dovewithscales:

anais-ninja-bitch:

a-poor-decision:

ultralaser:

brunhiddensmusings:

daywatch:

puckconnolly:

Everyone may *think* they hate country music, but when Jolene, Before He Cheats, Take Me Home Country Roads, or Life is a Highway comes on, everyone is suddenly a liar.

I know this is a funny post but

There are a few major points in Country Music’s history that got the entire genre labeled as ‘annoying’

• Post 9/11 nationalism
• A term that I couldn’t make up “Bro-Country” which intensifies themes of booze, objectifying women, and partying that were present in past decades but not to such an extent
• This is Gospel Music But With an Accent

Now looking at the songs op listed there is

• A woman pleading to another woman
• A woman wrecking a shitheads life
• A guy loving the scenery of where he lived
• A song that could easily be mistaken for a number of other genres

But it is easier to say that one hates country while privately enjoying select songs than explain why one doesn’t like the current market oversaturated with our nation’s problems of nationalism, sexism, and so on

see also jhonny cash/willie nelson era songs which were deeply emotional stories often about painful and deep subjects. prison, loss of loved ones, hard labor, facing despair, passion. ‘ghost riders in the sky’ and the like are also deeply satisfying as they bridge more into folklore then ‘murica fuck yeah im sponsored by bud light yall’

another example- ‘midnight in montgomery’ where hank williams junior sings about the ghost of his father

“ … And felt the wind die down,
And a drunk man in a cowboy hat,
Took me by surprise,
Wearin’ shiny boots, a nudie suit, and haunted, haunted eyes,
He said: “Friend, it’s good to see you,
It’s nice to know you care”
Then the wind picked up and he was gone,
Was he ever really there?

‘Cause when the wind is right,
You’ll hear his song,
Smell whisky in the air,
Midnight in Montgomery,
He’s always singin’ there, “

the reason we ‘hate country’ is because we know its supposed to have FEELING and its infuriatingly absent now

70s country - bluegrass traditional

80s country - power ballads

90s country - pop crossover

00s country - white supremacy

it’s about the folkloric story-telling tradition of oppressed poor folks vs marketable capitalistic ass-kissing.

Yes. So much yes. See Dolly Parton and Wille Nelson and Johnny Cash sing about something real and they mean it and they are amazing. Modern country with some rare exceptions doesn’t start with something meaningful to say, it analyzes the market trends to figures out what will sell and then they do that. That or it just plain caters to white nationalists.

But there’s some damn good country out there. It’s just crowded out by utter garbage written and performed by sell-outs.

thesuburbanerd:

froody:

froody:

froody:

big-dick-mystic:

froody:

We need to put the “I’m in prison for killing a cop.” energy back in country music. We need to put the “I really hate the establishment so much. Abolish prison. Beat up your boss.” energy back in country music. We need to put the “I feel so bad for disappointing my mommy.” energy back in country.

The “I killed my husband/boyfriend/best friend’s husband and I regret nothing” energy

Controversially, the “I shot my girlfriend and now her ghost has come back to seek revenge.” energy too.

The “Holy shit, Hank Williams Sr.’s ghost is driving this fucking car. What the fuck.”

The “I’m fighting Satan with my fancy fiddling.” energy.

“We’re forming a union because our boss is a thieving plutocrat and we’d rather die than let the scabs win” energy

thesuburbanerd:

froody:

froody:

froody:

big-dick-mystic:

froody:

We need to put the “I’m in prison for killing a cop.” energy back in country music. We need to put the “I really hate the establishment so much. Abolish prison. Beat up your boss.” energy back in country music. We need to put the “I feel so bad for disappointing my mommy.” energy back in country.

The “I killed my husband/boyfriend/best friend’s husband and I regret nothing” energy

Controversially, the “I shot my girlfriend and now her ghost has come back to seek revenge.” energy too.

The “Holy shit, Hank Williams Sr.’s ghost is driving this fucking car. What the fuck.”

The “I’m fighting Satan with my fancy fiddling.” energy.

“We’re forming a union because our boss is a thieving plutocrat and we’d rather die than let the scabs win” energy

max1461:

Ra Ra Rasputin and Big Iron are meme songs, yes, but I think there’s a reason they’ve both caught on so readily in online culture. Very unlike most contemporary popular music, they are both narrative songs. They tell a story. And frankly, I think this is something people are really starved for. Using music to tell stories is something humanity has been doing forever. It seems to me that the current cultural moment, in which musical storytelling is very much not the norm, represents a real aberration.

But musical storytelling is so fucking good! Narrative folk songs are so good! Epic poetry is so good! This is a good medium and we all clearly want more. Give it too us!

antonivs:

no thoughts head empty, just bones convincing spock to try and listen to some old country music with him and spock telling him he doesn’t understand why the doctor finds it so amusing. and he truly doesn’t at first but one day, to his surprise, spock finds himself humming a familiar melody and he decides that maybe country music is not so bad and that he’ll ask bones to spend another evening together listening to some of those songs.

a-damn-wizard:

loracarol:

white-throated-packrat:

ellidfics:

theclockworkaesthete:

flip-this-table:

arathergrimreaper:

highway-stars:

What I say: Country music blows

What I mean: Modern country music, especially songs sung by modern male country artists, revolves around similar themes of toxic masculinity and nationalism. The recurrent lyrics referencing guns, trucks, beer and girls in short shorts are uncreative and not entertaining in the least. However, older country artists and folk rock bands such as Creedence Clearwater Revival and Johnny Cash have stronger, more diverse themes and often carry an overt anti-war message. I hate the fact that what was once an interesting and powerful genre of music has now been claimed by gun-toting conservative bearded dudes, and it hurts my heart to say I hate country music when there are so many country artists that I very much enjoy, but cannot state the fact that I enjoy country music without being associated with the aforementioned group. 

