Does a country accent make you a country singer? (pop, rock)

Mama Booze · 02-21-2006, 05:13 PM

I'd say absolutley not but I'm interested to get people's opinion on this.

**sleepy jack fire drill** · 02-21-2006, 05:48 PM

gabbagabba_hey · 02-21-2006, 05:49 PM

they have to wear a cowboy hat
and have that instrument
that makes that "TWANG" sound
that no one cares about

mosesandtherubberducky · 02-21-2006, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabbagabba_hey

they have to wear a cowboy hat
and have that instrument
that makes that "TWANG" sound
that no one cares about

You can easily make a Strat or Tele make a TWANG. The single coils are very responsive to how the strings are picked.

Modern country's songs have a similar theme going but just becuase you have the accent you aren't country. Reverent Horton Heat has it and they are rockabilly/psychobilly.

explosions-in-my-pants · 02-21-2006, 06:43 PM

actaully i agree/disagree at the same time.. depends really. alot of popular country singers/bands have a very southen sound to them..when it comes to voice it matters sometimes with the sound and other times it doesn't. all depends really.

modern country is kind of poppy sounding more so when it comes to alot of the popular female country singers, even they used to have the counrty like accent, but in the music have lost it and now have more a pop sound to it.

but having a simple country accent can not just say you can be a country singer.. as much as the country voice in singing bugs me its not all about that one type of sound.. its not that simple having the accent doesn't make country music.

MURDER JUNKIE · 02-21-2006, 10:38 PM

I prefer an accent when I listen to country simply because that is the style I'm used to, I only listen to old scool and old school influenced country. A country singer from NYC has significantly less credibility as far as I'm concerned

TheBig3KilledMyRainDog · 03-02-2006, 09:23 AM

/\ I think thats because your idea of country music is damaged. Country music isn't born to the south, its actually very much in the vein of celtic folk music.

To me, the NYC country singers suck far less because their less influenced by the Nashville shlock thats, as Elvis Costello once said, modern country is just journey in cowboy hats.

Just because you sing about "southern values" and have an accent, a country star that does not make you.

MURDER JUNKIE · 03-02-2006, 09:44 AM

sorry, I'm a big fan of the opry influenced acts

~~Rabid Sea Turtles~~ · 03-02-2006, 12:06 PM

Saying if you have a country accent than it makes you a country singer is like saying if your black than than it makes you a rapper.

Mama Booze · 03-02-2006, 12:13 PM

Well, let me rephrase...

If you are a singer and have a country accent...

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02-21-2006, 05:13 PM
Mama Booze Here's lookin at you, kid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The White Hotel Posts: 310	Does a country accent make you a country singer? I'd say absolutley not but I'm interested to get people's opinion on this.

02-21-2006, 05:49 PM
gabbagabba_hey Dont Get Raped In Cancun Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: land of treason Posts: 192	they have to wear a cowboy hat and have that instrument that makes that "TWANG" sound that no one cares about __________________ go on out get some more go on out to the bar the market or the liquor store friends dont let friends get lost in chinatown

02-21-2006, 06:43 PM
explosions-in-my-pants angel of tragic days Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 937	actaully i agree/disagree at the same time.. depends really. alot of popular country singers/bands have a very southen sound to them..when it comes to voice it matters sometimes with the sound and other times it doesn't. all depends really. modern country is kind of poppy sounding more so when it comes to alot of the popular female country singers, even they used to have the counrty like accent, but in the music have lost it and now have more a pop sound to it. but having a simple country accent can not just say you can be a country singer.. as much as the country voice in singing bugs me its not all about that one type of sound.. its not that simple having the accent doesn't make country music.

02-21-2006, 10:38 PM
MURDER JUNKIE Who Loves Ya Baby??? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,349	I prefer an accent when I listen to country simply because that is the style I'm used to, I only listen to old scool and old school influenced country. A country singer from NYC has significantly less credibility as far as I'm concerned __________________ I've been had at least that's how it looks and it's not funny like on TV and it's not smart like it is in books

03-02-2006, 09:23 AM
TheBig3KilledMyRainDog is Killing the Blues Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bostonia Posts: 3,748	/\ I think thats because your idea of country music is damaged. Country music isn't born to the south, its actually very much in the vein of celtic folk music. To me, the NYC country singers suck far less because their less influenced by the Nashville shlock thats, as Elvis Costello once said, modern country is just journey in cowboy hats. Just because you sing about "southern values" and have an accent, a country star that does not make you. __________________ “The night falls gracefully for those who have a love to call their own. But alas, for those to whom love has turned a blind eye – love, it falls like a guillotine” “No more waiting for fate to befall me, no. I have my dreamboat, and together we will find our destiny, choose our ladder to the sky” - Markus Pierson

03-02-2006, 09:44 AM
MURDER JUNKIE Who Loves Ya Baby??? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,349	sorry, I'm a big fan of the opry influenced acts __________________ I've been had at least that's how it looks and it's not funny like on TV and it's not smart like it is in books

03-02-2006, 12:06 PM
~~Rabid Sea Turtles~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the sea... Posts: 249	Saying if you have a country accent than it makes you a country singer is like saying if your black than than it makes you a rapper.

03-02-2006, 12:13 PM
Mama Booze Here's lookin at you, kid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The White Hotel Posts: 310	Well, let me rephrase... If you are a singer and have a country accent...