JPF Home Page Forums General Messages Industry Message Forum I'm tired about hearing about how today's country ****s

Thanks to all that jumped in and made it an interesting thread.

Big Jim: OK, Fly on the Wall is pretty bad (LOL!). Of course, Miley's popularity is based on her being a TV star on the Hannah Montana show. Since my daughter has watched that over the past three years, I think I have seen about every episode. Her foot in the door for music is based more on her TV stardom rather than her talents and she has tons and tons of fans, so I am not convinced that she makes a good argument one way or another on the "state of the music today". In any case your comments are always interesting and you know I always seem to agree with you (ha, ha).

Darius: Herman's Hermits came out when I was listening to a lot of AM Radio and they had some decent hits (or at least in my ears back then). Glen Campbell is a big talent -- he recorded a lot of of great tunes. But that's OK if you think he is a turkey.

Ben: Hey look, we are on the same side of an argument!

Mike Z.: I think that musically (instrumental skill), there are probably more great players then there ever were and the bands are tight I'm talking Nashville, but it applies everywhere). Are they better than the old players/bands? Pioneers are always hard to top.

SongCabinet: Commercialism is always going to "dumb down" the creative voices to make it more palatable to the masses. has always been, will always be. Still room for the innovator, but it has always been tough to be "first" at anything.

Al: Always the voice of reason! You hit the nail on the head here. Taste/Quality is driven by the individual. have the big money forces twisted the market to make more money? Sure -- oh well. Does your wife hate Glenn because of the Tanya stuff?

Colin: Overplaying anything always kills it for me. But during the am radio days, didn't the same hit songs come on all the time, too.

Nubbin: Always nice to see a fair and balanced open mind at work! Why bring the devil into it? Do you think God liked the drunk, divorce, cheating songs of traditional country better than today's drunk/divorce/cheating songs? On to the sports analogy: Today's athletes run faster, jump higher and are stronger than anything in the earlier glory days of sports. Jim Brown, who is probably the best running back of all time, would be middle of the pack in speed and strength today. Barry Bonds is a HOF'er in any era. He was a great player before Steroids. On the other hand, while football and basketball players of today dwarf the old players, baseball does seem to have more timeless quality to it. However, I think today you have better athletes, period.

Tom: I used to watch his show and always enjoyed the playing that was going on.

Mike: The Foot speaks! I like bluegrass, too -- expect it needs drums.

Ray: Good points all. Unless we really, really study the "ratio", we won't know the percentage of good vs. bad.

Tampa Stan: I confess that I don't listen to much radio either, but when I drive rental cars to go on business trips by myself, I will turn on country stations (and others) to see what's happening. When they actually get around to playing music, I am usually pleasantly surprised.

Joe: Right you are -- support your local musicians!!!

Scott: My science teacher in high school said that a lot of the music we were listening to at the time would become unlistenable to us as we got older. He was right about that. Taste changes, but of course certain classics will always be listenable.

John: I grew up on Hendrix/ABB, so I know where you are coming from on that one.

I hope I didn't miss anyone.

Kevin