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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Nov 17, 2014 11:37:52 GMT -5
The ironic part is that a judge on Nashville Star tried to get Chris Young to lose the hat on a weekly basis. I watched that season religiously , and was quite impressed how he just flat out refused to take off his hat even when she kinda dogged him out week after week. The hat less Chris happened at the same time his music "sold out" as far as I'm concerned. I used to be a big fan , but everything about him is just vanilla to me anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 14:36:14 GMT -5
I don't care for "Taking The Long Way" at all; I don't think I've even listened to the album in its entirety, and the Dixie Chicks have been a favorite of mine since childhood. Dixie Chicks and childhood? I'm not going to ask. They debuted on the charts in 1997. In every way. Writing, showmanship, and vocals. NOT an unpopular opinion. [/quote] I was only 7 years old in 1997.
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Post by Andy on Nov 17, 2014 19:20:08 GMT -5
The ironic part is that a judge on Nashville Star tried to get Chris Young to lose the hat on a weekly basis. I watched that season religiously , and was quite impressed how he just flat out refused to take off his hat even when she kinda dogged him out week after week. The hat less Chris happened at the same time his music "sold out" as far as I'm concerned. I used to be a big fan , but everything about him is just vanilla to me anymore. Same here. I like several tracks on his first two albums, such as his cover of Billy Yates' "Flowers", his cover of Waylon's "Rose in Paradise", "The Shoebox", "Voices", and of course the superb "Drinkin' Me Lonely", and I didn't even mind some of the novelty stuff like "White Lightning Hit the Family Tree" and "I'm Headed Your Way, Jose". However, I found Neon to be completely forgettable outside of the title track and maybe "Flashlight." After hearing "Aw Naw", I haven't even bothered with his newest album yet. He's in the "great voice but far too often records songs unworthy of his talent" camp with Josh Turner and Randy Houser for me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 21:52:58 GMT -5
I love Dwight Yoakams "Long White Cadillac" but unless i have the lyrics right in front of me i can't make out a single word he says except for "in a long white cadillac"
also: Lady Antebellum- 747 > Golden
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Post by mitchellchapman on Nov 18, 2014 2:08:15 GMT -5
I love Dwight Yoakams "Long White Cadillac" but unless i have the lyrics right in front of me i can't make out a single word he says except for "in a long white cadillac" also: Lady Antebellum- 747 > Golden Agreed 100%. I can't understand one word Emmylou Harris sings. I admit there are two or three songs I can make out what she's saying, but otherwise it sounds like a jumbled mess. I know she's very respected, but I just can't figure out hardly anything she sings.
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Post by Andy on Nov 18, 2014 19:18:24 GMT -5
I agree that Emmylou Harris' singing is often hard to decipher. I also feel the same way about Steve Earle, Leann Rimes, Dwight Yoakam, and probably a few others I can't think of at the moment.
I use this computer app called EvilLyrics that automatically pulls the lyrics from the Internet and displays them whenever you listen to a song. It's gotten to the point where I rely on it so much I get annoyed when the lyrics aren't available. It's probably an unpopular opinion that I prefer to read along with the lyrics when I'm listening to music. It's much easier for me to follow/understand songs that way.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 20, 2014 1:17:23 GMT -5
"It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss??? / With all these marbles in my mouth"
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Post by Andy on Nov 20, 2014 8:05:24 GMT -5
"It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss??? / With all these marbles in my mouth" "Sing distinctly? / We don't wanna!"
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Nov 20, 2014 9:35:00 GMT -5
Entertainment Tonight will be airing an interview tomorrow (Thursday) from a country artist who is announcing he's gay. I tried google searching to see if there's anything recent and there isn't. Who could it be? Clues: 17 Billboard country entries Married twice Doesn't sound like he's still making mainstream country music. Yeah, I'm totally taking credit for this. Obviously Ty is a Pulse member. I wish him the best. And I think this is great news ! * Why doesn't Ty Herndon just come out of the closet? He's not going to have anymore hits , it would probably even help his career at this point.
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 20, 2014 18:27:38 GMT -5
Reba's "I Keep On Loving You" bored me to tears. Sorry Reba fans.
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Post by Dustin J. on Nov 21, 2014 13:59:34 GMT -5
My unpopular opinion...
It's Nov. 21 and I'm completely over Christmas music already. #MakeItStop
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 21, 2014 14:24:55 GMT -5
My unpopular opinion... It's Nov. 21 and I'm completely over Christmas music already. #MakeItStop Where have you heard so much? I admittedly avoid any and all Christmas music til Thanksgiving morning, so I never have that problem.
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Post by Sean on Nov 22, 2014 0:45:52 GMT -5
Reba's "I Keep On Loving You" bored me to tears. Sorry Reba fans.
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Post by jesster on Nov 22, 2014 13:25:22 GMT -5
I've heard it on my local country station, and at a totally different one way across the country where I was visiting on a business trip last week. Mid-December seems to me about the right time for it. Before Thanksgiving is ridiculous.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 22, 2014 14:56:11 GMT -5
Another one: I've liked almost all of Justin Moore's singles. Even "Back That Thing Up" (seriously, has no one actually listened to the bridge of the song? He completely negates all the innuendo!). Even "How I Got to Be This Way" (this one just seemed to be "there" for a lot of people). Even "Small Town USA". Even "Bait a Hook". Even "Til My Last Day" (which most people thought was just bland).
