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Topic: Do You Like the Music Played on Country Radio? |
Lynn Kasdorf
From:
Waterford Virginia, USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2000 7:51 am |
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NO! Here I am a steel player, and I can't manage to stand more than a song or two on the modern "country" stations. The stuff I hear is just so plastic and over produced. I don't even like a lot of the steel that I hear on modern ersatz country stations.
I have really wide taste in music- but man, it is hard to find any radio worth hearing these days. And it is not just my bias towards 50's and 60's country. As Duke Ellington said- "There are two kinds of music- good and bad".
Thank GOD for Eddie Stubbs and his show on WAMU in DC, and for KPIG radio (and their GREAT internet streaming).
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"You call that thing a guitar?" |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2000 9:33 am
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Simply call it what it is.
My ONLY beef! It has been. Always will be.
Call it what it is! Some of it is good. Some of it is very good. Some of it is bad. Some of it is very bad.
I like some of it. I don't like some of it.
I LOVE PAUL FRANKLIN AND I LOVE PAUL FRANKLIN'S PLAYING, AS MY PRECIOUS SAVIOR IS MY WITNESS (even though I feel Paul thinks I don't). He is one of the greatest players to ever play a steel guitar in the whole world. And what he plays is incredibly beautiful. Incredibly talented and incredibly awesome. No one like him on earth.
But VERY little of what is being produced today is "Country".
To say "traditionalists" is a play on words to try and permit hanging on to something that was, and no longer is, so as NOT to lose the ones that love it. And get their "bucks" too.
Simply call it what it is. Produce all you want to. Sell all you want to. Play all of it you want to. Teach it all you want to. NO human on earth wants the steel to invade all musical genres and cultures more than I do.
Just don't call most of what is being recorded out of Nashville today something it clearly is NOT. It is Pop and/or Rock and Roll. It is NOT country.
Country is country and any thinking person Knows what country is. The rest is just a case of pure rhetoric! It has nothing to do with age or anything else. It is clearly a play on words.
Simply..........
Call it what it is! My ONLY beef!
carl |
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Ray Jenkins
From:
Gold Canyon Az. U.S.A.
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Posted 9 Sep 2000 7:28 am
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Mine too Carl and you know it..  Ray
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Steeling is still legal in Arizona |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2000 7:45 am
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It's to bad radio can't please everyone, it never has and never will. Just turn it off or change the channel or better yet put your 8 track or tape in! Steel is being heard regardless more today than-ever!
Theresa
P.S. Yes, It's today's Country Radio! It'll never go back to yesterday's![This message was edited by Theresa Galbraith on 09 September 2000 at 08:49 AM.] |
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Mark Frederick
From:
The Great State of Arizona
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Posted 9 Sep 2000 10:17 am
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For those of the belief that every steel picker has some sort of an obligation to love, defend, uplift, exalt and gush over every recording cranked out by Nashville, simply because it has a steel on it, a question: If a recording was made of a dentist's drill in operation and on this recording were the sounds of a steel guitar, would every steel picker be honor bound to rush out and buy a copy of this wondrous opus? Hmmmm???????
Mark Frederick
Too country???????? |
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D Bristow
From:
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Posted 9 Sep 2000 11:53 am
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Ray,
I could stand todays country if they took the fuzz from the guitar. I have never got a sound that bad in my life and dont care what T has to say about it
Don |
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Dean Brown
From:
Austin, Tx.
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Posted 9 Sep 2000 3:17 pm
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willie waits
From:
Hockley, Texas USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2000 5:09 pm
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Definitely NO!!
I might mention that KILT is now Houston's #1 country station by playing the oldies and Texas music. Do like this and listen to it.
However, KIKK is YOUNG COUNTRY and says they don't play the music your grandpa listened to. Speaks for itself. |
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Mark Frederick
From:
The Great State of Arizona
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Posted 9 Sep 2000 10:02 pm
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Theresa:
I don't! |
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Matt Dollar
From:
Lawrence, KS USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 10:09 am
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| I thought I'd throw this out for everyone that like the older traditional country and who would like to have a source to listen to. If you have internet capabilities that include audio streaming you might want to check out Twangcast.com. They play a broad mix of tradition country that includes a lot of the old masters along with a whole new generation of traditionalists who are playing what ya'll are looking for. I listen to it at work quite a bit and have discovered a lot of artisted who never get any radio exposure but are continuing the old traditions in a modern venue. Sorry about getting off the topic, but I thought it might be of interest. |
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Matt Dollar
From:
Lawrence, KS USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 10:09 am
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| I thought I'd throw this out for everyone that like the older traditional country and who would like to have a source to listen to. If you have internet capabilities that include audio streaming you might want to check out Twangcast.com. They play a broad mix of tradition country that includes a lot of the old masters along with a whole new generation of traditionalists who are playing what ya'll are looking for. I listen to it at work quite a bit and have discovered a lot of artisted who never get any radio exposure but are continuing the old traditions in a modern venue. Sorry about getting off the topic, but I thought it might be of interest. |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 11:12 am
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| No. The ONLY worthwhile thing I've heard in months is The Dixie Chicks, who consistently put out interesting music. |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 12:01 pm
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Everyone has opinions. The truth of the matter stands, the new out sells the older stuff!
