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Country Music - 3/18/2008 10:37:32 PM
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jkdjr25
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Yup. You did read correctly. I wanted to start a thread about country music and the deep connection so much of it seems to have with life in general.
It's the music of pain, joy, sorrow, the exaltation of God and the deepest love imaginable. What do you all think about it and what are some of your favorite songs and why?
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RE: Country Music - 3/19/2008 12:55:42 AM
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jkdjr25
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True. I've always found it pretty interesting though that country music seems to run the gammut of human existence. There's a really good book called Honky Tonk Gospel that goes into it in pretty good detail.
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RE: Country Music - 3/19/2008 6:20:01 AM
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Miss Giggles
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Youre right that not all country music is wholesome music but it does have a higher standard than some of the other music genres and a pretty conservative audience. A lot of the musicians grew up in the church. There is a general theme of god, family country and work. ( I know there are drinking songs, those don't count for this thread!)
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RE: Country Music - 3/19/2008 1:31:38 PM
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I'm not clear on the specific definition of country, but I think there's a difference between 'country' and 'country and western'. Modern country is more of a modern demographical (White rural and suburbia) style music. The music I enjoy which I see as 'country and western' would be like Tex Ritter that tend to vaguely cross reference things like modern love affairs and the wild west/cowboy era. Part of it is probably the time-frame. In the 30's, 40's, and 50's, western movies were far more popular. And they were proportionately closer to the actual decades representing the wild west era. It's interesting to watch Gene Autrey and Roy Rogers movies (the singing cowboys). In one scene there may be a shoot-out on horses, and the next scene you see an automobile driving along, or Gene Autrey singing in a radio studio.
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RE: Country Music - 3/19/2008 2:10:31 PM
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jkdjr25
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I'm not clear on the specific definition of country, but I think there's a difference between 'country' and 'country and western'. Modern country is more of a modern demographical (White rural and suburbia) style music. The music I enjoy which I see as 'country and western' would be like Tex Ritter that tend to vaguely cross reference things like modern love affairs and the wild west/cowboy era. Part of it is probably the time-frame. In the 30's, 40's, and 50's, western movies were far more popular. And they were proportionately closer to the actual decades representing the wild west era. It's interesting to watch Gene Autrey and Roy Rogers movies (the singing cowboys). In one scene there may be a shoot-out on horses, and the next scene you see an automobile driving along, or Gene Autrey singing in a radio studio.
When I refer to country I tend to mean those artists that run the gammut from Hank Williams (Sr. and Jr.), Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and George Jones to more modern artits like Big & Rich, Little Big Town, George Canyon and John Anderson.
For every song like Whiskey River you have a song like T. Graham Brown's Wine Into Water. I can't name a single genre of music that reflects life the way that country music does, from raising cain to amazing grace.
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RE: Country Music - 3/19/2008 7:07:05 PM
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i love randy travis' three wooden crosses', even though i dont love his music, i love the way that song talks about God's plan for people's lives, no matter the circumstances. Also, love Tim mcgraw's Live like You were Dying-always love that one ;) also, give jimmy wayne's "paper angels" a listen, a really moving song on child abuse that is amazing. And Josh Turner's 'the way He was raised" is an amazing song with a twist at the end!
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RE: Country Music - 3/20/2008 8:52:58 AM
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I'm not real fond of the current pop country, but I love the gothic / alt country, classic country and really old [1920's and 30's] stuff.
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RE: Country Music - 3/20/2008 1:20:37 PM
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Some of my favorite singers have been Hank Williams (Sr. and Jr.), Tom T. Hall, and Waylon Jennings.
If you ever want to hear one the better old songs that's not as well known check out Skip A Rope.
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RE: Country Music - 3/24/2008 9:07:37 AM
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I love alt country music. I detest pop country music.
Do you ever listen to any of the Denver type bands?
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RE: Country Music - 3/24/2008 10:02:33 AM
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I haven't yet but am on my way to check it out.
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RE: Country Music - 3/24/2008 2:52:55 PM
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I haven't yet but am on my way to check it out.
I love them ... 16 Horsepower, Wovenhand, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Munly ... all those guys.
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RE: Country Music - 3/25/2008 1:30:09 PM
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I haven't yet but am on my way to check it out.
I love them ... 16 Horsepower, Wovenhand, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Munly ... all those guys.
Those guys are good. I really like 16 Horsepower.
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RE: Country Music - 3/25/2008 4:05:20 PM
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I love 16HP ... they are possibly my favorite band at the moment. It's too bad they aren't around anymore.
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RE: Country Music - 3/31/2008 6:46:22 PM
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I'm not a big Randy Travis fan but he did a concert at a church here in the Dallas area and I went just for the fun of it. Man when he sang his first note or two , chills went down my spine. That dudes voice is incredible and he had such a reverence for the things of God. I also attended a festival where Ricky Skaggs sang with his band. It wasn't a Christian event but he sang gospel and even talked about the Gospel very clearly and about the Lord. He had alot of beer and wine drinkin people really listening as he talked. On a lighter note. The most funny think I saw was Willie Nelson singing "I'll fly away" at a concert in Grand Prairie, TX. People where passing around wacky tabacci and singing along. "i'll fly away, oh glory". I would have thought it sacrelig had i not been laughing so hard because i could't beleive my eyes. I left soon after just incase it was a contact buzz.
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RE: Country Music - 3/31/2008 6:55:00 PM
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I love Little Big Town. They're one of my favorite right now...and Alison Krauss is my #1 favorite. Her voice is gorgeous and very different.
My dad was a country music singer with his own band and we traveled with him in a big greyhound bus that he converted into a motor home back in the 70's. I didn't like the style of country music back then, though, when my dad was in it. I like the stuff from the 80's forward.
For me, country speaks the truest to my roots and the roots of the country, though I know that Jazz and Blues has deep roots to the country, too, just a different group of people.
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RE: Country Music - 3/31/2008 8:05:09 PM
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By the way...jkdjr25, I like your sig. I use adam savages quote on my myspace site. nice!!! We'd probably get along. Outside of cyberworld. As for Willie , I agree. Bio Diesel isn't the only thing bio if you know what i mean. he he.
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