Does anybody out there like good country music?

[Guest Bad Brad Jacobs]

People on this board are always talking about who the best artists are and you never hear about the true masters of music like kenny chesney, brad paisley, tim mcgraw, and keith urban. Even Brooks and Dunn and Big and Rich are good too. Where is the love for country music?

[Guest Bad Brad Jacobs]

Seriously, I challenge one person to name any redeeming feature that rap has to offer and I can tell you about how someone in country has it beat.

[Nighthawk 0]

Rap has more black people.

[Guest Bad Brad Jacobs]

Rap has more black people.

 

 

That one is self explanatory.

 

 

Country 1, Rap 0.

[godthedog 0]

rap speaks to my personal experience as a frustrated young male in urban america. country does not.

[Guest Bad Brad Jacobs]

rap speaks to my personal experience as a frustrated young male in urban america. country does not.

 

 

As a frustrated young male in hick america, I recommend to you any cd by Jimmy Wayne or Buddy Jewell. They are both country masters.

[razazteca 0]

[Special K 0]

Hank Williams Sr. and Johnny cash are the absolute kings of Country. no one else comes close.

 

Merle Haggard, Sons of the Pioneers, Willie Nelson are Pretty good.

 

Recent rock/country is just so fucking lame I cannot listen to it.

 

EDIT: If David Alan Coe weren't such a racist cocksucking fucker, I's like him for a good musician. Being a racist cocksucking fucker sort of turns me off from him, though.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

And saying that country is better than rap because it doesn't have as many black people DOESN'T sound like a racist statement?

 

Outside of Johnny Cash and the odd time my girlfriend will force me to listen to SHeDAISY and Alan Jackson, I'm not much for country at all. I don't think country gets as much credit as its fans feel is due by the mainstream media, or even the average person, because of the stigma that it's all about some middle-aged guy's dog dying, truck breaking down, wife leaving him, and drinking over it all. And, in truth...a lot of it is.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Kenny Chesney is the worst musician on the planet.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Worse than Uncle Kracker!

[Guest PlatinumBoy]

I actually know people like this. They will be around when I'm playing like "Live at Folsom Prison" or some Kris Kristofferson and they will whine "Can we listen to some goooooooood country like Kenny Chesney or Toby Keith?!?!?"

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Rap has more black people.

 

 

That one is self explanatory.

 

 

Country 1, Rap 0.

I laffed.

[Guest ken adams]

Johnny Cash - What can you say that hasn't already been said.

 

Willie Nelson - There is not enough space to praise Willie. "Poncho & Lefty."

 

Waylon Jennings - very underrated. Was Buddy Holly's bass player & was supposed to be on that plane. "Luckenbach, Texas" & "The Wurlitzer Prize."

 

Merle Haggard - lived the country life. Saw Cash perform at the prison he was in, and decided to change his life & be a country singer.

 

Eddie Rabbitt - If you can get past "Rainy Night," he has some great tunes. "Song Of Ireland", "I Can't Help Myself", & "Pour Me Another Tequilla."

 

Don Williams - Extemely Underrated. Should be in the same class as Willie. "Good Old Boys Like Me" & "Shelter Of Your Eyes." The cd "Evening With Don Williams. Best Of Live," is the best one to start with if you are unfamiliar with him.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=samples#disc_1

 

early Eagles - "Peaceful Easy Feeling", "Tequilla Sunrise", they were country.

 

George Strait - can't speak for his entire body of work, but "Cheyenne" is a good song.

 

Oak Ridge Boys - If you can get past "Elvira", they had some great tunes. "I'll Be True To You."

 

Alabama - one of the great voices of country. "My Home's In Alabama (live)"

 

 

Since people were talking rap, I should point out the works of Jerry Reed. Listen to "When You're Hot, You're Hot", "She Got the Goldmine", & "The Bird." He is not singing, he is barking out a rythmic set of ryhmes. Sounds like rap to me.

 

Even though country & rap are different styles of music, their roots are the same, whether you are a frustrated young male in urban America, or a frustrated young male in rural America.

 

 

Today's "country" does not compare to the people I listed. Today's "country" is rock music with a twang.

[Guest Loss]

My main problem with country music is that boundaries are rarely pushed. I realize that sometimes, that doesn't have to happen for good music to surface, but country music in 2004 sounds the exact same as country music in 1984. It seems to be the bastard child of the entire music industry in some ways as well, as crossover success seems to be the ultimate achievement. You're not going to find lyrics in country music that are going to challenge you very often. There are obviously exceptions, but most of the subject matter has been done better many times in other genres.

 

Drinking songs are fun, and that's one thing country music is good for. I also like a lot of Dixie Chicks stuff, although I consider them more of an Americana/country hybrid than country in the traditional sense. The problem, the main problem I have, is that sonically, they're about 15 years behind the times compared to pop music.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I don't listen to country music, but I have no problem with the industry.

 

Seriously, I challenge one person to name any redeeming feature that rap has to offer and I can tell you about how someone in country has it beat.

 

If it wasn't for rap music, you'd have a better chance of getting your house/car broken into by all those now-unemployed thugz..

[razazteca 0]

Find some old timey O Brother Where Art Thou music....

[C Dubya 04 0]

Worse than Uncle Kracker!

My girlfriend has made me listen to some song that is Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker together. I threw up in my mouth.

[Nighthawk 0]

I think Incandenza is right. I'm going to not listen to Johnny Cash anymore until people stop pretending to care about him.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

"I don't like country, except for Johnny Cash. Have you seen the video for 'Hurt'? Man."

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

"I don't like country, except for Johnny Cash. Have you seen the video for 'Hurt'? Man."

The man's got a point. I still like Johnny Cash, even Hurt.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Remember that guy who changed his user name to CASH after Johnny Cash died? That was the best.

 

I think the "Hurt" video is really funny, especially when he holds up that glass of wine and he's all shaky. I guess that makes me an asshole.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

I think the "Hurt" video is really funny, especially when he holds up that glass of wine and he's all shaky. I guess that makes me an asshole.

...pretty much

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

It wasn't quite the lolzfest that was Muhammad Ali lighting the torch at the '96 Summer Olypmics, but still worth a chuckle or two.

[Nighthawk 0]

His last album should have been called "What's Shakin'?" Except I already said that should be the name of Michael J. Fox's book.

[5_moves_of_doom 0]

I think the "Hurt" video is really funny, especially when he holds up that glass of wine and he's all shaky. I guess that makes me an asshole.

...Wow.

[Nighthawk 0]

I know! How could he be so unfeeling?

[Art Sandusky 0]

I like country when someone non-country does it.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

I think the "Hurt" video is really funny, especially when he holds up that glass of wine and he's all shaky. I guess that makes me an asshole.

Nah. The video's good...for the first half of the song. When Cash begins acknowledging the camera, it goes from a fucking great video to near hilarity. I'm still wondering why the old bastard was pouring the wine all over the table and moving around like he was Vince Neil in a wheelchair.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

I'm still wondering why the old bastard was pouring the wine all over the table and moving around like he was Vince Neil in a wheelchair.

He was having his final supper. Breaking the bread, drinking wine.