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drpickle

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In a sea of garbage Country where a bunch of goofs specialize in call outs and bragging about being a redneck there is some good stuff. For instance Miranda Lambert has it going on. Not only is she a major hottie but her songs are good too. And, Sugarland's cover of the of the 1985 Dream Acadamy song, Life In A Northern Town is fantastic.
 
I saw some video on CMT Pure Country last night which was a cover of Loudon Wainwright"s Wagonwheel. It was great!
 
I too like Sugarland...they are a refreshing change after suffering under the last few years of Darryl Worley, Gretchen Wilson, Keith Urban, and god knows who else is doing a terrible job these days.
 
drpickle said:
In a sea of garbage Country where a bunch of goofs specialize in call outs and bragging about being a redneck there is some good stuff. For instance Miranda Lambert has it going on. Not only is she a major hottie but her songs are good too.
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So she's done something besides "Kerosene", obviously?
 
"gunpowder and lead" is going to be huge.

rM
 
Understood. I have heard other stuff from them and I am not impressed. But, the cover version is very good and as you stated another band was a playing with them.
 
Country music has always had a flirtation with pop, compare early Eddie Arnold, with Little Roy Wiggins on the steel to the later RCA sessions with strings and all. Patsy Cline was before her untimely death was being dragged kicking and screaming into the realm of pop music.

The problem is that the "true" country artists seem to always hit that wall when they can't sell more records. Some of them stick to their roots and then they fade for the most part. You would think that there would be a better chance with the internet and all, if radio won't play it then the net will but that isn't really happening enough to make much noticeable impact. Also the means of making recordings is more accessible and record companies are losing their hold on that process but they still control the distribution pipeline and access to radio so independents are harp pressed to get noticed.

Have to wonder where Hank Senior would have gone if he hadn't died so young, his songs have drifted into pop a lot but would he himself?
 
nmoore6676 said:
Country music has always had a flirtation with pop, compare early Eddie Arnold, with Little Roy Wiggins on the steel to the later RCA sessions with strings and all. Patsy Cline was before her untimely death was being dragged kicking and screaming into the realm of pop music.
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These are not bad things.

Pop-sounding country quit sounding good after about 1986.
 
vchimpanzee said:
nmoore6676 said:
Country music has always had a flirtation with pop, compare early Eddie Arnold, with Little Roy Wiggins on the steel to the later RCA sessions with strings and all. Patsy Cline was before her untimely death was being dragged kicking and screaming into the realm of pop music.
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These are not bad things.

Pop-sounding country quit sounding good after about 1986.
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Didn't say that it was bad, just that it was there and the traditionalists who complain forget about those who walked that path and yet are now considered icons of "country" music. I do agree that what went after 1986, possibly even before, isn't good, but that may because you don't have people like Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley producing it. Could also be because I'm getting old and cranky.
 
Google "Ganstagrass" and take a listen. I wanna know what you all think of it.
 
The current country product is pretty weak right now. Lot's of big artists doing mediocre songs. Even the biggest hits just aren't as good. Brad Paisley's "I'm Still A Guy" sounds cliche, it's just his typical formula, compare that to his earlier songs.."I'm Gonna Miss Her" sounded fresh and clever when it came out. The Phil Vassar song "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" is what used to be called a "turntable record", it researches good, but it doesn't generate any requests, sales or excitement..yet it's a huge hit on the chart. Then you have all of these reality show runner-ups, some are talented, but there are just too many of them.

There are still some good songs.. "Just Got Started Loving You" sounded great..at least the first million times I heard it. Lady A still sounds good to me. This goes in cycles and I think the music will get better. In the meantime, from the demo rankings I have seen from across the country, with some exceptions there is an aging problem going on in the format..several stations look good 12+ but pretty weak 25-54..check out Dallas for an extreme example of a market where country used to thrive and no longer does...the staleness of the music is causing some of this ratings decline IMO.
 
I think it's a combination of the staleness of the music (as you stated) and the fact that the record labels are targeting the younger audience. I understand that they have the disposable income, but they don't become lifelong fans. They will get bored and move on to the next big thing. I guess we'll be seeing the last of the icons as they slowly fade away.
 
That's the irony right now..they are going after a younger audience with the American Idol type artists (I am a Carrie Underwood fan personally!) and Rascal Flatts type pop artists...but the young audience isn't neccesarily coming to the format..the younger demos have too many other options. The 35-54 core is still there, many listen out of habit, but might not be too crazy about a lot of the music.
 
I heard some song about a dry county called this town needs a bar. I thought it was a good tune. d,
 
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