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I'm so glad to know that I'm not alone in hating this new country crap. It literally all sounds the same and the lyrics are so stupid.

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The same thing happened with Aaron Lewis from Staind. Now he sings country music songs about how country he has always been, don't tread on me, 'Merica, etc...

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Awful. He absolutely crams as many cliches in as possible. Grew up in New Hampshire, but he's a country boy! LOL.

Ha ha. And he's so damned patriotic, he forgot the words to the SSB.

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Not to derail, but New Hampshire is pretty damn rural. Unless he's claiming Southern roots, it's perfectly possible to be from New England and be a country boy.

Yeah I am no fan of staind guy, but every state has a "country"

Not sure if I hate bro country or bluebell ice cream radio adds more. Those horrible "swimmin hole" lyrics are pretty rough. If someone played that at a campfire I'd smash my own guitar over their head.

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The same thing happened with Aaron Lewis from Staind. Now he sings country music songs about how country he has always been, don't tread on me, 'Merica, etc...

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Awful. He absolutely crams as many cliches in as possible. Grew up in New Hampshire, but he's a country boy! LOL.

Ha ha. And he's so damned patriotic, he forgot the words to the SSB.

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Not to derail, but New Hampshire is pretty damn rural. Unless he's claiming Southern roots, it's perfectly possible to be from New England and be a country boy.

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Take a look at the video and tell me if it strikes you as New Hampshire.

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Problem number one is the idea these jokers think they can write songs.

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I highly doubt very many of these guys are writing much of any of this music.

Maybe we should start a Bro Country lyrics thread and see if one of our 'songs' makes it to Nashville.

^If you want lyrics that dumb you'll need to start the thread on either the General Board or the Zoo.

Actually, that colt ford song sounds like something pulled straight from the politics board.

Chicken and Biscuits. Yes ask the GB on a thread after a few social beverages. No telling what you'll get from them.

So we used to support Kenny getting Trill, Coach Sumlin keepin' it crunk and turnt up, and now we suddenly look down on Country Bros and their ladies having a good time?

Pathetic. Lay off the snobbery and let people enjoy their music. To each his own.

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Maybe we should start a Bro Country lyrics thread and see if one of our 'songs' makes it to Nashville.

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That could be a funny project.

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Maybe we should start a Bro Country lyrics thread and see if one of our 'songs' makes it to Nashville.

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That could be a funny project.

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It must mention each of these words at least once:

Girls
Beer
Trucks
Dirt
Girls
Jeans
America
Farm
Sugarshaker
Girls
Boys
Hometown

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Maybe we should start a Bro Country lyrics thread and see if one of our 'songs' makes it to Nashville.

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That could be a funny project.

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It must mention each of these words at least once:

Girls
Beer
Trucks
Dirt
Girls
Jeans
America
Farm
Sugarshaker
Girls
Boys
Hometown

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Looks like we have our first verse. Nice work!

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Awful. He absolutely crams as many cliches in as possible. Grew up in New Hampshire, but he's a country boy! LOL.

Ha ha. And he's so damned patriotic, he forgot the words to the SSB.

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You know most of New Hampshire is rural, right?

Saw this post on a similar topic on reddit, that I thought put the bro country epidemic pretty succinctly:

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To me, it sounds more like pop rock with a bit of twang and 2005 hip hop/club/party music lyrics (where the props have been changed out). So instead of talking about Escalades, Patron and thongs, they talk about pickup trucks, ice cold beer and painted on jeans.

The music isn't actually *about* anything. It just describes an aesthetic over and over and over again, just like the worst pop/hip hop. You don't talk about relationships, interactions, struggles, etc. Instead, you just talk about the things that make you country. It's a sort of tautology. I drive this, I wear this, my girl wears this, I drink this, and that makes me country, and now I'm gonna sing about it.

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Awful. He absolutely crams as many cliches in as possible. Grew up in New Hampshire, but he's a country boy! LOL.

Ha ha. And he's so damned patriotic, he forgot the words to the SSB.

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You know most of New Hampshire is rural, right?

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You trying to defend this garbage? So so the guy from staind decides to cash in on gullible country and western fans and make us believe he's always been a country bumpkin.

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Awful. He absolutely crams as many cliches in as possible. Grew up in New Hampshire, but he's a country boy! LOL.

Ha ha. And he's so damned patriotic, he forgot the words to the SSB.

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You know most of New Hampshire is rural, right?

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depends on what you mean. most of the population is suburban Bostonians. but yeah, they embrace the whole live free or die thing. probably hard for the typical texas resident texagger to understand that new england and the far north across the us and lots of canada is full of liberal rednecks.

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Awful. He absolutely crams as many cliches in as possible. Grew up in New Hampshire, but he's a country boy! LOL.

Ha ha. And he's so damned patriotic, he forgot the words to the SSB.

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You know most of New Hampshire is rural, right?

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You trying to defend this garbage? So so the guy from staind decides to cash in on gullible country and western fans and make us believe he's always been a country bumpkin.

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My favorite line in that song is his reference to the "big orange tractor." That could quite possibly be the one and only reference to a Kubota in all the history of country music.

I don't think Max Stalling has been mentioned yet, one of my favorite musicians if you're looking for something a little more mellow.

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I didn't know this about Kevin Fowler. Wow. Kinda calls into question how sincere his country roots are. Given that knowledge, I have a hard time looking at his video of "Panhandle Poorboy" and not wanting to lose my lunch.

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I wouldn't get to bent out of shape, he filled in for the lead singer for a year, and was never on an album. Who here has never heard Pantera, Metallica or Black Sabbath walking through the stalls at a stockshow? They were all on heavy rotation with Garth Brooks, George Strait and Alan Jackson during the 90's.

