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Post by churchchoir on Jan 14, 2014 8:28:49 GMT -5
While these guys aren't doing any ballads any time soon, Cole is not following their footsteps. Check out "A Dozen Roses and a Six Pack."
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 15, 2014 15:43:44 GMT -5
While these guys aren't doing any ballads any time soon, Cole is not following their footsteps. Check out "A Dozen Roses and a Six Pack." You're right, why should they do actually ballads (Not "Stay"). This atrocious music is selling like hot bread at a bakery. They've sold a ridiculous amount of singles on Itunes, along with their debut album. I can't even remember a day that FGL did not have at least 3 or 4 songs in the top 50 on Itunes. "This Is How We Roll" has been in the top 30 for a while and it hasn't even been officially released yet. Everyone else seems to think these guys can do no wrong, so why fix what isn't broken. Unless country radio finally says they've had just about enough of their music they won't change what they are doing unfortunately. That's not to say they won't throw a couple token ballads are way to show some diversity, but 90% of their music will be more "Cruise", "Get Your Shine On", and "This Is How We Roll's". And I do like "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight", and "A Dozen Roses And A Six Pack" from Cole. Nothing super special, but I would love to hear more of these songs from him on the radio. "Outta My Head" can't be an aberration right?
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Post by LBTrocks on Jan 15, 2014 16:50:24 GMT -5
Yeah, as long as this song is on the radio, I'm not switching to any Country channels at all, period. I can't even begin to express how putrid of a song this is, if you'd even like to consider it a song. If you can find a redeeming quality in this song, please let me know because I'd love to know your thought process behind seeing even a smidge of high-quality aspect to this unparalleled trash. I don't care if he's the biggest star in this genre and I don't care if they're the biggest duo on planet earth at the moment; Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line are detriments to Country music and have played the largest parts in absolutely massacring what was ever left of this genre's reputation. This song is total symbolization of that. If you choose to think otherwise, that's fine, but that's how I feel and I know I'm not alone when I say it. No redeeming qualities as far as this song or FGL goes, but I do think Luke has some redeeming qualities. I may be biased because I like this voice and the majority of his music (yes, even "That's My Kind of Night") but I think Luke is capable of recording quality music and has done so in the past. "I Don't Want This Night to End" was one of my favorite songs to hit radio in a long time and I think from a melody and production standpoint, it was really a quality song. Two other Luke songs that I'd say the same thing about is "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" and "Someone Else Calling You Baby", even though SECYB was overproduced. Luke's lyrics are a completely different story; I'm strictly talking about quality in terms of how the songs sound. Quality music is obviously subjective, but personally I think Luke has recorded some good ones and can do WAY better than songs like "This is How We Roll." As for FGL, the only good song I've heard so far is "Stay" and that isn't even originally their song and it bothers me that they recorded it. The original is by Black Stone Cherry and it's MUCH better.
