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Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:04 am**

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.

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:28 am**

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.

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:51 am**

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

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:36 pm**

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.

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 1:01 pm**

I'm with Syl. Old country is usually good. Anything from say 1990 on is mostly trash though.

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 2:35 pm**

I'll tolerate Johnny Cash. He seemed to be above the genre.

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 2:39 pm**

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!

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 2:41 pm**

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!"

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 4:43 pm**

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 9:07 pm**

I can't listen to it for long periods, but I can't say that it's all bad.

Posted: **Fri Oct 03, 2003 9:52 pm**

Official Quote " Country music is boring and only usefull in retirement homes "

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2003 4:27 am**

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!

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:06 am**

Dunno if it's country, but this has to be evil.

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:14 am**

OMG!

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2003 10:53 am**

I'd heard that he'd recorded some songs. I just don't have the courage to listen to them.

Posted: **Sun Oct 05, 2003 1:49 pm**

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.

Where would we be without knowing the ins and outs of the Harper Valley PTA?

Posted: **Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:14 pm**

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!)

Posted: **Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:17 pm**

No! There's a big dif between country music and Bluegrass--and I believe a dif thread somewhere here 4 that, praise Jah!

Posted: **Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:20 pm**

Didn't John Lennon call Jah the God of marijuana? heh . . .

Posted: **Sat Oct 11, 2003 8:20 pm**

Lord Foul wrote:I'll tolerate Johnny Cash. He seemed to be above the genre.

Tolerate!?

Son, the Man in Black eats ya for lunch. Even though he's dead. Don't ya go toleratin' him, boy.

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Country Music: Misunderstood or Evil?

Country Music: Misunderstood or Evil?