Doesn't mean a thing. He wears a hat and sort of looks like a country singer, and the lyrics would fit a country song. That's where the similarities end.
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Worst songs on country radio
- Thread starter vchimpanzee
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A female vocalist was singing about toy guns.
True, she had a Southern accent. Other than that, the banjo was the only reason I knew it wasn't Hot AC or CHR.
True, she had a Southern accent. Other than that, the banjo was the only reason I knew it wasn't Hot AC or CHR.
Gonna guess "little toy guns" by carrie underwood.
Already #18 after only 8 wks on the chart - carrie never misses the top 10.
There are several places of business where I have to hope the good kind will be playing. Otherwise I have to limit myself to the "real country" stations.
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So has anyone else besides me heard about the controversy concerning the newest song from Little Big Town named "Girl Crush"?
God bless you and them always!!!
Holly
P.S. In my opinion, the song sucks one way or another. The girl in the song, to me, needs to grow up. If a guy doesn't like her, that's HIS problem, not hers.
God bless you and them always!!!
Holly
P.S. In my opinion, the song sucks one way or another. The girl in the song, to me, needs to grow up. If a guy doesn't like her, that's HIS problem, not hers.
Some stations pulled it due to the "lezbo feel" of the song but it still went up 33 to 32 on this wks chart.
A lot of people from this site ended up over at another site when this site shut down temporarily.
http://radioinsight.com/community/topic/country-radio-boycotting-little-big-towns-girl-crush/
Agreed with vchimp. My "today's country" listening hours have gone down to almost zero in the past few years. I listen more to 980 The Tractor (KTCR) in Selah than I do KXDD-FM! At least they air 80s and 90s country, which were some of the best years for that genre. Amazing how these Nash, Bull, Wolf etc stations don't even know who Garth Brooks is nowadays. In the 90s he had the fanbase that Luke Bryan has now. Tens of thousands of screaming fans. Now everyone (especially teens) thinks Garth is for old 60-year-old cowboys. They will play "Friends in Low Places" maybe 1x a week, but that's about it.
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Billboard wrote a very interesting column about this. They studied the monitored airplay of over a hundred stations, and not a single one dropped the song.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/b...rl-crush-controversy-lesbian-complaints-radio
Another trade publication, Country Aircheck, called the radio station mentioned in the Washington Post story, and they said they were still playing the song.
Based on what I've read, not a single radio station in the country has stopped playing the song. This appears to be a made up story.
Oh i thought some dropped it cause this article mentioned it:
"A recent Washington Post story noted that some radio stations stopped playing the song"
http://theboot.com/little-big-town-girl-crush-controversy-not-real/
As I said, Billboard and Country Aircheck investigated that article, and found it to be false.
Yea but that article you posted says they called the "radio station" as in 1.
But the other article says "radio stations" as in more than 1.
They called the one station in Boise specifically identified in the Post story. There were no other call letters given. Right?
The station identified in Boise has NOT dropped the song, contrary to what the Post reported.
You seem to be more willing to believe the negative story, rather than the one with specific proof. Why?
Im just going by what the article said.
That's not the question. Why do you choose to ignore the facts presented by Billboard?
Its says they called over a 100 stations but doesnt say exactly how many - maybe they called 110 - but as of this wk they have 146 in the country reporting panel.
+ as i mentioned the other article says stations.
They can say whatever they want, but they only name ONE station. And the one station they named is still playing the song. So that brings their reporting into question. Credibility is based on the ability to NAME a source.
Meanwhile, the Billboard article quotes lots of station program directors. None of them have dropped the song.
Billboard doesn't have to call the 146 reporting stations to see if they've dropped the song. Those 146 stations report to them. The only reason they called over 100 stations was to get quotes. Which is more than the Post did. Of all the "stations" the Post talked about, can you name any call letters of stations that have in fact dropped the song?
Once again, who has done their due diligence here, and who is just seeking to create a controversy? And why do you choose to believe the latter?
I go by the smoke/fire creed....what about KORN lol.
I never thought I'd see the day. As much as I've always liked "Friends in Low Places", Garth was the symbol of what had gone wrong with country. One classic country station called itself "Garth free".
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