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Post by samsager3 on Jan 15, 2014 18:00:27 GMT -5
Yeah, as long as this song is on the radio, I'm not switching to any Country channels at all, period. I can't even begin to express how putrid of a song this is, if you'd even like to consider it a song. If you can find a redeeming quality in this song, please let me know because I'd love to know your thought process behind seeing even a smidge of high-quality aspect to this unparalleled trash. I don't care if he's the biggest star in this genre and I don't care if they're the biggest duo on planet earth at the moment; Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line are detriments to Country music and have played the largest parts in absolutely massacring what was ever left of this genre's reputation. This song is total symbolization of that. If you choose to think otherwise, that's fine, but that's how I feel and I know I'm not alone when I say it. No redeeming qualities as far as this song or FGL goes, but I do think Luke has some redeeming qualities. I may be biased because I like this voice and the majority of his music (yes, even "That's My Kind of Night") but I think Luke is capable of recording quality music and has done so in the past. "I Don't Want This Night to End" was one of my favorite songs to hit radio in a long time and I think from a melody and production standpoint, it was really a quality song. Two other Luke songs that I'd say the same thing about is "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" and "Someone Else Calling You Baby", even though SECYB was overproduced. Luke's lyrics are a completely different story; I'm strictly talking about quality in terms of how the songs sound. Quality music is obviously subjective, but personally I think Luke has recorded some good ones and can do WAY better than songs like "This is How We Roll." As for FGL, the only good song I've heard so far is "Stay" and that isn't even originally their song and it bothers me that they recorded it. The original is by Black Stone Cherry and it's MUCH better. I appreciate your opinion but I respectfully disagree. I enjoyed all of the singles released by FGL when it come to their music I guess it's. After of opinion. I like this song almost as much as cruise and could see this being really successful. Personally I don't think they need to record ballads when they are doing so good with what they are singing. I think the whole ballad argument is a way for people gage their success and it shouldn't be. If something sounds good to the ears why should it matter whether or not it's a ballad. That being said I enjoy this song and could see it going to 1 easily then move onto headphones or hands on you
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Post by 14887fan on Jan 15, 2014 19:38:49 GMT -5
Yeah, as long as this song is on the radio, I'm not switching to any Country channels at all, period. I can't even begin to express how putrid of a song this is, if you'd even like to consider it a song. If you can find a redeeming quality in this song, please let me know because I'd love to know your thought process behind seeing even a smidge of high-quality aspect to this unparalleled trash. I don't care if he's the biggest star in this genre and I don't care if they're the biggest duo on planet earth at the moment; Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line are detriments to Country music and have played the largest parts in absolutely massacring what was ever left of this genre's reputation. This song is total symbolization of that. If you choose to think otherwise, that's fine, but that's how I feel and I know I'm not alone when I say it. No redeeming qualities as far as this song or FGL goes, but I do think Luke has some redeeming qualities. I may be biased because I like this voice and the majority of his music (yes, even "That's My Kind of Night") but I think Luke is capable of recording quality music and has done so in the past. "I Don't Want This Night to End" was one of my favorite songs to hit radio in a long time and I think from a melody and production standpoint, it was really a quality song. Two other Luke songs that I'd say the same thing about is "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" and "Someone Else Calling You Baby", even though SECYB was overproduced. Luke's lyrics are a completely different story; I'm strictly talking about quality in terms of how the songs sound. Quality music is obviously subjective, but personally I think Luke has recorded some good ones and can do WAY better than songs like "This is How We Roll." As for FGL, the only good song I've heard so far is "Stay" and that isn't even originally their song and it bothers me that they recorded it. The original is by Black Stone Cherry and it's MUCH better. I agree with you that Luke Bryan has recorded much better music earlier on in his career (see: "Do I"), but he's gotten progressively worse with time. Personally, I thought "I Don't Want This Night to End", "Someone Else Calling You Baby", and other releases of his, such as "Rain is a Good Thing", "Country Girl", and "Crash My Party" were all pretty bleak and lyrical duds. Since I cannot see him reverting back to his old self pre-bro-Country, I just won't hold out any high hopes for him. Congrats to him on announcing his massive tour, though -- it's just so great to see yet another absolutely mindblowingly-cliché male Country artist with songs that sound the same as the next guy book stadium dates...
