Jim in Anchorage Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I always have trouble putting music in the C&W category. For example, is this HWJ song country? If so why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Country's a frame of mind. Thought the above was a remake of this: http://youtu.be/-s5r2spPJ8g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 It's the other kind... you know, the kind that's not "western". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Anything with a drawl and a bit of twang counts as country these days. Most of the music on country radio today would have been considered album rock in the 70's. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) Anything with a drawl and a bit of twang counts as country these days. Most of the music on country radio today would have been considered album rock in the 70's. PTR Ditto Any song about a guy / gal that lost their lover, car, dog, house, boat etc etc etc Edited January 27, 2014 by BillsFan-4-Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 NO! DBT, Jason Isbell, they are not country. They are straight up rock & roll! Anything with a drawl and a bit of twang counts as country these days. Most of the music on country radio today would have been considered album rock in the 70's. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Would you consider this "country?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 this is bonnie raitt-ish, but not different enough to distinguish themselves in the mainstream music world, except for the hot chicks and country music will always take hot chicks, this is what country music is all about Would you consider this "country?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaEmQJG2HHU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckinny Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 When MTV took over CMT, it really ruined what country music is or was in my opinion, now it is just southern rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 There has to be at least one reference to "Gin on the breath, and bible in the hand". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 this is bonnie raitt-ish, but not different enough to distinguish themselves in the mainstream music world, except for the hot chicks and country music will always take hot chicks, this is what country music is all about Nowadays, with more video, etc... it is more about the act than the music. The video (you posted) and what they want the song to mean tells a country story... So, I guess it is country. The music can be put to any other another genre. Just as Tide on a racecar does, country sells... It always has! So call it country. Is Shania Twain's music country or pop? It was called pop 15 years ago? Is that were the crossover took place? Acts were realeasing multiple versions of the same song, just done in a genre. Then mix in the video to tell a story... There are so many more dimensions now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 David Allan Coe has a few songs on this topic. Mumford and sons and aviici are more country then Jake Owen, Taylor Swift and that other hat stand singing. Blake Shelton is about as close to traditional as new artistd get and his wife is amazingly good and country. Miranda Lambert is twice the country artist any woman of the last 10 years in pop county has ever been. Her best song is easily the one about Home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) Nowadays, with more video, etc... it is more about the act than the music. The video (you posted) and what they want the song to mean tells a country story... So, I guess it is country. The music can be put to any other another genre. Just as Tide on a racecar does, country sells... It always has! So call it country. Is Shania Twain's music country or pop? It was called pop 15 years ago? Is that were the crossover took place? Acts were realeasing multiple versions of the same song, just done in a genre. Then mix in the video to tell a story... There are so many more dimensions now! You could not have picked a better example. And honestly I don't know what the answer is. Shania Twain for the most part has had country roots, but has also had a lot of songs that are "catchy". Not exactly what you expect from country music. Defining country music has definitely become more difficult. Is it safe to say that Johnny Cash, Hank Williams & Marty Robbins are "more country", than Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood & Martina McBride? Edited January 27, 2014 by Mark Vader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 this is bonnie raitt-ish, but not different enough to distinguish themselves in the mainstream music world, except for the hot chicks and country music will always take hot chicks, this is what country music is all about Bonnie Raitt is a good comparison. Even though Little Big Town are considered a mainstream country act, to me this song is not country at all, save for the southern accent of the singer. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Bonnie Raitt is a good comparison. Even though Little Big Town are considered a mainstream country act, to me this song is not country at all, save for the southern accent of the singer. PTR But their videos tell a country story. No? That is why they are pigeonholed into the genre. Maybe we should ask the question: What's NOT country? Doesn't everything go back to country and its bluegrass roots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zona Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Country's a frame of mind. Thought the above was a remake of this: http://youtu.be/-s5r2spPJ8g That, IMO, is the single saddest song ever written. I can't listen to it without thinking of how horrible it would be, and yet how inevitable it is for us all.(at least those with kids) . They grow up into their own, and they may or may not give a shiite about us. My boy is a Packer fan for crying out loud... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 a bunch of us were sitting around my local watering hole one saturday afternoon and this came on the pandora feed, we all looked at each other then called for the owner to quickly hit skip before he had a bunch of dudes crying That, IMO, is the single saddest song ever written. I can't listen to it without thinking of how horrible it would be, and yet how inevitable it is for us all.(at least those with kids) . They grow up into their own, and they may or may not give a shiite about us. My boy is a Packer fan for crying out loud... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckinny Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 that Kacy Musgrave is a looker though..and she sings about pot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I guess I'll be the one to to suggest that it's a country song because he's less than a minute in before he mentions his wife, his dog, his gun and his truck. But it wouldn't be the perfect country western song, because that was sung by David Allen Coe. http://youtu.be/jkKn5HrKgHQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 that Kacy Musgrave is a looker though..and she sings about pot! Saw her on Grammys for the first time. Whoa! I don't know much about country music but she is schmokkkin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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