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HCMEliteReaper
*Country roads intensifies*
csullivan
texabilly71
f1photog
Country & Western Music is Rubbish
boobs675309
did Bob Newhart say that? i thought i saw this attributed to someone else before
Kartoffelbri
Stev757
"I write songs about driving tractors...from the comfort of my private jet!"
hiphopchinashop
i didnt know what denigrate meant. so im utterly offended
wizdum
"Poor Newhart. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"- Ernest Hemingway
AtsaMattaForYou
Oscarwildebastardson
Denigrate. Haha. Some ignorant fuck will think is an insult.
icantmakeanoriginalusernamesoichosethis
BaronvonSimian
How incredibly condescending ....which means to talk down to people....
DaveGrohlsMoustache
357MAGNUM
I was gonna mention how much I despise country music but I decided not to
Nertztoyouguys
damethelog
Can i just - Sir Francis Drake? Possibly the greatest bit ever
BeautifulSound
I too listen to Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me
ignatiogran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl6yP5cPqSE
STINKPICKEL
If you play county music backwards, the guy finds his truck, his dog returns home, he gets sober, and his girl/wife & kids come back to him.
flamingflamingo
And a woman's murdered husband comes back to life.
irritabletom
Good country music is now known as Americana. The nationalistic and racist twangy crap is just country now.
WayfindingGuy
He was the best of the best at Dad jokes. One-liners, too.
WhatUsernameIsNotAlreadyTaken
Hd
panzertodd
Why it seems everyone hates country music? Care to tell?
tsjamiefrench18
It’s manufactured for a certain kind of person. It reflects certain beliefs, a certain class a certain level of *ahem* sophistication.
Seminole
ok this actually made me LOL
hottubpubes
My hero
doctorbanana
This reminds me of Bo Burnham's bit about stadium country music.
CydonianCyborg
PANDERIIIING!!
Rosie2003
Y'all dumb motherfuckers want a KEY CHANGE?!?!
Tetragrammaton
As a guitarist, I really like country. Not the Jesus in a pickup with an AR-15 part but the guitar stuff. I'm not American so there's that.
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Tetragrammaton
No, I haven't. I did a year in the navy of my country tho, shot a lot of guns there. I still go to a shooting range every now and then.
zimirken
Country often has way more uplifting lyrics than alot of other music.
Tetragrammaton
Yeah. I love Brad Paisley. He has some funny stuff and some horribly stupid stuff in his lyrics. Awesome guitarist nevertheless!
chupathingy99
Be thankful you're not American. I live in the south and it's pickups, country and meth all fucking day long.
EmbraceMyMediocrity
For me it's depends on subgenre, Bro-Country is terrible, but at least the Jesus bullshit talks about important issues like jobs and drought
ubergnu
Dashboard Jesus is a work of art!
yy0b
If you listen to American flatpick guitar (Appalachian folk music) there's some great playing, Doc Watson is a good start
Tetragrammaton
Thanks, I'll check that out!
imgurscommontater
Me too hopefully.
lenonymes
I remember learning in college that country music does in fact cause suicide, and I think that's really all anyone needs to know about it.
flamingflamingo
I hate country music as much as anyone, but what proof do they have that country music CAUSES suicide?
lenonymes
damnit, you figured it out! these schools were totally just making things up with no proof! and they even gave them a nobel for the paper!
flamingflamingo
No, I'm asking YOU to back it up. You're asking us to take your word for it that this is what your school taught you.
lenonymes
(check the link provided)
lenonymes
link to a copy of the actual paper: http://planet.uwc.ac.za/nisl/Students/Jay/country%20music%20&%20suicide.pdf
flamingflamingo
It still looks like a theory. There is a lot of assumed data, such as country music being the music choice of the impoverished.
lenonymes
goddamn, is that you Howard Berg?!?!?
WhyAmIHereIShouldBeWorking
I don't listen to a lot of country, but Johnny Cash and John Denver are mint.
flamingflamingo
I don't like those either. And I think a lot of the people who claim to are faking it so they can be respected for liking "the classics".
Dreamdayer
Will always love Annie's Song: https://youtu.be/RNOTF-znQyw
KhemistryKid
I love John Denver. I think there are different genres within country too, although they’re hard to define. I like some, and hate others.
TryingToMakeaRedVsBlueReferenceAllTheTime
My favorite kpop song is ”Ring of fire”
Jonofthejungle
Townes Van Zandt's stuff is poetic and wonderful
DevonGronka
No love for Willie Nelson? I don't think we can be friends...
ThePornBroker
The Highwaymen are the bee's knees. Johnny, Waylon, Willie, and Kris.
lenonymes
I don't really consider Johnny Cash "country" for the most part, but they definitely had the same influences.
Slayerformayor
What?
lenonymes
that whole era: him, elvis, buddy holly, etc they're considered "country" but I think they're distinctly different enough to not be country.
Slayerformayor
I disagree, wholeheartedly, with pretty much every aspect of that statement.
KoyomiAraragi
Kinda like rock from the 60s is different from rock today...still rock though
lenonymes
...you realize that "rock from the 60's" is LITERALLY what I'm talking about being considered country, right?