THANK YOU

Yeah, this put into words how I feel about country music.

My mom tried to raise us listening to only post-9/11 radio country and it is a fucking nightmare of a genre. 

I love vintage blue grass, but contemporary country music is awful.

vintage bluegrass, vintage country, and women artists…there’s a reason why one of my genres is americana

I don’t know exactly where these playlists fit on the country/Americana/bluegrass spectrum, (I’ve not yet listened to all the songs on each playlist), but I’ve been enjoying these?

Southern Crosses

Indie Western

Y’all might enjoy this Bo Burnham song. 

pragnificent:

wrathofthestag:

highway-stars:

What I say: Country music blows

What I mean: Modern country music, especially songs sung by modern male country artists, revolves around similar themes of toxic masculinity and nationalism. The recurrent lyrics referencing guns, trucks, beer and girls in short shorts are uncreative and not entertaining in the least. However, older country artists and folk rock bands such as Creedence Clearwater Revival and Johnny Cash have stronger, more diverse themes and often carry an overt anti-war message. I hate the fact that what was once an interesting and powerful genre of music has now been claimed by gun-toting conservative bearded dudes, and it hurts my heart to say I hate country music when there are so many country artists that I very much enjoy, but cannot state the fact that I enjoy country music without being associated with the aforementioned group. 

Originally posted by aurorapetrichor

Originally posted by buzzfeedrewind

Originally posted by firsttbreath

If you want new music that sounds like classic country - that isn’t phony and overproduced and politically conservative, what you want to be listening to are Americana bands.

Try these:

- Drive By Truckers

- Devil Makes Three

- Jason Isbel

- The Dead South

- Trampled by Turtles

innerbrat:

animatedamerican:

sci-fantasy:

ekjohnston:

drst:

writerdarkflamespyre:

brethewriter:

hanz-whoa:

ficcyshit:

adobe-outdesign:

love-god-herself:

xmemorabilia:

spikespiegelfanclub:

candycoatedfury:

jayspeakswords:

resistanceposterboy:

i dont really like country but i do love those country songs where the women murder their abusers

Goodbye Earl by the Dixie Chicks fuck yea

isn’t that like the only one bc if there is more i need to hear them

i haven’t listened to country since i was a kid but this one’s for the girls by martina mcbride is iconic and i get it stuck in my head sometimes

Gunpowder and Lead by Miranda Lambert.
She shoots her abuser with a shotgun 💕

“Blown Away” by Carrie Underwood is about a woman letting her abusive, alcoholic dad die in a tornado.

Carrie Underwood is the queen of this genre: Some other great ones:

• Church Bells - Carrie Underwood: A woman poisons her abusive husband and gets away with it after being beaten.
• Two Black Cadillacs  - Carrie Underwood: A woman meets the other woman her husband was cheating on and they team up to murder him, then attend the funeral with no remorse.
• The Thunder Rolls (Extended version) - Garth Brooks: Hard to find the extended cut, but in the full version the woman grabs a pistol and goes off to shoot her cheating husband.
• The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Reba McEntire: A man leaves town for a bit only to discover his best friend cheated on him with his wife. The friend is then shot by the man’s little sister and he is tried and sent to jail for it.
  

And no murder in these ones, but still contain women being amazing:

• Girl in a Country Song - Maddie and Tae: A song that name-drops or references every single country song that uses derogatory language about women, then chews them out for it. The “your country is music is problematic“ song basically.
  
• Shut Up and Fish - Maddie and Tae: A girl goes on a fishing song with a guy who will not stop talking and trying to hit on her, so she dumps him in the lake.
  
• Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood: A woman totally trashes her boyfriend’s car after he cheats on her to teach him a lesson.
• Dirty Laundry - Carrie Underwood: A woman figures out her husband is cheating by the stains on his clothes, then proceeds to tell all the neighbors and hang the shirt out front in case he dares to show back up again.

“Independence Day” by Martina McBride: the mom burns down the house to escape her abusive husband.

And Miranda Lambert has a lot of “fuck you/this” sounding songs about revenge and cheating:
- “Kerosene”: it’s heavily implied by the lyrics and video that she’s burning down her ex’s house for cheating.
- “Mama’s Broken Heart”: is more about her mom trying to shame her for falling apart after a break-up, and the video is a wild bird-flipping romp around the house making herself up to look “crazy” and “hysterical” to spite her.

Adding to this: “Something bad” A duet by Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood where two girls run off to have a night on the town- presumably after the one ran away from her own wedding and took her entire life’s savings with her.

Back to the original murder theme, I highly recommend “Looking Back Now” (originally titled “Whiskey and a Gun”) by Maggie Rose. Woman shoots her cheating boyfriend/husband, goes to jail, ends up shooting the prison guard who rapes her. (Okay, so she dies by lethal injection at the end, but still, awesome song.)

Maggie McCall by Sandi Thom… O.o

Adele covered “If It Hadn’t Been For Love” which was about killing a girlfriend and switched the pronouns to be about killing a male ex. *eg*

I’m usually against pronoun switching in covers, but this is my exception, I think.

“Country Song” by Seanan McGuire fits in here too–if you add in the part where it’s a retelling of the movie Slither.

Slightly off to one side of the main theme, but: Dar Williams’s “Flinty Kind of Woman” is about the women of a small New England town who band together to hunt down (and, it is implied, kill) a child molester.

So I made this a Spotify playlist.

Sometimes I hear a new song on the radio, and I think, “Tumblr is the reason I hate this song.“

So much of the new male country is misogynistic pick-up artist crap. It makes me sad.

For example: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/samhunt/takeyourtime.html

And this one: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/dierksbentley/sayyoudo.html (Dierks, no!)