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 15, 2014 23:48:33 GMT -5
No redeeming qualities as far as this song or FGL goes, but I do think Luke has some redeeming qualities. I may be biased because I like this voice and the majority of his music (yes, even "That's My Kind of Night") but I think Luke is capable of recording quality music and has done so in the past. "I Don't Want This Night to End" was one of my favorite songs to hit radio in a long time and I think from a melody and production standpoint, it was really a quality song. Two other Luke songs that I'd say the same thing about is "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" and "Someone Else Calling You Baby", even though SECYB was overproduced. Luke's lyrics are a completely different story; I'm strictly talking about quality in terms of how the songs sound. Quality music is obviously subjective, but personally I think Luke has recorded some good ones and can do WAY better than songs like "This is How We Roll." As for FGL, the only good song I've heard so far is "Stay" and that isn't even originally their song and it bothers me that they recorded it. The original is by Black Stone Cherry and it's MUCH better. I agree with you that Luke Bryan has recorded much better music earlier on in his career (see: "Do I"), but he's gotten progressively worse with time. Personally, I thought "I Don't Want This Night to End", "Someone Else Calling You Baby", and other releases of his, such as "Rain is a Good Thing", "Country Girl", and "Crash My Party" were all pretty bleak and lyrical duds. Since I cannot see him reverting back to his old self pre-bro-Country, I just won't hold out any high hopes for him. Congrats to him on announcing his massive tour, though -- it's just so great to see yet another absolutely mindblowingly-cliché male Country artist with songs that sound the same as the next guy book stadium dates... Maybe the problem with Luke is that he didn't get to superstar status until he recorded sub-par (Subjective of course) material. He was trending upwards after "Do I", but it seemed that when "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" came out that he hit another level in success and soon had digital sales and album sales skyrocket. I was never a fan of "I Don't Want This Night To End" like others were, and "Crash My Party" was so blah and lifeless in terms of vocal performance to me. I think it was natural for him to drift further away from his debut album as his commercial success went through the roof. To me his best released songs were "We Rode In Trucks", "All My Friends Say", and "Do I". But recording, and writing this song with FGL is a sign that this is going to be the kind of artist Luke will be in the future. "This Is How We Roll" is a picture perfect example of the Bro-Country phenomenon. I really believe that FGL doesn't care about the naysayers. Neither does Luke. When your these two artist and are performing in front of packed arenas and stadiums and every single music fan in North America knowing who you are, I think your self indulgence and ego will only be inflated. I don't expect FGL to change their ways in terms of the kind of music they want to make, nor do I see Luke for the most part. I think Luke Bryan will continue the with an occasional softer side single like "Drink A Beer", but this as become his image, as one of the faces of Bro-Country, and sticking his name on "This Is How We Roll" will only reinforce that.
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Post by Zazie on Jan 16, 2014 14:44:49 GMT -5
I'm willing to see this song go to #1 on the mongrel chart, which I never pay attention to anyway, but I wish it would leave the Airplay #1 position alone.
Nice lyrics, though. Can't wait to sing them to my wife.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 16, 2014 19:07:42 GMT -5
I'm willing to see this song go to #1 on the mongrel chart, which I never pay attention to anyway, but I wish it would leave the Airplay #1 position alone. Nice lyrics, though. Can't wait to sing them to my wife. I smell a divorce.
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Post by Zazie on Jan 17, 2014 13:02:01 GMT -5
I'm willing to see this song go to #1 on the mongrel chart, which I never pay attention to anyway, but I wish it would leave the Airplay #1 position alone. Nice lyrics, though. Can't wait to sing them to my wife. I smell a divorce. I should have known I was in trouble from her reaction the first time I told her she a song.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 18, 2014 16:08:49 GMT -5
I should have known I was in trouble from her reaction the first time I told her she a song. You can always sing her "Stay" to patch things up ;). Zazie's sarcasm is one of my favorite things to view on this board :).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 19:33:58 GMT -5
Going for adds on February 10, according to AllAccess...
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Post by Markus Meyer on Jan 30, 2014 19:58:01 GMT -5
Going for adds on February 10, according to AllAccess... Is it not already almost top 40?
