Country Music Awards

[Phatscotty]

I have never cared for country music, but I think I'm coming around! Anybody catch the show? I am surprised as to how entertaining it was!

Who are the country music fans in here? We never hear too much from yall

[muy_thaiguy]

Haven't paid too much attention to country lately, but there are some songs that I can always like.

And BTW, I have posted country music videos on several occassions, but they're usually ignored (despite putting them in the right threads).

[oVo]

I watched some... George Strait winning Entertainer of the Year was a nice touch. The "Rock Show" aspect of many acts is a bit weird to me and doesn't feel like country music at all.

[DoomYoshi]

I like bluegrass and songs about trucks.

[Night Strike]

When I listen to music, all I listen to is country music. And love the show Nashville. And of course watched and enjoyed last night.

[KoolBak]

Didn't watch it, but grew up country. Have seen in concert (off the top of my head) George Strait, Garth Brooks, Waylon Jennings, Ronnie Milsap, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Charlie Daniels...I know there are others.....course I've also seen Ted Nugent, Metallica, ZZ Top, Ac DC, Robert Plant, Neil Young (10+ times), The Tubes, Talking Heads.......lol.

Yoshi....the ringtone on my phone is a classic fave of mine by Glen Campbell, "I Love My Truck"....look it up ;o)

[oVo]

I know there are others...

I think that musical diversity is good for your brain.

There was one band last night that pretty much covered
all the bases with their performance, but I can't name 'em.

[khazalid]

here you go lads, do yourselves a favour:

http://www.amazon.com/Live-The-Quarter- ... B00197U0MG

[Phatscotty]

I used to like awards shows, and I remember exactly when I stopped watching them, when Chris Rock hosted something about 8 years ago. I was a big fan of him up until that point, and then they had Tina Fey, John Stewart, Tina Fey again.....

The CMA was actually a lot of fun, but I didn't even like country music. I am starting to respect it now

[betiko]

ok, I fine forgeting a few stereotypes. someone please post a country music song that you would define as "the shit".
I mean I do apreciate some johnny cash or john denver sometimes. bring it.

[Phatscotty]

ok, I fine forgeting a few stereotypes. someone please post a country music song that you would define as "the shit".
I mean I do apreciate some johnny cash or john denver sometimes. bring it.

I've been singing this song for 2 days strait

[muy_thaiguy]

ok, I fine forgeting a few stereotypes. someone please post a country music song that you would define as "the shit".
I mean I do apreciate some johnny cash or john denver sometimes. bring it.

[betiko]

ok, I fine forgeting a few stereotypes. someone please post a country music song that you would define as "the shit".
I mean I do apreciate some johnny cash or john denver sometimes. bring it.

Cheesy as hell!

Any real cowboy, old and lonely, with an upcomming throat cancer after smoking marlboros and chewing tobacco for over 40 years? One of those that could sing about deep things about life because he s actually lived lots of things? (Kind of a john lee hooker from the blues, springsteen for rock n roll, campay segundo for cuban music)...

[TA1LGUNN3R]

ok, I fine forgeting a few stereotypes. someone please post a country music song that you would define as "the shit".
I mean I do apreciate some johnny cash or john denver sometimes. bring it.

There're tons of great alt-country acts out there. Don't let the radio crap fool you, that's where the only true country music is these days. Long gone are the old rebels. Today it's just some California pretty boys and girls that the studios dress in denim and ridiculous hats who sing about tractors and stuff. Radio country music is just as dead as what passes for pop music.

-TG

[TA1LGUNN3R]

Dimebag-- Cross Canadian Ragweed

When Will it End--Cross Canadian Ragweed

[muy_thaiguy]

[betiko]

i got to say i m more convinced by tail gunner's tastes, sorry muy thai

[muy_thaiguy]

i got to say i m more convinced by tail gunner's tastes, sorry muy thai

That's fine. Least I'm not posting one of Taylor Swift's revenge songs.

Seriously, she looks hot, but even a one night stand with her could get her to rip you on a national stage.

[TA1LGUNN3R]

Can't oversell DBT enough. These guys are phenomenal. Probably the one other band that I haven't seen that I really want to and would pay good money to (along with Gov't Mule):



Let me elaborate why country music is mostly dead and largely confined to the relative obscurity of alt-country/southern rock acts like DBT, and why the radio stuff is so popular.

If you look at the history of country music, it's tied closely to the origin of the blues, actually. Where black Delta bluesmen played guitars and harmonicas, white musicians played the guitar and fiddle, etc., and they sprang from the same area (if you look at Chuck Berry, he was stylizing the blues music of blacks with the romp of hillbilly stomp music). But they were two sides of the same coin. Both were avenues for telling stories of average people, often the tough, miserable life in contrast with the extravagance associated with rich people who listened to classic music. So at its heart, country music (and blues) is concerned with the sad stories of people.

