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Post by yotonic on Oct 21, 2014 20:48:15 GMT -6
This song jumps the shark for me. It's really pathetic when a guy with a cowboy hat is singing Usher songs. It's one thing to introduce some compositional hooks from pop into country, but this sounds inauthentic and borders on cheesy karaoke. Even the production sounds like a fish out of water or clearly something from a different genre entirely.
Not surprising when you consider the source. Just another toolbox willing to do anything, spend anything on anything to lure some underage bar floozy into his cheesy life. I see guys like this everyday in lots of other industries. Nothing special about this guy. I think that's what makes country seem as mercenary, and money, fame, and women driven as rap. I honestly don't see the difference. So many of these bro country artists are similarly as farcical as the atypical rapper.
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Post by mobeach on Oct 22, 2014 4:47:18 GMT -6
We could use a database on this site of good Country/Bluegrass to listen to, since I can't listen to the radio any more.
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Post by swurveman on Oct 22, 2014 8:34:22 GMT -6
It's so sad to see this guy chasing trends. He's got a good band and is capable of writing good songs. I can just see him in a meeting sitting around a table with 10 people from the label with their focus and trend reports. Instead going Tom Petty on them, he's going Jani Lane route. Cherry Pie anyone?
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Post by yotonic on Oct 22, 2014 10:53:29 GMT -6
LOL !!
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Post by drbill on Oct 22, 2014 18:17:09 GMT -6
Maybe it's time for traditional country artists to abandon country and move on and start a new genre that's a throwback to the 60/70/80's country scene instead of swimming against the tide.
There's no stopping "progress" and that's exactly what this is from a business perspective. This will continue until urban R&B and country are interchangeable with only "twang" differentiating between them. It's what the kids want and it's almost there now. The bottom line is that it's OBVIOUSLY selling, and you can't argue that. Can't artistically fight against financial success in an era where most music is essentially free. Can't really blame em....
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Post by yotonic on Oct 22, 2014 19:56:14 GMT -6
Yeah but I've never agreed with that. What sells does not represent progress, simply popularity. The same idiots that buy this music pack into the bars every night and buy coke too. Drugs also sell. You can always find "stuff" to sell the masses whether it's violent movies, shitty music, or the next crystal meth. If you pursue a career in life simply to make easy money you contribute nothing to humanity let alone the arts.
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Post by drbill on Oct 22, 2014 21:31:55 GMT -6
If you note, I said it was progress from a BUSINESS perspective, not a creative art perspective - even though some would see it as progress in that respect too. I'm sure 12 y/o girls would rather listen to that than George Jones. Business wise, companies sign and promote what sells. Pure and simple. It's really got nothing to do with art or music. If they can sell traditional country, that's what they will sign and do. If it's warmed over pop / urban / country that is selling, then that's what they will sign and sell. Pretty simple. The struggle of a true artist almost always goes against the grain.
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