Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time
I seriously can’t think of anything worse. I grew up listening to country music in the late 80s and early 90s, and a lot of that was pretty bad. But this new stuff, yikes.
Who sees some pretty boy on a stage with a badly exaggerated generic southern accent and a 600 dollar denim jacket shoehorning the words “ice cold beer” into every third line of a song and says “Ooh I like this, this music is for me!”
I would literally rather listen to anything else.Seriously, there’s nothing I can think of, at least not in my lifetime or the hundred or so years of recorded music I own, that seems worse.
@baylinor I like country music (I am particular about what I do like) and I’m British. Became a US citizen a year ago but I’ve been here for 23 years so I disagree with needing to be born here. I respect that you don’t, but I’m guessing you didn’t write a post about it that basically insulted those that do. |
@audioman58 I really like the Cash/Rick Rubin "American" series. II was Tom and the Heartbreakers as I am sure you know - and the production values are quite good. |
@baylinor My bad on the question mark, corrected - my apologies. |
@baylinor I think you may have misunderstood my post. I said I respect that you don't like country music...and to clarify - I was presuming that you don't insult people that do. It was intended as a compliment not an insult by any means. |
@pwoodard922 My wife and I saw Erich Church, then 2 days later Dave Matthews in Tahoe last summer, same venue, Harvey's. Erich Church: Sound was really good, clear, not too loud. I saw multiple guys doing mobile sound checks all over the place. The concert rocked from start to finish, the people were awesome - vibe was super upbeat, polite, friendly, safe. No one wasn't dancing. We had a blast. Dave Matthew: The SQ was terrible. Too loud, too much distortion. He took way to much time between songs, so each song was a restart in terms of keeping the audience's attention. The vibe wasn't as fun and I'll leave it at that. We went in expecting Dave to be better / more fun than Eric. Just sayin' |
@bdp24 what a great story/history lesson, thanks for sharing. How this post turned out is a testament to those that actually care about music, and to do that, you must have an open mind. |
True, but perhaps an equally long list of those that can. The great Oscar Peterson comes to mind. His scores are complex! As an aside, I was maybe 12 or 13 when my dad took me to see my first Jazz concert - Oscar and Joe Pass, just the two of them. Lucky boy. |