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 30, 2014 20:00:10 GMT -5
Going for adds on February 10, according to AllAccess... Is it not already almost top 40? Stations just can't wait to add this great song can they
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Post by Markus Meyer on Jan 30, 2014 20:01:52 GMT -5
Is it not already almost top 40? Stations just can't wait to add this great song can they Heard it today for the first time actually. Yeah, after all the early adds, I can't see this flopping as some predicted.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 30, 2014 20:04:20 GMT -5
Stations just can't wait to add this great song can they Heard it today for the first time actually. Yeah, after all the early adds, I can't see this flopping as some predicted. It hasn't exactly gotten a great number of adds yet. 3 here, 7 there over the past couple weeks. I still need to see it flop before I can give country radio the benefit of the doubt. Glass half empty person ;)
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Post by nncountrykid on Jan 30, 2014 22:01:56 GMT -5
This song is trash and what pisses me off the most about it is that these guys are good when they're not getting horribly lazy and falling into the current terrible country radio tropes.
They should've released Headphones
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Post by countrygirl918 on Jan 31, 2014 8:11:12 GMT -5
As long as people keep buying this bro-country crap, country radio will keep churning it out.
And I will keep not listening to country radio and using the disclaimer "but not most of the songs on the radio" when defending why I'm a country music fan.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 3, 2014 7:11:53 GMT -5
This song is redeeming in some ways. There's no Auto-Tune, electronica beat, or Microsoft Sam-ish intro. They don't sing about a girl's ass. The production is rather tight, and there's some catchiness to it.
I think Florida Georgia Line is quickly becoming a guilty pleasure of mine. I know their songs are "bro" country, but it goes down pretty easily for me. Their songs never feel sleazy to me like Chase Rice. They don't feel like they're too old for the genre but desperately straining for cred, like Luke did on "That's My Kind of Night" or Tim did on "Lookin' for That Girl". They sound like they're having fun. Their songs are catchy and well produced.
I love a smart, deep song as much as the next guy, but I don't mind having lighter songs to balance them out. And FlaGa just seems to play the "bro" card a little better than most of their followers, most likely because they're the frontrunners.
I know this is the musical equivalent of fast-food. And not good fast food either — it's the McDonald's by my sister's house in Grand Blanc. But at least it's not the Burger King here in my hometown: it rendered me violently ill for a week the last time I ate there, and the manager was rude and refused to give me any sort of refund because I bought the food with a coupon, even though a call to corporate told me that she was full of BS, and the store's other manager sent me an apology card with a $10 gift card in it. (Boy, that metaphor derailed fast.)
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Post by countryfan4life on Mar 3, 2014 18:38:12 GMT -5
And I do like "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight", and "A Dozen Roses And A Six Pack" from Cole. Nothing super special, but I would love to hear more of these songs from him on the radio. "Outta My Head" can't be an aberration right? Two of my favorites on Cole's new album. :) No redeeming qualities as far as this song or FGL goes, but I do think Luke has some redeeming qualities. I may be biased because I like this voice and the majority of his music (yes, even "That's My Kind of Night") but I think Luke is capable of recording quality music and has done so in the past. "I Don't Want This Night to End" was one of my favorite songs to hit radio in a long time and I think from a melody and production standpoint, it was really a quality song. Two other Luke songs that I'd say the same thing about is "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" and "Someone Else Calling You Baby", even though SECYB was overproduced. Luke's lyrics are a completely different story; I'm strictly talking about quality in terms of how the songs sound. Quality music is obviously subjective, but personally I think Luke has recorded some good ones and can do WAY better than songs like "This is How We Roll." As for FGL, the only good song I've heard so far is "Stay" and that isn't even originally their song and it bothers me that they recorded it. The original is by Black Stone Cherry and it's MUCH better. I agree! Of course I am a little biased too, because I like Luke, but I think he has proven that he has a sensitive side. He has a song on Cole Swindell's new album called "I Just Want You," and it's an amazing song, so the way I see he can write quality music and will continue to. I don't mind FGL too much but they haven't shown a lot of diversity, but there is some hope considering the fact that they co-wrote "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" with Cole. It may still be "bro country," but at least it's a little different. As far as this song goes, I was a little disappointed when I heard it the first time. It is catchy and I don't mind it lyrically, but the rapping ruins it. I don't mind a little rapping in country (Dirt Road Anthem), but they are overdoing it.
