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I couldn't stand Big and Rich when I first heard "Save a horse" and thought goodness, I hope they are one hit wonders! However I have liked a couple of songs they have done since then and they seem to have more depth than I originally thought after hearing that gimmick first hit. However I don't get into Cowboy Troy at all, I don't think most true country fans will get into rap disguised as country. I actually think that country has been getting a little more country and a little less country pop lately so I really don't know how country rap would fit in right now.
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Here's the thing- there's always been "gimmick" songs in country music. That's why I've said I don't hate it - its all a part of country's history. For example, "Whisperin" Bill Anderson put out a "country disco" song in the 70s- and in my opinion, "hick hop" makes just as much sense as that! 
Even as we speak, Willie Nelson has just released a reggae album!!
Really though- country music has lots of different influences and mixes different styles of music- some more obvious than other. There's lots of blues, rock, jazz, gospel, R&B, etc., influences that you hear in country music along with the different traditional strains of country music. That's what makes it good, IMO - there's a little bit of everything there and it comes together. Granted, not every song is my personal cup of tea, but that's all part of the fun of the music! Every new "fad" that comes along is declared to be the "death of country music". What we see through the years is that it usually just adds another dimension to what we consider to be "country".
Even as we speak, Willie Nelson has just released a reggae album!!Really though- country music has lots of different influences and mixes different styles of music- some more obvious than other. There's lots of blues, rock, jazz, gospel, R&B, etc., influences that you hear in country music along with the different traditional strains of country music. That's what makes it good, IMO - there's a little bit of everything there and it comes together. Granted, not every song is my personal cup of tea, but that's all part of the fun of the music!
Every new "fad" that comes along is declared to be the "death of country music". What we see through the years is that it usually just adds another dimension to what we consider to be "country".
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menno said:
and a nice fiddle...
"If you wanna play in Texas you gotta have a fiddle in the band, that steel guitar is hot but not for Lousiana Man..."
I can't stand the cowboy Troy song.
As for Big and Rich, I believe they have a lot of talent, I just wish they'd use it better. Their lyrics, taste, and subject matter (except for Holy Water) that I've heard has a lot to be desired. I LOVED "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" for the tune. Then I actually listened to the words. I was mortified. I was singing it all the time and humming it around the house for about 2 weeks before the lyrics sank in! Wasn't the first time I realized I needed to pay better attention to what my little ears hear.
Blessings
***didn't see rednecks "fiddle" reply earlier
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I have seen it on tv twice. The first time he had a big crowd, and it was roaring. I showed it to my daughter on the internet, and she passed it around to everyone she knew. Cowboy Troy and his song appear to be a gimmick to me. Glad Jimmy Hendrix isn't around to see it!
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Im split on this issue, because the music and the lyrics are of a country nature, especially the song he just released called Ill find someone who love me. However the lyrically delivery is of a rapping sense. So I dont know if im suppose to like it or not
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I just listened to it over at CMT. I am stunned :o
I did not think that it could be done Mae, but someone has written a country song that is actually worse than BRC's Achy Breaky Heart Hell must have frozen over.
I figured out the reason why I hated country music-it is because I was hearing this stuff when I was growing up, and I never heard Merel Haggard or Johnny Cash!
It is not just a sad day for country music, but for hip-hop, rock, and for music in general that this song is even being played and listened too.
I am embarrassed that this Charely Pride wannabe is actually from Dallas and went to my grandfather's alma mater-UT.
And the name "hick hop"-could he not think of anything better than that?
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I did not think that it could be done Mae, but someone has written a country song that is actually worse than BRC's Achy Breaky Heart
Hell must have frozen over.I figured out the reason why I hated country music-it is because I was hearing this stuff when I was growing up, and I never heard Merel Haggard or Johnny Cash!
It is not just a sad day for country music, but for hip-hop, rock, and for music in general that this song is even being played and listened too.
I am embarrassed that this Charely Pride wannabe is actually from Dallas and went to my grandfather's alma mater-UT.
And the name "hick hop"-could he not think of anything better than that?
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kleptobismol said:
They are modern "country" for starters . . . . Give me Eminem any day of the week over modern "country". Another thing is that they are not that handsome.
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Diane_Windsor said:
That's a mighty big compliment to pay someone you seem to dislike.
CP is one of the all-time greats in country music!
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DixieBelle,
Trust me, it's not meant to be a compliment.
Where is the next Johnny Cash?
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Trust me, it's not meant to be a compliment.
Where is the next Johnny Cash?
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Well, obviously there'll never be another Johnny Cash, and there'll never be another Merle Haggard, or Charley Pride, or Loretta Lynn or anyone else...just as there'll never be another me - lol! We're all originals in our own way, but let me tell ya, if I was a country artist and someone called me a "wannabe Lorretta Lynn", I would take that as a huge compliment even if not meant as such, because I respect her music and what she's done, etc., etc.
God bless!
We're all originals in our own way, but let me tell ya, if I was a country artist and someone called me a "wannabe Lorretta Lynn", I would take that as a huge compliment even if not meant as such, because I respect her music and what she's done, etc., etc. God bless!
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