The only ones I haven't cared for are "Backwoods" and "Lettin' the Night Roll", and even those are only "meh" for me. Also, I think that he did a good job on "Home Sweet Home" but it just wasn't good single material.
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Post by gardyfan on Nov 22, 2014 18:28:22 GMT -5
I like him too!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2014 19:03:04 GMT -5
This one could go either way, I am a bigger fan of Taylor Swift as a pop artist than a country artist. It just feels more natural.
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Post by carriekins on Dec 4, 2014 22:36:49 GMT -5
This one could go either way, I am a bigger fan of Taylor Swift as a pop artist than a country artist. It just feels more natural. 10000% agree.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2014 17:28:55 GMT -5
I have nothing against Kelly Clarkson, but it's getting tiresome to see her being invited to perform on their televised shows for no reason at all. Considering how crappy Country females, (particularly newer ones), are treated in Country, I think it's an absolute slap in the face to the ladies who are in the genre and would never see the treatment Kelly does. Is it really too much too ask that COUNTRY females have a shot, instead of handling it to an established artist who has yet to have a hit in Country, despite performing on their shows?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2014 22:32:46 GMT -5
I liked the Zac Brown Bands early stuff but i don't like them now
Hunter Hayes is very talented, but he picks the wrong songs to utilize that talent
I normally love Little Big Town but they were so off for me this year. I hate Day Drinking and Girl Crush and thought Painkiller was a very strange album save for a few songs.
Brantley Gilbert has some great songs, but his image tarnishes my respect for him
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 19:52:24 GMT -5
Bump :)
- Since both songs are about the same thing: Burnin It Down > Like A Wrecking Ball
- The 80s was the best decade for country music
- Bro Country > Sam Hunt, Kelsea Ballerini poppy music
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Post by vamp111 on Apr 14, 2015 1:02:52 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of how some country singers have gone all "Hollywood" and how they are like Hollywood celebrities. I don't have a problem with them being friends with other celebrities, but not to the point where it seems like they are "one of them." I feel like it happens a lot with the country singers who are buddies with Ellen Degeneres(Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw) and others like Blake Shelton and even Miranda Lambert(She has people like Usher, Christina Aguilera, etc. campaigning for her). Then of course there is Taylor Swift, but she isn't country anymore, but even back when she was considered country, she was like that. Then of course Jason Aldean at the LA bar and cheating on his wife.
Anybody else not a fan of this, or is it just me?
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 14, 2015 10:19:54 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of how some country singers have gone all "Hollywood" and how they are like Hollywood celebrities. I don't have a problem with them being friends with other celebrities, but not to the point where it seems like they are "one of them." I feel like it happens a lot with the country singers who are buddies with Ellen Degeneres(Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw) and others like Blake Shelton and even Miranda Lambert(She has people like Usher, Christina Aguilera, etc. campaigning for her). Then of course there is Taylor Swift, but she isn't country anymore, but even back when she was considered country, she was like that. Then of course Jason Aldean at the LA bar and cheating on his wife. Anybody else not a fan of this, or is it just me? How dare country singers be friends with such city folk! In all seriousness, this doesn't bother me. You have artists like Tim McGraw and Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton who are also actors and have other entertainment venues, and Blake Shelton is on the Voice, so he sits on a panel with people of different musical backgrounds. I dunno, but I think it really shouldn't be an issue that Miranda Lambert likes Beyonce as much as she does or that Luke Bryan hangs out with Ellen DeGeneres. Country is definitely a different animal, from the very nature that it's centered around Nashville and not Hollywood, but it seems shallow to infer that their worlds cannot collide at all.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 14, 2015 11:21:15 GMT -5
* I really like Rodney Atkins' singing voice. And Billy Ray Cyrus's. And Tyler Farr's. And Matt Kennon's...
* "Country in name only" acts (*cough*Sam Hunt*cough*) don't bother me. I feel that the quality of the music should overall outweigh what genre it's being marketed as, and I genuinely find Sam's music to be well above average.
* I think that "Ain't Worth the Whiskey", and the co-write on "Roller Coaster", show that Cole Swindell is capable of being much more than just another "bro". He also seems rather composed and articulate in interviews, which suggests to me that there's a better artist hiding behind the Luke Bryan T-shirt.
* I didn't think Garth's Chris Gaines album was a terrible idea; it just wasn't something a country artist should do.
* I have no idea how anyone can get anything out of "Turtles All the Way Down". That is one of the densest, most impenetrable songs I've heard in my life, and I doubt that there are really enough people who are both stoners and members of MENSA for that song to have an audience. (This is the same problem I have with a lot of alt-country/Americana: it seems too specific and personal, and therefore inaccessible to anyone who is not the artist.)
* Shania Twain's up-tempos are far better than her ballads. Except for the three new songs on her Greatest Hits, where I feel the reverse is true.
