Not a Country fan- will I be ok?

[groovamos]

Originally Posted by sucrose

I can't stand contemporary, commercial country music and I work in the business. I try to think of it as a harmless annoyance--a product for export--that helps subsidize the better stuff.

I'm not a country fan but I listen every now and then to our Country Classics station in Houston when I get tired of other stuff. When on the road to Colorado many times the radio selection is country only, until you get close enough to Colorado sprgs. OK I'm going to throw this out and does it seem valid. Since all this modern country stuff MUSICALLY sounds like recycled classic rock and southern rock, what do they do to signify that it's country? It sounds to me lyrically like really exaggerated drawls and yawls is what they think does it.

I can give credit though, fiddles and pedal steel do add to the country flavor much of the time, but mostly I'm hearing drums, bass and guitar parts taken from classic rock phrasing, and the lyrically exaggerated phrasing makes me wonder should I tell people I grew up in TN where they record this stuff.

But then driving around Wyoming a couple of years back, it was the only radio fare available so I can't get too much on a high horse about it. And small town Washington middle aged guys tune it in when hearing the same 2000 classic rock songs over and over gets ridiculous.

[Sigequinox]

For any metal fans that also like country (and especially southern rock), Maylene and the Sons of Disaster is a pretty awesome blend. I believe they are from Alabama. Very grungy, raspy voice--much preferred by me over that twangy country style.

[jambo101]

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Originally Posted by binkbok

Ok, I realize this a Nashville forum. Please don't get the flame guns out just yet. I am not a Country fan, but am a music lover of many types. Rock, classical, punk, Irish, folk, electronica.

With your diverse taste in music what makes you think Country music might not someday be on your list of musical genres?,

[loose cannon]

The music that comes out of Nashville is not really country anyway. You may hear some of this alleged country of today and end up liking it.

[Sigequinox]

Folkish country cover of Alice Cooper's "Poison". Fantastic cover IMO. Not twangy so I love it Point is you may find that the country culture puts a nice twist on the types of music you do like.

[pythonis]

Originally Posted by yank283

What everyone else said. Btw, Music trivia for the day. Neil Young regularly records here. "Harvest" was recorded in Nashville with a then young upstart named James Taylor when he was a session musician on banjo. That's him playing banjo on the song "Old Man".

Him and Linda Ronstadt did backup vocals on Old Man and Heart of Gold.

[pythonis]

Originally Posted by loose cannon

The music that comes out of Nashville is not really country anyway. You may hear some of this alleged country of today and end up liking it.

Country music stopped being country when Garth Brooks came onto the scene. After that it became more pop than country.