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Evidence Of How Formulaic Pop-Country Is These Days...

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Perfect example of why Nashville — where 5 or 6 people write 95 percent of the hit songs — sucks.

 

This reminds me a lot of the one that circulated last year about this time about "Why country sucked in 2013." I'll never understand the lowest common denominator.

 

I recall that video regarding country music in 2013 & figured this was something similar. :thumb:

That's pretty funny stuff right there.

Perfect example of why Nashville — where 5 or 6 people write 95 percent of the hit songs — sucks.

 

Dumb question but bear with me. In factory type music (which much modern country is) is the same person who write the lyrics also write the instrumental music?

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Dumb question but bear with me. In factory type music (which much modern country is) is the same person who write the lyrics also write the instrumental music?

 

Sometimes yes, but not necessarily. I just Google searched Britney Spears' latest album, and you need only look on the Wikipedia track listing to see how many people it took to write a single one of her songs. It looks like there were some tracks that had as many as 9 people contributing to the writing.

 

Britney Jean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You all take music way too seriously. :lol2:

 

Life's too short to settle for crappy music. Especially when there's so much good stuff out there to be found once you get away from the commercial radio schlock.

This is always my come back when a country fan tries to tell me that all Rap sounds the same.

Life's too short to settle for crappy music. Especially when there's so much good stuff out there to be found once you get away from the commercial radio schlock.

 

I'd argue life's too short to care that much about something as pointless as music. If it has a good beat/tune, or I like the lyrics, I'll listen. Regardless of genre.

This is always my come back when a country fan tries to tell me that all Rap sounds the same.

 

All music pretty much sounds the same within the various genres IMO.

All music pretty much sounds the same within the various genres IMO.

 

Right. But the people I'm talking about argue that all country songs don't sound the same. :lol2:

 

They all have a banjo.

Somebody's dog/truck dies.

They're either in love, or drinking away their sorrows.

All music pretty much sounds the same within the various genres IMO.

 

That can be said of some groups also. The Wallflowers had a free concert several years ago and therefore there were several people there who "One Headlight" was the only song they knew. One person commented that outside of "One Headlight", it all about sounded the same. When I thought back, the beat of all the other songs did seem pretty similar so I couldn't argue too much I guess.

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I'd argue life's too short to care that much about something as pointless as music. If it has a good beat/tune, or I like the lyrics, I'll listen. Regardless of genre.

 

If music is pointless, then why does it accompany so many important things in life? There's music in church, national anthems, state songs, school fight songs...music accompanies theaters, film and television...they play music at inaugurations, funerals, weddings...

 

Seems like a LOT of people have MAJOR uses for something you'd call "pointless" :D

Right. But the people I'm talking about argue that all country songs don't sound the same. :lol2:

 

They all have a banjo.

Somebody's dog/truck dies.

They're either in love, or drinking away their sorrows.

 

I love to hear rap and country fans argue.

 

Country (per rap fans): It all revolves around wives leaving, dogs dying, pick up trucks, etc.

 

Rap (per country fans): It all revolves around partying at the club, large rear ends, pimping or scoring with multiple women, how rich they are, etc. but all seems to involve how self obsessed the artist (use the term loosely according to country fans) is with himself - Kanye being the epitome of this.

 

I tend to think both rap and country both could add some diveristy to the topics of their music in my opinion. That is one thing I do recognize with Eminem, much of his music is telling a story about something unique to much of the rest of rap music.

I tend to think both rap and country both could add some diveristy to the topics of their music in my opinion. That is one thing I do recognize with Eminem, much of his music is telling a story about something unique to much of the rest of rap music.

 

Absolutely.

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