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<blockquote data-quote="Mikan" data-source="post: 437960" data-attributes="member: 8612">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.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxjkEPNNJbA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxjkEPNNJbA</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mikan, post: 437960, member: 8612"] 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. [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxjkEPNNJbA[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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