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Post by jdbowman on Mar 3, 2014 18:46:18 GMT -5
I'd like to revoke my previous statement that this will be a bust. This is going to be a hit. It's even grown on me A LITTLE bit (emphasize a little).
I just want to see FGL go to work on a new album and put out some different material. All we have to judge them on is this one album but I think/hope they can write some decent (or at least different) songs (Black Tears, Hope You Get Lonely Tonight, Man I Am Today, Never Let Her Go). Unfortunately, because they have this method to surefire success, we are likely to be subjected to this and then a lead single off the next album that is the same type of song.
I'd love to see them hear the criticism and be like "eff you guys, listen to this" and prove everyone wrong.
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Post by dajross6 on Mar 3, 2014 20:39:10 GMT -5
But there isn't a single reason why they should change. I HATE this kind of music, but if they are making tons of $$ on it, it won't change. This type of music is bringing a ton of new fans to country music much in the same way Garth and the class of '89 did. The difference of course is that the style of music is actual rock music, but times change. I'm done with the genre personally at this point, but all good things come to an end. Hopefully a Adult Country chart is issued at some point where songs I care about can actually chart higher than #35.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2014 1:29:15 GMT -5
Welp, I give up. This song debuts at #6 in Bullseye's Call-out America chart tonight (in the BCU), and it has the lowest dislike percentage of any song currently at radio. ??? I am stunned. I thought for sure this would be majorly polarizing. Radio is more out of tune with my personal taste than ever before I don't know how accurate or reliable these types of callout charts are, but the numbers scare me nonetheless. Only 5.3% dislike for FlaGa/Luke. On the flip side...over 22% dislike for LBT's "Sober". Dierks' "I Hold On"...20% dislike. Brad's "Mona Lisa"...24% dislike. Freaking George Strait...almost 20% dislike for "I Got A Car". Sara Evans...over 25% dislike for "Slow Me Down". Keith's "Cop Car"...18% dislike. Lady A's "Compass"...nearly 24% dislike. Craig Morgan's "Wake Up Lovin' You"...nearly 30% dislike. And Kip Moore's "Young Love"...32% dislike. There has been a seismic shift in regards to corporate "country" radio's target demographic. It makes me really afraid for artists like Charlie Worsham...and definitely for Kacey Musgraves as well, and any other artist who has boobs. I just don't understand why so many talented new artists--ones who are much more traditional-sounding--are getting pushed off the airwaves. If country radio isn't their home format, then where do they go?
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 4, 2014 2:20:55 GMT -5
I'd like to say I'm surprised this is doing so well, but I predicted that this would be another big hit for them. Not saying its going to see success with the likes of "Cruise" or "Stay", but certainly go top 10, if not top 5 (Which if it gets that high, basically means its assured of #1).
I have many friends, some of whom I work with who are 19 to 25 years old like I am. I'm not kidding when I say that every single one likes or even is in love with FGL. Their so popular that the word predictor on my IPhone automatically filled in the last letter when I typed FG. Anyway, my friends and co-workers who listen to country don't care for my arguments for why I'm not a fan of their songs or album. I'm just disregarded as a hater and party pooper. They say "Their music is supposed to be fun" or "It's catchy and great to jam to". For me personally, that's no excuse for bad music. I love upbeat fun songs as much as anyone, and I too have my fair share of guilty pleasures. But too many songs from them are lyrically subpar and instrumentally redundant. That rapping by Tyler is truly unbearable. I don't understand how anyone can thoroughly enjoy that. But it is happening. It's flying up the charts and digitally selling like hot bread at a bakery.
Unfortunately, I have to see a song of theirs fail first before predicting it first. I've never quite seen anything like them in my entire country music listening life. Right now they can do no wrong in the eyes of country radio and millions of fans out there. It seems outside of this forum, Im in the clear minority.
