Saw Jason Aldean at MSG tonight

[FamilyMan]

Those country boys could show our rock gods a thing or two. They're the only ones putting on BIG shows these days....

[AR]

Those country boys could show our rock gods a thing or two. They're the only ones putting on BIG shows these days....

Never heard of him.

[Don]

This is why Journey wants to be the squeeze act for Rascal Flatts and another country band this summer, that's where the money is at.

[AR]

Country music is lame C/F/G7 chords. These days it's AOR with a twang.

[Don]

Country music is lame C/F/G7 chords. These days it's AOR with a twang.

Well, with Journey and Arnel, chances are you're also going to get a twang.

[AR]

Country music is lame C/F/G7 chords. These days it's AOR with a twang.

Well, with Journey and Arnel, chances are you're also going to get a twang.

Maybe so. Love that avatar you got!

[No Surprize]

You couldn't pay ME enough to go to any country music show. Let's see, I'm gonna sang a song or two about my tractor, cheating on my wife/husband,

divorce, shootin my gun, ropin a bull, or drinking. Plus, rednecks are the most racist fuckers you can ever be around.

[ebake02]

You couldn't pay ME enough to go to any country music show. Let's see, I'm gonna sang a song or two about my tractor, cheating on my wife/husband,

divorce, shootin my gun, ropin a bull, or drinking. Plus, rednecks are the most racist fuckers you can ever be around.

Preach on Reverend! Seriously though, you echoed my thoughts of country music exactly. Country music is more vulgar and dirty than what rock music could ever be. Rock albums get an "explicit content" label for when they contain questionable subject matter, so why does country get a free pass when all they sing about is adultery, drinking, sex and violence?

[hoagiepete]

You couldn't pay ME enough to go to any country music show. Let's see, I'm gonna sang a song or two about my tractor, cheating on my wife/husband,

divorce, shootin my gun, ropin a bull, or drinking. Plus, rednecks are the most racist fuckers you can ever be around.

Better open your eyes to what is really happening in Country Music. If you correlate country music to rednecks, there must be a hell of a lot of rednecks out there. Second, if you correlate the two...you are wrong. The old renegade country (Waylon Jennings, Hank Jr., etc) has long since been replaced by the mainstream acts that attract the fanbase the AOR acts did back in the day.

Do you seriously want to compare C&W lyrics to those in rap or heavy metal?

And I'm not a C&W fan.

[Don]

You couldn't pay ME enough to go to any country music show. Let's see, I'm gonna sang a song or two about my tractor, cheating on my wife/husband,

divorce, shootin my gun, ropin a bull, or drinking. Plus, rednecks are the most racist fuckers you can ever be around.

Better open your eyes to what is really happening in Country Music. If you correlate country music to rednecks, there must be a hell of a lot of rednecks out there. Second, if you correlate the two...you are wrong. The old renegade country (Waylon Jennings, Hank Jr., etc) has long since been replaced by the mainstream acts that attract the fanbase the AOR acts did back in the day.

Do you seriously want to compare C&W lyrics to those in rap or heavy metal?

And I'm not a C&W fan.

This is a good post.

[No Surprize]

You couldn't pay ME enough to go to any country music show. Let's see, I'm gonna sang a song or two about my tractor, cheating on my wife/husband,

divorce, shootin my gun, ropin a bull, or drinking. Plus, rednecks are the most racist fuckers you can ever be around.

Better open your eyes to what is really happening in Country Music. If you correlate country music to rednecks, there must be a hell of a lot of rednecks out there. Second, if you correlate the two...you are wrong. The old renegade country (Waylon Jennings, Hank Jr., etc) has long since been replaced by the mainstream acts that attract the fanbase the AOR acts did back in the day.

Do you seriously want to compare C&W lyrics to those in rap or heavy metal?

And I'm not a C&W fan.

I could care less about Rap(Not music) or heavy metal. But I'll go into a melodic rock song writing contest any day with a country song.

[slucero]

I find it hilarious that Melrock folks are condemning what is pretty much pop country artists when it's a pretty well known fact that there a re lots of veterans of the 80's rock scene now writing, engineering, playing and producing in Nashville.

The fella who mixed Eclipse is a Nashville mixer

[No Surprize]

I find it hilarious that Melrock folks are condemning what is pretty much pop country artists when it's a pretty well known fact that there a re lots of veterans of the 80's rock scene now writing, engineering, playing and producing in Nashville.

The fella who mixed Eclipse is a Nashville mixer

And there's a shit load who don't.

[slucero]

I find it hilarious that Melrock folks are condemning what is pretty much pop country artists when it's a pretty well known fact that there a re lots of veterans of the 80's rock scene now writing, engineering, playing and producing in Nashville.

The fella who mixed Eclipse is a Nashville mixer

And there's a shit load who don't.

True.. because they couldn't hack it, or didn't want to... and that is their choice.

If yer an 80's vet.. and your scene is no longer economically viable, and you now aren't a single 20-something, but are instead a 40-something family man... and you want to continue working in the field you love, music... you go where the work is, or you get a regular job.


It IS after the music business..

[No Surprize]

I find it hilarious that Melrock folks are condemning what is pretty much pop country artists when it's a pretty well known fact that there a re lots of veterans of the 80's rock scene now writing, engineering, playing and producing in Nashville.

The fella who mixed Eclipse is a Nashville mixer

And there's a shit load who don't.

True.. because they couldn't hack it, or didn't want to... and that is their choice.

If yer an 80's vet.. and your scene is no longer economically viable, and you now aren't a single 20-something, but are instead a 40-something family man... and you want to continue working in the field you love, music... you go where the work is, or you get a regular job.


It IS after the music business..

True it is business. Most of the bands I like are still doing pretty well for themselves with touring and music. And most of them write their own

music, all by their little bitty self with no outside help.

[slucero]

I find it hilarious that Melrock folks are condemning what is pretty much pop country artists when it's a pretty well known fact that there a re lots of veterans of the 80's rock scene now writing, engineering, playing and producing in Nashville.

The fella who mixed Eclipse is a Nashville mixer

And there's a shit load who don't.

True.. because they couldn't hack it, or didn't want to... and that is their choice.

If yer an 80's vet.. and your scene is no longer economically viable, and you now aren't a single 20-something, but are instead a 40-something family man... and you want to continue working in the field you love, music... you go where the work is, or you get a regular job.


It IS after the music business..

True it is business. Most of the bands I like are still doing pretty well for themselves with touring and music. And most of them write their own

music, all by their little bitty self with no outside help.

and that's great.... good for them, and you.

It still doesn't mean those who couldn't carry the Melrock torch, for whatever reason, simply abandoned their dreams of being in the music business... or that we should condemn them for choosing a different path to continue their dream.

I remember a one-hit wonder named "Gerardo" from the late 80's, he was a Latin rapper.. had a hit called "Rico Suave"... then he disappeared... only to turn up as VP of AR at Interscope Records... he discovered and signed Julio Iglesias and Bubba Sparxx... and probably made more money from those two signings than he ever did with #7 "Rico Suave"....