I may have been thinking about him at the time, but I looked up the song and I thought I fixed his name.crainbebo said:any songs with bad words like Randy Houser "Boots On" ([beep] this knuckle bustin') or Courtesy of The Red, White and Blue by Toby Keith ('Cause we'll put a boot in your [beep]).
I am (kinda') a fan of Out Last Night by Kenny Chesney
Love She's Country by Jason Aldean (even if it's rock or whatever)
vchimpanzee, it's not Gary Aldean, it's Jason Aldean. You are probably thinkin' about Gary Allan.
-crainbebo
vchimpanzee said:"She's Country" by Gary Aldean is the first song that comes to mind.
I don't care what the lyrics are. The song is pure rock. And way too loud.
SchlitzBeer said:Love and Theft - "Runaway"
Carter Twins - "Heart Like Memphis"
Catlin and Will - "Address in the Stars"
And these are just recent ones. This s^^t ain't country! It keeps getting worse..
vchimpanzee said:Unless it's on a pop station that I like. I don't get why "For the Good Times" by Ray Price is considered country, but I sure do like it. I heard it this morning.
vchimpanzee said:I couldn't care less about "good" lyrics and the country lifestyle. If it doesn't sound country, I don't want to hear it.
Whatever. It belongs on what passes for country these days, but you won't catch me actually listening to one of those stations. I'll turn it on to see if I hear anything good, but most of the time I won't.Jay F said:vchimpanzee said:I couldn't care less about "good" lyrics and the country lifestyle. If it doesn't sound country, I don't want to hear it.
But "Boots On" sounds more country than anything. It would sound totally out of place on a rock station.
vchimpanzee said:Whatever. It belongs on what passes for country these days, but you won't catch me actually listening to one of those stations. I'll turn it on to see if I hear anything good, but most of the time I won't.Jay F said:vchimpanzee said:I couldn't care less about "good" lyrics and the country lifestyle. If it doesn't sound country, I don't want to hear it.
But "Boots On" sounds more country than anything. It would sound totally out of place on a rock station.
Only for people who can stand it. No station that plays "She's Country" will have me as a listener other than for the few minutes I happen to be hearring a good song, or while I am trying to identify a bad song. For now, I have a country station.Jay F said:vchimpanzee said:Whatever. It belongs on what passes for country these days, but you won't catch me actually listening to one of those stations. I'll turn it on to see if I hear anything good, but most of the time I won't.Jay F said:vchimpanzee said:I couldn't care less about "good" lyrics and the country lifestyle. If it doesn't sound country, I don't want to hear it.
But "Boots On" sounds more country than anything. It would sound totally out of place on a rock station.
Try to look at the big picture. As individuals we all have our personal likes, dislikes, and preferences. You as an individual obviously do not like most of the current music played on country radio. That's fine. That doesn't mean country radio should change. I wouldn't quite say this is a boom period for the format, but it's not doing bad either. The current formula is working.
Another song in this same category: "Welcome to My World" by Jim Reeves. The Ray Price song I heard on a pop station, but it was my classic country station that played this one. Nothing country about it, but it's magnificent, with the classy orchestra.Jay F said:vchimpanzee said:Unless it's on a pop station that I like. I don't get why "For the Good Times" by Ray Price is considered country, but I sure do like it. I heard it this morning.
I like that song too. It's so good it gives me the chills. But it just goes to show non-traditional sounding songs have always been a part of the mix at country radio. Although some eras (early 1980s, today) have leaned more non-traditional than others,
Mac Daddy said:Getting back on topic, I heard one song with a young female vocalist but never figured out a possible title. It was as AC as anything I ever heard on country radio. Not loud, but just so pop-sounding with that beat I hear so much in the grocery store. It's not that bad a song when you think about how pop the songs in the late 70s and early 80s were, but pop music today just sounds bad.