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Post by countrygirl918 on Mar 4, 2014 12:40:32 GMT -5
The callout scores shocked me as well. Is there any chance this song is too new for listeners to decide they dislike it? "Sober," "Compass," "Mona Lisa," etc, have all been out for a while, whereas this one is brand new. Hoping for some silver lining here. If this is the direction country radio is going to continue heading in, count me out. Radio programmers need to realize that targeting just one demo is not sustainable for the format. I hope they take seriously some of the stats that were presented to them at CRS. Diversity is desperately needed if country radio hopes to have a future.
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Post by carriekins on Mar 4, 2014 13:25:02 GMT -5
Windmills Country tweeted the demo breakdown for this song. Basically, blame males 18-34. It's interesting, looking at this, that the so-called "soccer mom" demo (which was the target demo at one time) isn't that enamored with this song (that will be my demo in 6 months, haha). But FGL is bang-on when it comes to their target demo. And that demo is what's running country radio right now - absolutely ridiculous.
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Post by countrygirl918 on Mar 4, 2014 14:03:41 GMT -5
Those demo scores are frightening. As a member of the 18-34 demo (female, albeit), I apologize that my fellow 18-34ers have such horrible taste in music.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 4, 2014 14:41:27 GMT -5
The numbers don't surprise me at all. Country radio has been targeting the 18-34 demographic for a couple years now, and it seems to be working very well. The audience and sales numbers have gotten higher with each passing month, and country radio along with the labels (Big Machine Label Group being the biggest leader in this field) see an opportunity for more money. The younger demographic are the ones who listen to the radio the most, they download the most music, they pay money for the concerts, and are the most enamored with the style of music that FGL is shelling out. But just because it doesn't surprise me, doesn't mean I'm not frightened by the future of this genre. It's only gonna get worse as time goes on. Everyone likes to talk about how bro-country and the likes of FGL will subside if given enough time. Unfortunately judging by the booming success of the genre commercially right now, I don't see it happening anytime soon. PS: I too like countrygirl918 apologize for my fellow 18-34 demographic listeners. Pretty scary to think I'm in the 1% dislike for the 18-34 male demo.
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Post by Marv on Mar 4, 2014 18:39:10 GMT -5
Since county radio is tops in terms of listenership among 12-24 year old males, and second to CHR/Pop (aka Top 40) among 12-24 year old women, Nashville will continue to pollute the airwaves with schlock like this, sad to say.
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Post by tonyei31 on Mar 4, 2014 19:12:04 GMT -5
I am in that 18-34 male group and completely dislike this crap. What's sad is FGL know they don't have the talent like Worsham, Musgraves, Chris Stapleton (this guy is the best voice in years that Nashville has seen)etc. but have been able to follow the coattails of the popularity. It's what is wrong with today's country music. Talent doesn't get you far, bowing over to corporate greed and promoting the style that sells the most is one of your only tickets to success. I have a feeling that the clowns at FGL would admit this off the cusp or at the very least know they have 1 millionth the talent of the other three listed.
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Post by churchchoir on Mar 4, 2014 20:01:49 GMT -5
^I think that's pretty silly to say that the FGL boys would agree they are less talented than Charlie Worsham and Chris Stapleton, assuming they've even heard of those two.
FGL may not be everyone's cup of tea, but their music is obviously resonating with a lot of listeners, whatever demographic they may be, and the radio programmers seem to think it's decent enough to be consistently taken to #1 on the charts. I don't think this dogmatic language is all that fair. I respect everyone's opinion and I have no problem whatsoever with people disliking FGL and expressing discontent with their music, but I take offense to being told that I have horrible taste in music for liking FGL. No one is trying to pretend that their lyrics are brilliant, but I don't think that my OPINION should be criticized because I enjoy their catchy melodies. If I were to say that fans of Kacey Musgraves have horrible taste in music on this board, there would probably be some backlash. (Not that I do in fact feel this way, just using Kacey as an example since she's about as new as FGL and is viewed by the critics and a lot of people here as the polar opposite of Florida Georgia Line.)
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