Watched a touch of the ACM Awards and I swear I neither saw nor heard ANY Country music. The Award winners that I caught news clips of are no more Country than the man in the moon.
So tell me, when did the definition of Country music become simply talking/singing with an outrageously exaggerated accent and/or wearing cowboy boots/hat and pegged jeans/t-shirt blah, blah, blah...
All I see is a bunch of fakes doing 50's, 60's, and 70's rock and roll badly while singing with a t-wa-ang.
Phooey!!!
It HAS changed, THAT is for sure. IMO, it is all about "looks". Voice and talent is secondary.
Quote from: Y on April 11, 2013, 02:44:33 PM
Watched a touch of the ACM Awards and I swear I neither saw nor heard ANY Country music. The Award winners that I caught news clips of are no more Country than the man in the moon.
So tell me, when did the definition of Country music become simply talking/singing with an outrageously exaggerated accent and/or wearing cowboy boots/hat and pegged jeans/t-shirt blah, blah, blah...
All I see is a bunch of fakes doing 50's, 60's, and 70's rock and roll badly while singing with a t-wa-ang.
Phooey!!!
Amen, brother.
Quote from: Henry Hawk on April 11, 2013, 03:07:21 PM
It HAS changed, THAT is for sure. IMO, it is all about "looks". Voice and talent is secondary.
That's it. Creativity, ability, and experience mean nothing. Being a viable product they can 'market' to their niche demographics - such as 14 y.o. girls - is everything. Matter of fact, the industry prefers to have the lowest common denominator because then if the 'product' becomes stale or unusable then they can just shuffle in another no-talent version of the product to market to us po' consumers.
I hate being nothing more than cog in the great American capitalist marketing machine! :mad: