Country Western (CW) Music?

June 16th 2009 in Hip Hop

This is a personal opinion and consequently, I don’t want any hate mail from Country Western audiences, which I know are fanatical and omnipresent. I do have my favorite s, from a chauvinistic man’s point of view. I think that Shania Twain and Faith Hill are sexy and I enjoy several of their videos plus some of their tunes. But is it because they’re ample country western stars? No way. I have a problem listening to the majority of the Country Western stuff because it all is beginning to sound the same. I cannot tell a Randy Travis, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith or Alan Jackson song apart if my life depended on it.

I grew up on the Jersey shore and many of you might, for that reason, think I am unqualified to make such a judgment. But hold on. I have spent the last 30 years in Arizona. Does it get more country or western than that? You know, the home of Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, and where the ‘Little House on the Prairie’ has been filmed.

So I’m a transplant with an attitude. Do not get me wrong, because I’ve given it a try. My late wife was from West Virginia and, during her mid-life crisis, began playing Country Western music continuously for five years. all of us had all the compact disc’s, radio stations on preset, and even watched the Country Western awards on TV. I may recognize all the extensive names, the latest hits, and who was new to the scene. Through it all, I really tried to find pleasure in the sound, for her sake. But, eventually, I wandered back to my classic rock and roll, jazz, or blues.

I performance the harmonica and keyboard and have oodles of sheet music. I have attempted to performance a few of the recent Country Western (CW) popular numbers, but to no avail. I have several of the older Country Western (CW) classics that have crept into mainstream by Johnny Cash and Ernie Ford, but they’re few and far betwixt. The current tunes have become a formula that’s fodder for Jeff Foxworthy and his ilk. According to individuals like him, it goes like this -

You start with a sad premise. You have lost your - (fill in the blank) i.e., girl, dog, choose up truck. They were your first - love, companion, way of freedom. You recall their - smiles, wagging tail, leather seats. You wish you might, once again, feel their - hair, fur, gun rack. You really miss their - smell, smell, smell. You’d do anything to get them back - tell her you love her, rub her cute little tummy, (or did I’ve those reversed?) hose her engine compartment. While you are waiting for them to return, you’ll have to - do your own laundry, fetch your own paper, walk to the liquor store. In other words, it is not a pretty sight.

So that’s my gripe with Country Western (CW). They differ the harmony, the lyrics and the tempo, but the message is obvious. I yearn for a total differ of pace where I might get my ‘Satisfaction’ or ‘Light My Fire.’ But I also have troubles with Hip-Hop, Rap, and Grunge. So,let’s say I’ve got issues and be done with it. Additionally,to all you Country Western (CW) lovers out there, stick with your music and don’t let a basher like me differ your tune, pardoning the pun. And did I mention the two things I do like about Dolly Parton?

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“Country Western (CW) Music?”

Linda
wrote on June 16th, 2009

R&R vs. CW? – man, I don’t understand myself how you could not like some of it. I never used to listen to it but it was Randy Travis (that voice) that drew me to Randy and country and I’ve loved it ever since, especially Randy but a lot of the older artists like Lefty, Tom T. Hall, George Jones, etc. Now had i not heard Randy and gotten introduced to many of the classic country artists, I’m not sure I’d have come over to country either with some of today’s artists. as a matter of fact, I’ve often said some of the older classic R&R artists sound more like country than some of today’s artists.

No need for hate mail of course; as they say, to each his own or we all dance to a different drummer. I guess what interests me is you say you can’t tell the difference between one CW artist from another. Whether you like them or not is one thing but not to beable to recognize their sound – very interesting.

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