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Wolfi65 · 04-20-2013, 05:55 AM

Far as I'm concerned, Country music - as in: Country & Western - ceased to exist sometime in the '70's. Since then, it's become just Pop with a twayng. Cracks me up when someone from Dallas, Memphis, Atlanta or even Nashville refer to themselves as 'country'. Big D's about as 'country' as Cleveland or Pittsburgh.
Or how someone from Kentucky or West Virgina is considered 'southern', which makes no sense any way you look at it.
Thanks to my nightlife schedule, I get to listen to a fair amount of what they call Country music today, I like some of it, but on the rare occasions I listen to it at home, I put on some classic gunfighter ballads, as done by Mr. Cash or Mr. Robbins.
I suppose the modern version of the gunfighter ballad would be Gangsta Rap.

04-20-2013, 05:55 AM	#335 (permalink)
Wolfi65 Groupie Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 35	Far as I'm concerned, Country music - as in: Country & Western - ceased to exist sometime in the '70's. Since then, it's become just Pop with a twayng. Cracks me up when someone from Dallas, Memphis, Atlanta or even Nashville refer to themselves as 'country'. Big D's about as 'country' as Cleveland or Pittsburgh. Or how someone from Kentucky or West Virgina is considered 'southern', which makes no sense any way you look at it. Thanks to my nightlife schedule, I get to listen to a fair amount of what they call Country music today, I like some of it, but on the rare occasions I listen to it at home, I put on some classic gunfighter ballads, as done by Mr. Cash or Mr. Robbins. I suppose the modern version of the gunfighter ballad would be Gangsta Rap.