@bdp24 Long out of Austin but I saw some great people there, including Cornell Hurd. Others too many to mention. Saw some jaw dropping performances at Antones, Cactus Cafe, La Zona Rosa, Continental Club, UT Campus, and on and on.
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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Awesome, bdp24. I did find one record by Johnny Staats using Roon ... not that one, but I will keep searching. ➡ This is a great thread now! For me it is much more about the music than the gear, which is only a means to an end. I love discovering new music. ROON is superb at feeding that habit.
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@akg_ca Well don’t you just make a newcomer feel welcome. If I find myself in the unfortunate position of being exposed to the stuff that comes out of speakers when someone is listening to a contemporary “country” music station, I know what pure, unmitigated agony is. |
I grew up with hillbillies and hillbilly music (in rural New England, actually part of the Appalachian chain I guess). Rarely missed a square dance or a touring singer. I dropped out for a while - when I came back I found it had been replaced by Bluegrass and Country & Western, mostly for politically correct folks I think. Loved the 'Country', not so much the 'Western'. My gods included Hank Williams (Sr) and Eddie Arnold. I'm still amazed when I listen to Hank Williams, that is a voice you only hear once in a life time. Sort of like a present day Eva Cassidy. OP, learn to appreciate more what you like and to simply dismiss what you don't. Frankly most folks aren't going to be impressed with (your) negative opinions. I'm not. |
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