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.

bhagal

Maybe it is just the battery powered, portable, hand held AM radio he is listening to it on ...

Absolutely. In the liner notes for the soundtrack to "Oh Brother: Where Art Thou"? T Bone Burnett said new country is "watered down pop with greeting card lyrics" or very similar. 

Thank you @bdp24 and others for making something worthwhile out of nothing with this thread.

Rosanne Cash’s latest(2014 & 2018) Blue Note releases are a good place to start for anybody looking for good Country rooted music, Jason Isbell would be another artist at the top of my list.

Austin City Limits has Adia Victoria and Brandi Carlile two artists who will be my next big music purchases.

Ken Burns Country and Jazz docs are worth the time and effort or at least they are for me...

Personally I will take what the OP @bhagal has described as worst music genre ever, modern Country music, over with my least favorite music genre any day and everyday. Antebellum Southern romanticism themed Country music and the symbolism that comes with is at the bottom my list and is tied at the bottom with repeat a derogatory word over and over Rap music. Death Metal is a solid second place holder for me, a little kindling to keep this "dumpster" fire going.

 

 

@moonwatcher     Opera is a form of theater with the vocalist playing the acting role by singing. Not understanding Italian, German or any other language is not a valid excuse to avoid opera. How many out there know every word to many classic rock songs that have been heard a thousand times over? Over time you pick up nuances/words of different languages and there are plenty of liner notes with opera recordings. Lastly the most important aspect of opera is singing at the highest level a human being can achieve. My apologies to the OP for going off topic but the ill-conceived comment demanded a reply.