Reply #1
From: Ryan Perigo (rlp_1077@hotmail.com) "This is My United States of Whatever..." What the fuck do you think that means?
Reply #2
From: Leonard Grubble (mrgrubble@yahoo.com) You continue to preach the truth. Country music (and rap as far as I am concerned) is nothing more than a cultural scream for help. Perhaps one day they will be opened up to the joy of Nitzer Ebb, NIN, Front Line Assembly, or Front 242 to name a few. As for the southeren twang accent appearing anywhere in the USA. I don't feel that is correct. I grew up in the south but moved to the north and have lived here the last few years. Everyone I have met from here that has an accent hailed from the south my friend. The applachian dialect or southeren twang does not a redneck make, it only confirms that in the south language developed differently then it did in the north. For some reason my southeren family persists in saying "Warshington" instead of "Washington". I have no idea where the fuck this "r" comes from and would like to solve that mystery. However, now that I have moved away I can tell you that EVERYONE I meet in the south has a southeren accent even if they can't "hear" it themselves. Not that it is a bad thing, to my ears the un-rushed, honey-smooth richness of the southeren dialact is much enjoyed and welcomed. I think I failed to explain myself when it comes to the "twang" thing. I actually lived in Georgia for a time, and understand what the southern twang sounds like. I should have been more specific and mentioned that it's the Redneck Voice that is so prevalent, and is often wrongly associated as being a southern thing.
Reply #3
From: Ellen Nash (emnash2@comcast.net) Country music sucks. It's that simple. Ya saying I'm long winded?
Reply #4
From: G.C. Sturges (gcsturges@charter.net) I feel a lot like you do about the "country" music, but somehow it seems that we need a different term that differentiates the Tim McGraw/Tammy Wynette/Garth Brooks/Shania Twain types from the Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson/Johhny Cash/Earl Scruggs/Steve Earl/Edgar Myer/Lucinda Williams types. On her latest album, Lucinda sings about the troubles of a woman who was exposed, at the age of 5 1/2, to difficulties a bit more intense and real than an achey-breaky heart. It is country music, and it is about the real shit of the world, not just another toothless drunk in a pick-up with your girl's ankles behind her ears. Instead of drowning out the country coming from the kids rooms with the Rolling Stones, why not invite them to come listen to "Honky-Tonk Woman", "Factory Girl" and "The Girl With Far Away Eyes", then when they admit the Stones are pretty good, hit them with "Star Fucker", "Shattered" and "Bitch". I'll bet they start to figure this all out for themselves without you telling them anything.
My nieces are 11, 9, and 6. I think "Starfucker" may be a bit too strong right now. I hope their taste in music evolves as they get older though...
Reply #5
From: Milech (milech@milech.com) LMAO!!!
You Sir, could not be more correct... country music licks ass... I am of the classical
-Milech Mac Michael
"Of the classical?" Did you mean to sound so pretentious? Who the hell talks that way?
Reply #6
From: Cody McFarland (opy12@hotmail.com) I under stand completely what you are saying about current day country music. I was raised in the country and will always be country, but I also love Rock as much as the next guy. I particularly love old time country music when people were actually country, not some asshole city kid that couldn't quite make the boy band thing work for him so he went to country music. The saying applies to most in the industry these days I can stick feathers up my ass but that doesn't make me a chicken. Most of the assholes don't know what a cowboy is, have more than likely never seen a real cow and probably still think milk just comes from the store, trust me here milk comes from cows and the color of the cow doesn't decide which flavor the milk will be. I am just tired of seeing the outside world trying to act out a life that they really don't belong to.
I was going to write something funny, but I was worried I might couln't do better.
