What do you think about country music?

[Beyond Borders]

Probably way too hillbilly for most of you, but any outlaw country fans on here will know this classic.

I dedicate this song to Ali.

 

[Beyond Borders]

 

[bodmon]

strong WK song back from a time when WKing was accepted

 

[Cincinnatus]

Isbell came from a band called Drive-By Truckers. Seen him perform several times with different sets and groups. Cincinnati seems to be a regular stop for him.

 

[Jaydublin]

 

[Jaydublin]

 

[Jaydublin]

 

[speakeasy]

Can someone explain the difference between country and western?

 

[AnonymousBosch]

Can someone explain the difference between country and western?

Country = eastern hillbilly folk music. Western = folk songs about cowboy life written by performers in the western rural states.

 

[2Wycked]

Damn, I'm surprised I didn't start this thread! Country is my favorite musical genre!

Here's a slightly sad and mellow joint I love:



Gotta give up some love for Garth Brooks:





An old school entry:



My favorite country song: A very simple and beautiful song

 

[TooFineAPoint]

Not sure how much this last one counts as country, but it was the soundtrack for the greatest western ever made.

 

[Rutting Elephant]

Maybe proto-country, but it moves me more than other versions.
"You damned old piney mountain!"

 

[mastauser]

Not much of a country fan, but I did get into the bluegrasss/folk influenced stuff Garcia did with Grisman.

 

[Harvey Specter]

In the Midwest you will not find any higher concentration of young hot chicks outside of a country concert. So while I don't really listen to the music, I do go to the concerts.

 

[enderilluminatus]

The perfect country western song. Wait for the last verse, it is hilarious.

 

[YossariansRight]

Like others have mentioned, for access to attractive chicks, country concerts are prime.

As far as a type of music I'd actually listen to? I'd rather listen to a heard of cats in heat.

 

[NilNisiOptimum]

Best song about fatherhood is a country song

 

[Fender_Bender]

Red Pill as fuck hahaha

 

[Fender_Bender]

As a guitarist, I notice that country music is really the only popular music these days where lead guitar still takes prominence in badass solos. I generally like old country music for its genuineness and red pill badassery, but will tolerate some poppy new crap for its instrumentality. So I'll slog through some horrible pop country songs on the radio just to hear some ripping country rock licks. Brad Paisley is a good example of what I'm talking about. This song is almost 20 years old, but he's still around and is definitely a good example of a country "shredder" that has some serious chops.

 

[Mikan]

I am a fan of roots country, rockabilly, bluegrass and Old-time music. I've felt for some time that Country music suffers from a similar image problem as Rap; Many of its most popular and visible examples are also among its worst. Someone who is not already a fan who hears a Country song while scanning a radio dial or coming out of a window is likely to have their prejudice confirmed by the rural-themed Pop music they hear.

Fender Bender above alludes to this in his comment. American Country, Folk and other types of roots music all have their own genera specific song structures, rhythms, instrumentation, key signatures and lyrical themes that have been largely abandoned in modern music in favor of the same Pop music song structure you here on top 40s songs. Only token instrumentation and lyrical content is retained to give this new Pop-Country a garnish of rural white American culture. If you asked Brittany Spears to play up her southern accent and tossed a fiddle and a slide guitar on one of her albums, it would probably make the Country top 40. Speaking of which, Country actually stills sells a good amount of physical music, mostly CDs. Much more then other popular genera.

Anyway, here's a video of a modern roots-country revival act.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxjkEPNNJbA