Why does Country Music have a bad rep?

Napoleon Ier · Post by **Napoleon Ier** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:32 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:

I'm sorry...I'm sorry...

I'm just imagining mtg in aviators and a cowboy hat with a red hankerchief around his neck, cradling a shotgun and a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon whilst he listens to country rock on his SUV stereo ranting about "drivin' them trouble makers outta town" in a John Wayne voice...why can I not be American...why?
I don't drive an SUV, I drive a 74 Chevy Pickup.

Quiet! Stop trying to tarnish my view of the american eldorado! A paradise where I can be accepted for the right-wing homophobic bigot I am and vote for people who want to scrap income tax!

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:51 pm

Napoleon Ier wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:

I'm sorry...I'm sorry...

I'm just imagining mtg in aviators and a cowboy hat with a red hankerchief around his neck, cradling a shotgun and a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon whilst he listens to country rock on his SUV stereo ranting about "drivin' them trouble makers outta town" in a John Wayne voice...why can I not be American...why?
I don't drive an SUV, I drive a 74 Chevy Pickup.
Quiet! Stop trying to tarnish my view of the american eldorado! A paradise where I can be accepted for the right-wing homophobic bigot I am and vote for people who want to scrap income tax!

Just saying you got the wrong vehicle. Most of us cowboys out here prefer trucks to SUVs.

Napoleon Ier · Post by **Napoleon Ier** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:54 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:

I'm sorry...I'm sorry...

I'm just imagining mtg in aviators and a cowboy hat with a red hankerchief around his neck, cradling a shotgun and a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon whilst he listens to country rock on his SUV stereo ranting about "drivin' them trouble makers outta town" in a John Wayne voice...why can I not be American...why?
I don't drive an SUV, I drive a 74 Chevy Pickup.
Quiet! Stop trying to tarnish my view of the american eldorado! A paradise where I can be accepted for the right-wing homophobic bigot I am and vote for people who want to scrap income tax!
Just saying you got the wrong vehicle. Most of us cowboys out here prefer trucks to SUVs.

Good..good..I'm learning. I've been practising my texan drawl today, and I asked someone to stop their liberal psycho-babble. I'm a fast student!

Snorri1234 · Post by **Snorri1234** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:29 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:

I'm sorry...I'm sorry...

I'm just imagining mtg in aviators and a cowboy hat with a red hankerchief around his neck, cradling a shotgun and a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon whilst he listens to country rock on his SUV stereo ranting about "drivin' them trouble makers outta town" in a John Wayne voice...why can I not be American...why?
I don't drive an SUV, I drive a 74 Chevy Pickup.

Bam stereotype!

Napoleon Ier · Post by **Napoleon Ier** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:32 pm

Snorri1234 wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:

I'm sorry...I'm sorry...

I'm just imagining mtg in aviators and a cowboy hat with a red hankerchief around his neck, cradling a shotgun and a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon whilst he listens to country rock on his SUV stereo ranting about "drivin' them trouble makers outta town" in a John Wayne voice...why can I not be American...why?
I don't drive an SUV, I drive a 74 Chevy Pickup.
Bam stereotype!

Hmm...this was the idea behind the post, you see, snorri.

Arbustos · Post by **Arbustos** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:32 pm

I agree with btownmeggy. The new stuff is Top 40 with a twang.

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:34 pm

vtmarik wrote:Cash is a genre unto himself.

Completely agree. The only country songs that I like are his (or at least his renditions).

Snorri1234 · Post by **Snorri1234** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:48 pm

Napoleon Ier wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:

I'm sorry...I'm sorry...

I'm just imagining mtg in aviators and a cowboy hat with a red hankerchief around his neck, cradling a shotgun and a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon whilst he listens to country rock on his SUV stereo ranting about "drivin' them trouble makers outta town" in a John Wayne voice...why can I not be American...why?
I don't drive an SUV, I drive a 74 Chevy Pickup.
Bam stereotype!
Hmm...this was the idea behind the post, you see, snorri.

I was talking about the pickup.

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:53 pm

Snorri1234 wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:

I'm sorry...I'm sorry...

I'm just imagining mtg in aviators and a cowboy hat with a red hankerchief around his neck, cradling a shotgun and a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon whilst he listens to country rock on his SUV stereo ranting about "drivin' them trouble makers outta town" in a John Wayne voice...why can I not be American...why?
I don't drive an SUV, I drive a 74 Chevy Pickup.
Bam stereotype!
Hmm...this was the idea behind the post, you see, snorri.
I was talking about the pickup.

So, are you stereotyping me for using a pickup truck? It can't be helped if they are best suited for the climate up here.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:18 pm

They don't like experimenting. As soon as anything is mainstream, it's like the movie business - if it works, don't change it. I know punk rock and rap also do that, but to me country thirty years ago is the same as it is today.

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:41 pm

unriggable wrote:They don't like experimenting. As soon as anything is mainstream, it's like the movie business - if it works, don't change it. I know punk rock and rap also do that, but to me country thirty years ago is the same as it is today.

Anywho, how do you feel about Country the music genre?

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:58 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
unriggable wrote:They don't like experimenting. As soon as anything is mainstream, it's like the movie business - if it works, don't change it. I know punk rock and rap also do that, but to me country thirty years ago is the same as it is today.

Anywho, how do you feel about Country the music genre?

I don't mind real country, fake country is probably my least favorite music out of anything.

Russianfire8371 · Post by **Russianfire8371** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:32 pm

I dont know...my whole spiel against country is just the music. I'm a fan of techincallity and difficulty and melodies. I like metal and bluegrass because its fast, upbeat, and its difficult to play. Country though...its easy rhythms, simple chords, and the same theme over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

I just don't feel like many people put much creativity with country and alot of it sounds the same.

jay_a2j · Post by **jay_a2j** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:14 pm

Because if you play a country music cd backwards, you get your wife back, your home back, your truck back and you get the pitcher of beer you just drank back.

jiminski · Post by **jiminski** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:20 pm

Country music is one of the symbols of redneck America, so immediately people resist it.

But i love some of it, Cash is grand, I like James Taylor too if he counts.

And some others too.

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:29 pm

jiminski wrote:Country music is one of the symbols of redneck America, so immediately people resist it.

But i love some of it, Cash is grand, I like James Taylor too if he counts.

And some others too.

Some people just make Rednecks out to be slack-jawed idiots. Problem is, they aren't anymore then other "groups" of people are. Trust me, I have friends that are easily Redneck (and call themselves such) and are pretty cool people.

Napoleon Ier · Post by **Napoleon Ier** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:06 pm

darvlay wrote:I can't stand the patriotic overtones.

oh noes!!1 teh patrotisms!!!11teyh iz wasist n leik ignorents!18!