What do you think of Daruis going country? I've been a fan since Hootie, even bought his first solo album, which was very R&B. I just picked up his latest and I can't seem to stop listening! I think he fits really well with likes of Deriks Bently and Blake Shelton. Darius' album does a well job of incorporating the country rock sound without overdoing it on the rock or over-twangy-ness of his vocals.
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Well considering his first foray into country music I'd say this is a better one 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1tLzUlK4EI
Hootie and the blowfish has a sound in some of their music, that could be brought down to a country level IMO, and as he says on his bio, being around musicians and music in the south, you sometimes tend to find African Americans listening to country.
However a detour with the R&B cd makes it feel like before his breakthrough, that he was just looking for his new niche outside of the root rock of Hootie....
Personally I like it alot and I'm glad to see we have someone to take the brass ring that Charlie Pride started in the 1960s be carried today as there are many black country singers (outside of Cowboy troy, whom I consider more of a one riding off the coattails of the Music Mafia but not going anywhere with it because of his controversial rap country) that have been trying for their shot and only getting to the lower rungs of country radio may get a new chance now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1tLzUlK4EI
Hootie and the blowfish has a sound in some of their music, that could be brought down to a country level IMO, and as he says on his bio, being around musicians and music in the south, you sometimes tend to find African Americans listening to country.
However a detour with the R&B cd makes it feel like before his breakthrough, that he was just looking for his new niche outside of the root rock of Hootie....
Personally I like it alot and I'm glad to see we have someone to take the brass ring that Charlie Pride started in the 1960s be carried today as there are many black country singers (outside of Cowboy troy, whom I consider more of a one riding off the coattails of the Music Mafia but not going anywhere with it because of his controversial rap country) that have been trying for their shot and only getting to the lower rungs of country radio may get a new chance now
Darius is more then welcome.I always like Hootie and the Blowfish tunes. I like to see
more pop artists go to country music. Jewel has.My fave is Stevie Nicks and her buddies of Fleetwood Mac get a chance to jump tracks to country music gender.
more pop artists go to country music. Jewel has.My fave is Stevie Nicks and her buddies of Fleetwood Mac get a chance to jump tracks to country music gender.
sdh483 said:
Oh you are right.That slipped my mind.
Darius's new try at country music is much better than the first time by far. My problem with things happening to country music now is the mixture of other music types has watered down country music to the point it is hard to tell it is still country music anymore. Different pubilaction's in Nashville's music industry are starting to talk about how if country music doesn't quit mixing and watering down it's music that it will probly be gone altogether in the not so distance future, a sad thought if you consider the reason such a great amount of music comes out of Nashville, TN(the biggest music city) due to the fact country music centered there and was the building blocks for what we have today.
And yet the same publications who decry "watering down" of country music feel that Robert Plant is now a country singer! Thanks to his duet album with Alison Krauss.
In the end, it's not what Nashville or the music industry says is country, but what the listeners say is country. If the fans want Darius, Taylor, and Rascal Flatts, then that's what will get played, regardless of whether or not it's watered down.
When I go to the Opry and listen to Jim Ed Brown sing Three Little Bells, I'm amazed at how pop that song was. Same with Jack Greene's Statue of a Fool. But they're accepted today as country songs. Remember that Conway Twitty was a pop star before he went country.
In the end, it's not what Nashville or the music industry says is country, but what the listeners say is country. If the fans want Darius, Taylor, and Rascal Flatts, then that's what will get played, regardless of whether or not it's watered down.
When I go to the Opry and listen to Jim Ed Brown sing Three Little Bells, I'm amazed at how pop that song was. Same with Jack Greene's Statue of a Fool. But they're accepted today as country songs. Remember that Conway Twitty was a pop star before he went country.
Olivia Newton-John went Pop with Physical a big number one hit in the early 80's and say see you later to music city.at that time Nashville had a problem not liking outsiders from the otherside of the big pond.If Olivia came to Nashville today, they will love her dearly.I like to see a duet with Olivia and Kieth Urban.
I your comment you say we will hear what people want to hear being played yet the very problem is that what is being played is not what the biggest country audances wants to hear and that is what the complaning is all about. Country music is going for the younger listeners and getting much smaller numbers than the larger older audances that are not happy with the current watered down verison of country music. I tried mixing traditional country with modern country music picking the modern country songs that still sound country for the last eight years and so far we have listeners of all ages and back grounds and since they seem to be able to tell us what anounancments/commericals we play which songs they like best and when our special events are comming up I don't think they are joking.
Livvy went pop well before "Physical." Remember Grease? What Nashville had a problem with were people from other formats just "dabbling" in country. That was true of ONJ, but it was even more true of John Denver, who was a "folkie" at heart!WPPCProductions said:
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If he hadn't first hit with "Don't Think I Don't Think About It"....
Bobby Pinson's song of the same title is a personal favorite, bigtime, so I was so disappointed to have DR's song hit.
And the new one is more than the usual amount of predictable. I might like other cuts on the album.
Bobby Pinson's song of the same title is a personal favorite, bigtime, so I was so disappointed to have DR's song hit.
And the new one is more than the usual amount of predictable. I might like other cuts on the album.
I am not opposed to people crossing over, as long as they stay true to themselves and the genre. Darius loves country music. You can see it when he does an interview and in concert.
I'm not sure about Jewel. She's always been a great songwriter, but I don't really buy her as a country artist. Jessica Simpson I did NOT buy as a country artist. She had nothing else to do, she couldn't do pop music anymore and she's probably a worse actress than the women on WWE! She just needs to make everyone happy and be an underwear model.
Country music in the 90's really wore on me. Shania and Faith weren't country to me and I hated it.
Darius to me is country and I am loving it!
I'm not sure about Jewel. She's always been a great songwriter, but I don't really buy her as a country artist. Jessica Simpson I did NOT buy as a country artist. She had nothing else to do, she couldn't do pop music anymore and she's probably a worse actress than the women on WWE! She just needs to make everyone happy and be an underwear model.
Country music in the 90's really wore on me. Shania and Faith weren't country to me and I hated it.
Darius to me is country and I am loving it!
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