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One half of this almost A list country music duo is getting ready for what could be a very bad month. Two Halloweens ago the celebrity/singer dressed in blackface for his costume. He thought it was really funny at the time and should be grateful there are only photos and not audio or video of him saying what he was saying that night about black people that his people are trying to buy as quickly as possible.
The guys from Florida Georgia Line?
ReplyDeleteI'm with you. They worked with nelly.
DeleteFucking bigots.
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ReplyDeleteI'm now hoping for one of those whackjob posts about how the greatest racial injustice in the history of America is that white people can't use the n-word.
ReplyDeletethis is why I don't listen to country music and wouldn't know a country duo if my life depended on it
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing Tim McGraw with Faith Hill, since they are always coked up, supposedly, maybe he didn't know what he was saying!
ReplyDeleteDickheads. In other news, Joanna Newsom married Andy Samberg!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is going to d'aww about that. She is so adorbs and eccentric. Good for them!
DeleteI can't believe some of the comments on here that are as prejudicial as any ever heard from the African American community. To totally condemn a whole genre of music in a few words is so narrow minded and bigoted. This is arrogance personified. "I don't listen to country music", so? Big deal, I don't listen to opera, but I don't consider myself superior to people who do.
ReplyDeleteRight on!!! Well said Southerner
DeleteIt says "Almost A list" , so it can't be Tim McGraw. Who else is a country duo. Miranda, and Blake? I think they'd be A list too.
ReplyDeleteAnd, BTW, how could you possibly know that Tim McGraw and Faith are "coked up" all the time. Do you even know them? I think not.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking duo not as couple but something like Brooks and Dunn as a singing duo.
ReplyDeletesoutherner09-I do and they are.
ReplyDeleteJohn Rich from Big and Rich. He was also on Celebrity Apprentice.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly. He's a known mouthy asshole, so it fits.
DeleteJust kidding..I have no idea.
ReplyDeleteThat was funny
DeleteSherry-hahahahahah. As if.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if they are coked up- I was referencing the frequent comments made on this blog- which if you read it often, you might recognize that. official disclaimer- I do not know any of the subject of the topics on this blog.
ReplyDeleteOh , Okay.. a duo.. I kept trying to think of a couple.
ReplyDeleteJohn Rich is a good guess, What about Sugarland guy Christian Bush? I hope this one is revealed.
"I can't believe some of the comments on here that are as prejudicial as any ever heard from the African American community."
ReplyDeleteWhat now?
Barton is spot on...and in 3...2...1...oh, look! It's southerner-something-or-other!
ReplyDeleteI just said I dont like country music it annoys me and I dont support the good ol boys who run Nashville---a lot of racism etc. FACT. and don't compare that to the injustices African American people have gone through.....
ReplyDelete*grabs popcorn and sits down*...oh gonna get good up in here. I can see it already.
ReplyDeleteRandom guess - guy from Thompson Square?
ReplyDeleteHey Sherry...pass that popcorn! ;)
ReplyDeleteHappily my friend.
DeleteSeriously waiting for someone to start singing "Accidental Racist"...
ReplyDeleteYeah! Share that popcorn! ;)
ReplyDeleteRowan please do join the party.
DeleteLMAO at Sherry
ReplyDeleteAs charlie rangel would say "fuck the crackers" whoever they are.
ReplyDeleteOpera was basically the country music of its day. It was **popular** music. It wasn't designed for the pompous fools who listen to it now.
ReplyDeleteIt would be pretty funny if, say, 200 years from now all the would-be elitists are listening to Charlie Pride and Patsy Cline and looking down their nose at whatever the popular music of 2213 might be.
Yeah but Nutty if they are listening to Charlie and Patsy they have every right to look down their noses. That there is what I would deem good Country music. Hopefully they'll add Johnny Cash to their playlist as well. Thinking about it the list could certainly expand. Just my opinion.
Delete^^ This. Classic country is the shit. Apart for a handful of decent singets/musicians, today's country is a joke.