Guys like Aaron Lewis and Darius Rucker I feel are just gravitating to the Pop Country because the synthesized and over the top POP of Hollywood is so expensive and risky that they just can't keep up with the youth. The ROCK scene is so splintered and not as mainstream as it was 15 years ago, so they settled on a couple Taylor guitars, drums and a fiddle.

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I don't think Max Stalling has been mentioned yet, one of my favorite musicians if you're looking for something a little more mellow.

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most underrated Texas musician out there, in my opinion.

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I don't think Max Stalling has been mentioned yet, one of my favorite musicians if you're looking for something a little more mellow.

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most underrated Texas musician out there, in my opinion.

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Runnin' Buddy.

Chris Knight is another underated singer like Max.

Runnin Buddy is a great song, and one that most Texas country fans know...but he has so many more great songs out there.

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it also happened locally. kevin fowler was in an austin heavy metal band in the 90s. had a label and everything. decided to go the hair metal with hayseeds method mentioned earlier. dudes been a "successful" texas country musician ever since.

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Fowler has exactly one good song, and that is "long line of losers". i've disliked that guy since the beginning. he always felt like a manufactured texas singer.

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Chris Knight is another underated singer like Max.

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"down the river" goes ****ing hard.

Kevin Fowler was in Dangerous Toys. The same band famous for Sportin' A Woody. Yeah.

Pretty sure this is him

Nothing funnier than watching country music fans getting their feathers ruffled over what songwriter or band is better or more country than the other ("I listen to country music that is more authentic than everyone else.")

Hipsters and true country fans are actually pretty similar:
Stupid/Ironic accessories? Belt buckle/thick rimmed glasses/suspenders. Check
City to define your love/disdain? Nashville/Brooklyn. Check
Tight jeans? Check
Facial Hair? Check
Taylor Swift? Check
Sturgeon Simpson and Drive-By Truckers? Check
PBR? Check
Music being infiltrated and destroyed by overt commercialization? Check

I got theory on the end of bro country... wait for it... Garth Brooks.

Yes, I know Chris Gaines arguably started bro country movement, but I believe Garth hates what country music has become. His new album is called Man Against The Machine.

Say what you will about Garth. The dude is the #1 selling solo artist of all time. He has a knack for picking thoughtful songs with simple lyrics that tell a story.

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Hipsters and true country fans are actually pretty similar:
Stupid/Ironic accessories? Belt buckle/thick rimmed glasses/suspenders. Check NOPE
City to define your love/disdain? Nashville/Brooklyn. Check Makes no sense
Tight jeans? Check Nope
Facial Hair? Check Nope
Taylor Swift? Check Oh hell no
Sturgeon Simpson and Drive-By Truckers? Check Nope
PBR? Check Nope
Music being infiltrated and destroyed by overt commercialization? Check It's not like they are infiltrating Red Dirt, they just happen to be drowning it out.

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I got theory on the end of bro country... wait for it... Garth Brooks.

Yes, I know Chris Gaines arguably started bro country movement, but I believe Garth hates what country music has become. His new album is called Man Against The Machine.

Say what you will about Garth. The dude is the #1 selling solo artist of all time. He has a knack for picking thoughtful songs with simple lyrics that tell a story.

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His new song is great. Hope he comes to Texas on his tour. That'd be pretty nice. I'd go see that show.

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Nothing funnier than watching country music fans getting their feathers ruffled over what songwriter or band is better or more country than the other ("I listen to country music that is more authentic than everyone else.")

Hipsters and true country fans are actually pretty similar:
Stupid/Ironic accessories? Belt buckle/thick rimmed glasses/suspenders. Check
City to define your love/disdain? Nashville/Brooklyn. Check
Tight jeans? Check
Facial Hair? Check
Taylor Swift? Check
Sturgeon Simpson and Drive-By Truckers? Check
PBR? Check
Music being infiltrated and destroyed by overt commercialization? Check

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This doesn't even make sense. It probably could have, it's just that none of your examples are remotely true.

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Awful. He absolutely crams as many cliches in as possible. Grew up in New Hampshire, but he's a country boy! LOL.

Ha ha. And he's so damned patriotic, he forgot the words to the SSB.

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You know most of New Hampshire is rural, right?

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You trying to defend this garbage? So so the guy from staind decides to cash in on gullible country and western fans and make us believe he's always been a country bumpkin.

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So are you saying people from New Hampshire can't be country bumpkins?

But who cares if a country singer is from the sticks or not in the first place?

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This doesn't even make sense. It probably could have, it's just that none of your examples are remotely true.

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People that take their music waaay too seriously? Check.
I could have written and presented it better but if you cant see the general similarities and stereotypes that exist between the hipster culture and country music I dont know what to say. In fact country or Americana is about as stereotypical hipster as you can find nowadays. Just look at the recognition that Sturgeon Simpson, Kasey Musgrave, Shovels and Rope, or the Civil Wars have received. And lets not forget the hipster cred one gets from having Roy Orbison, Emmy Lou Harris, Steve Earle or Union Station or your playlist.

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Fowler has exactly one good song, and that is "long line of losers". i've disliked that guy since the beginning. he always felt like a manufactured texas singer.

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Fowler has a few early songs that are actually pretty good.

If These Old Walls Could Talk
All the Tequila in Tijuana
Hard Man to Love
Speak of the Devil

The rest are pretty terrible with some bordering on FGL bad.

Drive-By Truckers is alt-country. ... which is still miles better than bro-country.

And I love them. I also wear tight jeans.

..The similarities end there, but I've been called a hipster before.