Country music either has the most beautiful, soulful, poetic lyrics ever put to paper, or it has the most retarded lyrics ever written. No exceptions.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpEew3M-Kvg&list=RDzpEew3M-Kvg&start_radio=1Compared to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeudEqVhJOM&list=RDjeudEqVhJOM&start_radio=1
It's a pop machine right now. These hicks are eating it up with a spoon, why not print money?
>>130220407>some of it's good>some of it's badcould say this about any genre, even one that isn't as vague as "country" which is really an umbrella term for a bunch of styles
>>130220407George Jones is the greatest country singer to ever do it>>130220435This
>>130220407Nashville never left the pre-Beatles era. Their model of doing business is a museum artifact, as if 1955 never ended.>albums are singles based and cranked out like sausages>singers are interpreters a lot of the time not writers>as OP said, songs are either soulful ballads or terribly stupid novelty songs
>>130220874>songs are either soulful ballads or terribly stupid novelty songsI don't even think that's necessarily a bad thing, it's what makes the genre so charming, at least to me.
i don't agree, most country songs have competent and good lyrics. it's just that the silly ones and the real good ones may stand out more
>>130220407https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39hlHlQCs8Y i like this song allot. do you anons like it too
>>130221794very nice. but something's odd with that mix, sounds like it's playing in an empty concert hall
