Does anyone think that country music is becooming less country like? I like the song "honkytonk badanka donk"(spelling?) but i dont think that it shoukd be considered as country. Does antone else think the same, especailly country music fans. If so, name some other songs that are like this.
2006-09-23 08:08:04 · 18 answers · asked by TBA 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Rascal Flatts rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-09-23 11:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by rsclflat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of country music is beginning to sound the same. There are multiple male artists who you can't even tell apart from listening to them.
Honky Tonks have always been considered country. And Trace Adkins is about as country as you can get.
There are some artists out there who are still very distinctive. George Strait, Reba McEntire, Toby Keith all are recognizable as soon as you hear them.
"Honkytonk Badonkadonk" is a good song that can be considered country, but yet appeal to those who don't normally listen to country. Listen to a "pop" radio station for about an hour -- you will be surprised at how many "country" artists you will hear. "Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy" fits into this list. "Jesus Take The Wheel" by Carrie Underwood found it's way to top 40 radio. "The World" by Brad Paisley also did. And there are tons more.
It's funny, but I am partners in a karaoke business, and wish I had a dollar for everyone who comes up and says "I don't do country, do you have 'Family Tradition' by Hank Williams, Jr.?"
I really think music should be judged by it's merits, not genre.
2006-09-23 08:22:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
While not a big country fan, I do agree that Commercial Country is growing further every day from its roots - what is being marketed as "Country" is just another form of Pop, with southern-accented, vocals steel guitars and hats as its signatures (in the same way as hulking bodyguards, elaborate choreography and the inability to write songs or play instruments are boy-band signatures). Strip away the twang, and what's left is mediocre pop-rock with little redeeming value. As a resident of Central Oklahoma, I can attest that this stuff sells in the zillions here in the Heartland, and, as in every other field, money rules. This exquisitely-produced but shabbily-conceived product is hawked relentlessly at my local music store, which is, I'm inexpressably sad to say, the Wal-Mart Superstore on Garth Brooks Blvd. The only way this situation will change is for the public to vote with their wallets, but sadly enough I don't forsee this happening any time soon. There are too many entrenched conservatives located between the two coasts to expect any effective change to break out in the near future.
2006-09-23 08:22:09 · answer #3 · answered by World Famous Neffer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think country music is evolving as it goes. Like rock music, look how many different genres of that exists. I'm an old country fan and have chosen to embrace what new country I enjoy and ignore what I don't. Unfortunately in this day and age the more traditional form of country music really doesn't fit. I still appreciate it, but with to-days youth they need more of a spin to keep their attention.
2006-09-23 08:22:20 · answer #4 · answered by The Garage Dude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i totally agree country music just isnt country anymore I am a new country fan myself I like non-country country music. PS most any country music found on the top of the country music charts are not really country.
2006-09-23 08:15:49 · answer #5 · answered by Brandi D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you take the Trace Adkins song and compare it to some of the stuff like pop and rock and Top 40 songs they don't sound the same. "What Hurts The Most" By Rascal Flatts has been on the Top 40 and I think it sounds too much like country to be played on a pop/rock station.
2006-09-23 08:14:27 · answer #6 · answered by Emo Girl 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the only thing country about country music anymore is the background music can sound a little twangy and the singer's voices can sound a little southern.
but you're right, country isn't so country anymore.
except i would classify honky tonk badonkadonk as country because it just sounds rednecky...
but don't get me wrong, i like country music.
2006-09-23 08:14:51 · answer #7 · answered by CryBabyChick 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am from tennessee and grew up listening to REAL country music John Conlee, Willie, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Barbra Mandrell, I watched Hee Haw every week-end there is nothing similar between real country music and what they play now
2006-09-23 08:14:48 · answer #8 · answered by kwayno1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree. Yet If you listened to Carrie Underwood, people would understand the true meaning of "country."
2006-09-23 08:10:39 · answer #9 · answered by aniaaaaa 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Country music sucks no matter what. It is the worst form of crap in the music industry. All the singers sound the same and I will kill Billy Gillman.
2006-09-23 08:10:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
hmmmm.........idk... i hate country. OOH i've got a joke for you.
What do you get when you play a country song backwards?
you get your wife back, ur truck back, ur dog back......
lol.........well.......idk. maybe u could classify it as "pop country" or something like that. idk......and just create a new genre of music!
2006-09-23 08:11:46 · answer #11 · answered by foodluver1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