Delete^^ This. Classic country is the shit. Apart for a handful of decent singets/musicians, today's country is a joke.
DeleteSherry, in our huge record collection we have the man in black, Patsy....the good stuff. Even bluegrass. What passes as cuntry is really sad now.
DeleteBit harsh on us old opera fans, @Nutty Flavour. I love my opera, but try to keep my pompous foolery where it should be. Ie, knowing more about Courtney Stodden than my peers, and being self-assured that I don't - technically speaking - really need or want to keep up with the Kardashians.
Deletewhat about blake shelton since the celebrity part could be The Voice?
ReplyDeleteI think it's that idiot Blake Shelton. He's always trying to be funny and failing.
ReplyDelete@ Nutty, Carlie Pride, Pasty Cline and (adding) Loretta Lynn, and Johnny Cash are good country music, real country music. The homogenized, popsynth stuff they play today is just bullsh...Holy crap, I'm an elitist!
Doh just read your reply Jennifer. Amen sistuh! And to think I almost mentioned LL in my reply as well.
DeleteDon't forget Conway Twitty, George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Waylon Jennings.
Delete@jenn +1000!!
ReplyDelete--Pasty Cline and (adding) Loretta Lynn, and Johnny Cash are good country music, real country music.--
ReplyDeletea fucking men.
Don't stop there...Dolly, Tammy Wynette, Kitty Wells, George Jones, Waylon Jennings anyone?
ReplyDeleteVera and V and Count I'm liking the playlist you're creating. Much prefer to talk about the love of music rather than any forray into hateful behaviour. *puts down the popcorn, grabs a beer and enjoys the music*
DeleteDoing the same...just created a new spotify playlist for myself. Also added in some whiskeytown, neko case and wilco.
Delete*sigh* Neko Case. I think we need to start a side group which discusses music because you seem to have great and varied taste V. Want to join Sherry? No Nickleback fans allowed!
DeleteV, I didn't see your post before I posted earlier. I like your list but add some Conway Twitty! ❤️
DeleteBlake Sheldon would be A list. He's won too many awards not to be. Unless this blind is going by a different kind of scale.
ReplyDelete@Barton Fink: You wouldn't know good music if it crawled up your gaping asshole and tickled your tonsils.
ReplyDeleteThe - what's up with the BF hate?
ReplyDelete@V ... Sorta seems like that kinda thread though, doesn't it? I'm scrolling down, not sure what I will find next ... ! That fail aimed at @Barton Fink was unnecessary.
DeleteWhen I was fresh out of college, I had a roommate who loved the opera. She had no money, in fact, she was the first welfare child in our state to complete college. She volunteered for a job as usher so she could attend the Lyric Opera performances for free, when the told her she needed to wear all black, she went to a cheap store and shoplifted a belt and a pair of shoes.
ReplyDeleteIn no way was she a pompous idiot.
I think the assumption that country singers are racist because they are from the south, is incredibly shitty. If you don't like the music, that's fine. I don't like it either. You excuse is lame.
ReplyDeleteI dont mind some of the older country artists like Dolly and Johnny but music is just personal taste. I am constantly being ridiculed for liking madonna---like who cares. However, new country has a bad rep. for these type of things and lets call a spade a spade
ReplyDeleteI was thinking its someone like Brooks and Dunn also, a singing duo not a couple.
ReplyDeleteWho was that country duo....Montgomery was one of them. The one guy shoot a bear in a cage for sh!ts and grins
Hothotheat - Montgomery Gentry.
DeleteWell, Montgomery gentry is a piece of shit.
Deleteand I know all types of people listen to country music but ya don't see too many non-white people at the award shows or concerts....and dont argue that I "stood behind a black family at the Brookes and Dunns concert" (or whatever their name is)one time---cause it is very rare and there are reasons for it....Right-Wing generally racist fan-base (NOT ALL FTR)---Remember The Dixie Chix ban or Toby Keith wtf
ReplyDeleteWhen Willie Nelson finally croaks, country music will meet its true death.
