Country Songs Your Family Members Like or Dislike

[sabre14]

Basically what the thread title states: What country songs do your family members like or even dislike, and some explanations would be great too. :)

My father has definitely been the biggest country fan in my immediate family, even though I'm head and shoulders the biggest fan of the genre of anyone in our family. My brother likes some stuff (mostly 80's and 90's), my sister hasn't been a fan of the genre that long and my Mom only has heard stuff I've played for her in the past. Some of my friends like pop music, while a few like country.

Dad likes:

George Strait - "I Can Still Make Cheyenne"
The Mavericks - "What A Crying Shame"
Patty Loveless - "Lonely Too Long"
Blaine Larsen - "I Don't Know What She Said" (I'd be rich if I had a dime every time I've heard him say how funny he finds that "and something 'bout ho ho's and I thought aw baby, whatever you say" line)
David Nail - "I'm About To Come Alive"
David Nail - "Whatever She's Got"
Craig Morgan - "Still A Little Chicken Left On That Bone" (no seriously; he finds no guilt in liking this one)
Big & Rich - "Wild West Show"
Kenny Chesney - "Anything But Mine"
Gary Allan - "Smoke Rings In The Dark"
Trace Adkins - "Metropolis"
Dean Brody - "Brothers"
Sara Evans - "Born To Fly"

Dad dislikes:

Miranda Lambert - "Automatic" (he's squarely with team Zazie on this one)
Jason Aldean - "1994"
Steve Holy - "Brand New Girlfriend"
Phil Vassar - "This Is My Life"
Alan Jackson - "I Still Like Bologna" (he said no song under any circumstance should ever have the word "bologna" in the title)

Mom likes:

Kenny Chesney - "Don't Blink"
Jimmy Wayne - "Paper Angels"
The Farm - "Be Grateful"
Lee Ann Womack - "I Hope You Dance"
Tim McGraw - "Do You Want Fries With That" (her exact line when she first heard this was "oh, this is cute"..)

Mom dislikes:

Chris Janson - "Better I Don't" (she doesn't really enjoy anything with an ultra country feel)

Brother likes:

Billy Currington - "Walk A Little Straighter"
Jack Ingram - "Measure Of A Man"
Lila McCann - "Down Came A Blackbird"
Restless Heart - "Big Dreams In A Small Town"

Sister likes:

Terri Clark - "She Didn't Have Time" (song that made her like country music)
Faith Hill - "This Kiss"
Eli Young Band - "Crazy Girl"

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My Mom:

Likes-
- Anything by Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Gary Allan, Trace Adkins, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, pretty much anything bro-country, well, not EVERYTHING I mean she doesn't really like Florida Georgia Line, but she loves "Ready Set Roll", "Boys Round Here", "1994"...etc you name it.

Dislikes-

- Essentially anything "old country" (as she calls it), I mean she respects the legends, but it's not music she chooses to listen to. Other than that, Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt, Kacey Musgraves, Ashley Monroe, Toby Keith, Raelynn.....plus many many more I'm forgetting


When my father was alive, he absolutely HATED country music, of any form. And my mother was a classic rock and southern rock fan back in her day, turned country during the 90's.

My grandparents:

Grandfather

Likes:
Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Keith Whitley, Charley Pride, Glen Campbell,....I think you get the picture

Dislikes:
Modern country, so I guess he's an old fart and a jackass lol

Grandmother

Likes:
Literally anything

Dislikes:
Nothing, and I essentially mean just that

My Uncle, like my parents is a huge classic rock fan, and really doesn't care for modern country. I have no idea about my Aunt. My cousin's favorite artists are Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney.


I've tried turning my family onto Americana but it hasn't been working

[Andy]

My parents' knowledge in country music is pretty limited sadly, my mom is more into novels and pop-rock music and my dad is more into sports and hard rock music. They know and like a good deal of '90s and early '00s country, but don't know/like anything before or after that. I'm guessing their favorite artists are something like Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Collin Raye, Martina McBride, and Alan Jackson. I can't say much about their opinion of individual songs, but my dad and I have a "tradition" of always singing along to "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" when we're together and it comes on, lol.

