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We've Got Both Kinds - Country and Western

Created on Thursday, March 5, 2009

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Loyal readers to this site probably know that I had a bit of an awakening when it comes to westerns. I owe much of this to the genius of Sergio Leone. If you're read some of my movie reviews you may remember that I've often said that the backdrop really doesn't matter. Quality is quality.

I suppose that the same is true for country music. We've all been asked "what kind of music do you like?" and many of us would just spit out "anything but country and rap" without even considering the question. Truth be told, I know very little about country. Thus the following is probably going to be rather ill-informed but I haven't seen any evidence to the contrary.

I have a few theoroms on country music:

1) The goal of most country musics is to cross over. Crossing over means you really aren't country anymore

2) Just about every "modern" country song falls into one of the following categories:
a. Rollicking (example: "Ride a horse, save a cowboy")
b. Sentimental (example: any number of songs that glorify the singer's modest country upbringing)
c. Love

3) Old-school country is way better than modern country

I know, I know... there isn't anything groundbreaking here and I'm not really sure what the point of all of this is. That's the funny thing about blogging - sometimes I'll start out on a topic thinking that I've got a ton to say and I really don't.

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Created by muchgooder on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:15:25 AM

Don't get me wrong Amy, I can see why people like modern country (and that song in particular). And I'm definitely not questioning their musical abilities. It just seems that at the end of the day all modern country songs fit into one of the three categories that I listed above. There isn't anything wrong with that - so do pop songs. But I'm not a fan of pop songs either :-). [

] I've just always preferred a little more.... something... in my music. Depth, angst, musical progression, etc. Wilco is one of my favorite bands and they are considered alt country. I'll add Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan to that list of old-school (fringe) country.

Created by brian on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:02:53 AM

The best country music is indeed old-school. My personal favorites are Hank Williams (Sr, not that clown Bocephus), Buck Owens, and his disciple Dwight Yoakam.

Created by Amy on Friday, March 6, 2009 12:29:33 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sApH8VtWFI What is not to like about this? Some truely amazing musicians showcased here...This proves modern country can be great! Banjo/Electric Guitar side by side...smooth, believable vocals...You gotta give country a chance Adam! :)

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