Comments on: Billboarding: 5/19/08 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/ your daily dose of pop culture Thu, 24 May 2012 16:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Taylor Swift discographyhttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-27417 Taylor Swift discography Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:56:39 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-27417 <strong>Fearless. What's on Youtube...</strong>Fearless is the second awesome disc by American country pop singer Taylor Swift, released on November. Taylor Swift - Fearless is the first awesome album since Santana's Supernatural to top the Billboard 200 for eight non-consecutive days.... Fearless. What’s on Youtube…

Fearless is the second awesome disc by American country pop singer Taylor Swift, released on November.
Taylor Swift – Fearless is the first awesome album since Santana’s Supernatural to top the Billboard 200 for eight non-consecutive days….

]]> By: jefitohttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-53199 jefito Thu, 22 May 2008 03:27:15 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-53199 Aw, not to worry, Bubba -- thanks for the clarification, though! Aw, not to worry, Bubba — thanks for the clarification, though!

]]> By: Bubba the Elderhttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-53198 Bubba the Elder Thu, 22 May 2008 03:02:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-53198 ACM, CMA... when you type with two fingers, the details get left to spellcheck. Which missed the last word - "site" - as in, I really love your work, Jeff, I'm just in a bad mood after that piece of crap show. Been playing "New Country" covers recently and, while the technical songwriting aspects can be appreciated, the numbing pandering of the lyrics chafes my chaps. Gotta teach those boys some Buddy Miller...I'm kind of a geek about the history of country music, so the fading presence and influence of artists who created and developed the genre bothers me. I mean, I don't see any good for the future of the style if Rascal Flatts influences young kids picking up guitars for the first time. I realize it's pop music and styles change (witness the horror that greeted Billy Sherrill's string arrangements that became the standard just a couple of years later) and I appreciate artists who at least acknowledge the past (Brad Paisley, Sara Evans et al), but give me the alt-country scene any day. Just the old curmudgeon in me wanting out. Keep on. ACM, CMA… when you type with two fingers, the details get left to spellcheck. Which missed the last word – “site” – as in, I really love your work, Jeff, I'm just in a bad mood after that piece of crap show. Been playing “New Country” covers recently and, while the technical songwriting aspects can be appreciated, the numbing pandering of the lyrics chafes my chaps. Gotta teach those boys some Buddy Miller…I'm kind of a geek about the history of country music, so the fading presence and influence of artists who created and developed the genre bothers me. I mean, I don't see any good for the future of the style if Rascal Flatts influences young kids picking up guitars for the first time. I realize it's pop music and styles change (witness the horror that greeted Billy Sherrill's string arrangements that became the standard just a couple of years later) and I appreciate artists who at least acknowledge the past (Brad Paisley, Sara Evans et al), but give me the alt-country scene any day. Just the old curmudgeon in me wanting out. Keep on.

]]> By: jefitohttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-40944 jefito Wed, 21 May 2008 23:27:15 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-40944 Aw, not to worry, Bubba -- thanks for the clarification, though! Aw, not to worry, Bubba — thanks for the clarification, though!

]]> By: Bubba the Elderhttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-40943 Bubba the Elder Wed, 21 May 2008 23:02:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-40943 ACM, CMA... when you type with two fingers, the details get left to spellcheck. Which missed the last word - "site" - as in, I really love your work, Jeff, I'm just in a bad mood after that piece of crap show. Been playing "New Country" covers recently and, while the technical songwriting aspects can be appreciated, the numbing pandering of the lyrics chafes my chaps. Gotta teach those boys some Buddy Miller...I'm kind of a geek about the history of country music, so the fading presence and influence of artists who created and developed the genre bothers me. I mean, I don't see any good for the future of the style if Rascal Flatts influences young kids picking up guitars for the first time. I realize it's pop music and styles change (witness the horror that greeted Billy Sherrill's string arrangements that became the standard just a couple of years later) and I appreciate artists who at least acknowledge the past (Brad Paisley, Sara Evans et al), but give me the alt-country scene any day. Just the old curmudgeon in me wanting out. Keep on. ACM, CMA… when you type with two fingers, the details get left to spellcheck. Which missed the last word – “site” – as in, I really love your work, Jeff, I'm just in a bad mood after that piece of crap show. Been playing “New Country” covers recently and, while the technical songwriting aspects can be appreciated, the numbing pandering of the lyrics chafes my chaps. Gotta teach those boys some Buddy Miller…I'm kind of a geek about the history of country music, so the fading presence and influence of artists who created and developed the genre bothers me. I mean, I don't see any good for the future of the style if Rascal Flatts influences young kids picking up guitars for the first time. I realize it's pop music and styles change (witness the horror that greeted Billy Sherrill's string arrangements that became the standard just a couple of years later) and I appreciate artists who at least acknowledge the past (Brad Paisley, Sara Evans et al), but give me the alt-country scene any day. Just the old curmudgeon in me wanting out. Keep on.

