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Tom Olson
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 11:22 am |
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I watched the CMA's last night maybe for the first time ever (at least I don't remember ever watching them before because in general I don't like awards shows and I usually don't have time to watch much TV anyway).
I hardly ever listen to the radio these days and don't have any new CD's (if I do listen to the radio it's classic rock or classic country).
I was absolutely amazed at what is apparently being called "country music" today. With only a couple of exceptions (e.g. Alan Jackson) I could not tell one song's melody from the other. In fact, even if somebody PAID me to, I don't think I could recall and hum ANY part of ANY song I heard last night. Maybe my mind is getting feeble in my old age, but I remember in bygone days, when a great new country or rock song would come out, the first time I heard it, it would stick in my mind like glue.
Oh, well - it's probably just me getting old.  |
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Bob Ritter
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 11:44 am
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they should have let Paisley and Urban jam longer on a couple of more songs 
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Charles Davidson
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 12:17 pm
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Tom,I understand what you are talking about,I can't comment on THIS show,did'nt watch,when I want to listen to rock and roll,I just pull out some of my ACDC,or Van Halen CD'S,when I want to hear REAL country I do the same thing,pull out the Hank Snow[my first hero]Earnest,Marty,etc,Your right about the songs today,[most] not all but MOST have no definite melody,they are almost sung in monotone[getting close to rap],All the pretty well endowed ladies do more screaming than singing it seems.Oh well it's good to have all the old 78's,45's and CD'S to listen to.DYKBC.
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Charles Davidson
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 12:18 pm
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Tom,I understand what you are talking about,I can't comment on THIS show,did'nt watch,when I want to listen to rock and roll,I just pull out some of my ACDC,or Van Halen CD'S,when I want to hear REAL country I do the same thing,pull out the Hank Snow[my first hero]Earnest,Marty,etc,Your right about the songs today,[most] not all but MOST have no definite melody,they are almost sung in monotone[getting close to rap],All the pretty well endowed ladies do more screaming than singing it seems.Oh well it's good to have all the old 78's,45's and CD'S to listen to.DYKBC.
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Charles Davidson
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 12:20 pm
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SORRY ABOUT THE DOUBLE POST.
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Marke Burgstahler
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 12:21 pm Imho
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I respect anyone who plays music and attempts to express themselves thru that, but this "new country" style that has become so popular as of late is more rock and roll with a cowboy hat and a drawl than country music.
I just don't see some of this stuff I hear these days as "country music". This might sound funny coming from me - my background is blues and rock - but when it comes to country music and my approach to learning the steel guitar, I want to do it the "good 'ol fashioned traditional way". I always strive to perserve the heritage of the music, whether it's country, or blues, or...
Anyway, my .02. I'll get off my soapbox now.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 12:22 pm
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Here's kind of a song-by-song review from an L.A. Times music blog.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/11/cma-awards-live.html#more
In the aftermath of another horrible show, and as much as I've resisted the stereotype, I am now going to join the rest of the forum "geezers" in bemoaning what has become of the country music I loved all my life. Count me in boys, Rock is the new Country. 
CMA Awards 2008 - this is country?
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Richard Damron
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Gallatin, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 1:29 pm
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Barry Blackwood -
I, too, am a stereotypical "geezer". In the overall scheme of things my membership in the Geezer Club probably doesn't amount to a hill of beans but I stand defiant against so-called "music" masquerading as my beloved Country. Yes, I know, and someone will attempt to call me down on this but I'll beat them to the punch - I can always turn that crap off - and I do - with increasing regularity and perverse pleasure.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 2:10 pm
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Congratulations, Richard. |
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Rick Campbell
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Sneedville, TN, USA
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Alan Rudd
From:
Ardmore, Oklahoma
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 6:21 pm
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| Probably one of the best "sounding" shows in some time with a few exceptions. At least, Strait got some much deserved recognition. Our country and our country music have pretty much become equal in what they have come to. Just look at the picture of Kid Rock and band...can't even write a song without copping "Sweet Home"...his pictured band member doesn't even play, never played a chord that I saw...pretty good rock/reggae show. "You got to get into Reggae, cowboys"...Horse pucky!!!! At least, I didn't have to listen to Big & Rich, I'd have had to turn it off for sure! |
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Bruce Meyer
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Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 8:52 pm
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I think there's been one of these discussions the day after the CMA's for every year the Steel Guitar Forum has existed.
Only one comment - Shania's ..er... dress made every penny I spent for our new 1080i 47" HDTV worth it. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 9:56 pm
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Chesney was definitely affected by that dress as well, and since she is now free of Mutt Lange, maybe he's already conjuring up a plan...
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Leslie Ehrlich
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 11:38 pm Re: Imho
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| ...my approach to learning the steel guitar, I want to do it the "good 'ol fashioned traditional way". |
Not me. I like to break the rules. I'll listen to traditional country steel players, but I'm not interested in learning to play like them. I'd just as soon do my own thing, which is not country.
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Nick Reed
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Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 11:38 pm
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My favorites, "Lady Antibellum"! Now that's what I call GOOOOOOOOOOD COUNTRY ENTERTAINMENT. Why, it's even better than watching Teddy & Doyle reruns on RFD. Why would I wanta see Miss Loretta, or young Hal Rugg & Don Helms playing those classic Sho-Buds on TV. Theres just NO comparison to this great new stuff we get to see on the CMA's. Boy, I can't wait to get Shania & Jessica's next new albums.  |
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Ric Epperle
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Sheridan, Wyoming USA . Like no other place on Earth... R.I.P.
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 2:37 am
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I guess you can count me in. Where do I join? 
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Ray Minich
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 7:02 am
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Is Shania "available"?  |
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Mark Eaton
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 7:29 am
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She and Mutt are either officially divorced or it is pending.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 8:03 am
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| I'd just as soon do my own thing, which is not country. |
Hey, that's great Leslie, and I encourage you to go your own way. However, this thread is about people who went their own way which was not country, and then tried to pass it off as such at the CMA awards.... |
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Marc Jenkins
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 8:52 am
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| I'd just as soon do my own thing, which is not country. |
Hey, that's great Leslie, and I encourage you to go your own way. However, this thread is about people who went their own way which was not country, but then tried to pass it off as such at the CMA awards.... |
Huh, I thought this thread was about people who jumped on the bandwagon to make a lot of money by playing what the majority of people who listen to country music call county. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 10:08 am
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| what the majority of people who listen to country music call county. |
Precisely, Marc. What the majority of people is calling country, ain't country! |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 11:24 am
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| Bruce Meyer wrote: |
| Only one comment - Shania's ..er... dress made every penny I spent for our new 1080i 47" HDTV worth it. |
In the words of my tailor..."One day, all 38 double-D's turn into 44 longs". |
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Marc Jenkins
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 11:43 am
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Also. A friend of mine from rural Alberta feels that the urbanization of so-called 'country music' reflects the same effect seen all over North America in the people. In the golden age of country music, more people were country, and the music reflected that. And now we see the reverse of that.
Any thoughts? |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 11:51 am
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| In the golden age of country music, more people were country |
More (people) than what? |
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Marc Jenkins
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 12:03 pm
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| In the golden age of country music, more people were country |
More (people) than what? |
More people were genuinely country then, than are now. (He believes). |
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