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Why does country music suck so much these days?
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:01 pm
This is a legit question, not a "lol country sucks let's bash it" type of thing. I am clueless as to how the music industry operates. I guess if I had to take a stab in the dark, I would GUESS that all the big, hit, mainstream artists today are basically just putting out the music that their producers are telling them will sell. And I guess money is a big motivator. But to that end, what made the industry shift from the 90s version of the genre to the glorified pop that it is today? How and why did that happen?
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Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:04 pm to WG_Dawg
the
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90s version of the genre
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glorified pop
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:05 pm to Buddy Garrity
lol, at thinking 90's country wasn't garbage also
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:05 pm to Buddy Garrity
What I'm saying is compare the type of songs from say 1994 to the songs of 2014. You don't hear a pretty clear difference?
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:05 pm to MJM
I never claimed the 90s was the GOAT decade of country, I said it was different.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:10 pm to WG_Dawg
I know exactly what you are saying. Clay Walker, Dwight Yoakam, David Lee Murphy, Tim McGraw with some great albums, Garth Brooks, etc all made great music in that decade and alot of the stuff on the radio at that time was quality. Now, you may not here a good/decent song after an hour of listening to the radio.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:12 pm to dnm3305
i don't listen to any new country (on the radio) intentionally but what i hear from time-to-time in passing it sounds like the same pop country shite that Garth ushered in in the 90s
neither holds a candle to the real country of the 70s. with that said there is plenty good country out there today it just not shite you'll hear played on the radio
all radio music, regardless of genre, is simple music with some dumb hook made to attract the masses. it's all about the $. and for someone reason the majority of people have terrible taste in music.
neither holds a candle to the real country of the 70s. with that said there is plenty good country out there today it just not shite you'll hear played on the radio
all radio music, regardless of genre, is simple music with some dumb hook made to attract the masses. it's all about the $. and for someone reason the majority of people have terrible taste in music.
This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:13 pm to WG_Dawg
1) Country is always going pop
People bitched when strings and choruses were added in the '60s to make the "Countrypolitan" Nashville sound, just like they had bitched when hillbilly groups became western swing bands in the '30s
2) There is an ever increasing sector of the public that listens to both "Country" and rap. If the "Country" business can get part of that rap market while holding onto their core audience, they will make a lot more money.
People bitched when strings and choruses were added in the '60s to make the "Countrypolitan" Nashville sound, just like they had bitched when hillbilly groups became western swing bands in the '30s
2) There is an ever increasing sector of the public that listens to both "Country" and rap. If the "Country" business can get part of that rap market while holding onto their core audience, they will make a lot more money.
quote:well, yes
I guess money is a big motivator
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:21 pm to MJM
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neither holds a candle to the real country of the 70s
I've never said otherwise. I only picked the 90s because it's fairly "recent".
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:35 pm to WG_Dawg
Cause record execs look at what demographic is buying most of the music. What sucks for us is that it's jr. high girls who are buying most of the music. And Walmart people. So the end result is music geared for Jr. high girls and people who like Walmart.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:54 pm to LSUballs
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Cause record execs look at what demographic is buying most of the music. What sucks for us is that it's jr. high girls who are buying most of the music. And Walmart people. So the end result is music geared for Jr. high girls and people who like Walmart.
Gotcha. I figured that and alluded to it in the OP, but I guess I'm wondering WHY this happened? What's changed in teh last 10-20 years to make the shift?
Posted on 4/21/14 at 2:57 pm to WG_Dawg
I don't know why it changed, but I can tell you I haven't heard a new song on the radio that has a good fiddle or steel guitar parts in years.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 3:02 pm to WG_Dawg
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Gotcha. I figured that and alluded to it in the OP, but I guess I'm wondering WHY this happened? What's changed in teh last 10-20 years to make the shift?
The rise of independent music labels and music piracy, which resulted in the only people buying music from major labels were high school girls and walmarters
Posted on 4/21/14 at 3:04 pm to WG_Dawg
Whose gonna fill their shoes?
Posted on 4/21/14 at 3:27 pm to jose canseco
Lord I wonder..
Posted on 4/21/14 at 3:59 pm to WG_Dawg
The lyrics are so predictable
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:07 pm to BuddyLAM
In today's country you have to talk about drinking/tobacco to have a hit. It also helps if you talk about singing some old country song.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:13 pm to Larry
Mainstream country radio is awful.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:18 pm to WG_Dawg
It just does bro.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 4:28 pm to Lakeboy7
I think the why and how it got from Garth, Alan Jackson, Clint Black, etc to Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton and the link is due to a sort of natural evolution.
What one of the earlier posters said rings especially true. Unless music is a hobby, not just something that's on, but an actual hobby, that person's taste typically does not go beyond what's on the radio. Simple music, simple lyrics, and a hook. That's it.
Back when Garth broke, he broke so big that everyone tried to copy his style. At some point, it became clear to the higher ups in Nashville that these "bro country" songs and artists were starting to gather a lot of steam at concerts and in sales, so everyone now makes that kind of music.
I guess what I'm saying is at some point the type of country we hear on the radio today was actually something different and new, and it took off. Hence, a million copycats.
What one of the earlier posters said rings especially true. Unless music is a hobby, not just something that's on, but an actual hobby, that person's taste typically does not go beyond what's on the radio. Simple music, simple lyrics, and a hook. That's it.
Back when Garth broke, he broke so big that everyone tried to copy his style. At some point, it became clear to the higher ups in Nashville that these "bro country" songs and artists were starting to gather a lot of steam at concerts and in sales, so everyone now makes that kind of music.
I guess what I'm saying is at some point the type of country we hear on the radio today was actually something different and new, and it took off. Hence, a million copycats.
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