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| View Poll Results: Traditional Country Music or the New Country Music | |||
| Traditional Country |     | 35 | 74.47% |
| New Country |    | 20 | 42.55% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 47. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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03-17-2009
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it seems to me that "Main stream radio" is doing the same thing to country music that it did to rap, punk, rock, ect. Now most times i hear a country song it seems like all they sing about is getting "Jacked up" and patying (Getting Krunked?) I am not ragging on country by any means here. i am not a huge country fan, but i am a music junkie in general, so i can appreciate tallent in any genre. But if i hear "Honky Tonk be-dunk-a-dunk" one more time i swear....... 
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05-12-2009
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I would definitely take traditional country over the newer stuff. I feel like a lot of people that know they wouldn't make it in pop music come to country music. It is disheartening. I tend to favor the artists in country music that are most similar to the traditional country artists I love | ||
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06-16-2009
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I tend to go more for the traditional, particularly when they're closely related to traditional folk/blues and roots (Appalachian and others). I think you can trace more or less direct lines from people like Woody Guthrie on through Jimmie Rodgers and on to Hank Williams to Willie Nelson, and those are the traditional artists I enjoy. Having said that, there is a group of older artists that for some reason I just can't take - people like Porter Wagoner, Buck Owens and Ernest Tubb. I can't quite figure out why. I also think there should be a distinction made between new acts that are steeped in traditional influences, or at least sound like they are, and those who appear to exist as little more than a marketing exercise. Kasey Chambers, for example, is one I really, really enjoy. The guy who does the Ford truck commercials is not. I'm kind of on the fence about Shania. Of course, you have to realize that for someone my age, Kris Kristofferson and Emmylou Harris are still what I think of when I think of "new country."  Craig in Indy | ||
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06-17-2009
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^^Nice thoughtful post as usual Craig, I tend to agree with a lot of what you said, but I do like Shania, I don't really think of her as country, more country-rock/pop, than pure country like Hank Williams etc. | ||
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06-17-2009
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I'd definitely go for more traditional country or alternative country. I'm not a fan of most pop-country (or what I like to call, walmart-country) at all.
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06-17-2009
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Haha. We all have our dark secrets. I hope you start wearing your Shania concert tees with pride, Grendel. haha.
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