Country music

[stuntr4lyfe]

country music is starting to make a comeback. Alan Jackson's song "good time" is awsome.

[Regards]

Search Function is trying real hard to make a comeback too.

[versus_god]

I enjoy some alt. country. Totally.

[omgshe'sdead]

I don't think I've ever been able to sit through an entire country song :(

[murrich]

I don't think I've ever been able to sit through an entire country song :(

Listen to 16 Horsepower, they're great http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofi le&friendid=45512461.

Or Old Crow Medicine Show
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofi le&friendid=16813055

[OdeToTheSun]

OMG! Taylor Swift!!!

jk

[IWasaCamera]

Oh, so you're that guy who thinks country is defined by its mainstream stereotype. Shut up.

[kearn1tm]

I haven't been particularly fond of most contemporary Country outside the "Alternative Country" subgenre, but I am extremely partial to the initial, rough Honky Tonk sound of guys like Jimmy Rodgers, George Jones and Hank Williams.

I've found myself listening to a lot of the "Outlaw Country" 'movement' (for lack of a better term). Earlier this year, I devoted a great deal of my time to David Allan Coe and Billy Joe Shaver. I've found myself obsessed with Merle Haggard the last two years as well.

[kearn1tm]

Oh, so you're that guy who thinks country is defined by its mainstream stereotype. Shut up.

Ha. I love the innate irony of the scene kids on this site who chastise others for being "elitists," and then proceed to tear apart that "redneck shit" and position themselves above it. They've predicated their view of an entire genre of music on contemporary mainstream Country.

[IWasaCamera]

Ha. I love the innate irony of the scene kids on this site who chastise others for being "elitists," and then proceed to tear apart that "redneck shit" and position themselves above it. They've predicated their view of an entire genre of music on contemporary mainstream Country.
Same used to go for hip hop until everyone here suddenly became a fan.

[cereal4life]

I like Alan Jackson's "It's Alright To Be A Redneck". Quality stuff!

[CellarGhosts]

There are alot of great country artists. Steve Earle would be my favorite, and then guys like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, etc, are good too.

Willie Nelson is another favorite, as are alt.country artists like Lucero, Drag The River, Drive By Truckers, and Ryan Adams. I even enjoy Garth Brooks on occasion.

So it's frustrating when people write off country music because of people like Taylor Swift or Kenny Chesney who are pretty terrible.

[kitti_katt420]

I'm not a fan of contemp. country at all, but I like a ton of old and alt/country. and I really like alot of bluegrass like Allison Krauss, Old Crow Medicine Show and Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band. Some people are just ignorant and write off anything with a little twang in it, and that's pretty sad. They don't know what they are missing out on.

[robat19]

I like to listen to Kenny Chesney and Garth Brooks on occasion.

[Tyler Revolution]

country music is starting to make a comeback. Alan Jackson's song "good time" is awsome.

Aren't you a crip? With a confederate flag avatar and love for Alan Jackson?

[GuitarR0cker1]

Some alternative country is listenable but considering your top bands, how are you even on AP and how do you like country at all?

Also nice confederate flag avatar, it does a nice job of showing stupidity and rascism in one picture.

[3eb23]

There are alot of great country artists. Steve Earle would be my favorite, and then guys like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, etc, are good too.

Willie Nelson is another favorite, as are alt.country artists like Lucero, Drag The River, Drive By Truckers, and Ryan Adams. I even enjoy Garth Brooks on occasion.

So it's frustrating when people write off country music because of people like Taylor Swift or Kenny Chesney who are pretty terrible.

dude kenny chesney is the man

[StreetSurgery]

Yuckyuckyuck.

[jtsnazzy]

My entire family is into old-school country and I just can't get into it. It's very hard to make it through more than one song anymore.

[CellarGhosts]

dude kenny chesney is the man
Haha, if you like him that's fair enough, but I never did like the guy's music. :shrug:

I can tolerate him more than Toby Keith though. Ugh.

