oh geeez...it's all a matter of taste ..or lack of it. but face it, a lot of music and that includes 'country' music is a marketable commodity written by paid staff writers and churned thru their machine to hit a certain demographic in the wallet and vacuum those bills out. country music as a genre is no different than 'rock' music from the 50s and 60s, 'folk' music from the 60s, 'psychedelic' music from the 70s, disco from the 70s....it's a business with some artistic overtones but still a production and consumption model of generating income
@ProblemAgain: I would totally agree with you. Â The exception that I...and those in my camp...take is that Nashville has held fast to the "country" tag while attempting to kill the original genre. Â I completely understand that their brand is selling. Â "Country" music has recently eclipsed Classic Rock as the most popular genre in the US. Â Old guys in smokey bars are not prone to buy the latest hit on iTunes. Â My daughter will, so they target her. Â It's good for business. Â If they would have relabeled country as "roots pop" or something catchy when it shifted their target market group then you'd hear no complaints out of me. Â Recently I have heard some of the stations call themselves "new country". Â I guess I'll have to live with that.
Now get off my lawn!!! 4951