]]> By: jefitohttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-18535 jefito Wed, 21 May 2008 22:27:15 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-18535 Aw, not to worry, Bubba -- thanks for the clarification, though! Aw, not to worry, Bubba — thanks for the clarification, though!

]]> By: Bubba the Elderhttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-18534 Bubba the Elder Wed, 21 May 2008 22:02:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-18534 ACM, CMA... when you type with two fingers, the details get left to spellcheck. Which missed the last word - "site" - as in, I really love your work, Jeff, I'm just in a bad mood after that piece of crap show. Been playing "New Country" covers recently and, while the technical songwriting aspects can be appreciated, the numbing pandering of the lyrics chafes my chaps. Gotta teach those boys some Buddy Miller...I'm kind of a geek about the history of country music, so the fading presence and influence of artists who created and developed the genre bothers me. I mean, I don't see any good for the future of the style if Rascal Flatts influences young kids picking up guitars for the first time. I realize it's pop music and styles change (witness the horror that greeted Billy Sherrill's string arrangements that became the standard just a couple of years later) and I appreciate artists who at least acknowledge the past (Brad Paisley, Sara Evans et al), but give me the alt-country scene any day. Just the old curmudgeon in me wanting out. Keep on. ACM, CMA… when you type with two fingers, the details get left to spellcheck. Which missed the last word – “site” – as in, I really love your work, Jeff, I'm just in a bad mood after that piece of crap show. Been playing “New Country” covers recently and, while the technical songwriting aspects can be appreciated, the numbing pandering of the lyrics chafes my chaps. Gotta teach those boys some Buddy Miller…I'm kind of a geek about the history of country music, so the fading presence and influence of artists who created and developed the genre bothers me. I mean, I don't see any good for the future of the style if Rascal Flatts influences young kids picking up guitars for the first time. I realize it's pop music and styles change (witness the horror that greeted Billy Sherrill's string arrangements that became the standard just a couple of years later) and I appreciate artists who at least acknowledge the past (Brad Paisley, Sara Evans et al), but give me the alt-country scene any day. Just the old curmudgeon in me wanting out. Keep on.

]]> By: Thierryhttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-18536 Thierry Tue, 20 May 2008 13:28:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-18536 Agreed about the bad sound, but those were the ACM Awards, not the CMAs. Agreed about the bad sound, but those were the ACM Awards, not the CMAs.

]]> By: DwDunphyhttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-18537 DwDunphy Tue, 20 May 2008 02:09:06 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-18537 So, metal is about death and carnage and evil. Hip-hop is about goin' to da club and stealin' yo bitch and uh-huh, yeeah. Pop is about tween lolitas who aren't really like that but, come on already. And now country (or at least Nashville Country; it's a big distinction) is the self-help, fortune cookie, bumpersticker thing. You hope I dance? Really? Do you REALLY hope I dance?<br><br>It makes it all that more special when you do hear a country song that avoids the treacle and boot-scootin' and redneckin' and just gets you at gut-level. A lot of it is the performer, and most of these newer acts wear the boots but don't have the callouses, if you get my meaning. I like a little country, but I like those mostly for their ability to transcend, and not wallow, in the cornpone.<br><br>Hell, Trent Reznor wrote a great country tune. All it took was Johnny Cash to sing it. So, metal is about death and carnage and evil. Hip-hop is about goin' to da club and stealin' yo bitch and uh-huh, yeeah. Pop is about tween lolitas who aren't really like that but, come on already. And now country (or at least Nashville Country; it's a big distinction) is the self-help, fortune cookie, bumpersticker thing. You hope I dance? Really? Do you REALLY hope I dance?

It makes it all that more special when you do hear a country song that avoids the treacle and boot-scootin' and redneckin' and just gets you at gut-level. A lot of it is the performer, and most of these newer acts wear the boots but don't have the callouses, if you get my meaning. I like a little country, but I like those mostly for their ability to transcend, and not wallow, in the cornpone.

Hell, Trent Reznor wrote a great country tune. All it took was Johnny Cash to sing it.

]]> By: jefitohttp://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/comment-page-1/#comment-18533 jefito Mon, 19 May 2008 23:28:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/billboarding-51908/#comment-18533 Well, I don't know that this necessarily qualifies as a "country music article" -- it's just a few words about each of the songs on the Top 10. And you don't have to LIKE something to be AWARE of it. Well, I don't know that this necessarily qualifies as a “country music article” — it's just a few words about each of the songs on the Top 10. And you don't have to LIKE something to be AWARE of it.

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