Country Music Is the New Rock ‘n Roll
Here's one explanation:
“Country music is the white man’s rap,” says Tony Powell, guest host on the Don Imus show on the Fox Business network, (a razor-sharp, smart and truly funny comedian, Powell has racked up appearances on “The Chris Rock Show,” NBC’s “Showtime at the Apollo” and a stint as the studio warm-up act for Bill Cosby).
And the country music industry is “a community, they share their music and they share their songs,” adds Woody Fraser, top executive producer at Fox News’ the Huckabee Show.
posted by Old Rebel @ Saturday, October 24, 2009
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The title of that article is somewhat ironic. Much of what is called "country music" today is actually based on classic rock chord progressions - not classic country. Take classic rock, add a fiddle, twang the vocals, add simple lyrics with a killer punch-line, smooth-out and push the rhythm section into the background a little - and there you have it. Oh, one more thing: hire a gorgeous female singer.
It really has to do with marketing more than anything else. Most of today's "popular" music, IMO, is so cookie-cutter, mass-produced that it just doesn't do much for me. If we want to talk about country music then let's talk Hank Williams Senior!
But don't get me wrong, I love music and I enjoy a wide range of styles - old country, old rock, any bluegrass, folk/Irish/Scottish, any jazz (especially Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, etc), any classical (altho I'm not real big on opera). And I've been a Yes fan since their beginning.
Am I showing my age?
Unfortunately, the same mercantilism that has destroyed everything else decent in this country has also infested the music industry. Innovation is a thing of the past. Money is all that matters - and the musicians actually make very little of it. However, there is some real innovation occurring - but only in the "independent" music industry, which is not really an industry but is more of a "movement".
I'm a drummer and flute/whistle player so I couldn't resist jumping in here :-)
http://stuffblackpeopledontlike.blogspot.com/2009/10/541-university-of-mississippi.html
Mike Foster,
No doubt, much of what passes for country music is really light rock with a touch of twang.
I'm also a Yes fan -- feel for them with Fragile, and now have most of their albums, and I saw them in concert in Greensboro a few years back -- wow!
Interesting that you're a whistle player. I dabble in that, too, and enjoy it - but I consider Sally Gardens difficult.
I agree. What passes as CW these days has been corrupted. Listen to George and Alan. Listen closely to the lyrics. They tell it like it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK1Vrur_ewM
Give me the Hag any day.
Hey Ol Reb, glad to hear you enjoy the tin-whistle as well. I'm not that great at it, but I really do enjoy it.
A Yes fan too, that's great! The last time I saw them was in Atlanta at Lakewood Amphitheatre, but the one at Chastain Park was one of the best!
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