General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Banshee7 on August 10, 2025, 06:18:29 PM
Title: What happened to country music?
Post by: Banshee7 on August 10, 2025, 06:18:29 PM
98.73% of country radio sucks these days. There are a few artists staying true to the genre, but most of it is ultra processed crap.
Here’s one of my favorite tunes from IMHO one of the greatest country singers of all time.
Please flood this thread with your favorite country songs both new and old :salute
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Meatwad on August 10, 2025, 06:21:29 PM
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
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Banshee7 on August 10, 2025, 06:26:39 PM
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
The last 20 years of Nashville country has been all about party music. It’s been almost sickening.
Here’s one of my favorite Red Dirt artist’s take on the topic
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: hazmatt on August 10, 2025, 06:55:43 PM
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Animl-AW on August 10, 2025, 07:01:58 PM
Not sure a country thread could not have this
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: uptown on August 10, 2025, 07:20:00 PM
What is that? Sounds like some kinda mixed drink or something.
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Animl-AW on August 10, 2025, 11:31:44 PM
This stuff is triggers for me. 1974, 14 yrs old, had my own horse on the farm and my first drum set. Lived and breath this stuff before the world broke me.
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Tumor on August 11, 2025, 10:24:49 PM
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. :bolt:
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: hazmatt on August 11, 2025, 10:30:04 PM
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. :bolt:
Wow! don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. I never had an opinion of him either way, other then he was obviously the least talented of the bunch. What made you such a hater?
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Tumor on August 11, 2025, 10:54:23 PM
Wow! don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. I never had an opinion of him either way, other then he was obviously the least talented of the bunch. What made you such a hater?
I really don't know. Could be the image of him shirtless while pawing at Streisand... I mean the all around gag factor is real.
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Animl-AW on August 12, 2025, 06:50:17 AM
Cash may have felt the same. If you notice when came time for his part he waves chris away from his light
I always wondered where he came from. Glad he didn’t sing the whole song. Does he even have a hit?
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Eagler on August 12, 2025, 06:53:36 AM
When Beyonce is considered country music, country music has an issue...
Eagler
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: hazmatt on August 12, 2025, 10:44:18 AM
I really don't know. Could be the image of him shirtless while pawing at Streisand... I mean the all around gag factor is real.
Lucky for me I missed that one. Couple things of note. He was in films: A Star Is Born (1976, with Barbra Streisand) Guessing this is where you saw the thing that made you blind! lolz Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) Convoy (1978) Blade trilogy (1998–2004)
He was a big fan of Johnny Cash.
He was an army ranger and helicopter pilot.
He wrote these songs: “Me and Bobby McGee” (made famous by Janis Joplin)
“Help Me Make It Through the Night”
“Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” (made famous by Johnny Cash)
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Banshee7 on August 12, 2025, 10:52:17 AM
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. :bolt:
I've never been a big Kristofferson fan either (or Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson :bolt: :bolt:), but I respect his songwriting (and the works of the others listed).
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: 100Coogn on August 12, 2025, 11:15:01 AM
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
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Animl-AW on August 12, 2025, 12:34:54 PM
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>
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Shuffler on August 12, 2025, 02:10:54 PM
He stopped loving her today....
Title: Re: What happened to country music?
Post by: Tumor on August 12, 2025, 11:29:58 PM