* Conway Twitty's cover songs were largely atrocious, except "Heartache Tonight".
* On a related note, nearly everything Jimmy Bowen produced in the 80s and 90s has aged poorly, including a lot of otherwise great George Strait songs from that era.
* I loved "Drink to That All Night". Loved it.
* "Burnin' It Down" gets a thumbs-up from me just because of how different it was, both in the context of country radio and of Jason Aldean's discography.
* If there are two or more members in your country group, you should freaking use them on every recording. I swear, about 90% of Brooks & Dunn's releases had no involvement from Kix at all, and I have no idea why Alabama used so many session musicians/vocalists on every single album when they were already a complete band. Guest musicians and the occasional session player are fine, particularly if you want an instrument that none of the band members plays (for instance, Diamond Rio only used session musicians whenever they wanted a string section), but if your band already has a bassist, I don't think you should ever need to use three session bassists on the album.
* While I feel that early-2000s Lonestar had the same pitfall as mid-2000s Rascal Flatts in that they were putting out way too many power ballads, I still think that "Tell Her" works much better as a power ballad (which was how it was re-cut for radio) than as a subdued acoustic number (how they originally did it on the album, and how it appears on their Greatest Hits, even though that album has the radio edits of a few other songs).
* Hank Williams, Jr. is best when he's not rehashing Southern tropes that were overdone even then or beating his chest. That said, I do like "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", "A Country Boy Can Survive", and a few other songs that fall into one or both categories.
* It really bothers me that classic country formats tend to ignore anything that Randy Travis released after "I Told You So". There is stuff he put out afterward that was just as good as his 80s hot streak, if not better.
* While I usually dislike monotone melodies, I thought the use of a single note on the chorus of Pat Green's "Let Me" worked.
* "The Fun of Your Love" by Jennifer Day may be a slick pop confection, but it's still one of my favorite "lost" songs from the 2000s.
* "Keep It in the Middle of the Road" by Exile is what Zac Brown Band would've sounded like had they been around in 1989.
* "Automatic" is hands-down Miranda's worst song.
* On the other hand, I think that "Fastest Girl in Town" was great and I don't understand all the hate for it. I also like "Somethin' Bad", but can at least see why someone would dislike it.
* Karen Fairchild is a great vocalist, but LBT releases way too many singles with her on lead.
* I'm more of a singles person than an albums person.
* Making jokes about Cole "For the last time, it's not 'Cold Eggs'!" Deggs & the Lonesome's name never gets old.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 14, 2015 14:06:04 GMT -5
* On the other hand, I think that "Fastest Girl in Town" was great and I don't understand all the hate for it.
Because of the annoying "Ain't ya baby's". There's no chorus, which isn't really the problem; it's the fact you think a hook is coming and...it never freakin' does. The instrumentation does absolutely nothing to compensate for it IMO, and it made the song incredibly old, incredibly fast.
But that's just me, lol.
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Post by carriekins on Apr 14, 2015 14:21:30 GMT -5
* On the other hand, I think that "Fastest Girl in Town" was great and I don't understand all the hate for it.
Because of the annoying "Ain't ya baby's". There's no chorus, which isn't really the problem; it's the fact you think a hook is coming and...it never freakin' does. The instrumentation does absolutely nothing to compensate for it IMO, and it made the song incredibly old, incredibly fast.
But that's just me, lol.
Nailed it. It's loud for the sake of being loud. Ugh.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 14, 2015 15:15:10 GMT -5
Because of the annoying "Ain't ya baby's". There's no chorus, which isn't really the problem; it's the fact you think a hook is coming and...it never freakin' does. The instrumentation does absolutely nothing to compensate for it IMO, and it made the song incredibly old, incredibly fast.
But that's just me, lol.
Nailed it. It's loud for the sake of being loud. Ugh. Do you see now why I think Frank Liddell can be a truly atrocious producer from time to time?
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Post by carriekins on Apr 14, 2015 15:19:44 GMT -5
Nailed it. It's loud for the sake of being loud. Ugh. Do you see now why I think Frank Liddell can be a truly atrocious producer from time to time? I've always agreed with that, even if I've never vocalized it on here. :)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 14, 2015 16:31:25 GMT -5
* On the other hand, I think that "Fastest Girl in Town" was great and I don't understand all the hate for it.
Because of the annoying "Ain't ya baby's". There's no chorus, which isn't really the problem; it's the fact you think a hook is coming and...it never freakin' does. The instrumentation does absolutely nothing to compensate for it IMO, and it made the song incredibly old, incredibly fast.
But that's just me, lol.
"Fastest Girl in Town" is one of my favorite Miranda songs. I love the "Ain't ya baby" line(s) and the instrumentation is another highlight for me. I just love the melody in general, especially the way she delivers the verses.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 11:06:18 GMT -5
I don't dislike "Fastest Girl In Town," although I don't think it was the best single choice.
"Automatic" had to grow on me, but now I really enjoy it. It's mellow and laid-back, which is different for Miranda and refreshing for Country radio.
I'd have to vote for "Fine Tune" as Miranda's worst song. I find it utterly unlistenable.
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