Country Music: Misunderstood or Evil?

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Country Music: Misunderstood or Evil?

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Living in Georgia, I have to put up with a SLEW of otherwise intelligent human beings singing some of the dumbest, most hick-sounding bull-crap to ever violate my ears. So, to me, its influence is worse than “Gangsta Rap“ is. Verdict? Evil.
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Country music is a whole lot of very different things. And it includes among others Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, who were/are about the coolest guys ever (and wrote and sang some of the coolest songs).

I even think I prefer bad country to bad rap. Even bad country usually at least has pretty tunes. :)
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Country is horrible. The one exception is The Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes, only half of which is horrible. The other half is ace
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Eh, I hated country when I was younger, as I also grew up in a hick town. I find the older stuff isn't too bad, Willie, Johnny, Hank, etc. The newer stuff, though... it's not evil, but it might as well be.

As much as you may hate gangsta rap, Foul, I think you might like Tupac if you gave it a chance.
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I'm with Syl. Old country is usually good. Anything from say 1990 on is mostly trash though.
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I'll tolerate Johnny Cash. He seemed to be above the genre.
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I trashed Country when I was younger, thought it sucked. But now as I'm getting (ack) older, I have come to appreciate it. But yes, the newer stuff does suck! :)
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Especially when it's 9/11-related . . . Country music making political statements is basically rednecks holding up their shotguns in the air and going "Heehaw!"
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I can't listen to it for long periods, but I can't say that it's all bad.
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Official Quote " Country music is boring and only usefull in retirement homes "
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With the exception of some old country, Hal Ketchum, Martina McBride & Dwight Yoakum I agree with everything that's been said above. Especially the post 9-11 ultra-patriot pap. I like Ketchum and McBride for the quality of their voices not their "lumped" association to the genre. I love Yoakum for his way of cutting against the grain, songwriting abilities and Merle Haggard-ish vocals. His "rebelliousness" is almost in the same mold as Johnny, Willie and David Allen Coe. I respect the Dixie Chicks for telling Bush where to stick it! :D
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Dunno if it's country, but this has to be evil.
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OMG! :3M:
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I'd heard that he'd recorded some songs. I just don't have the courage to listen to them. :?
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I quite like country music ... I consider Johnny Horton to be country and adore his tunes.

Also big fan of Cash, Denver, list goes on.

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Do you put Bluegrass under Country? I liked the songs from O brother, were arth thou, especially Big Rock Candy Mountain (oh - what tune! Oh - what lyrics!)
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No! There's a big dif between country music and Bluegrass--and I believe a dif thread somewhere here 4 that, praise Jah!
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Didn't John Lennon call Jah the God of marijuana? heh . . .
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Lord Foul wrote:I'll tolerate Johnny Cash. He seemed to be above the genre.
Tolerate!? :x

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