played in "WagTheDog".

That, and that whiny, in-bred, twangy, nasally, waitress who's JUST been beaten by a truckdriver voice (or the truckdriver's voice) that just (to me) harkens to a leaf rake being dragged across about twenty running feet of chaulkboard).

Don't EVEN get me started on those stupid f@ckin' HATS . . .
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Beal
Posted 2007-12-10 1:36 PM (#71476 - in reply to #71422)
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Cliff, You'd look good in one of those!
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fillhixx
Posted 2007-12-10 1:41 PM (#71477 - in reply to #71422)
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Keeps ya from burnin' that 'Monks-do' while in sunny climes. 'Long as your in Jersey I imagine it's not an issue.
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Jeff W.
Posted 2007-12-10 5:40 PM (#71478 - in reply to #71422)
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There's some good country tunes out in the world, but very few on commercial radio...
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stephent28
Posted 2007-12-10 7:03 PM (#71479 - in reply to #71422)
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Cliff, that's one reason I like Big & Rich.....screw the typical country genre.

(Oh yeah....and Big Kenny wears a top hat!)
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2stix
Posted 2007-12-10 10:34 PM (#71480 - in reply to #71422)
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Shania Twain... I love listenin' at her videos...
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fillhixx
Posted 2007-12-11 11:39 AM (#71481 - in reply to #71422)
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Sorry 2s, we're talking about Country music....

....but welcome to the neighbourhood.
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2stix
Posted 2007-12-11 8:01 PM (#71482 - in reply to #71422)
Subject: Re: DOES COUNTRY MUSIC SUCK???


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But wasn't she the 1999 CMA Entertainer of the Year... :D

And thanks for the welcome, it's a great neighbourhood to be in! :)
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maxdaddy7271
Posted 2007-12-11 9:57 PM (#71483 - in reply to #71422)
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1999 Country Murdered Again Entertainer Of The Year, yes.
However, Jeff Beck assures us that Clapton is playing some nice country nowadays...
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Oddball
Posted 2007-12-12 3:25 AM (#71484 - in reply to #71422)
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Old country is meat and bone, sung — at least in part — by people who lived what they sang about. New country is jello sung by people, most of whom have no stronger ties to the genre than cowboy boots and big hats. There are some talented musicians there, but IMHO, slim pickins for quality music. And each new song seems dumber than the cookie cutter one before. There are exceptions of course. Garth, Toby, Martina and Alan are included in that group, but even some of theirs are pretty lame. But they'll never be Johnny, Merle, Willie or Waylon.
And rap is not music to begin with, so of course ANY country is better than that.
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Mr. Ovation
Posted 2007-12-12 3:58 AM (#71485 - in reply to #71422)
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" New country is jello sung by people, most of whom have no stronger ties to the genre than cowboy boots and big hats"

Don't forget Aloha shirts, Puca shells and flip flops is also considered "Country" these days.
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Waskel
Posted 2007-12-12 7:13 AM (#71486 - in reply to #71422)
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Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
Don't forget Aloha shirts, Puca shells and flip flops is also considered "Country" these days.
Wow. Hey, Moody! You're "Country" now!
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lanaki
Posted 2007-12-12 1:40 PM (#71487 - in reply to #71422)
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culture lesson:

in hawaii the cowboys, called "paniolo", are an odd lot. they wear levi or wrangler jeans, boots, hats, plaid long-sleeve shirts and big belt buckles. imagine that!

"country" singers here wear the same get-up but sans the big belt buckle cuz it gouges the back of the guitars and ukuleles.

puka shells were "in" in hawaii in the 70's and early 80's until the island's supply got exhausted. the ones on the market now are usually from the phillipines and drilled, not natural pukas. "puka" means hole. tourists are about the only folks wearing them now.

we do not wear "flip-flops" in hawaii. we wear "slippahs".

aloha shirts are usually worn by locals for particular occasions like church, weddings, funerals, parties, ovation fan club shindigs, etc. the T shirt is the typical attire for daily wear.
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an4340
Posted 2007-12-12 1:58 PM (#71488 - in reply to #71422)
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Otra leccion de cultura:
"Paniolo", desde espanol, la idoma del primera "cowboys" en Hawaii.
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lanaki
Posted 2007-12-12 2:05 PM (#71489 - in reply to #71422)
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the first "cowboys" in hawaii were those spanish-speaking vaqueros who came over from mexico and southern california about 1840 to help herd the cattle that had taken over the big island. they taught locals how to ride horse and herd cattle. they brought the first guitars and braguinhas (portuguese 4 stringed, small guitars) to the islands. hawaiians adapted the instruments so we now have slack key guitar and ukuleles.
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cliff
Posted 2007-12-12 2:13 PM (#71490 - in reply to #71422)
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. . and then "there went the neighbourhood" . . .
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an4340
Posted 2007-12-12 3:04 PM (#71491 - in reply to #71422)
Subject: Re: DOES COUNTRY MUSIC SUCK???


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Is there a traditional hawaiin percussion instrument used when played in a uke, guitar, lap guitar ensemble?
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cliff
Posted 2007-12-12 3:06 PM (#71492 - in reply to #71422)
Subject: Re: DOES COUNTRY MUSIC SUCK???


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a credit card swiper.
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an4340
Posted 2007-12-12 3:25 PM (#71493 - in reply to #71422)
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LOL
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lanaki
Posted 2007-12-12 4:47 PM (#71494 - in reply to #71422)
Subject: Re: DOES COUNTRY MUSIC SUCK???


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Originally posted by an4340:
Is there a traditional hawaiin percussion instrument used when played in a uke, guitar, lap guitar ensemble?
no traditional hawaiian percussion instruments for typical guitar/ukulele ensembles. there are several traditional gourd, log, bamboo and rock percussive instruments for hula though.

and yes, "credit card swiper"s are prevalent here.
good one, clifford!
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