I bet bob will

I laughed all night, that was pretty funny! How many brews?

I don't believe you.

dave, curly shuffle is allright in my book. I often make the Curly noises long after the song has ended! do not let my not likin jive upset the happy 6- I am often not up or am at work sat mornins.

I like that goofy Jive song!

I pretty much like it all.

Everyonce in awhile a song does get overplayed and starts to get annoying, but eventually it gets played less and I start liking it again.

The only song I can say that I truly just hate is Laurie Anderson's "O Superwoman". It's the only non-rap song that I just can not find a single redeeming quality in

JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:
 I hate most country music that is not Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson. I respect the old stuff because of the history, culture, and time frame that it was made in, but this NEW stuff is nothing sort of torture. "Hi I'm from Detroit, but I am a true cowboy at heart...."

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Oh my god, you sound exaclty like my husband.  He always says that he respects the old "sincere" stuff, but how nowadays the poweres that be take someone from Detroit or NYC & throw a cowboy hat on them, and they somehow develop a fake southern accent.  It annoys the crap out of him!  That and the fact that modern country is just "dumbed down pop."  I love a lot of it, but I can't argue his point - it's absolutely true.

 

Jeremy Riggs wrote:

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I don't know if that's an entirely fair asessment though. Young artists don't usually force themselves into a style of music, they usually are influenced by what they heard growing up and as a result love. If their parents brought them up on Country music, and as they get older they have a good voice and an itch to sing it only makes sense they'd get into country music.

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But most of them aren't even songwriters - it's cheesy.  (Keep in mind, this is coming from the girl who has a hundred "modern country" albums...)  Unless you have an exceptional voice like Ricky Van Shelton or something, I really don't see the point.

 

 

 

I honestly believe you're getting a lot of the young artists that WOULD have gone into pop music going into country music, because the Pop charts have been taken over by the Hip Hop and Rap.

Country music is closer to pop from the 70's and 80's than anything else out there right now I think.

I used to hate country, expecially the old "twangier" country. It just seemed hill billyish to me.

But at the same time I hate that everyone always respects and appreciates the old and then diminishes the new as a result.

It's like on Saturday Night Live, everyone compares them to the "originals". Well the originals weren't actually any better than Phil Hartman, or many or CERTAINLY no better than Eddie Murphy or some of the others that joined the show later. They were just the first.

Yes, it was innovative in the 70's, but if they hadn't done it then Eddie Murphy would have been the original later and it would have been innovative then.

Does anyone think if Elvis and the Beatles never existed that Rock and Roll wouldn't be what it is today? They were just players in a bigger picture. Yes, give them their due and appreciate them for their music, but don't act like no one compares to them because they were among the first to do what they did.

Anyway, that's my opinion. If I'm alone in it I'm ok with that. I guess it just makes me an innovative, original thinker!

Jeremy Riggs wrote:

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Hey LS, the songwriting thing is a good point. I've always been a big Tim McGraw fan, but it has always frustrated me that he writes NOTHING. He's said in interviews he's just not able to do it, but he's very careful picking songs to find ones that he "could have written". I think I've loosened up a bit on my views of this since watching American Idol the last five seasons. I've kind of come to appreciate the voice as a talent of it's own and that maybe not everyone CAN write a song. Besides, I'm not sure 17 year olds would have all that much to say that would be worth putting into a song

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Tim McGraw is the perfect example to me.  Except I don't think he's a good singer.  I think he is attractive in a way, and that gets a lot of lady fans.  And he's married to Faith Hill, and a lot of people dig that relationship.  But talent?  I just don't see any.  I hope I don't get hate mail for this, but it's the way I feel.

P.S. - I can name some 17 year olds who are / were very good songwriters.  Matraca Berg's first hit went to #1 while she was still in high school.  And look at Debbie Gibson, or Charlie Sexton, or Jonny Lang.  They were writing & performing as teens.  If you have the gift, you have it!

Now, if you're a vocalist - like an exceptional singer, like a Broadway or opera singer, who has really honed your craft, that's a different story to me.

 

 

Ruby wrote:

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I like that goofy Jive song!

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go ahead and request what you like! don't let my or anyone else's opinion keep you from what you like.      

LOL! I think someone beat ya to Jane!

Yeah, Jane's not a bad song, but it's not that good either. But back when it was playing at least twice a day, every day... that was beyond annoying. It wasn't the song, it was the frequency!

But that's before I'm really awake and doesn't bother me that much. It's better than playing in the middle of the day.