ReplyDeleteHow many are you guys are southerners?
ReplyDeleteI'm born and raised Texan. I loathe old country (Cline/Waylon/ Hank Williams) and love new country (Chesney/Urban/Faith Hill/Dixie chicks).
Conservatives and racists have long been a PART of the country music scene but that's by far not exclusive to country music. Or Texas.
@hothotheat - not a southener, but love old country, some new country and alt country. Basically, I like country. Some people might find that weird, but I enjoy all types of music, opera to death métal and everything in between ;-)
DeleteHHHeat: Born and raised southern living in CA now.
DeleteAt the risk of stirring it...racists of all colors exist everywhere.
V: sounds like you have an eclectic musical palate as I do. Although gotta admit metal, punk rock and hardcore feature pretty heavily. But I can listen to Brn Kweller or The Eels the same night as I get into some Nuclear Death Terror or Black Breath.
DeleteForgot about Hank Williams Jr and Hank Williams III.
DeleteBorn & raised in Alabama but spent 20+ years traveling the world as a military wife.
DeleteI love old country and some new country. I also love different genres of music.
I agree with Sherry, "racists of all colors exist everywhere".
Black people are among the most racist people around, especially to interracial couples.
ReplyDeleteLook at the whole raw deal Taye Diggs got.
Stupid asses deserve anything they get if this is true. Jesus, people, its 2013!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLol....not shocking. I like some Country music because unlike pop artists they actually can sing.
ReplyDeletelast week hip hop was generalized as violent music, now we have country music being generalized as racist. Some country artists are racist and label honchos are indeed racist. ....but not all.
Although it is faster to stereotype, it is only faster because it requires less critical thinking and information gathering skills. Which IMO basically means people that frequently stereotype are just lazy stupid bastards.
That's my two cents....anyways back to the playlist....lol
Ian....wtf are you talking about. You epitomize my last post. Did you find out how the entire black community felt about take diggs from your 3 or 4 black friends???? Or perhaps it was Some reputable news source that secretly polls all the black people in this country on issues that are of no relevance to us...Such as who Taye Diggs is fucking....
ReplyDeleteBravo Ian!
Today's country music is basically what rock used to be so I like it. Today's rock is shit on ice. I live in the South but am from the ne where we didn't have country music. I don't really like the twangy stuff but most of it is good. I appreciate all the old school country like Johnny And the others that built the legacy.
ReplyDeleteWant some good country music outside of the names listed here?
ReplyDeleteMerle Haggard (what Hank Williams could have been, had he lived)
Emmylou Harris
Lucinda Williams
Dolly Parton (the early stuff)
Steve Earle (early stuff, now he's more rock or bluegrass)
Lyle Lovett (hugely talented singer and songwriter)
Gram Parsons
Garth Brooks (nah, kidding)
Charley Pride
Marty Stuart
Jerry Lee Lewis (in the 60s and 70s)
Billy Joe Shaver
Rosanne Cash (an extremely gifted performer in her own right)
Angela I love Roseanne and Luke Lovette as well as early Steve Earle. Add Rodney Crowell to the mix as well. Saw them all when they dropped their first albums. Didn't appreciate Lucinda until later and saw her perform a few years back. I personally thought she seemed a little tired in her performance but Wheels on a Gravel Rd is an awesome album.
DeleteGD auto correct Lyle Lovett.
DeleteI saw Emmylou and Rodney and then an acoustic Rosanne with her hubby/producer John this year. Both shows were on my bucket list, and both just blew me away. So glad to see kindred spirits over here today!
DeleteAngela, I enjoy everyone on this list. I saw Steve Earle perform a few months back at amazon campus on my lunch break! It was such a great (but too short) show.
DeleteGood shit right heah!
DeleteSaw Steve Earle when he toured here last year for the Blues Fest. Did a song in tribute to Woody Guthrie. Legend.
DeleteHow about miranda lambert and blake shelton?
