SpeedRacer 1 #1 June 20, 2009 Why do I never hear people like Junior Brown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRMNeoaosQw, whose music actually SOUNDS like country music??? Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ocb217 0 #2 June 20, 2009 Quote WTF is wrong with Mainstream Country Radio Maybe cause it's country? Audra Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #3 June 20, 2009 Nashville has gone 'cookie cutter' singers. They all sound alike, look alike and dress alike. One song sounds like the other. The easily recogniseable sounds of country music ended with the end of the 1980's. All the 'real' country singers went to Branson. or just faded away. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #4 June 20, 2009 Quote Maybe cause it's country? Damn, you beat me to it.There's still some country music out there that I like, though. These guys are coming to town soon, but I don't think I can catch their show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_juTPQJUc&feature=related Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #5 June 20, 2009 I pretty much can't stand country music, but the only singer I could tolerate because it sounded good, was Alan Jackson's "Down the Chattahoochie" or something like that. That's saying something, coming from a fucking deaf dude.... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #6 June 20, 2009 Quote WTF is wrong with Mainstream Country Radio I've been asking myself that since the first time I ever heard country on the radio.I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #7 June 20, 2009 I get my fix of (alt)-country on KEXP ... now that I'm not living in Seattle I listen online. Wednesday night - The Roadhouse Thursday night - Swingin' Doors Friday night - Shake The Shack All are some variation of country/blues/roots stuff (Swingin' Doors is the most "pure" country in there). I won't listen to country radio, ever, but I love what KEXP plays. Check it out: http://kexp.org/streamarchive/streamarchive.asp"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DavidB 0 #8 June 20, 2009 Why, you said it yourself: MAINSTREAM. Don't you know that the majority of radio stations out there are owned by only one or two companies? Don't you realize that it's in their ADVERTISERS BEST INTEREST that they keep things "dumbed down" so that they can appeal to the lowest common denominator! BTW, it doesn't matter what the format is but it seems the most common is "light rock" love songs by women for women working in the office, capable of bringing on a diabetic coma in a matter of seconds it's so sweet... It seems your only alternative is either on-line, satellite radio (XM/Serius has at least 4 or 5 different C&W stations), or download to your own personal listening device. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #9 June 20, 2009 country music isnt made anymore. you want country music then you gotta look back about 10 years."Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #10 June 20, 2009 Oak Ridge Boys www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #11 June 20, 2009 Quote Oak Ridge Boys See, now that is cool stuff, like Loretta Lynn's collaboration with Jack White on Van Lear Rose. Interesting that the more innovative stuff is coming from the older folks in country and the younger artists from different genres."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #12 June 20, 2009 I prefer the 'un-amplified' country music. The older Bluegrass bands, hill music and the music out of the Carolinas. There are some newer groups like 'The Old Crow Medicine Show' and 'The Carolina Chocolate drops' who put-out some 'original' roots-based, Country music. Jimmy Dale Gilmour and Alvin Crow put-out some good stuff! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DavidB 0 #13 June 21, 2009 Shameless plug for a friend. You might enjoy some. http://www.youtube.com/user/sueraymondWhen the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peek 21 #14 June 21, 2009 Quote Nashville has gone 'cookie cutter' singers. They all sound alike, look alike and dress alike. One song sounds like the other. The easily recogniseable sounds of country music ended with the end of the 1980's. All the 'real' country singers went to Branson. or just faded away. Chuck, I imagine you are old enough to know this already, but you might drum up a conversation or two with some of the kids about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield_sound I'm not a country music kind of person, but I find the history interesting, and why this happened in California of all places. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #15 June 21, 2009 You bet! Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Dwight Yokum, really made a big impression on Country music in California. The recorded in California and brought the 'country' back to Country music. When I lived in California, back in the '70's, there were a lot of country music beer joints and is still popular in many parts of the Golden State. Then, there's the Lone star State, with it's so many contributors to Country. Everything had to go through Nashville until people like Waylon Jennings literally told Nashville to go F*** themselves and recorded on their own and recorded 'their' music. Nashville still, has a strong hold on country but, not like it did. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #16 June 21, 2009 Quote Quote WTF is wrong with Mainstream Country Radio Maybe cause it's country? No, it's not country music. If you compare "Mainstream Country" woth the Rock & Roll of the late 50's (the Devils' Music), Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and all the rest would seem like a church chior.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewGuy2005 53 #17 June 21, 2009 That was excellent. Thanks!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixFly 1 #18 June 21, 2009 Here's the poop.... MTV bought out the Nashville Network and promptly shit canned it. Then they focused all the attention on CMT... Rock & Roll with a Cowboy Hat on. Throw in a couple of bubble-gum little twits with fake titties like Taylor Swift, and Kelly Pickler, and you have the lowest common denominator all ready for the stupid listening masses. None of these people can sing outside of the studio and digital enhancements. I lived in Nashville, toured the world and played professionally for 20 years. Dont get me started...... Long live Merle Haggard.Is it illegal to yell "MOVIE" in a crowded firehouse? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #19 June 21, 2009 Quote Why, you said it yourself: MAINSTREAM. Don't you know that the majority of radio stations out there are owned by only one or two companies? Don't you realize that it's in their ADVERTISERS BEST INTEREST that they keep things "dumbed down" so that they can appeal to the lowest common denominator! BTW, it doesn't matter what the format is but it seems the most common is "light rock" love songs by women for women working in the office, capable of bringing on a diabetic coma in a matter of seconds it's so sweet... . I think that's a good observation. They should call it "Office Country". Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrPeapit 0 #20 June 21, 2009 Quote I lived in Nashville, toured the world and played professionally for 20 years. Dont get me started...... Long live Merle Haggard. Thanks to YouTube, because that's one of the few places to hear the real thing if you're not in Nashville or Branson. Outlaw country and chicken pickers like Albert Lee took country to its apex. It's been downhill ever since on the airwaves.1st jump August 6, 1977. Last jump July 8, 2006. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #21 June 22, 2009 Quote Quote Oak Ridge Boys See, now that is cool stuff, like Loretta Lynn's collaboration with Jack White on Van Lear Rose. Interesting that the more innovative stuff is coming from the older folks in country and the younger artists from different genres. The Highwaymen - what’s old is new again, again, eh? (Tangent: Jennings’ voice at that time is his career makes me melt. His narration is one of the best parts of old Dukes of Hazard reruns. -- - --- - -- W/r/t the subject line question: I don’t think there’s anything “wrong” with mainstream radio. Is it formulaic? Sure. Do some like that composition? Yes, one can see that in other genres as well. I like Carlene Carter's latest release a lot, but it's not getting much airplay. My favorite track, "Bring Love" doesn't even have a decent you tube video to link. As was mentioned, yhe internet offers fabulous access to non-commercial media, e.g., through iTunes. I’ve been listening and donating to Santa Monica’s KCRW for years, which doesn’t really play much country, ... but since the 1990s, Jason Bentley’s “Metropolis” has been one of the best shows for new music of a more urban … but not rap/hip-hop … variety, imo. Bentley’s another guy with a fabulous voice, but I don’t like “Morning Becomes Eclectic” as much as the old “Metropolis.” Nothing ‘wrong’ with it, just my personal preference. /Marg Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
