Country Music

[JRobyn]

I used to like Country over Pop because there were still INSTRUMENTS involved, and talented musicians who really knew how to use them. And song lyrics that actually SAID something. Most of that is gone now. Carrie Underwood?? Even from the American Idol days, she had a bad tendancy to SCREAM lyrics out. What makes screaming so good/popular?

I started listening to "bluegrass" by being introduced to New Grass Revival back in about 1980. Now where we are in TN has become (maybe more continued to be) a real hotbed of bluegrass activity (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Daily & Vincent plus many others). I have a nephew that is in the E TN State U Bluegrass Pride Band. It has all really expanded my appreciation for bluegrass, and for the same reasons I used to like country.

Now if Sirius would please just go back their original Bluegrass channel format and quit constantly having a "DJ" that is determined to play mostly scratchy, dusty old stuff from the '40s as if it was so vastly superior to the really excellent stuff currently being produced!!

 

[Thomas]

RobertN.
Is that counting:
- Traditional
- Newgrass
- Neo traditional
- Gospel bluegrass



You forgot Truegrass.

 

[mattridessleds]

I'm probably a-lot younger than most commenting on this apparently (26). But I do enjoy some modern country artists. My favorites being Eric Church and Josh Thompson. More for the lyrics than anything. Also Toby Keith and Brantley Gilbert, Tim MCraw etc.. Forget about the taylor swift and carrie underwood, terrible. I do enjoy Hank Williams Jr also. Anyways just an opinion from a younger guy.
-Matt

 

[RobertN]

I do enjoy some of the current Country. But, too much of it is Pop/Rock to me. And I like Rock... I just don't care for it in my Country so much. Some, but not tons. If I want rock, I'll go see Sammy Hagar or AC/DC.

I'm probably a-lot younger than most commenting on this apparently (26). But I do enjoy some modern country artists. My favorites being Eric Church and Josh Thompson. More for the lyrics than anything. Also Toby Keith and Brantley Gilbert, Tim MCraw etc.. Forget about the taylor swift and carrie underwood, terrible. I do enjoy Hank Williams Jr also. Anyways just an opinion from a younger guy.
-Matt

 

[RobertN]

Every Saturday at 10am-PST, Erice Rice has the County Line Bluegrass show on 89.5fm/KVMR.org, east of Sacramento.

For his intro, someone asks about bluegrass. The intro then talks about a whole bunch of bluegrass styles, more than noted below. It's a funny intro...

That is worth listening to the webcast, from 10am-PST thru 4pm PST. A LOT of good bluegrass and country gets played in 3 different shows...

RobertN.
Is that counting:
- Traditional
- Newgrass
- Neo traditional
- Gospel bluegrass



You forgot Truegrass.

 

[RoyJackson]

Here's an artist that I found that I do like:

gillian welch tennessee - YouTube

The whole album is good.

Good song...

 

[Marlowe]

If music didn't change we'd all still be listening to Faron Young and the Beatles. They were great but so are Jason Aldein and Carrie Underwood. I can't say what makes great music great, but my ears sure can hear the difference.

 

[jwstewar]

Guess it is just a sign of the times. I'm 40, so a bit younger than most here, but older than some. I couldn't stand country music when I was growing up and Mom & Dad would play it. Couldn't stand George and Tammy. Nor could I stand Patsy Cline and her whining. I listened to 80s pop/rock with the hair bands. Somewhere in the early 90s music really started changing. Country became more like the 80s pop that I listened to and liked. Now I listen to very little current pop/rock but there are a few I like Katy Perry, Gaga, Nickleback, but for the most part I listen to today's country. One of the stations around here will play classic country. Guess what, I still don't like George & Tammy and if I never hear Patsy Cline sing Crazy again, that would be fine with me. I still don't like 50s, 60s, 70s Country.:laughing:

 

[djohns3]

I agree this stuff they have not is not even music and there is no way to even tell if my kids are listening to illicit words cause I can't tell a word they are saying

 

[jmurray01]

I don't listen to modern music.

Pre-1990s Country & Western is great, after that, I wouldn't bother listening to find out.