ReplyDeleteI lean more to alt country/southern rock but to call the country fan base "generally racist" is just bigoted and moronic.
ReplyDeleteI really hope it's not Blake; wouldn't be surprised if it were that Montgomery guy.
I've never heard Accidental Racist but I've seen the lyrics and can't imagine WTF those two were thinking. Aren't managers supposed to keep stars from making horrible mistakes like this?
I have no real complaints w/ the playlists. I am happy to see Harth was a joke and that Kenny Rogers and Kris Kristopherson were not mentioned. And as sad ad it makes me, Charlie Daniels bible thumpin/lyric changung ass.
ReplyDeleteI would like to include Alabama though. It has been sometime, but I recall atleast 2 albums I really enjoyed.
I would also like to add if any one is seeking out Willie Nelson material, the man is at his finest when doing a duet. I can get stoned and listen to Seven Spanish Angels for hours.
People who don't know about country music assume that all of its listeners are good old boy racists just sitting around with our hoods starched and ironed. In case you don't know country music from the Appalachians and the Ozarks was to poor white people what the blues was to the poor black people of the Mississippi Delta. Poor black and white people have always shared a bond of poverty and desperation We lived on the same side of the tracks and music was one of the only ways we had for relief from the bad times. Johnny Cash knew, so did Charley Pride from Sledge, MS. located right in the MS Delta. The shacks they lived in were no more than dog pens. So please, Country music and the Blues are two of the most genuine music genres we have. Ask BB and Merle and Loretta. Sorry about the sermon.
ReplyDeleteNice sermon Southerner09. The entomology of music (probably the wrong word) can be connected to jazz and rock and so on and so forth. Add in Tejano and all music from different regions and it's an amazing lesson on culture and sound. Every culture from time immemorial has created music. It's truly the universal language.
ReplyDeleteMay I add one last artist from my home state: Doc Watson for bluegrass and traditional (no slight to Meeker of course). Lord could we go on or what.
ReplyDeleteSherry, are you a Carolina girl? Great state!
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DeleteV indeed I am from NC. Born in Fayetteville, raised in CLT and lived the last 5+ years in Raleigh before moving to NYC. And that was at 30. Great music scene IMHO.
DeleteAlso a few years ago I got some compilation from iTunes, "Alt Women of Country " and it has some of THE best music. Now mind you I am a rock n roll girl (love the Ramomes) but it has some damn great music on it.
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DeleteI guess I could go on about music but everyone is bored already.
DeleteSherry: talking about music is NEVER boring when it's GOOD music!
DeleteDolly Parton and Porter Waggoner
ReplyDeleteha ha http://imgur.com/a/Nopkb not miley cyrus but another maile.....
ReplyDeleteA pox on both your races.
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Rach! I also adore Neko Case. She was on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" (and NPR show here) and was so damn funny they had her be on the panel. Sadly she wasn't as funny then. I do hope they have her back and let her give it another shot.
ReplyDeleteSeriously find Alt Country Women-The Basics, Next Steps and Deep Cuts. It's bloody awesome!
Great recommendation Sherry, will check it out.
Delete@southern09, this Southerner thanks you for your posts. Not a fan of the current trend of pop country, but I am sick to my eyeballs of hearing about racist Southerners, from people who don't understand that using that stereotype is offensive.
ReplyDeleteTroy Gentry (of the country duo Montgomery Gentry) proved himself an asshole when he shot a tame, captive bear at a game preserve, then tried to pass it off as an authentic wild game hunting experience. He ended up pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for that one.
ReplyDeleteIf he's capable of doing that, he probably thinks playing blackface is a great idea, too.
@Rach Around
ReplyDeleteYay! Newsom is a goddess.
Indeed she is abob! I've met her and she reminds me if a hipster unicorn rainbow angel. Yes, she is that rad.
DeleteI was soooo offended when "White Chicks" came out and those black men painted their faces white and pretended to be stereotypical white girls!!!! haha NOT! Seriously, I can't stand the racial double standard. It's getting old.
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