• Artyom@lemm.ee
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    14 hours ago

    The girl’s musicians are folk, not country. That’s kind of the main purpose of the distinction.

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    After 9/11, Country turned from “we are working people” to “My Dad’s an oil tycoon and I love the US”.

    • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      This is where a lot of Americana music comes in … the online station Americana Boogie Radio has lots of defiant working class songs on it’s playlist :-)

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      that was around the same time local radio collapsed and I heart radio and other conglomerates took over. not long after media ownership rules changed. I don’t think it was the artists who changed.

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    There are two types of country artists. One will help you hide a body and run from the cops. The other will call you a slur.

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    11 hours ago

    Country music is the lowest form of “art” on the planet. Braindead flag-waving bullshit.

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      There’s good country music. Most of Stevie nicks for example.

      Also there’s blue grass which is what most people think country should be before they listen to the modern mainstream crap.

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        I hooked up with someone who had her radio set to country music and heard these lyrics three our four times within a few days (the theme was if the singer had a million dollars):

        I would buy a boat. I would buy a truck to pull it.

        If that isn’t braindead, I don’t know what is.

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          listening to manufactored pop music and thinking its the entire genre is the most braindead thing you can do. like saying rap only talks about shooting people and stealing and bitches and had no other possible social comments

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        10 hours ago

        That’s like saying I’m an atheist because I haven’t read the bible. 🙄

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          listening to marty robbins proves its terrible? do you realise how stupid that sounds? or johnny cash? or waylen jennings? or sturgill simpson? i can go on and on about how wrong you are