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Just wondering: I am getting a little fascination with country music, but when those singers twang (or whatever you call it when they modulate the pitch the way they do), I wonder whether it is healthy to subject oneself to this type of music? Does it dumb you down and make you into a Republican (you know, the southern type)?
I have to admit, they seem to have a lot of talented singers, especially the females.
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Produces posts such as these. I'd say you have nothing to loose.
By county do you also include Wilco, Son Volt and Drive by Truckers? I like every county song The Rolling Stones have recorded 😉
Lots of people do it so some of it just WILL be good.
It's the old 80/20, 90/10 and 95/5 rule/s. Depends on how picky you are.
Eg. 'Crazy' and 'I Fall to Pieces' by Willie Nelson, and sung by Patsy Cline, are truly great music, by any standards.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
What a nonsense question.
Music is music, every genre has its originals, first rate followers and imitators. Country music had it definitive development long ago, after the 60-ties there were only hints left, crap most of the time.
The crap from the Nashville corporate music machine will make you go deaf and your friends will disown you as a piece of white trailer trash. On the other hand Americana or alt-country is very good stuff and is a reflection of good taste.
Not sure that I can answer your question directly, but the following is safe to read:
It saved America from the Martians, but it did look dangerous.
Only if you already were a dumb Republican. On the other hand, I also know a lot of classical music listeners who are dumb Republicans.
What do you get when you play a country music record backwards?
-- The Six Pack
-- The Truck
-- The Girl
Your dog comes back to life.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Didn't know there was any other kind. You just forgot to mention mean and sadistic. T456
Most of it will rot your brain if you listen to much of it. Or maybe people with brain rot like it . . . I've known so many nice people who no longer can think much anymore.
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"A fool and his money are soon parted." --- Thomas Tusser
One original and excellent covers of some old classics by Ernest Tubbs, Merle, George Jones etc. Well worth the nickel.
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"Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Fred Eaglesmith won't do you harm" Maxwell, you forgot to put "no" in front of harm. Please don't let it happen agin. T
You should remain healthy if you follow the following routine:9am - Merle Haggard
10am - Pierrot Lunaire
11am - Johnny Cash
12am - Berg's Violin Concerto
1pm - Dolly Parton
3-5pm - Wozzek
5pm - A bit of Cajun (stay radical...)
6pm - Moses and Aaron
8pm - Ray Charles sings Country (he did, actually....)
9pm - Webern chamber music and a few arias from Lulu10pm - Copious beers with shots of Southern Comfort. You'll need it after a day like that. Some light music such as Strauss waltzes in the Schoenberg arrangement is permissible.
Psychoanalysis three times a week is, of course, recommended.....
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About 95 percent of the recent stuff (2010 to today) is Auto-Tuned.....
I used to love country music, but Auto-Tune made me stop listening to it. I only listen to the older stuff.
well, dumb. Guess redneck and ignorant though, is redundant.The Johnny Cash American Recordings is one of the most satisfying oeuvres of anyone I can think of.
His Sun Recordings are damn good. Most of his pre 1980 Columbia Recordings too.
The "outlaw" country guys are worthy, especially Willie.
Recently deceased Guy Clark was a helluva writer and singer.
Ditto Merle Haggard.
Females? Besides Patsy Cline there's Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Emmylou Harris.
Lucinda Williams rides the line 'tween Country and... Americana.
Country is like any other genre, there's some mighty Good, PLENTY of Bad, and of course the obligatory Ugly.
The best of it is, in fact, Beyond Category (to use Duke Ellington's apt phrase).
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure
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I think you nailed it. Stay away from the pop country stuff and you'll be ok. "Americana" is a safe haven for country oriented artists that rebel against the current style of country. My most recent "country" find is the soundtrack from Hell or High Water. Produced by Nick Cave (!). Includes 5 or 6 gorgeous sounding outlaw country songs from the likes of Chris Stapleton, Waylon Jennings, Ray Wylie Hubbard and a new artist Colter Wall - his Sleeping on the Blacktop is an outright stunner imho.
Saw the movie and it was OK. But I agree, the soundtrack was outstanding. Picked it up right after.
Glad to hear it. Merle Haggard is the singer of Okie... and apparently Johnny Cash screwed his wife's sister, real nice folk. Gi Ha y'all. Sorry, I'm not in a real good mood lately for some reason. I guess not all country music is intolerant and moronic. Just deport the bad songs and singers back to Alabama. I'm sure some of the songs and singers are terrific. T
well just listen to the wind through the willows until it blows the wrong way and offends you.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Good point. I have stopped listening to a couple of people because of their behavior but you are right, if made a habit there wouldn't be much left but the wind. And boy o boy, the wind is a blowin the wrong way at the present time. Not the worse time to be deaf. T456
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"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Unlike Dylan I fear there will be no answer this time. Only destruction. Buy hurricane insurance. T456
" And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall"
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"Okie From Muskogee"
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee;
We don't take no trips on LSD
We don't burn no draft cards down on Main Street;
We like livin' right, and bein' free.I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of allWe don't make a party out of lovin';
We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear;
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.
Football's still the roughest thing on campus,
And the kids here still respect the college dean.We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.
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a.k.a. B.J. Cole: English country western musician
I don't post on AA much (even though I promise myself I will!) But nobody preaches like the converted, so here goes. I used to hate country music, or think I did. Boy was I wrong! I'd listed for the steel guitars and top-notch keyboard playing alone. But you're inquiring about singers.
I agree with a lot of the above-mentioned (below mentioned in the old format!) choices. Johnny Cash. If you don't like Johnny, PM me. I can recommend medical treatments. George Jones for what country music used to be, great vocals and deceptive simplicity. Patsy Cline was amazing. Hank Sr. for being Hank Sr.
Merle Haggard, boy howdy indeed, Mike K! Damn, that cowboy could sing. And write.
Buck Owens. Enough said. I'm surprised he hasn't been mentioned yet.
While I'm not much of a Willie fan, I have to ration out my Waylon Jennings sessions or else I'd listen to nothing else for days. The Jennings/Shaver pairings are IMO the best -- try Honky Tonk Heroes and Ramblin' Man, two virtually flawless albums.
Talking about how dumb I used to be, for some reason I had Dwight Yoakam pegged as one of those boring "new country" pop artists and didn't give him the time of day. Not sure where I got that impression. He's brilliant. My personal favorites, If There Was A Way and Guitars, Cadillacs etc. Hot $h!t band too.
To the OP, I know you were joking around -- but if think these old country boys are redneck bigots, check this out.
That's a few for ya. Like another poster said, listed to real country. Ignore the posers. Enjoy. Post.
Aram
Well bless your cheatin' heart Aram. Go home , go home. Perfect.
Hank Williams Sr, Johnny Cash.
K.D. Lang's cover of "Crying" is pretty powerful; and you can listen and embrace diversity at the same time. : )
Willie Nelson, George Jones, Merle Haggard (boy howdy!), Dolly Parton,
Bill Monroe (almost all practitioners of bluegrass are superb musicians),
Flatt and Scruggs, Ricky Scaggs, Tom T Hall, Patsy Cline, Chet Atkins,
Homer and Jethro, Johnny Cash - these are just a few of the superior
practitioners of country music. You will note that most of these folks
are either dead or very old; I am not familiar with modern country
music. And, listening will not automatically make you feel like a
redneck or a republican, but might push you in that direction. I'm
republican/libertarian/greenie myself ...
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"The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains" -Paul Simon
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