Why do you like Country? (lyrics, singer, quote, memory)

cardboard adolescent · 12-12-2007, 08:38 PM

Meat Puppets is about the closest I get...
someone else said it's all about the "twang"...
I hate the twang.

Brock_West · 12-13-2007, 07:18 AM

can't blame ya

Lilli · 12-17-2007, 04:01 PM

Some of the purest old country makes me laugh. A lot of it was so shocking back then. Killing people, stealing and cheating and SEX!!!! Loretta Lynn singing about "the pill" and songs about "love to lay you down." Wonder if that was as eye popping as today's rap and hip/hop is to me today?

Kevorkian Logic · 12-18-2007, 07:10 AM

When I was like 7 I really liked Red Hot Chili Peppers, and thought they were country for some reason, so in that sense I used to like country, now I can't tolerate it.

gajukebox · 12-19-2007, 10:35 PM

The Problem is, most country played on "over the air radio stations" is pop-country. You don't feel the music after its been glossed over, and packaged to not offend. Country music is supposed to offend, supposed to tug at your heart strings and supposed to make you feel like you're down there with the singer.

Check out Corey Smith, Drive By Truckers, Blackberry Smoke and others. You'll see why people like country music.... If only more radio stations would play country music

sherlockholmeslice · 12-30-2007, 11:54 PM

the greatest country songs are the ones that take you back to the things you once loved but have since diminished. i like a good dramatic country song, but in my eyes, i want to listen to it a lot more when it makes me reminisce to some comparable memory. that being said, i still love ryan adams' music despite not relating to a lot o' it.

Lizzie · 01-18-2008, 05:49 PM

When i go to work, all they play is the goddamn country music radio station, and i honestly want to shoot myself in the head, and i come home every day with a splitting headache, its complete hell. so no, i dont like country music

tkpb938 · 01-18-2008, 06:19 PM

My parents and a lot of people I know listen to country, and I can tell you first hand that its not for people like us. Its for the casual listener who just wants a nice beat and conservative lyrics. At least thats why most of my family likes it...(except me and my bro)

JSMidd · 01-21-2008, 05:14 PM

I like it because it talks about life in simple terms - love, hapiness, sadness, etc... I grew up in Texas, and learned to like a lot of country music.

Kevorkian Logic · 01-21-2008, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtull1

Because you can understand the words, and the music is honest.

how is the song My girlfriend thinks my tractor is sexy honest? No one actually thinks tractors are sexy.

12-13-2007, 07:18 AM	#112 (permalink)
Brock_West north american scum Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 158	can't blame ya __________________ http://www.icompositions.com/artists/Stockholm

12-18-2007, 07:10 AM	#114 (permalink)
Kevorkian Logic Imperfectly Perfect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,290	When I was like 7 I really liked Red Hot Chili Peppers, and thought they were country for some reason, so in that sense I used to like country, now I can't tolerate it. __________________ "it is only through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect that a certain type of perfection can be attained"

12-19-2007, 10:35 PM	#115 (permalink)
gajukebox Groupie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12	The Problem is, most country played on "over the air radio stations" is pop-country. You don't feel the music after its been glossed over, and packaged to not offend. Country music is supposed to offend, supposed to tug at your heart strings and supposed to make you feel like you're down there with the singer. Check out Corey Smith, Drive By Truckers, Blackberry Smoke and others. You'll see why people like country music.... If only more radio stations would play country music __________________ Link removed by moderator No advertising please

01-18-2008, 05:49 PM	#117 (permalink)
Lizzie Diskobox Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: vancouver Posts: 660	When i go to work, all they play is the goddamn country music radio station, and i honestly want to shoot myself in the head, and i come home every day with a splitting headache, its complete hell. so no, i dont like country music __________________ white and black, are you looking for the sun boy? the sun doesn't shine down here, no, not in the shadow

12-12-2007, 08:38 PM	#111 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Meat Puppets is about the closest I get... someone else said it's all about the "twang"... I hate the twang.

12-17-2007, 04:01 PM	#113 (permalink)
Lilli Groupie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 16	Some of the purest old country makes me laugh. A lot of it was so shocking back then. Killing people, stealing and cheating and SEX!!!! Loretta Lynn singing about "the pill" and songs about "love to lay you down." Wonder if that was as eye popping as today's rap and hip/hop is to me today?

12-30-2007, 11:54 PM	#116 (permalink)
sherlockholmeslice Groupie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gainesville...right down by da beach boyeeeeeeee! Posts: 1	the greatest country songs are the ones that take you back to the things you once loved but have since diminished. i like a good dramatic country song, but in my eyes, i want to listen to it a lot more when it makes me reminisce to some comparable memory. that being said, i still love ryan adams' music despite not relating to a lot o' it.

01-18-2008, 06:19 PM	#118 (permalink)
tkpb938 Lvl 70 Troll Hunter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunny Phoenix Posts: 482	My parents and a lot of people I know listen to country, and I can tell you first hand that its not for people like us. Its for the casual listener who just wants a nice beat and conservative lyrics. At least thats why most of my family likes it...(except me and my bro)

01-21-2008, 05:14 PM	#119 (permalink)
JSMidd Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3	I like it because it talks about life in simple terms - love, hapiness, sadness, etc... I grew up in Texas, and learned to like a lot of country music.