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Mom:
Miranda Lambert- The House That Built Me, Time To Get A Gun
Carrie Underwood- Mama's Song
Kelsia Balerini- Love Me Like You Mean It
Rascal Flatts- These Days, My Wish
George Strait- River Of Love
Sugarland- Settlin'
Lee Brice- I Drive Your Truck
1990's Tim McGraw
Dixie Chicks- Wide Open Spaces, There's Your Trouble

Dad:
Carrie Underwood- All American Girl (I'm his only daughter, and he isn't a huge modern Country fan, so I find it cute he likes this one.)
Thomas Rhett- Make Me Wanna
Rascal Flatts- Why Wait

[.indulgecountry]

My dad pretty much hated everything country music and thought it was hokey and whiny, etc. (the usual complaints you'd expect to hear), but he did love the Dixie Chicks, very very much, which I always found a little funny given how their music sounded. But there was something about Natalie Maines' voice I guess. He also liked them even more because they thought Bush sucked, lmao. #funfact but I played "Landslide" as his funeral song. I thought to myself "this is the only way I'm going to be able to play a country song at his funeral." :kii: He also really liked The Wreckers, as well, and part of it I think was because he loved the Santana song that Michelle Branch sang ("The Game of Love") so it kind of segued into liking Stand Still, Look Pretty when I got that album.

My mom is a lot more receptive to country music and she generally feels fairly similar to me on what she likes/doesn't like. She doesn't spend much time listening to music but some of her faves are Rascal Flatts (she owns every album), Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Josh Turner, and the Dixie Chicks. She's a good example of breaking the supposed "women don't like women" stereotype too because she seems to like a lot more of the ladies' material than the guy's, especially in terms of recent output on the radio, i.e. She doesn't like bro country at all (she hates Jason Aldean, and FGL especially), and some of the artists I can think of that she really dislikes: Rodney Atkins, Dwight Yoakam, Kenny Chesney, and Ashton Shepherd (I tease her about this all the time because I love her voice, it's become a thing between us lol).

My nana likes older country mostly. Her faves are the likes of George Jones, Dolly Parton, and Tanya Tucker, etc. "Delta Dawn" is like her favorite song to sing around the house randomly, lol. One newer artist she loves is Kellie Pickler. I remember when I was younger and we used to both watch American Idol, she was the first to tell me she saw Kellie Pickler's "Red High Heels" video on CMT/GAC and I couldn't believe that she had new music out just a few months after the show (or at all really -- I didn't exactly expect her to get a record deal since she came in 6th place). <333 My grandpa also liked a lot of the classics and Reba McEntire was one of his favorites. He adored her the way I do Sara Evans. He also, despite not liking pop country much, thought Rascal Flatts were like the greatest band ever, lol.

[onebuffalo]

Jul 29, 2015 18:34:42 GMT -5 Andy said:

My parents' knowledge in country music is pretty limited sadly, my mom is more into novels and pop-rock music and my dad is more into sports and hard rock music. They know and like a good deal of '90s and early '00s country, but don't know/like anything before or after that. I'm guessing their favorite artists are something like Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Collin Raye, Martina McBride, and Alan Jackson. I can't say much about their opinion of individual songs, but my dad and I have a "tradition" of always singing along to "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" when we're together and it comes on, lol.

The song that should've went to #1 for Mark Chesnutt. Anyway, here is the chart where Bubba Shot The Jukebox peaked.

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 14, 1992:
1. No One Else On Earth-Wynonna Judd-MCA
2. Watch Me-Lorrie Morgan-BNA
3. Shake The Sugar Tree-Pam Tillis-Arista
4. BUBBA SHOT THE JUKEBOX-MARK CHESNUTT-MCA
5. I'm In A Hurry And Don't Know Why-Alabama-RCA
6. If There Hadn't Been You-Billy Dean-Capitol
7. Lord Have Mercy On The Working Man-Travis Tritt-Warner Bros.
8. Letting Go-Suzy Bogguss-Capitol
9. Even The Man In The Moon Is Cryin'-Mark Collie-MCA
10. Seminole Wind-John Anderson-BNA



P.S.: Congratulations on being Pulse's newest platinum sensation!

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I just remembered. My grandfather likes 4 modern country songs

"Long Black Train" by Josh Turner
"People Are Crazy" by Billy Currington
"Honkytonk Badonkadonk" by Trace Adkins
"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" by Tim McGraw

[sabre14]

Jul 30, 2015 19:44:45 GMT -5 zack97 said:

I just remembered. My grandfather likes 4 modern country songs

"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" by Tim McGraw

The #1 song in the country the week my grandfather passed away in 2007.

