(03-08-2010 01:15 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(03-08-2010 12:00 PM)I45owl Wrote:  

(03-08-2010 12:04 AM)Rebel Wrote:  I just started getting into country because other genres have started sucking. I do like bands like Breaking Benjamin, who are awesome. Country isn't like it was in the 50's. I can't stand that twangy shiite. New country is pretty good. Hell, I'll listen to everything from classic rock, new rock, rap, country, to Tchaikovsky. My cousin is a conductor who's conducted in Sochi, Russia.

If you're going to talk country music, give me an old AM radio with Hank or Bob Wills. I like Bluegrass, but think modern country is about as pretentious as David Bowie. It doesn't really have a damn thing to do with "Country" ... it's all Urban Cowboy.

Ever heard of Jamey Johnson?

Nope (until now). He's not bad, I just don't think I could listen to it for long stretches of time.

I should note that I have a fairly specific image in mind when I view Country, and that's my Grandfather's generation growing up on the family farm. We used to have family reunions at the one-room schoolhouse that they attended growing up. My great-grandfather was a gentleman farmer and most of his boys enlisted in WWII. That "country" doesn't really exist anymore for the most part. My experience with modern day rural towns is that they're just suburbs detached from the nearest cities by wide stretches of undeveloped land.

It's all subjective, though. If they called the genre "Southern Pop" (I think that's more accurate), I may not hold any antipathy for it. I just think it owes more to Lynyrd Skynnard than to the "real" country and western genre, which itself is kind of a derivation of bluegrass.

(03-08-2010 12:04 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Hell, I'll listen to everything from classic rock, new rock, rap, country, to Tchaikovsky. My cousin is a conductor who's conducted in Sochi, Russia.

Love classical music. Don't hear much good new rock music these days. The best rock IMO was in the 80's. Believe it or not, I also like drum and bugle along with college and high school bands.

(03-08-2010 01:34 PM)I45owl Wrote:  Nope (until now). He's not bad, I just don't think I could listen to it for long stretches of time.

I should note that I have a fairly specific image in mind when I view Country, and that's my Grandfather's generation growing up on the family farm. We used to have family reunions at the one-room schoolhouse that they attended growing up. My great-grandfather was a gentleman farmer and most of his boys enlisted in WWII. That "country" doesn't really exist anymore for the most part. My experience with modern day rural towns is that they're just suburbs detached from the nearest cities by wide stretches of undeveloped land.

It's all subjective, though. If they called the genre "Southern Pop" (I think that's more accurate), I may not hold any antipathy for it. I just think it owes more to Lynyrd Skynnard than to the "real" country and western genre, which itself is kind of a derivation of bluegrass.

Soooo, I'm thinking Colt Ford is out.

probly.