[3eb23]

Haha, if you like him that's fair enough, but I never did like the guy's music. :shrug:

I can tolerate him more than Toby Keith though. Ugh.

yeah toby keith definitely sucks

[chronomic]

id fuck the fuck outta taylor swift. and carrie underwould.

[chronomic]

taylor, carrie, kenny and sugerland are the only coutry acts i can stand.

[chaosB4storm]

Johnny Cash and Garth Brooks for me....some Hank Williams Jr.

[chaosB4storm]

And for te record, not only is mainstream country NOT making a comeback, Alan Jackson isn't even making a comeback with "Good Times". His older stuff is a lot better than his newer stuff.

[Hagysaurus Rex]

Not really a fan of the country music. Unless it's Old Crow Medicine Show (who kick ass live), Alabama, some Josh Turner, or anything that reminds me of how country used to sound, and not the watered down, bad excuse for pop music that it is nowadays.

[chaosB4storm]

Not really a fan of the country music. Unless it's Old Crow Medicine Show (who kick ass live), Alabama, some Josh Turner, or anything that reminds me of how country used to sound, and not the watered down, bad excuse for pop music that it is nowadays.

Agreed except never heard of Old Crow Medicine Show.

[chipdip18]

Johnny Cash and John Denver.

[Justin_stacy]

I don't think I've ever been able to sit through an entire country song :(

and yet many of the bands listed as favorities in your profile either incorporate elements of or are heavily influenced by "country," folk, Americana and southern rock styles and sound. Go figure I guess.

[SoggY ThE OnE]

Not into country, but a HUGE fan of folk music.
Woody Guthrie anyone?

[shit stroll]

and yet many of the bands listed as favorities in your profile either incorporate elements of or are heavily influenced by "country," folk, Americana and southern rock styles and sound. Go figure I guess.
lol i don't see how you can listen to the bands that he does and hate country music.

[omgshe'sdead]

and yet many of the bands listed as favorities in your profile either incorporate elements of or are heavily influenced by "country," folk, Americana and southern rock styles and sound. Go figure I guess.

Yeah, I'm just saying I've never really looked into country apart from mainstream stuff, which is what a lot of people here are telling me is shit. I never said I disliked country. I've just never bothered to look into the genre.

[Justin_stacy]

lol i don't see how you can listen to the bands that he does and hate country music.

I was going to let that slide until I saw that he listed Billy Braggs, that was just too much to ignore.

[shit stroll]

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yikes

[Justin_stacy]

Yeah, I'm just saying I've never really looked into country apart from mainstream stuff, which is what a lot of people here are telling me is shit. I never said I disliked country. I've just never bothered to look into the genre.

So called mainstream country is really just radio rock with a drawl. Should we assume "punk" suck because of Sum41?

Just because Toby Kieth is god awful, don't deny yourself everything the genre has to offer.
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[atticus1492]

Lol troll.

[omgshe'sdead]

You guys assumed far too quickly that because I said I'd never properly listened to a country song that I hated the genre. I've never actually been introduced to the genre apart from what's sold platinum and makes the headlines.

edit - though I have actually heard of Whitmore, though never heard his music.

[kearn1tm]

taylor, carrie, kenny and sugerland are the only coutry acts i can stand.

So, ultimately, you can only stand the awful, mainstream Country that's bastardized the genre?

[IWasaCamera]

Not into country, but a HUGE fan of folk music.
Woody Guthrie anyone?
Wrong thread.

[El_Jeffe]

love some country music, there's some great stuff out there, especially when crossing into bluegrass waters. yet another misunderstood & misrepresented genre

[stuntr4lyfe]

id fuck the fuck outta taylor swift. and carrie underwould.
who wouldnt

[stuntr4lyfe]

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yikes
what

[madden393]

Check out Jason Aldean. I get a big Brad Paisley vibe from him!

[fna4]

I can't stand the genre for the most part aside from the classics. That being said Dierks Bently is pretty damn good for a newer artist and I'm really digging Zac Brown Band lately as well.