[carriekins]

I am the odd one out in my family, and my parents and sister could never understand where I picked up my love for "that dang-a-dang" music (meant to sound like strumming a guitar, I think.)

In recent years, my Dad has decided that Little Big Town are awesome. My parents were always respectful of my love for George Strait, and today send me local stuff with anything about Dierks (since they're still in Phoenix), and even visited his Whiskey Row in Old Town Scottsdale.

My husband is very "meh" about current country music, unless you're female, in which case he probably likes you a lot (he is definitely an anomaly to his male 18-34 demo). He loves Kacey, Ashley Monroe, Brandy Clark, Mickey Guyton, Carrie Underwood, Clare Dunn, and is impressed so far by Cam (though not that into Kelsea Ballerini or Miranda). Artists like Jake Owen and Luke drive him insane because he knows they can both do better but now has super low expectations of both. He can't stand FGL, Cole, Thomas Rhett, Chase Rice, or Canaan Smith. (Told you - total anomaly to his demo.) He likes Dierks, though not to the same extent as me (but few do), and there are definitely songs by Dierks he tolerates for my sake, LOL.

My daughter is too young to know any better, will dance to anything, but she can say Dierks so that's something. Tee hee.

[Steven]

I'm the only one who listens to country music regularly in my family. My parents enjoy the genre but nowhere near as much as I do. I've seen Willie Nelson and Jason Isbell twice with my old man so he likes it more than my mom for sure. 

Dad likes - Jason Isbell, Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, some Waylon Jennings, Garth Brooks, Clint Black and a few others i'm forgetting.

Dad dislikes - Honestly, I don't know what artists he dislikes. I don't think he's a big George Jones fan.  :O

Mom likes - My mom doesn't really listen to too much music so i'm not sure what her likes and dislikes are. I do know she is a fan of Clint Black, Garth Brooks and some of the Top 40 stuff.

Mom dislikes - The only artist I know my mom dislikes is Travis Tritt because to her he is scuzzy with that long hair of his. Pretty great reason to dislike an artist. /sarcasm

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I asked my mother tonight what her least favorite country song was and she said, Tim McGraw- "Indian Outlaw"

All I could think of was "you mean "Looking For That Girl"?"

[sabre14]

Dad loves:

Brothers Osborne - "21 Summer"
Alan Jackson - "The One You're Waiting On"
Chris Stapleton - "Parachute"
Maren Morris - "80s Mercedes"

Dad Dislikes:

Jerrod Niemann & Lee Brice - "A Little More Love" (I'm assuming he hates it. First time he heard it he turned it off during the first verse and said, "Ugh, no!")

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My parents dont listen to country.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Jul 29, 2015 12:52:39 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Miranda Lambert - "Automatic" (he's squarely with team Zazie on this one)

Wouldn't that be team Hammer? I don't think Zazie has said a piece on this song.

We all know that my mom hates "Girl Crush" because she doesn't get why any sane woman would want to "taste her lips because they taste like you", even metaphorically; I think it doesn't help that my mom has NEVER been in a situation of pining over someone else. She also doesn't like "My Blue Angel" by Aaron Tippin because she doesn't think it makes any sense: why is he so concerned for her if he knows she's cheating? Also "When I Think About Cheatin'" by Gretchen Wilson -- why is she even thinking about cheating if nothing seems to give her a reason to, and why is she being so guilty about it so early in the game? I happen to like all three of those songs.

Some songs she does like include "Unanswered Prayers" by Garth Brooks and "You've Got to Stand for Something" by Aaron Tippin, both of which she credits as helping her get through her divorce from my dad. "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" by Ricky Skaggs is also a "Dad song" for her. I personally enjoy all three ("Prayers" is tied with "That Ol' Wind" as my favorite Garth song, in fact).

One of the only songs I can think of that she likes and I don't is "Made in America" by Toby Keith. I just found it boring and forgettable, to the point that I literally couldn't remember how it even went for over a year. As I've said before, I'm not as overtly patriotic so a song like that has little impact on me.

Contemporary ones that she loves include "Redneck Crazy" and "A Guy Walks Into a Bar" by Tyler Farr; "My Church" by Maren Morris; "You Look Like I Need a Drink" by Justin Moore; "Record Year" and "Talladega" by Eric Church; "Cop Car" by Keith Urban; maybe a few more I'm forgetting.

