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Worst songs on country radio

TheBigA said:
Turn it off. See how easy it is?

In the meantime, guys will sing about them. That's how it is.
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If I am in a place of business, it's not that easy.

And, unfortunately, if I am sampling what various stations are playing, I have to listen for a while to hear enough lyrics to figure out what the song might be called.
 
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I heard the words "boots on", though there's another song where that's the title.

The beat makes it sound like a black person should be singing or rapping.

Middle Eastern musical instruments.

Auto-tune is used, of course.
 
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No one?

Well, one station has a count, so if I remember to listen at the right time, maybe.

Brantley Gilbert had one of the bad ones. Not the absolute worst, but not a good one.

I heard another song with "Crazy" in the title but don't remember the man's name now, and it wasn't one of the good ones. It was close enough that maybe it's the one I heard, but I won't rank it as one of the best.
 
^^^ I am guessing that you heard "Young And Crazy" from Frankie Ballard. "How am I ever gonna get to be old and wise if I ain't ever young and crazy?" I believe is what's said at the end of each chorus.

God bless you and Frankie always!!!

Holly

P.S. To me, his best song was first one from him that went to radio back in 2011 named "Tell Me You Get Lonely". :) :) :)
 
James Otto Sweet Heart said:
^^^ I am guessing that you heard "Young And Crazy" from Frankie Ballard. "How am I ever gonna get to be old and wise if I ain't ever young and crazy?" I believe is what's said at the end of each chorus.
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Yeah, I finally remembered to look up the top hits. That was the one. It's not one of the better ones but it's not bad enough to be one of the worst.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I heard the words "boots on", though there's another song where that's the title.

The beat makes it sound like a black person should be singing or rapping.

Middle Eastern musical instruments.

Auto-tune is used, of course.
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I checked the station that airs the countdown and there it was.

No artist or title was given, but the man just sid hat the next song as. Amazingly, the one by Frankie Ballard. I remembered to look up the top hits and, having remembered some more lyrics, determined it was "Kick the Dust Up" by Luke Bryan. I looked at the lyrics, which were good for a country song, and that was it. But the way it sounds is about as bad as anything I've ever heard called "country".
 
This isn't about any specific songs, but on "A Prairie Home Companion" yesterday, Chet Atkins, Mary Chapin Capenter and Vince Gill performed at the time I was listening, from Ryman Auditorium. Most people on so-called "country" radio should be ashamed to be categorized with the great music I heard.
 
vchimpanzee said:
This isn't about any specific songs, but on "A Prairie Home Companion" yesterday, Chet Atkins, Mary Chapin Capenter and Vince Gill performed at the time I was listening, from Ryman Auditorium. Most people on so-called "country" radio should be ashamed to be categorized with the great music I heard.
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Atkins has been dead for 14 years.
 
“Anything Goes” by FGL looks like will be their worst charting hit so far. Still another top 10 hit isn’t that shabby.
 
I am not a Country listener but do listen occasionally and have to opine today's Country is pretty much in the same shape as is current Pop - all sounds pretty much alike. Formula. Uninspiring. Blah. The old stuff was generally much better.
 
TheBigA said:
This guy is a real country guy. You may not like his song, but he's as country as they come, and so is this song.

And country audiences love it. This song will be #1 on Monday, regardless of what you think.
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Really? Well, I only heard it for a few seconds.

Most of what I heard this week, especially on the Nash stations, was pretty bad.
 
Okay, I heard more of it on a station I happened to land on at the right time. It's a good country song but has been wrecked by too much rock guitar. Done right, it could have been one of the good ones.
 
^^^ To me, that right there is the problem with a lot of what is on country radio these days. While there is country in the songs that are played, everything else that is in the songs is what stands out more which to me is what should never happen when songs that are country have always been the under dog.

God bless you always!!! :) :) :)

Holly
 
I never heard anything this bad. I tried to remember lyrics but the only thing I know is "Don't worry, be happy" and since that's a song title in a totally different musical style, there's not much chance of figuring the song out from doing a search with that. Whatever it was, it was a man who rapped, with a beat produced by computers characteristic of CHR or Hot AC.
 
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