More about your music choices

[Bob Wright]

When I was very young my mother listened to our old Silvertone console radio as she did her house work. So I was exposed to the Renfro Valley Boys, the Lightcrust Doughboys, Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys and so on. And on Sundays we heard the Old Fashioned Revial Hour ("Brought to you from the Long Beach Muncipal Auditorium in Long Beach California.") with Woodrow Fuller. Over the years I sort of gravitated to Country & Western and Wester/Cowboy music.

I liked Roy Rogers or Don Edwards "Railroad Corral"; Tex Ritter's "High Noon" and songs of that nature. Did dislike the drinkin', cheatin' and bawdy songs that passed for country. Hank Williams did have a few good ones and was often described as being abel to "make a rock cry." One of my favorites is a compilation made for the Library of Congress in July 1941 with some of the old cowboys signing in their rather unmelodious voices. This was recorded by John Lomax.

Some good old time tales of Texas came when John Lomax, Tex Ritter, and J. Frank Dobe were at the University of Texas at one time.

Bob Wright

 

[DGW1949]

I used to listen to that sort of thing, enough to know that there's a difference in "Western" (AKA-Cowboy) music and "Country Music"....That said, I don't know what it is that is being played on modern day "Country/Western" radio stations these days, but it ain't neither one.....Today I prefer something a little more happy and up-beat, although I will confess to also having a certain fondness for Bluegrass Gospel singing.

DGW

 

[Hvymax]

When I was very young my mother listened to our old Silvertone console radio as she did her house work. So I was exposed to the Renfro Valley Boys, the Lightcrust Doughboys, Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys and so on. And on Sundays we heard the Old Fashioned Revial Hour ("Brought to you from the Long Beach Muncipal Auditorium in Long Beach California.") with Woodrow Fuller. Over the years I sort of gravitated to Country & Western and Wester/Cowboy music.

I liked Roy Rogers or Don Edwards "Railroad Corral"; Tex Ritter's "High Noon" and songs of that nature. Did dislike the drinkin', cheatin' and bawdy songs that passed for country. Hank Williams did have a few good ones and was often described as being abel to "make a rock cry." One of my favorites is a compilation made for the Library of Congress in July 1941 with some of the old cowboys signing in their rather unmelodious voices. This was recorded by John Lomax.

Some good old time tales of Texas came when John Lomax, Tex Ritter, and J. Frank Dobe were at the University of Texas at one time.

Bob Wright

You listened to both kinds of music. Country and Western.

 

[Hvymax]

I'm kinda partial to Metal and Rock. I can't handle Country Music because of my Deprived Suburban Childhood. I had to grow up without Sisters or Small Cattle. No wonder I'm a mess.

 

[Bob Wright]

I'm kinda partial to Metal and Rock. I can't handle Country Music because of my Deprived Suburban Childhood. I had to grow up without Sisters or Small Cattle. No wonder I'm a mess.

You're only as much of a mess as you choose to be.

Bob Wright

 

[gunman42782]

I like all kinds of music with two exceptions: rap and opera. I love Hank Williams, both Sr and Jr. I like George Jones, Merle Haggard, and on and on. I also like Ozzy, Black Sabbarh, Van Halen, Metalica, etc. I even enjoy a little Whitney Houston now and again! But like someone else said, whatever they play on country music raido these days is anything but country music!

 

[eveled]

I am mostly a classic country fan. But I get tired of all the drinking songs and alcohol references.

Mostly I choose songs I like no matter what the style is.

I find it ironic that The Eagles are considered Rock, but they are more country than and current country groups are.

 

[Hvymax]

I am mostly a classic country fan. But I get tired of all the drinking songs and alcohol references.

Mostly I choose songs I like no matter what the style is.

I find it ironic that The Eagles are considered Rock, but they are more country than and current country groups are.

Yeah stick with the Adultery and Incest.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Many people do not realize the struggle of the Tally Man in tallying bananas.

 

[eveled]

Yeah stick with the Adultery and Incest.

I don’t condone those either. Not sure why you think I would.

 

[Snake45]

whatever they play on country music raido these days is anything but country music!

Whatever it is, I like a great deal of it.

I find that the two greatest influences in modern country music are Jimmy Buffet and Tom Petty. Somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of what I hear on country radio could BE Jimmy Buffet or Tom Petty songs. A few of the songs actually mention Jimmy Buffet and Tom Petty by name!

And, IMHO, this is all a good thing.

 

[Hvymax]

I don’t condone those either. Not sure why you think I would.

Country Music. Unemployment, Adultery, Incest, Dogs run over with Pickup Trucks! Just open a vein already.

 

[Hvymax]

Many people do not realize the struggle of the Tally Man in tallying bananas.

I'll have my Senora shaken not stirred.

 

[Watertender]

I'll have my Senora shaken not stirred.

Ohh de mon peeyaba and de woman peeyaba!!

 

[ProfessorWes]

I've got a fairly eclectic mix of stuff I listen to: country, Celtic, classic rock, hard rock and metal, some alternative/Goth, some electronic and dance, eighties pop and a bit of modern stuff.

Whatever strikes my fancy, basically. My playlist is like Missouri weather: if you don't like it, wait five minutes and it'll change.

 

[Bennj1]

My taste in music ranges from classical to jazz (Mozart to Miles) and almost everything in between, but my favorites are How Great Thou Art, Blessed Assurance, and It Is Well With My Soul.

 

[arfmel]

I think this is the Library of Congress 1941 compilation mentioned by Bob Wright:

Cowboy songs, ballads, and cattle calls from Texas

Part unaccompanied and part with guitar or fiddle accompaniment. "From the Archive of American Folk Song." Field recordings made at various places in Texas and studio recordings in Washington, D. C. from 1941-1948 by John A. Lomax, Rae Korson, and Duncan Emrich. Program notes and texts (22 p.)...

www.loc.gov

 

[krw]

Well IMO, Country was really going down FAST in the later 70’s. When Alabama showed up they singlehandedly gave Country a needed boost. Last 10 yrs or so seems like Country has lost direction. Seems like now they all wanta get behind the LGBTQ,xyz movement
Didnt mind when Bud Lite got caught up in it. I hate BudLite. But now Coors Lite is Denvers LGBTQ,xyz parade biggest sponsor.

 

[Tom in Ohio]

Classic metal! It’s funny, I grew up in the 80s, and my parents complained about how bad heavy metal and hard rock is (you know, too loud, devil music and such), but now my kids (in their twenties) also complain about heavy metal and hard rock for the same reason! \m/ \m/

 

[Mike J]

Growing up my father liked country music. My mother listend to what I would call elevator music. There were some old records in the hall closet I would pull out & listen to sometimes. Stuff like Jimmy Rodgers, The Chuckwagon Gang, Flatt & Scruggs & others. My older sisters & the kids I grew up with introduced me to rock & roll. When I got a little older hanging out in the clubs I heard a lot of R&B, Sould & Disco. I like a lot of different stuff.

Edited to Add: There is very little new country I would consider country. Most of it is just rap & pop. I'd rather hear George Strait.