If you look at the classics of country (or blues as well), you see this- Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, early Elvis, Carl Perkins, etc. Often it's sad, depressing music. For my money, you'd be hard pressed to find a modern band that relates stories of people so well as DBT or Uncle Tupelo, DBT especially. Their songs are filled with the stories of poor Southerners at odds with the rest of the world, getting cancer, depression (both economic and physiological), etc. It doesn't hurt that lyrically they're quite clever and the music is great, too.

So why is modern radio stuff so popular when it's not really about stories, but rather mostly cheesy love songs or songs about tractors? Because music is a part of culture, which one inherits from one's family, surroundings, etc. As country music grew larger and more profitable to controlling studios, people continued to listen to these fake country songs because that's what they grew up with.

So for betiko, or anybody interested in getting into country music that isn't pervaded with tractor songs, I would suggest some of the earlier masters previously mentioned, or some of the modern stuff. Take Drive-By Truckers. If you wanted to get an album, start with The Dirty South. It's probably the least "country" of their albums, and more southern rock (less steel guitar or whatever), and so it's probably the most accessible for regular non-country fans, but it's a great story. It's based on the other side of the story of Sheriff Buford Pusser (yes the "hero" from the movie Walking Tall. irl he was a controlling, authoritarian bastard), as well as some other great stuff. But really all their albums are top-notch.

-TG

[Phatscotty]

[Night Strike]

So why is modern radio stuff so popular when it's not really about stories, but rather mostly cheesy love songs or songs about tractors? Because music is a part of culture, which one inherits from one's family, surroundings, etc. As country music grew larger and more profitable to controlling studios, people continued to listen to these fake country songs because that's what they grew up with.

Many country songs are still about the story. I know several of Carrie Underwood songs such as "Blown Away" and "Two Black Cadillacs" are stories (don't know if they're true or not). The "I Drive Your Truck" song was written in honor of a man killed in Afghanistan: http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/07/i-drive-your-truck-cma-song-fallen-veteran/

[TA1LGUNN3R]

So why is modern radio stuff so popular when it's not really about stories, but rather mostly cheesy love songs or songs about tractors? Because music is a part of culture, which one inherits from one's family, surroundings, etc. As country music grew larger and more profitable to controlling studios, people continued to listen to these fake country songs because that's what they grew up with.

Many country songs are still about the story. I know several of Carrie Underwood songs such as "Blown Away" and "Two Black Cadillacs" are stories (don't know if they're true or not). The "I Drive Your Truck" song was written in honor of a man killed in Afghanistan: http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/07/i-drive-your-truck-cma-song-fallen-veteran/

Every time I flip through the country stations I hear songs where the guy is talking about getting the girl home, being out all night long, and then talks about his vehicle as if it's his penis.

I always think these guys have a weird obsession with cars as if it represents their manhood.

-TG

[Symmetry]

So why is modern radio stuff so popular when it's not really about stories, but rather mostly cheesy love songs or songs about tractors? Because music is a part of culture, which one inherits from one's family, surroundings, etc. As country music grew larger and more profitable to controlling studios, people continued to listen to these fake country songs because that's what they grew up with.

Many country songs are still about the story. I know several of Carrie Underwood songs such as "Blown Away" and "Two Black Cadillacs" are stories (don't know if they're true or not). The "I Drive Your Truck" song was written in honor of a man killed in Afghanistan: http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/07/i-drive-your-truck-cma-song-fallen-veteran/

Every time I flip through the country stations I hear songs where the guy is talking about getting the girl home, being out all night long, and then talks about his vehicle as if it's his penis.

I always think these guys have a weird obsession with cars as if it represents their manhood.

-TG

So when Carrie Underwood sings about two black cadillacs, it's not about the cars?

[TA1LGUNN3R]

*shrug*

Never heard the song.

-TG

[Night Strike]

So why is modern radio stuff so popular when it's not really about stories, but rather mostly cheesy love songs or songs about tractors? Because music is a part of culture, which one inherits from one's family, surroundings, etc. As country music grew larger and more profitable to controlling studios, people continued to listen to these fake country songs because that's what they grew up with.

Many country songs are still about the story. I know several of Carrie Underwood songs such as "Blown Away" and "Two Black Cadillacs" are stories (don't know if they're true or not). The "I Drive Your Truck" song was written in honor of a man killed in Afghanistan: http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/07/i-drive-your-truck-cma-song-fallen-veteran/

Every time I flip through the country stations I hear songs where the guy is talking about getting the girl home, being out all night long, and then talks about his vehicle as if it's his penis.

I always think these guys have a weird obsession with cars as if it represents their manhood.

-TG

So when Carrie Underwood sings about two black cadillacs, it's not about the cars?

Nope, it's about the two women in those cars going to the funeral of a man who was the husband of one and lover of the other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Black_Cadillacs