Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time
I seriously can’t think of anything worse. I grew up listening to country music in the late 80s and early 90s, and a lot of that was pretty bad. But this new stuff, yikes.
Who sees some pretty boy on a stage with a badly exaggerated generic southern accent and a 600 dollar denim jacket shoehorning the words “ice cold beer” into every third line of a song and says “Ooh I like this, this music is for me!”
I would literally rather listen to anything else.Seriously, there’s nothing I can think of, at least not in my lifetime or the hundred or so years of recorded music I own, that seems worse.
@onhwy61 “Musical labels are for record companies and radio stations marketing efforts.” Thank you. |
It was the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo LP that made me get beyond my hatred of Country & Western and begin to love it more than I rightly should. I might say, too, that somewhere down the line I bought a banjo. I still play it more than I ought to. I play it both Bluegrass Style and in the Old Time Frailing style. And oh yeah, Old Time frailing enthusiasts absolutely despise the boing-dee-boing-dee-boing bluegrass style. They consider it slickster sacrilege. Bluegrass banjo players, meantime, mostly consider Old Time banjo playing to be charming if a bit quaint. Can't we all just get along? |
As a musician, I find this statement, "How many here can argue the complexities of “jazz.” Frankly, unless you’re a musician educated in jazz, who can truly play, it’s beyond your comprehension. So in essence, there’s no argument to be had." funny. You don't have to be "educated" in jazz to discuss its complexity or lack thereof. You only need to have some musical education and appreciation. Even assigning a complexity to music is probably a fools game. What makes a music complex? There is no official definition. If you just look at total variety of harmony, rhythm, melody, and dynamic structure, classical is always going to win. It is any wonder. We are talking about pieces of music crafted over months or years, for a large number of instruments. So what makes Jazz complex and is it all jazz, or just jazz that does not follow typical musical structures in which case is it complex, or just different? Some would consider this music very complex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LxXw2OiL6Q . Interestingly it bears similarity to some jazz music. Which came first? All music is beautiful to those that enjoy that particular music. Jazz, old country, new country, classical, pop, rock, rap, hip-hop. |
