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some of the twang in the singing is grating, the cheesy lyrics sometimes. i can listen to some 'pop/country' like taylor swift, sugarland, faith hill. mostly the females johnny cash is the only male i can say i like. i can't take the vocals of kenny chesney type country music.
The best Country has a distinctive elegance of language to it, even when the theme of the song may be incipient alcoholism. Unfortunately, too much of this elegance is being lost.
There is something very Southern-courtly with the phrase 'There stands the glass' or elegantly miserable in "A fool such as I". The first hints of implacability- the glass unconquerable, so it cannot be denied or defeated, so the inevitable defeat must be done gracefully. The second hints of resigned obsession; the fool knows he is a fool, but he's going back anyway, in for more suffering to come. Both are Southern traits, but anyone can share those feelings wherever they live. Country has always produced some of the best and longest lasting love songs.
Southern accents can be irritatingly twangy, but it also can be very soothing. it all depends on the person and the song, and southerners are specialists in good love and love gone bad.
Just wondering.
I have seen on Facebook and other social sites saying that a particular person likes all types of music "except country".
I am just wondering why do people hate country music so much? Much of it know could fall under lite hits. Classic country is beautiful, I mean I thought mostly everyone liked Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton?
I also learned that a lot of people who say they hate country music never really gave the genre a chance. And once I introduced them they instantly became fans of it.
So, why do you love or hate country music? For those who don't like it, have you really listened to it?
I think Country Music has so many different styles it is tough to say you just in general hate Country Music. Way back in the 60's and 70's I can remember it being pretty hardcore stuff, difficult to listen to with singing that wasn't to me all that great. It was a huge relief to me when Charlie Pride decided to be one of the first black country western singers and I loved his voice. There were no Carrie Underwoods back then or Reba's for that matter. Now a days, the Country music borders on Country Rock so I guess I don't understand why anyone wouldn't like it?? All a matter of taste I guess.
I have seen on Facebook and other social sites saying that a particular person likes all types of music "except country".
I am just wondering why do people hate country music so much? Much of it know could fall under lite hits. Classic country is beautiful, I mean I thought mostly everyone liked Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton?
I also learned that a lot of people who say they hate country music never really gave the genre a chance. And once I introduced them they instantly became fans of it.
So, why do you love or hate country music? For those who don't like it, have you really listened to it?
I dislike it, though I wouldn't describe myself as "hating" it. However, I do agree there are many people who have a vehement distaste for country, me included.
I think you need to separate the "crying cowboy" twangy classic country that was popular up until the '70s or '80s from the "modern country" which is common today and plays on mainstream country FM radio. They are two separate worlds entirely.
The twangy classic stuff is not my style, but I respect it the same way I respect bluegrass or polka or whatever genre.
The modern stuff - Josh Turner, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Rascall Flatts - is what grates on me, and I think a lot of other people as well. This is more of an immediate response rather than a reflected-upon reaction. I would say it is (admittedly) because country music is not a "rural" style these days, but rather aimed at your average Josh or Jen - the 35-year-old nurse or painter or personal care worker who lives in a far-flung suburb, drives or dreams of driving a late-model Ford F150, likes eating at Applebee's and NASCAR, watches Desperate Housewives, and enjoys getting mildly drunk off domestic beer with their high school buddies or cousins on the weekends. It celebrates their lives, "the average", the lowest-common denominator. For those of us who have an elitist side that is a contemptuous towards "the average" - even subconsciously - it is no surprise that we would be turned off by modern country music.
some of the twang in the singing is grating, the cheesy lyrics sometimes. i can listen to some 'pop/country' like taylor swift, sugarland, faith hill. mostly the females johnny cash is the only male i can say i like. i can't take the vocals of kenny chesney type country music.
I dislike it, though I wouldn't describe myself as "hating" it. However, I do agree there are many people who have a vehement distaste for country, me included.
I think you need to separate the "crying cowboy" twangy classic country that was popular up until the '70s or '80s from the "modern country" which is common today and plays on mainstream country FM radio. They are two separate worlds entirely.
The twangy classic stuff is not my style, but I respect it the same way I respect bluegrass or polka or whatever genre.
The modern stuff - Josh Turner, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Rascall Flatts - is what grates on me, and I think a lot of other people as well. This is more of an immediate response rather than a reflected-upon reaction. I would say it is (admittedly) because country music is not a "rural" style these days, but rather aimed at your average Josh or Jen - the 35-year-old nurse or painter or personal care worker who lives in a far-flung suburb, drives or dreams of driving a late-model Ford F150, likes eating at Applebee's and NASCAR, watches Desperate Housewives, and enjoys getting mildly drunk off domestic beer with their high school buddies or cousins on the weekends. It celebrates their lives, "the average", the lowest-common denominator. For those of us who have an elitist side that is a contemptuous towards "the average" - even subconsciously - it is no surprise that we would be turned off by modern country music.
I think country music is still rural-based. I think to flat out say it's "not rural" is not true at all. But it has modernized and certainly relates to country folks who may live closer to cities now for economic reasons, but who still have a strong rural connection and background. Just because people move closer to cities doesn't mean they immediately change or abandon their culture and background.
And wow, it's very interesting that you acknowledge some people have an elitist side that is contemptuous toward the average! I absolutely agree that's true and I don't like it at all, even though I'm guilty of having had some of that thinking myself. That's sort of what I mean when I say country music is too humble for some people. People who aren't humble and have a big drive to differentiate themselves and think of themselves as special won't like country music - because country music relates to life and what it is like to be human in a very basic way. Quite frankly, I think the lack of humility is a mental plague that leads to unhappiness or makes being genuinely happy and content very difficult or impossible, especially if it's in a non-selfish way. It's a shame that some folks torture themselves. I almost even think it could be said those who vehemently dislike country music and all it entails are lacking of a certain emotional capacity. Not that they have to like country music, but the vehment dislike for something they don't like is caused by something - there's always a reason behind hating something rather than just being indifferent or uninterested.
Country music bores me. I like loud music that's fun.
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