Theresa |
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Ric Epperle
From:
Sheridan, Wyoming USA . Like no other place on Earth... R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 12:20 pm
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| The truth of the matter stands, the new out sells the older stuff! |
Because image and looks sells more than talent now days. I heard it mentioned; meat, heat, and a beat.
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Bob Brocius
From:
Lake Katrine, NY USA Don't blink, you'll miss it.!
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 12:26 pm
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I guess I will say "No" but will adjust that by saying I do like some of it. Being a die-hard steel player, the thing that I hate the most is the way the DJs play the songs. Some songs have very beautiful intros and/or endings but you seldom hear them clearly. The DJ is always running at the gums throughout the intro and comes back in on the ending. The only time he shuts up is when the lead singer is singing. Oh, correction. We do get the hear the break in the middle. It must tear up the DJ that he can't talk there.
Bob in New York |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 12:38 pm
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Ric,
Yes, it's a matter of Opinion!
Today's country is harder to play and more interesting! Theresa
Let's say more challenging.[This message was edited by Theresa Galbraith on 13 September 2000 at 01:47 PM.] |
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Ric Epperle
From:
Sheridan, Wyoming USA . Like no other place on Earth... R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 1:07 pm
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| Today's country is harder to play and more interesting! |
Well, let's see. Not to me, it isn't. Then again, I play everything from Stardust to Hell Bent and Whiskey Bound, in our group. I like almost any kind of music as long as it's good. The problem is, not all the music on so called "Country Radio" is good, as far as I'm concerned. And yes, that's just my opinion. |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 1:51 pm
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Ric,
I understand, but do you play what's being heard everyday? Thanks,Theresa |
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Ric Epperle
From:
Sheridan, Wyoming USA . Like no other place on Earth... R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 2:15 pm
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| Some of it, but not all. We try to pick material that will have staying power over the next few years. Not the stuff that will be a hit this week and then forgotten 3 months later. I also find that in most clubs we play, they want variety. Old with the new. Country, country rock, 50's, 60's, 70's pop, western swing, and old pop standards. BTW, recording standards are much better now days but some (not all) of the best music ever written was written 50 years ago or better. |
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bud fischer
From:
hensley, arkansas
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 2:32 pm
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| NO, I get tired of the top 40 over and over and over |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2000 2:50 pm
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Ric,
Glad to hear you play a variety of music today. I'm sure that's how you keep working.
Keep steeling! Theresa[This message was edited by Theresa Galbraith on 13 September 2000 at 03:54 PM.] |
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erik
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Posted 14 Sep 2000 2:03 am
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Bob Brocius,
One reason why DJs talk over intros and endings is to prevent listeners from making a full copy of the song. Don't know how that's relevant in today's technology. Besides, who wants a fully compressed recording of a song? |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 14 Sep 2000 5:32 am
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Erik,
I find your comment interesting. I am not trying to be disrespectful, but do you know this to be a fact?
I know that DJ's often talk at the beginning and ending of songs, but I never dreamed they gave a tee tingers about someone taping the program. By the way, this is one of my all time pet peaves. I have often made the following comment whent DJ's do this,
"If I owned a radio station, I would fire a DJ on the spot who interruped ANY song!!"
But interesting observation anyway,
Walk with HIM and all things will be good,
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John Paul Jones
From:
San Diego
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Posted 14 Sep 2000 10:53 am
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Ray
"Yes" or "No" won't tell tell you anything.
Two months ago while I was living in Phoenix, AZ the answer would have been a resounding "NO".
I just moved to south Texas and found 2 stations here that I listen to.
One is KFTX, 97.5, in Corpus Christi. About 25% of what they play is traditional country music -- Geo Jones, Conway, Loretta, etc.
The other is 101.7 in Bay City, TX. It plays about 90% (you read it right, 90%) traditional country music. Who could ask for more? The answer here is a definite "Yes".
John Paul Jones
P.S. - Everyone please note my new e-mail address. Thanx. jp |
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erik
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Posted 14 Sep 2000 3:28 pm
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Carl,
I don't have first hand knowledge, but i do remember hearing or reading this years ago. I think it was more of a problem in the 70s when consumer tape decks took off. |
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