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I was listening to "Small town Southern Man" today and thought hey, what about all the "Small town Northern Men"? LOL Then there's the song that names off all of the southern states... Carolina, and in Georgia, smell that sweet Magnolia... carry on carry on.... I forget how it goes. But I can't think of a song about the northern states or even the plane states or the midwest.
I think it's weird that 95% of the country music is about the south. Why is that? Isn't anybody gonna sing about Iowa someday?
I was listening to "Small town Southern Man" today and thought hey, what about all the "Small town Northern Men"? LOL Then there's the song that names off all of the southern states... Carolina, and in Georgia, smell that sweet Magnolia... carry on carry on.... I forget how it goes. But I can't think of a song about the northern states or even the plane states or the midwest.
I think it's weird that 95% of the country music is about the south. Why is that? Isn't anybody gonna sing about Iowa someday?
probably because 95% of country music compsers are FROM the south.
Well, I can tell you something even more confusing about country music. Recently I have been hearing a lot of Northern accents singing those Southern songs. I noticed it as I was riding in my car the other day. I thought, where on earth did they learn to say that word that way. They may sing country songs, but they don't talk country.
Historically, country music is a southern genre, and a rural genre, so the themes have been about living in the rural south. However, it has expanded greatly in popularity throughout the US over the course of my life, and it seems like more and more younger people who do not rural southern backgrounds are listening to it, and more and more people who do not have rural southern backgrounds have been making it, just as more and more people who did not grow up in rougher urban environments listen to hip-hop (which is another genre of music that started out very localized and then expanded).
I'm not much of a fan of rap (although I've seen a few rap, or hip-hop as it is called now, shows over the course of my life) or country, but it has been interesting to watching the increasing appeal of both beyond their traditional fan base over the past 25 years.
I've wondered this too, and I think it's actually created a stereotype, many people picture someone who lives in the country with a southern accent. Even if they're in a state like IA.
Location: from houstoner to bostoner to new yorker to new jerseyite ;)
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I think it's weird that you think it's weird when country music started and still thrives in the South.
"Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, hokum, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s."
That girl that sings "redneck woman" is from Illinois, I cant remember her name though. And while 99% of country songs are about the south (gee, whattaya expect), there are a few songs that mention northern areas.
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