Why does everyone think that country music is so lame?
444343
i confess..i used to think that country music was boring and whiny but now i am dating someone who loves it and once i stopped and really listened i cant get enough. i live in NY and there is no country station here, hardly any country tours come through here. i find myself traveling now to see the stars i once wouldnt give a second of my time. people just have to be exposed to things in their own time. but props for bringing in some country! \n" shes gone country..."
1051212
I dont listen to Taylor Hicks so I dont know.    And why should christian music be restricted to christian stations only?    Isn't that discrimination?   If its a good tune it should be played nationally.   Who knows,  maybe secularists would like it too.   Music is universal, and art.   Even the secularist appreciates different musics.    Not all secularists are atheist.
1092301
That is exactly why I don't listen to mainstream music. I'm in highschool, and it really ticks me off when i hear kids blasting degreating crap from cd players, cars, ipods, etc. I think it's really sad that those songs make billboard, and get awards. They are apart of the giant drop in society. If you think it's funny to hear those types of lyrics, you're sick. I know what you mean totally. And i'm not just saying this because I was brainwashed by parents, church, school. I am a non-christian, freespirited, girl with hippie parents who don't force me to not listen to stuff like that. It's totally my opinion.  I wish someone would start a boycott or something. Thanks for posting this question!
1177787
Because popular music in America is so corporate, the best music will never get heard.  It has to be Mainstream, which means simplistic, boring, derivative, and appealing to most number of people.  Since most people don't know S**T about music, anything that's well written, original, innovative and challenging will never be heard.
638215
i agree with you. some of them are okay, but a whole lot have very nasty images in their lyrics. and not just that, hip hop right now annoys me. every teenager i meet practically loves those kinds of songs and they're not even that good! i can't wait when everyone realizes it sucks and then go up to their faces and tell them they are such phonies or posers for listening to a type of music cause everyone else does. be an individual! don't give in to conformity!
779925
Yes.  I miss country & western music.  The so called country music we have today is okay to listen to also, but it's more like what used to be considered pop music.....too many electric guitars....just not country like it used to be.  I wanna hear some steel guitars and fiddles!!  Have you ever heard the song "Murder on Music Row" by Alan Jackson and George Strait?  If not, you should listen to it or look up the lyrics, I think you'd like it.
137900
I thought they were not half bad, always looking for new music!, not my normal genres of country, metal, rock and folk, but I enjoy all forms of music. As previously mentioned, good lyrics, and a decent beat. As far as I'm concerned, there is not alot of good music played on the radio, just pop and music with no soul (same thing I guess). So no, I don't think they'll make it on "big" radio, but it's too bad.
504112
I think the quality of country music has declined, which is really unfortunate.  It has become pretty corny and sappy and sentimental.  Not, of course, that it's any worse than most of the other crap that's on the radio, but whereas there are a lot of outlets for independent rock, there aren't any (at least not that I'm aware of) indy country labels or magazines devoted to indy country music.  If someone like a modern-day Johnny Cash or Waylon Jennings could come along and direct country music away from the soft rock/country pop crap of Shania Twain and others, I think it would do a lot for the industry.  Until then I'll stick with my old Willie Nelson albums.
1122318
You've got to be kidding me with this question!  Get real...people listen to music if it is good.  Period.  Just because you don't like it or understand it doesn't mean it is bad.  If it is played on the radio someone thinks it is good.  And you don't have to act like that to get people to pay attention to you.  Seriously dude, get a life!
122071
Country music has changed big time in the last couple of years.  I used to hate the stuff but love it now.  It's more like country/rock now.  It's not all twangy anymore. Check out some Keith Urban.
857434
Well, absolutely nothing is wrong with it, in my book. You're absolutely right that most people that say they don't like it have never listened to it. Boloney - you listen to it all of the time - unless you are listening to Beethoven.\n\nIn fact,  Rock, Punk, Alternative, Electronica, Pop, Rap, and most of today's music would not have begun without Country having been in existance.  Just where do you think Rock came from?  The Beatles stated that they were influenced by Elvis Presley - THEN a Country-Western singer.  Kid Rock stated uniquivically that Country music has inspired him to rap.  How many of you heard of Johnny Cash and NEVER listened to his music - I DARE you to say you never heard of him!\n\nWhat is a Country song all about, anyway?  Take the music away. listen to the words, not much different than other genres.\nSubjects range from Love, Sex, Marriage, Failed Relationships, People, Cars, Trucks, School, Beach, Protest Songs, The Neighborhood, Patriotic Songs, Happy, Angry, Sad, Mom & Dad, Kids, Men, Women, Home, etc..\n\nSound familiar, especially that country has evolved into the mainstream?
49372
Not a big fan of country here.
603062
Lack of talent is what is going on! I don't even keep up with the new stuff anymore, it sucks. It seems that the music industry is catering to the younger people with all of this poppy bubble gum crap. This is another reason we bought Sirius, we get to pick what we listen to. No Shakira, or over the hill Madonna. It is all crap!!! Hey is that Freedom Rock? Well turn it up! Ha ha
606383
Beats me - I hate it!\n\nAll it does is glorify an incredibly narrow and stupid way of living - drinking, hating minorities, loving god and our country, and praising the completely useless war we are in.\n\nCountry music is a bunch of dumb rednecks claiming to be the best America has to offer. Country music is a prime example of what is wrong with our country - no wonder other countries hate and disrespect us!
598185
I like tossin darts too it, shoot'in pool to it, plunkin coin into the juke box for it and mostly having it be the only thing you can play in the small town joints where you seem to only get to by snomobil and quad runners,\n\nSo country musicin the right context rocks - in a concert hall it sucks!
1011932
Yes, it is ridiculous.  But if you really listen to the words of lot of songs you realize how stupid they are.  It seems to happen all the time.
1035042
Sorry that people can be jerks. You should not give a crap what anyone thinks. Listen to what you like. I listen to whatever I feel like. When I am mad I listen to metal, when I am sad I listen to country, when I am happy I listen to everything under the sun.  When I am stuck in traffic I turn on Bluegrass music really freaking loud to piss of the people in the car next to me. It is great.