Hard to find a better songwriter today than Hayes Carll
Country Music: The Beat That’s Killing The Genre
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Thanks to this thread, I've been listening to the "This is: George Strait" playlist on Spotify all morning.
Holy crap thanks for sharing Bret! Been listening to him all morning at work.
Y'all ever listen to the Flying Burrito Brothers? Hell of an old honky tonk sound. Gram Parson was a musical savior sent from heaven.
Big fan of all these. My favorite is probably "Where Did We Go Wrong".
For fans of Sturgill's newest album, one of my favorite lines in Call to Arms is first used in Where Did We Go Wrong.
I've always thought it's funny that only in music is it considered "selling out" to do what makes you money as a career. There are plenty of "real" musicians out there even in the Top 40. Take a guy like Bruno Mars - I can't stand most of his music but just look at what he does in his live shows. I mean the guy is singing (and singing well), playing multiple instruments, etc. He is a good musician, and he shouldn't lose credit for his talent just because he's churning out Top 40 hits to make a few (million) bucks. I'm sure he and others who are Top 40 artists play different styles of music at home in their basement, but that's a hobby, not a career.
Personally, I think trying to worry about who is "real" and who is "fake" is the wrong attitude to take. Top 40 artists of any genre are out there to make what people are going to listen to on the radio. There's nothing wrong with that, millions of people around the world love listening to it, or at least think it's a pleasant enough distraction to have on in the background. If you want to listen to a song that is someone's passion project or is on the cutting edge of some kind of new sound you're going to have to dig deeper than that. I would guess this has been going on as long people have been making music, all the way back to the first guy who banged two rocks together to a beat. Someone comes up with an idea, everyone likes it and a whole bunch of other people copy it. Listen to music you enjoy, period. It's easier today than at any time in history - fire up Spotify or Pandora, or browse Youtube and you can find any number of indie artists. Who cares what music industry execs play on Top 40 stations, there are enough people who listen to that stuff regardless of how bad (or sometimes good) it is. Find what you like and listen to that.
Probably my favorite country song from the past 10 years:
Saw him live at Blue Ox Music Festival. He's is sooooo freaking good.
Selling out occurs in plenty of industries. I wouldn’t even begin to suggest Bruno Mars is a sellout. He isn’t my favorite music but I think that he does a good job of doing what he likes. Just because something is top 40 doesn’t mean it is someone selling out. Selling out is creating the most boring bland product to appeal to the masses.
If the six country stations I listen to could stop playing 'There Was This Girl' 30 times a day, that'd be great.
Saw your post and thought yeah that's probably my favorite Tyler song. Then I started listening to his stuff and came to the conclusion that it's impossible to pick just one. Just too many great tunes. Here are some more for everybody to enjoy!
That is why I have converted to hick-hop. Moonshine Bandits, the Lacs, etc.
Country music is terrible and you all should stop trying to hold onto it.
It pains me to give you a negative rating but you've given me no choice.
There's this one song called "Head over Boot's" that makes me want to drive my car off a cliff every time I hear it. Possibly one of the worst songs ever recorded.
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