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My sister's tastes are largely congruent to mine except for the more obscure fringes (I doubt she'd gain anything from knowing who John Bunzow is), so I'll focus on only where the notable divergences are.

Songs I can think of that my sister likes that I don't: "America, F**k Yeah Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" by Toby Keith; "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack; "How Do I Live" by Trisha Yearwood; anything by Luke Bryan (she loves all of LB's stuff and may have a bit of a crush on him); any of the Martina songs that I hate; "God Made Squirrels" by RaeLynn

Songs that I like that she doesn't: "Bob That Head" by Rascal Flatts, "International Harvester" by Craig Morgan, "Bomshel Stomp" by Bomshel, "You Look Good in My Shirt" by Keith Urban, the radio edit of "Tell Her" by Lonestar (she prefers the album version)

And yes, sister loves "Girl Crush" because, according to her, she's been in that exact situation. She also told me that she doesn't care for "Automatic" either, but doesn't hate it the way I do.

However, sister gets major points for agreeing with me that Hot Apple Pie's only album is one of the biggest underrated gems of the 2000s.

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

No one, and I mean literally no one in my family listens to country. However, there's this one teacher who I've become quite close with, to the point where I would consider her like family so, close enough....

Anyways, a couple of recent songs that she has said she likes are "You Should Be Here" and "Humble and Kind". Also, she is a HUGE fan of Garth Brooks and George Strait, like a total fangirl, lol.

As for what she doesn't like, I've heard her say that she thinks a lot of the stuff on the radio today isn't real country. I don't have any examples in particular of songs she doesn't like, but y'all can probably take a guess. She only just turned 26 by the way, so this would make her a total anomaly to her demo.

[onebuffalo]

Jun 8, 2016 0:09:31 GMT -5 @walker9 said:

My parents dont listen to country.

What do they listen to? What are your favorites?

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Jun 8, 2016 9:26:35 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Jun 8, 2016 0:09:31 GMT -5 @walker9 said:

My parents dont listen to country.

What do they listen to? What are your favorites?

Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel
Any Sam Hunt song
Canaan Smith - Love You Like That
Hunter Hayes - Wanted

[sabre14]

New additions:

My dad loves "Road Less Traveled" by Lauren Alaina.

He also said he likes "Summer" by Cassadee Pope.

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Jul 23, 2016 23:38:54 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

New additions:

My dad loves "Road Less Traveled" by Lauren Alaina.

He also said he likes "Summer" by Cassadee Pope.

Your dad has great taste in music.

My mom said she likes Cam (she said "Burning House" was beautiful), Tim McGraw, Cassadee Pope (my mom was amazed with her vocals at the concert a couple of weeks ago), Little Big Town (loves "Girl Crush*, and Carrie Underwood (very impressed with "Church Bells") and she also loves Alan Jackson. She doesn't care for Sam Hunt all that much (she went is this a country station when "Take Your Time" was on the radio). My mom also likes the new Cole Swindell song "Model of A Memory". She was also never a fan of Trisha Yearwood, Reba, Dolly Parton or Garth Brooks.

My dad doesn't care for country music all that much, and he especially hates the Dixie Chicks, mainly saying it's very debatable to call the girls talented. He does like older artists like Reba, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson especially, George Strait.

My brother and sister couldn't care less about country music.

[robenglund]

Dad: I grew up on classic rock and that's what I was into first before country, so my dad's music collection is how I acquired my taste for classic rock. He always had classic rock radio on in the car too when I was younger. In terms of old stuff that's kind of country, I know he likes Little Feat and Steve Earle. In terms of new stuff, he really likes "Drink On It" by Blake Shelton. In general, he likes Blake Shelton's rowdy/redneck material so "Neon Light" would be a good example. He really likes Jake Owen too especially "Anywhere With You" and "Alone With You". My dad also really likes anything by Jon Pardi and Chris Stapleton :) :) :) . He listens to "Jon Pardi Radio" on Pandora all the time haha. I've converted him to listening to country radio in the car now haha. He likes the Outlaw station on XM since they play a lot of older stuff from his younger days. He also listens to the Highway and that Blue Chair/Kenny Chesney station. He'll probably throw on Y2K every once in a while. Since he has XM in his car I'm not sure how much FM he listens to.

