Night Strike wrote:Symmetry wrote:TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Night Strike wrote:TA1LGUNN3R wrote: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
But if a dude sings it, I should replace "Cadillac" with "Penis"?