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Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line looks like country music's take on Scott Stapp, with his flowing hair and affinity for bare skin and crosses. While on stage he and Brian Kelley and the rest of the band all sported one of their own band's T-shirts. Yes, they're an entire band of "that guys."
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Congrats bro-country, you have your Limp Bizkit.
quote:I don't go for this kind of music...but what exactly is wrong with this scene?
I approached Saturday night's show with an open mind, but one glance at the insanely packed parking lot and I realized maybe the stereotype of the modern country music fan (privileged, a little slow, boisterous and in love with terrible music and terrible beer) was completely dead on. In this scene chaos reigned: Michelob Ultra was chugged as if it was a life-extending elixir of the gods, mini-barbecues raged and Florida-Georgia Line's "Dirt" was blasted at tornado siren levels. There are SEC tailgates that don't get this wild. A sea of scantily clad women in cut-off shorts and fashionista cowboy boots swarmed around trading jello shots and dancing on any man who offered a beer. Ass is abundant and of low value at a bro-country shows.
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I'm no fan of bro country, but the purists go out of their way to sound like old geezers.
"Get off my lawn with your beer and your scantily dressed women!"
I guess they miss the days of hundreds of people sitting in front of the stage quietly listening, and then golf clapping upon completion of a song.
The most fun is the anti pop country crowd who owns the whole collection of cross Canadian ragweed albums and thinks boys of Oklahoma is the coolest song ever.
quote:pop music has rarely even been about "making art"
Ultimately it's about making art. At least it should be. Complex doesn't equal good and simplistic doesn't equal bad. But there are some basic elements to the art from that need to be met. This stuff doesn't even try. I'm so lonesome I could cry is one of the most simplistic pieces of music ever made, but I also think it's one of the top 5 songs ever written.
quote:quote:pop music has rarely even been about "making art"
Ultimately it's about making art. At least it should be. Complex doesn't equal good and simplistic doesn't equal bad. But there are some basic elements to the art from that need to be met. This stuff doesn't even try. I'm so lonesome I could cry is one of the most simplistic pieces of music ever made, but I also think it's one of the top 5 songs ever written.
quote:don't get me wrong...I don't either, but there have always been groups out there like this. They're designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
I find nothing redeeming about what these folks are doing.
quote:quote:don't get me wrong...I don't either, but there have always been groups out there like this. They're designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
I find nothing redeeming about what these folks are doing.
quote:Yes.....but it's been steadily getting worse (especially over the last 4-5 years). It's almost like they're doing this to continue their own punchline of stupid music.
hasn't this been the case with country for about a decade now?
quote:Yeah, I agree with Stive. It's almost like the songwriters are trying to see how ridiculous they can make the songs and people still buy it.quote:Yes.....but it's been steadily getting worse (especially over the last 4-5 years). It's almost like they're doing this to continue their own punchline of stupid music.
hasn't this been the case with country for about a decade now?
quote:I read the "CCR" post before the one mentioning Cross Canadian Ragweed, and I was like, "WTF???" thinking he meant the real CCR.
Also agree with Mac and I'll say this. When you refer to cross Canadian ragweed as "CCR", I've lost interest in your musical opinion. Bro on broseph.
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I'm no fan of bro country, but the purists go out of their way to sound like old geezers.
"Get off my lawn with your beer and your scantily dressed women!"
I guess they miss the days of hundreds of people sitting in front of the stage quietly listening, and then golf clapping upon completion of a song.
The most fun is the anti pop country crowd who owns the whole collection of cross Canadian ragweed albums and thinks boys of Oklahoma is the coolest song ever.
I usually have my radar up for old timers syndrome but I think you're off base here.
I don't dislike anything new. I dislike sh*t. This music is sh*t. I think your characterization of older music being tame and the 'golf clap' as you put is off base, also. Bro country didn't invent drinking and womanizing. But it has taken it to a highly superficial and lowest common denominator level.
Ultimately it's about making art. At least it should be. Complex doesn't equal good and simplistic doesn't equal bad. But there are some basic elements to the art from that need to be met. This stuff doesn't even try. I'm so lonesome I could cry is one of the most simplistic pieces of music ever made, but I also think it's one of the top 5 songs ever written.
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don't dislike anything new. I dislike sh*t. This music is sh*t. I think your characterization of older music being tame and the 'golf clap' as you put is off base, also. Bro country didn't invent drinking and womanizing. But it has taken it to a highly superficial and lowest common denominator level.
quote:Mutt Lange and Shania Twain come to mind.
He said when the LA hair band scene fell apart in the late 80s/early 90s, all of those producers moved to Nashville. He said those are now the entrenched producers in Nashville. So what you hear now is nothing but Poison with a fiddle.