Ignorance is bliss
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70lbDraw 19-Sep-23
Glunt@work 19-Sep-23
fdp 19-Sep-23
APauls 19-Sep-23
Mint 19-Sep-23
nijimasu 19-Sep-23
Glunt@work 19-Sep-23
soccern23ny 19-Sep-23
Bowfreak 19-Sep-23
drycreek 19-Sep-23
70lbDraw 19-Sep-23
shade mt 19-Sep-23
scentman 19-Sep-23
Zbone 19-Sep-23
sundowner 19-Sep-23
4nolz@work 19-Sep-23
Bou'bound 19-Sep-23
Woods Walker 19-Sep-23
DanaC 19-Sep-23
WV Mountaineer 19-Sep-23
Woods Walker 19-Sep-23
From: 70lbDraw
19-Sep-23
Especially with “entertainers”.

Maren Morris claims she is getting out of country music and said it’s because; "After the Trump years, people’s biases were on full display. It just revealed who people really were and that they were proud to be misogynistic and racist and homophobic and transphobic. All these things were being celebrated, and it was weirdly dovetailing with this hyper-masculine branch of country music. I call it butt rock," Morris said.

But she’s correct when she says, “…the rise of songs like "Try That in a Small Town" insisting, "People are streaming these songs out of spite. It’s not out of true joy or love of the music. It’s to own the libs. And that’s so not what music is intended for. Music is supposed to be the voice of the oppressed — the actual oppressed. And now it’s being used as this really toxic weapon in culture wars."

What does she know about oppression?! Nothing…especially when she confuses it with willful and blatant hatred for others to exercise their own freedom of expression.

When everything you accuse people of ends in “phobic” or “ist” this and ”ist” that, you confirm the fact that you have no clue as to what being an American truly means to real Americans.

I’ve never heard of her, but I’d be will to bet she’s not getting out of country music because everyone is a hater…it’s because she’s a nobody when it come to entertainment and she’ll never make it anyways. Especially if she needs to blame other people’s music on her own failures. Hopefully more like her will follow her out the door, and the TRUE understanding of the American spirit will prevail.

Sorry for the interruption…rant accomplished!

From: Glunt@work
19-Sep-23
She has a Grammy and has had hits. Plenty of leftys in country music but if you insist on being political and insulting towards the bulk of country fans, not a good recipe for success. The Dixie Chick's went that route.

From: fdp
19-Sep-23
"The Dixie Chick's went that route."...actually they didn't. They openly criticized then President Bush and the invasion of Iraq. Much different things.

That is a classic case of "cancel culture" as some like to refer to it.

From: APauls
19-Sep-23
Well it's too late for her not to make it...she's certainly already "made it" for whatever that means. She's entitled to her opinion as wrong as I think it may be. Oppression lol. A 33 year old white blond millionaire I'm sure is the best to speak on that...

From: Mint
19-Sep-23
She should sing about people being "oppressed" by inflation, gas prices and mortgage interest rates. People are truly suffering now under Biden especially our elderly that live on a fixed income. But on the bright side the illegal immigrants get free phones, food, rent , healthcare and anything else they want.

From: nijimasu
19-Sep-23

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All politics aside, she's right about modern country music having a large proportion of butt rock. I've certainly heard some decent modern country, but so much is formula it's pretty unlistenable. I've included a link on how to make modern country music. there's also a reaction video to this in which a Nashville producer who was set to make fun of it pretty much says "Yep, that's how you do it."

From: Glunt@work
19-Sep-23
The Dixie Chick's also dropped "Dixie" and are now just "The Chicks" because the Confederate flag had to be canceled. Live by sword....

It was definitely cancel culture.

From: soccern23ny
19-Sep-23
I'm sorry... what's the "ignorant" or " bliss" part?

She appears to have grown up as a regular joe and made it to the big times(net worth estimated 8 million)

And because the right got triggered they are going to cancel/ boycott her...... despite the fact that she "quit" before you could? Odd how the right wing brain works.

And if you think butt country, stadium country, bro country is actually good music than you're the nail she's hitting on the head.

