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#551
#552

90% of it sucks. All the new country-bro guys sound almost exactly the same. Even the groups are nondescript.
Older country is ok and certainly better than the new stuff. After about the late 90's, it started resembling what it does today. Listen again to the early Garth Brooks albums and tell me that anything today comes even close to that.
Older country is ok and certainly better than the new stuff. After about the late 90's, it started resembling what it does today. Listen again to the early Garth Brooks albums and tell me that anything today comes even close to that.
They are the best of a shitty genre. XM 37, Octane.
#553
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Chris Stapleton is not "bro-ish" per se. He's actually one of the decent ones because he writes his own songs. He's definitely not a manufactured "country pop star" like a lot of them are.
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#555

Yeah, seems that way--this station is filled with depressing bluesy ****, but it started with a group called Blues Pills, which is loosely connected to the Scandinavian black-metal scene. Kind of interesting how that linked to Stapleton, but it's agreeable to me so far.
#556

Proof right there that the best artists in music aren't the most popular. Popular music is popular because it's simple and familiar. Innovation usually gets shunned until years later when everything starts sounding like it.
If you want to know who's good, find out who the musicians are listening to rather than listening to what's popular.
It's also worth point out that a lot of those big names "sold" as many records as they did because of Columbia House back in the 70's and 80's. They were on the 10 for 1 penny promotions for two decades. Dark Side of the Moon (which is a great album too) has the longest run on the top 100 chart mainly because of Columbia House. People weren't buying it at the record store for $10 20 years after it's release, they were picking it as one of their freebees from the limited choice of 100 or so on the sign up sheet.
If you want to know who's good, find out who the musicians are listening to rather than listening to what's popular.
It's also worth point out that a lot of those big names "sold" as many records as they did because of Columbia House back in the 70's and 80's. They were on the 10 for 1 penny promotions for two decades. Dark Side of the Moon (which is a great album too) has the longest run on the top 100 chart mainly because of Columbia House. People weren't buying it at the record store for $10 20 years after it's release, they were picking it as one of their freebees from the limited choice of 100 or so on the sign up sheet.
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Let's not forget that the Eagles are now #1 also due in large part to how they are counting digital downloads. People haven't stopped buying their albums or downloading their songs.
My original point about the Eagles was that they were pop country long before that genre was identified.
My original point about the Eagles was that they were pop country long before that genre was identified.
#560

Let's not forget that the Eagles are now #1 also due in large part to how they are counting digital downloads. People haven't stopped buying their albums or downloading their songs.
My original point about the Eagles was that they were pop country long before that genre was identified.
My original point about the Eagles was that they were pop country long before that genre was identified.

#562

Let's not forget that the Eagles are now #1 also due in large part to how they are counting digital downloads. People haven't stopped buying their albums or downloading their songs.
My original point about the Eagles was that they were pop country long before that genre was identified.
My original point about the Eagles was that they were pop country long before that genre was identified.
There's a lot of good twangy rock bands. The Grateful Dead probably tops the list in my mind, but my library is full of examples. Cracker, Bright Eyes, Violent Femmes, Little Feat, Noah and the Whale, The Lumineers, The Mavericks, Mumford.... This is why I get a little cross eyed when people say they like rock but can't stand country. There's just so much crossover. I usually just assume they mean they don't like mainstream country because that's really all they're exposed to.
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Fair enough, I didn't catch that at first.
There's a lot of good twangy rock bands. The Grateful Dead probably tops the list in my mind, but my library is full of examples. Cracker, Bright Eyes, Violent Femmes, Little Feat, Noah and the Whale, The Lumineers, The Mavericks, Mumford.... This is why I get a little cross eyed when people say they like rock but can't stand country. There's just so much crossover. I usually just assume they mean they don't like mainstream country because that's really all they're exposed to.
There's a lot of good twangy rock bands. The Grateful Dead probably tops the list in my mind, but my library is full of examples. Cracker, Bright Eyes, Violent Femmes, Little Feat, Noah and the Whale, The Lumineers, The Mavericks, Mumford.... This is why I get a little cross eyed when people say they like rock but can't stand country. There's just so much crossover. I usually just assume they mean they don't like mainstream country because that's really all they're exposed to.
To me, it is groups like The Mavericks, Little Feat, etc. I listen to both a couple times a month. Little Feat vinyl isn't all that expensive and it's the best way to experience them.
#565

Fair enough, I didn't catch that at first.
There's a lot of good twangy rock bands. The Grateful Dead probably tops the list in my mind, but my library is full of examples. Cracker, Bright Eyes, Violent Femmes, Little Feat, Noah and the Whale, The Lumineers, The Mavericks, Mumford.... This is why I get a little cross eyed when people say they like rock but can't stand country. There's just so much crossover. I usually just assume they mean they don't like mainstream country because that's really all they're exposed to.
There's a lot of good twangy rock bands. The Grateful Dead probably tops the list in my mind, but my library is full of examples. Cracker, Bright Eyes, Violent Femmes, Little Feat, Noah and the Whale, The Lumineers, The Mavericks, Mumford.... This is why I get a little cross eyed when people say they like rock but can't stand country. There's just so much crossover. I usually just assume they mean they don't like mainstream country because that's really all they're exposed to.

#568

I would have never considered The Eagles to be a country act. To me they are in the same boat as CCR: city boys who were riding the fence between country/pop/rock because that's what sold the best.
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The Eagles were doing country with a pop flavor but people didn't know that genre existed yet. If the Eagles were doing it today, they'd be played more on country stations than anything else.
#573

That's because country in the 1970's was still considered to be people like Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, etc.
The Eagles were doing country with a pop flavor but people didn't know that genre existed yet. If the Eagles were doing it today, they'd be played more on country stations than anything else.
The Eagles were doing country with a pop flavor but people didn't know that genre existed yet. If the Eagles were doing it today, they'd be played more on country stations than anything else.

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