Reply #7
From: daphne procz-shorts and gatorX (expensivewino13@comcast.net) I just read your rant on country music for the heck of it, as I am waiting for my cats to finish eating so I can take up their food. (One is fat and on a diet and I have to separate them. He hates me so much right now. He's a blimp.) Anyway, (how boring was the cat stuff? Real boring.) I would like to input this thought on country music and why I hate most of it. Hate, hate, hate. The sound makes me sick. Now, I do have the best of Waylon Jennings on tape, and it is one of my ALLTIME FAVORITE things to listen to when I shoot pool and drink beer. Waylon Jennings, in my mind, kicked ass. I also think Patsy Cline could sing her butt off. BUT, I hate most of country music for the same reason I hate most top pop. Both country music and rock and roll genres have succumbed to having a top forty. That, I feel, is the problem. Pop and top forty countdowns have made country music pump out stupid, twangy, cliche' lyrical shit at the speed of light for the soul purpose of making money. I hate Garth Brooks. His song Rodeo? Him and I could sit down and talk about the injuries Calf Roping causes almost one in every four baby cows who are thrown to the ground, bruised, and scared to death for the glory of some asshole who wants to say he can do it the fastest. So the fuck what? You're terrifying a baby animal. Good job, and veterinarians I talk to who "do" rodeos tell me of the terrible job of putting calves to sleep who have had their spinal chords ripped by the forty mile and hour jerks and the jerks jerking them. Whew, that felt good. Anyway, I hate the people who slap some stylized characteristics onto the same old shit to call it country, or rock, or pop, or the worst, what is now called r + b. Excuse me, this shit is not r + b. Teddy Pendergrass, Al Green, or Marvin Gaye can call their stuff r + b. All the rest of you can call it stealing rifts. Country music today represents a large group of people who are to change their habits, like rodeos or cattle farming, also. Who the hell cares that the shit is outdated and not good for the animals or the environment? Not the idiots who like country music. I do not like the idea of simple living, because I like to think. I appreciate that I may be wrong or do something at this time in my life that I can change in the future if I learn new facts about it or them. I want to know if my life fucks with someone else. Good example, Faith Hope has a commericial about "save the American Eagle". Well, Faith, I didn't know you cared so much about animals, I guess you just like the ones that are cool to like to your fan base, the over patriotic idiots who buy your albums, because your Cover Girl contract is from Proctor and Gamble, and they are one of the worst abusers of needless animals testing in the world. Check out the Iams cruelty websites someday. How much money do you need, you stupid, blond bitch? So much that you don't care your "other" paychecks come from animals tortured for no reason, because there are now alternatives? Also, this top forty thing has made country music just as full of no talent idiots as top forty pop or r + b. That is why I hate it the most. It started out as the roots of the blues and rock and roll because of its gritty, no nonsense music that, even if it glorified things that are not cool anymore, was pure and like the blues, for the sake of the music itself. Now, it's this stupid lifestyle just like urban hop, with dumb clothes and dumber mantras as to what is important in your life. Personally, I would rather have my kids's education funds started than to have everyone see my new Ford Explorer or my new bling, or in retrospect, my boots, stupid fake rodeo belt buckle, F150 or dumb hat. It represents another close-minded way of life in the United States now. I hope this wasn't too long or anything. I just kind of went off. Thank you for reading my reply, and I now know why you rant so much. It kind of feels good. So, take care. Daphne
Hey now, some people like 'em long. They sometimes feel better.
Reply #8
From: "Swamprat" Forgive me if any toes are stepped on here. How many of the people who have strong opinions on any genre of music actually play or write music? I'm a picker and a writer. I wanna rock most of the time...but it always comes across as Traditional Country, (Think George Jones or Merle Haggard...I hate Jones, love Haggard.) I grew up on the Beatles...I live and breathe them, I play both a 6 string Rickenbacker and a twelve. But my writing? Pure shitkicker. Why? I'm not a PHD or anything. (My daughter soon will be though.) But I think I know why. Most of us are what we are, emotionally and mentally. When a person is a creative sort the only thing that gets through is what they know. Our personal truth. Yes, my late parents where genuine hillbillies. I hated what they called music and they hated what I called music. When I started playing and learning music 30+ years ago, one of the first things I realized was the fact that music is music...slap whatever label on it that makes you comfortable...it's still just music. When you try to create an honest voice yourself you'll find that you're pretty much stuck with whatever comes out. With time and practice, if you're good, you'll be able to mimick just about any genre you choose to attack. But to be honest you'll find that you're stuck with a certain sound, a certain approach, that will either fall into a given catagory or it won't belong to any recognizable catagory at all. It's hell being unique...there's seldom any money in it. Country and Rock both are loaded with phonies. People who are talented enough and experienced enough to pull a chosen genre off. This is what I consider Pop. Pop is short for popular, popular means sales, sales mean money. Art and honesty goes out the window for craft and profit. Is this wrong? Who has the right to judge? I just know I hate it. When you hear a good song, you know it. Good songs and real players are rare these days. Forget the labels and just pay attention to the music. If you think it sucks, as Zappa always said, "Change the station." If it grabs you by the throat or the crotch, enjoy and marvel at the art of musical expression. I've heard and studied great country songs and great rock songs and great this and that songs. I'm the richer from the best of all of it...the rest is dogshit in the yard, I walk around it or step over. Merle Haggard, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Eddie Van Halen, Waylon and Willie, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry...all the same, real players, real writers. Artists in the true sense of the word. Music turns in cycles. History has shown this time and time again. The real things will soon surface again for a short while. Until then just be careful when you walk across the yard. Watch where you step.
I think ya mean, in part at least, is that individual's musical tastes are very much shaped by our emotional interpretation of our environment, and there is no constant when it comes to taste. I actually agree with you. After all, just because I don’t get it doesn’t mean it’s bad…
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