My favorite quote about modern country... "hip hop for people who are afraid of black people"

Think tim mcgraw while being interviewed laughed when asked how it feels to be responsible for modern country. And said " I dont think I'm responsible for that"

Want an actual decent modern country artist who is actually decent? 'Charley Crockett

Hilarious how sensitive snowflakes are to this

-"Hopefully more like her will follow her out the door, and the TRUE understanding of the American spirit will prevail."-

Honestly, I have no idea what that is suppose to mean or what your version of " true american spirit" is. Weird rant dude

From: Bowfreak
19-Sep-23
Hopefully more like her will disappear into the abyss.

19-Sep-23
She’ll learn that there are 50,000 people in Nashville with as good a voice or better and you can’t swing a dead cat in Nashville without somebody writing as good as songs for that new singer

She was a hot act for a couple minutes now there’s a dozen that have usurped her so this is her way of bowing out and acting like it was on her terms

From: drycreek
19-Sep-23
The not so secret secret is, she wouldn’t know country music if it hit her in her face. There is no contemporary country music. It died with George Jones, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, etc., etc. It doesn’t matter how much money she has, how many awards, because you have to consider the source. I love country music, and until she “quit”, I didn’t even know her name.

From: 70lbDraw
19-Sep-23
“I'm sorry... what's the "ignorant" or " bliss" part? She appears to have grown up as a regular joe and made it to the big times(net worth estimated 8 million)”

I’ll repost the important part for those that are too dense to understand why she doesn’t matter.

“When everything you accuse people of ends in “phobic” or “ist” this and ”ist” that, you confirm the fact that you have no clue as to what being an American truly means to real Americans.”

She far from being a regular joe in my book… but then again, you think China Joe is a regular joe as well.

From: shade mt
19-Sep-23
Wonder what happens to a guy when ya get these "phobics" they keep talkin about? I figure if anybody got the "phobics" it must be them there transgender, and flaky rascals.

You just know a guy that dresses like a woman, shaves his legs and wears women's clothes, gotta have some sort of "phobic"

Far as the small town stuff?.....we kinda like the way we live out here, To many people think their gonna change that....i figure they got a better chance of getting smart, and when they finally do (get smart).... maybe they'll leave us alone.

Half them singers wouldn't know what it was to be "country" anyhow.

From: scentman
19-Sep-23
From the first post till now, I don't remember her name... that's how much I care.

From: Zbone
19-Sep-23
I don't even know who Maren Morris is, but just heard she's even bashing Taylor Swift from crossing over from county to pop... Bad move, there are like a bajillion Swifties out there that'll crash her party...

"“…the rise of songs like "Try That in a Small Town" insisting, "People are streaming these songs out of spite. It’s not out of true joy or love of the music. It’s to own the libs. And that’s so not what music is intended for. Music is supposed to be the voice of the oppressed — the actual oppressed. And now it’s being used as this really toxic weapon in culture wars.""

As said in the other thread, I just seen Jason Aldean Sunday night and his pre-concert music was from all kinds of genres from Rap/HipHop like (sorry don't know the artist) Apple Bottom Jeans, and Usher and 50 Cent,,, all the young girls with their cowboy hats were dancing to it, pop rock like Tom Petty, and Bob Seger rock, and hard rock AC/DC... It was wide range of culture music and good, and lots were singing to it with seemingly everybody enjoying it, so I can't see where these/us "butt rock" folks are - "proud to be misogynistic and racist and homophobic and transphobic", that's bullsh!t...

scentman, you posted while I was keying in my post...8^)

"From the first post till now, I don't remember her name... that's how much I care." Maybe look her up on pornhub...8^))) (That was a joke folks, only joking...8^)))

From: sundowner
19-Sep-23
Never heard of her, and I listen to country music all the time.

From: 4nolz@work
19-Sep-23
Meh

From: Bou'bound
19-Sep-23
Does she bowhunt

From: Woods Walker
19-Sep-23

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That'd be MIRANDA!!

From: DanaC
19-Sep-23

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re Drycreek "There is no contemporary country music."

WADR, there's a lot of it out there, just doesn't come out of the Nashville 'hit machine' nowadays. Try Corb Lund, Shane Smith, or Ryan Bingham.

19-Sep-23
If she was only as smart as she was good looking…..

From: Woods Walker
19-Sep-23
...and BILLY STRINGS!!! He's a guitar picker in the same class (AT LEAST!) as Jerry Reed and Roy Clark! And you WON'T hear him on the radio...go figure!!!??

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