WarTornBird
11-17-2012, 11:19 PM
So lately i've been making my way round school with my iPod blaring to some Country. Now alot of people have been asking me what the heck im listening to. Even the people at my school that are fond of country have no idea who i listen to. I just tell them they dont know real country then. Anyway a lot of the names I listen to the most would be Sammy Kershaw, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Clay Walker, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, George Strait (Although most know him, he's still a legend in ALL of music, not just country.), Conway Twitty, And John Conlee.
My point is, the country music now a days is to me not really country. The names up top that have been mentioned are what real country is about. Or, to me that is. Anyway, I just find it funny that kids now a days put on camo and hat and sit in their lifted fords with 40s, listen to some sayyyy Jason Aldean, and call themselves country folk. I've lived all my life listening to REAL country from when country had a meaning behind.
Idk i guess it just bothers me how easy it is to call your self country in this generation when they dont even know who Sammy Kershaw is or any of the ones above. And some would disagree with me and say that's not real country. They'd be in their left mind cause they certainly wouldn't be in their right mind. It just struck me as a topic that could be discussed. I'm not sure how many of you listen to country on these forums, but the oldies may know who atleast ONE of the names are.
My point is, the country music now a days is to me not really country. The names up top that have been mentioned are what real country is about. Or, to me that is. Anyway, I just find it funny that kids now a days put on camo and hat and sit in their lifted fords with 40s, listen to some sayyyy Jason Aldean, and call themselves country folk. I've lived all my life listening to REAL country from when country had a meaning behind.
Idk i guess it just bothers me how easy it is to call your self country in this generation when they dont even know who Sammy Kershaw is or any of the ones above. And some would disagree with me and say that's not real country. They'd be in their left mind cause they certainly wouldn't be in their right mind. It just struck me as a topic that could be discussed. I'm not sure how many of you listen to country on these forums, but the oldies may know who atleast ONE of the names are.