Feel free to show me where I said that. I didn't.You assume radio only plays "hick hop."
Feel free to show me where I said that. I didn't.You assume radio only plays "hick hop."
Feel free to show me where I said that. I didn't.
Everyone knows that radio caters to certain highly-prized "demographics," and it is my guess that those who like "hick-hop" are in that highly-coveted "demo." As for the rest of us? We are just SOL!
Again, you are reading something into what I said that I did not actually say. You are trying to tell me that fans of hick-hop are NOT in that demo? Where is that "bridge to nowhere" that you are trying to sell me? If hick-hop fans were not in that demo, radio would not play them. Where did I say that they make up the entirety of that demo? It is well-known that radio caters to the lowest common denominator, and hick-hop fans do indeed make up a lot of that demo right now. No, not all of it, but certainly a lot of it.OK Here's what you said:
The logic being IF radio caters to a demo, and radio plays hick hop, therefore fans of hick hop make up that demo.
Again, you are reading something into what I said that I did not actually say. You are trying to tell me that fans of hick-hop are NOT in that demo?
Garth was credited with starting the "new country" sound of the 90s. And yet most of what I hear him to do is real, traditional country. He is played on the classic country station I listen to. I never thought of "The Dance" as country but I guess it could be. I sincerely hope I never hear "The Thunder Rolls" because that one's just too harsh. Same for "Shameless", though that one might not be as bad as I remember. There was steel guitar in that.The thing about Garth is that once he became popular, he was attacked endlessly as being a pop star, and critics made a big deal about it when he appeared on a Kiss tribute album, and included them among his influences. Yet to hear his music today, it's far countrier than most of today's hits. He continued to be battered continually by "holier than thou" critics, especially when he released his Chris Gaines album, which was never intended to be an album, but rather a soundtrack for a movie. Ultimately the endless attacks led to him retiring from performing. As one who watched it play out, it reminded me of the Biblical tale of those who were unable to recognize their savior as he walked in their midst. There are many similar tales of great stars who were ultimately destroyed by endless attacks and criticism.
But he believes it's the current radio landscape that's to blame for the success of Luke's hit song "That's My Kind Of Night."
http://theboot.com/zac-brown-luke-bryan-worst-song-ive-ever-heard/
It is disingenuous to claim that radio plays no role at all in this. Everyone knows that radio caters to certain highly-prized "demographics," and it is my guess that those who like "hick-hop" are in that highly-coveted "demo." As for the rest of us? We are just SOL!
Article in the Tennessean last weekend about "hick-hop." It was the above-the-fold cover story last weekend. I never really liked "traditional" country. It just wasn't my thing. But I definitely would not like "hick-hop." This just makes me glad that I don't listen to whatever passes for "contemporary" country music these days.
Remember in the old movies how the bad guys would always torture the good guys by making them listen to loud opera music? Yeah, that's what it feels like to flip on the country station.it's not worth it anymore to listen to today's country music.
-crainbebo