What happened to country music?

[Banshee7]

 

I KNOW I'm the odd freak about this... but I'm STILL pissed off they let that Kristofferson clown on stage with them (or anything else).  Never could stand him, never will, and I don't care what he ever did.  And not just because he can't carry a tune in a bucket.  I always feel like I need a shower just from seeing his image.   

I've never been a big Kristofferson fan either (or Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson  ), but I respect his songwriting (and the works of the others listed).

[100Coogn]

Everyone decided that singing about how either their wife left, their dog ran away, running out of beer, or their truck broke down wasnt bringing in the numbers anymore

Wait until self-driving vehicles become a thing and the guy's truck leaves him. 🍺🍺🤠

Coogan

[Animl-AW]

Wait until self-driving vehicles become a thing and the guy's truck leaves him. 🍺🍺🤠

Coogan

Ha!

[Animl-AW]

When Beyonce is considered country music, country music has an issue...

Eagler

Well, IMO, many country artist made social discord subjects part of their show, cutting their audience by 50%, which made room for ridiculous.

I kinda view her as mocking, not seriously taking part. I worked with her when she was in Invogue, kinda just a snot nose “its all about me” girl., and she still lives it. I just don’t see what others see in her, Every dance act uses tracks, PERIOD. If an artist uses tracks they lost me. Yes, I had to process tracks in monitors, pssed me off every time. They can’t sing that stuff live, its just over-rated nonsense. Aguilera is an exception, not rule, and she is all botox now <shrug>

[Shuffler]

He stopped loving her today....

[Tumor]

He stopped loving her today....

Kinda... but then you have to back up all the way to Jim Reeves. 

[Animl-AW]

The title is right. Country went through changes same as in rock, but different.
Mid to late 90s people who could not make it in pop or rock invaded the country wagon train, and kinda took it over, including rehearsed fake Nashville twang vocals, and cowboy hats as wardrobe, John Deer off stage. Then they added in politics and really scorched it. The music itself is pop, sometimes rock. More along the line of southern rock, but pop as hell.

I tend to like most prior to 98-ish. Its closer to what made country.

There is still good new country, I just happen to like authenticity.

Marshall Tucker Band was honest to call themselves Southern Rock, yet their true cowboy music sounds more country than the current. Today, many never even touched a horse or farm.

>IMO<

[icepac]

Stevie T knows what time it is.

[AKIron]

[AKIron]

[AKIron]

[Shuffler]

That is a funny little film................... in a whole set of films.

[Animl-AW]

Stevie T knows what time it is.

As right as he is,.. I still felt the need to dip myself in acid after watching that,.. and did so. My whole body is one solid blister now, but I'm not thinking about that.

[Animl-AW]

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[Meatwad]