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.

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As bad as some of it is, no way its worse than rap....

AMEN! C-rap! It really grinds my gears.

I don't like most of the new "Bro country" for all the reasons stated. How many songs can one hear about trucks, chicks, and beer, fercriminysakes!

But gimme some classic Johnny Cash, Merle, Waylon, the Bakersfield gang, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Kris K, Tom T Hall, and so many other classic country artists (including newer ones like Garth, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou, The Chicks, and that generation)...good stuff. Cash's last few albums produced by Rick Rubin are sweet. 

So much music, so little time—I can't list them all. I love bluegrass and new grass too... I can listen to Alison Krauss and Union Station all day long. 

What contemporary C&W music lacks is cow bell.

😅 LMAO! Should I post that classic SNL skit? So good.

"It's always been a mentorship thing for me" ... before the advent of the internet, obviously...

Now, it's easier than ever to explore unfamiliar musical territory.