Where did the Country Music go?

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by rmstg2, Nov 15, 2018.

  1. rmstg2

    rmstg2 Gold Level Contributor

    We watched all we could stand of the CMA award show, trying to figure out how they can all it country music. It sure don't sound like the country music I'm used to. I noticed when they showed the people in the audience, that they didn't seem to impressed either.


    Bob H.
     
  2. Mike B in SC

    Mike B in SC Well-Known Member

    It sure ain't what it used to be...
     
  3. yachtsmanbill

    yachtsmanbill Well-Known Member

    Ever since they combined country AND western its gone down the pipe.

    "My girlfriend left me for that no good truck driver runnin' texas race cars out to the coast and enjoying a warm, yesterdays BUD, thats been sittin' in the sun while I go to work at the refinery, dreamin' 'bout all the cold PBRs we used to slam..."

    Poor ol' George Jones is spinnin' in his grave today! ws
     
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  4. pbr400

    pbr400 68GS400

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  5. Big Bufford

    Big Bufford Well-Known Member

    I don’t care for new country either but I did see Ricky Skaggs and also Midland did a cover of Eastbound and Down and both were really good.
     
  6. cruzn57

    cruzn57 cruzn57

    WOW, in todays world,
    I steer clear of large crowds,
    I know, maybe to cautious , but just the same,
     
  7. TorqueMonster1

    TorqueMonster1 Making My GS Great Again!

    “Country ain’t country no more”
     
  8. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    Things change. We are all getting old.:D

    https://www.theodysseyonline.com/country-music-change-tune

    Never thought this could be considered country music.



    Which reminds me of the joke,

    Q: What do you get when you play country music backwards?

    A: You get back your wife, your dog and your truck.:D
     
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  9. SpecialWagon65

    SpecialWagon65 Ted Nagel

    RIP Roy Clark.
     
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  10. Topcat

    Topcat Got TORQUE?

    Billy Strings is where it's at !



    I will be seeing him next friday and saturday for the 11th and 12th time this year!
    Excellent soundboard audio streams every night he plays....click on Mixlr link below....

    http://mixlr.com/billy-streams/

    Tonight he is in Atlanta.....
    Enjoy my friends ! getPart.jpg

    Peace WildBill
     
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  11. rmstg2

    rmstg2 Gold Level Contributor

    Sounds like a good "Blue Grass" band!

    Bob H.
     
  12. Topcat

    Topcat Got TORQUE?

    Yeah....i am off topic.....Billy is NOT country...sorry for the hijack......GREAT show tonight.

    Peace WildBill
     
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  13. red67wildcat

    red67wildcat Well-Known Member

    Gotta agree with Bob
    I'm not a country big fan more rock myself but I watched like a hour of the awards show
    I kinda thought the same
    Not really country music anymore
    And for the most part didn't know the players
     
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  14. 2manybuicks

    2manybuicks Founders Club Member

    Ugh -- country rap.

    Honest to god, I was in the wife's car maybe 2 days back and, as much as she ALWAYS listens to country, for some reason she must have been listening to some lame rap station. I got ready to change to alt rock and I'll be damned, that rap stuff was actually playing on a country station. Yeesh.

    I have told her plenty of times, it aint country anymore, its remedial rock with a cowboy hat.

    My dad and I listen to Willie's Roadhouse, which does play some bad old stuff (Ernest Tubb gets a little tiring), but we like the 60s to 90s country and get a kick out of the stuff from the 30's. She can't stand any of it.
     
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  15. 436'd Skylark

    436'd Skylark Sweet Fancy Moses!!!!!



    A little old but still rings true.
     
  16. John Codman

    John Codman Platinum Level Contributor

    True country music died years ago. When they started adding drums and brass instruments, it became rock and roll with fringe. JMO.
     
  17. JohnnyGS

    JohnnyGS Well-Known Member

    Hank 3 "dick in dixie" POP COUNTRY MUSIC SUCKS
    johnny
     
  18. gstewart

    gstewart Well-Known Member

    Wasn't there a song "The Day Country Music Died" recorded many years ago?
     
  19. Mike B in SC

    Mike B in SC Well-Known Member

  20. 70staged

    70staged Well-Known Member

    Texas / red dirt music is where it’s at.
     
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