Mom: I'm not really sure what exactly she's into but I know she likes Sam Hunt.

Sister: I'm not really sure what exactly she's into either but I know her tastes are pretty generic. She likes FGL and Luke.

[babybuffalo]

My mom was never a country fan. She was a baby boomer who loved the Beach Boys and Barry Manilow. But she liked All My Exes Live In Texas. I think she thought it was funny. She's been gone 14 years but when I hear it I think of her.

My dad, also not a country fan, for some unknown reason, liked Marty Robbins. He used to play and sing El Paso on the guitar when I was little.

My younger sister is a very casual country fan. But for some reason she has always loved Toby Keith's I Wanna Talk About Me. None of his other songs lol

[sabre14]

I was making dinner last week for my parents and had my iPhone on shuffle. "You'll Always Be My Baby" by Sara Evans came on and my Mom said she really liked it, lol.

Also, my Dad said he loves these three newer songs: :)

Carly Pearce - "Every Little Thing"
Candi Carpenter - "Burn The Bed"
Brothers Osborne - "It Ain't My Fault"

[.indulgecountry]

Dec 24, 2016 11:00:26 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

I was making dinner last week for my parents and had my iPhone on shuffle. "You'll Always Be My Baby" by Sara Evans came on and my Mom said she really liked it, lol.

Also, my Dad said he loves these three newer songs: :)

Carly Pearce - "Every Little Thing"
Candi Carpenter - "Burn The Bed"
Brothers Osborne - "It Ain't My Fault"

Your parents' taste in music tho, especially your mom liking "You'll Always Be My Baby." Beautifully underrated.

[.indulgecountry]

When I went home for Labor Day weekend I got to listen to Words with my mom in the car for the first time and she told me her favorites were "Marquee Sign" and "Night Light." And she skipped "I Want You" and "Letting You Go" so I think she agrees with Pulse on those two, seeing as they came in at the bottom 2 on the rankdown I hosted.

[BlueShades874]

My mom loves classic country. When I was in high school in the early 2000's she pretty much always had her radio on the classic country station that played lots of '60's-80's. She likes a lot of the '90's stuff as well, but not much after that.

My dad despises country, but for some reason he always liked You Know Me Better Than That by George Strait. A few years ago he went through a Rascal Flatts phase, but other than that he doesn't really listen to any country.

[BackwoodsBarbie]

My dad likes Kenny Rogers and my sister likes Carrie Underwood and that's about it.

Edit: My sister also likes Keith Urban.

[George Strait Junkie]

me, mom and my brother all listen to country my sisters do to but mostly like Oldies Rock n Roll (that music drives me insane)

My mom - Randy Travis anything has all his albums and is obsessed with him i get it Randy's one of my favorites as well
My Brother - Alan Jackson & Reba are his favorites but he'll pretty much listen to anything country or so called country and loves to piss me off alot with Aldean and others i hate thank god he hasn't discovered FGL i don't think i would ever talk to him again if he did lol

My oldest sister - she's the oldies rock N roll lover - she does like some country tho her 2 favorite singers are Elvis & Patsy Cline
My other sister - she likes pretty much everything - her favorites are Collin Raye, Gene Watson, Billy Dean & Reba

[sabre14]

My dad admitted to me this past week that he actually likes "Leave The Night On". He hates all things Sam Hunt but found it in his heart to enjoy that one lol. I was shocked.

I still am not a fan of Hunt but I do like "House Party" and "Leave The Night On" is okay.

[fearlessarrow]

My family being from outside of the US (or anywhere that country music has some sort of presence), I had zero exposure to country music until I stumbled upon Taylor Swift. Then I started listening to primarily pop music and then segued into country music as well as time went by. I was the odd one in the family who was obsessed with listening to music. My dad plays his CDs in the car, but that's about all the music he listens to, and my mom doesn't really seek out music, she'll remember stuff she hears on TV a lot (Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You", Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "Shake It Off" etc.). My sister listens to some music, but most of it comes from me (she does say no to most of my country music though).

Country music that I got my sister into liking:
Pretty much anything Taylor Swift
"Merry Go 'Round" - Kacey Musgraves
"Wanted" - Hunter Hayes
 

[Ten Pound Hammer]

My sister is the reason I @#$@#ing hate Martina McBride and post-"Amazed" Lonestar.