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jimmyjohnjames	Date: November 23, 2003 @ 4:44 PM I feel like nobody listens to country music in this world. All the independent music on the web seems to be electronic, rock, or hip-hop. I'll trying to change things. Check out my songs and tell me what you think. I think country's coming back in a big way and I'm not talking about that mainstream crap. Tell me what you think of my songs. http://jimmyjohnjames.dmusic.com
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 23, 2003 @ 4:54 PM any music is good and appreciated, its just that hip-hop, rock and electronic (probably in that order too) are the most popular going - and that has no reflection on the tastes of LISTENERS and the QUALITY of the music.
woodhead	Date: November 23, 2003 @ 6:09 PM I agree Chillin good music isgood and bad music is well dont want to hear it, but all genre of music is cool.
Bill43	Date: November 23, 2003 @ 6:13 PM Can I tag along with you guys? I'll listen to any genre. Good music is simply good music. The genre doesn't matter to me.
KevBrock	Date: November 23, 2003 @ 7:16 PM I'm a huge country music fan. But you may want to check your page Jimmy as you have two of the same songs under a different title. When I was a young kid, I used to listen to a lot of country and saw a lot of country concerts. Then I gave up country music for a long while to get into classic rock, metal and other types of music. Since there isn't any good new music lately, I just got back into country. Country music really grew on me again. I love all country music from classic country to today's country. Who are your favorite country singers, Jimmy? Some of mine include, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline, Clint Black, Randy Travis, George Strait, Kenny Rogers, Hal Ketchum, the Garthman (Garth Brooks), Brooks and Dunn, Toby Keith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Montgomery Gentry, Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Alabama, etc. Country music is my favorite genre right now. If you check out my page Jimmy, you can see I too have country music on there. Check them out and listen to them when you get a chance.
invocati	Date: November 23, 2003 @ 7:43 PM Went to see Glen Campbell a while back. The theater was packed and he is country. I like some country and it is big in some places. Saw Glen in Branson Missouri.
milladrive	Date: November 23, 2003 @ 8:19 PM I think country rules." id="70495">I think country rules.
smelv1n	Date: November 23, 2003 @ 11:07 PM i agree i have no respect for country music.
Jennae	Date: November 23, 2003 @ 11:51 PM smelvin
sinai	Date: November 24, 2003 @ 12:18 AM well i'm sorry jimmy, but i only got a topical "pop radio" idea of what new country is like, and frankly, i dont wanna here songs about sexy tractors and dogs having sex so a prisoner can escape country hasn't been wortha shit in 25 years cept martina mcbride...damn she has a beautiful voice
Arthen	Date: November 24, 2003 @ 12:20 AM i love country blues. Alvin Lee rocks.
GeneHilbert	Date: November 24, 2003 @ 1:03 AM "Alvin Lee" Great player ...... Old "Country" is kewl....... and some of today’s is good..... the problem is that like everything else - it's all very formula and really kinda sterile. Same studio's turning out the same old shit with different faces. Current Country music production’s are now more pop than country.
starseven	Date: November 24, 2003 @ 1:10 AM i have a huge amoutn of respect for country music.... too bad it;s almost impossible to listen to these days... just pop country crap,,, every since garth brooks and tim mcgraw.. it all went down hill
azhazhellfire	Date: November 24, 2003 @ 2:55 AM someone around here once said that all country music tracks were the same track. he was ignorant, and wrong. but it was a damn good line
KevBrock	Date: November 24, 2003 @ 7:07 AM Today's country music is "Pop" that people make it out to be. The female singers in country are "POP" but the male singers aren't "Pop". The male country singers are more of a blues rock feel to it, I wouldn't go as far as calling the male singers "Pop" because they aren't. Most male country is more on the rockish side.
jimmyjohnjames	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 12:29 AM I just think that all types of music go through phases: They begin very sincere and honest. People start to respect the honesty of the music and the genre goes into a boom and gains popularity. Major labels start to notice the up and coming "honest" artists. The major labels then jump on the rising genre and add their watered down flair to those artists after signing them and this is what we begin to hear on the radio...watered down crap. The final step to start things back again full circle is some honest and fresh talent to come along and change the face of that musical genre. That's what I'm ready for regarding country music. So if Country these days isn't getting respect, I'm not saying it deserves respect. I'm saying let's pump some honesty into it and gain it some respect. Jimmy John James, check me out, let me know what you think, http://jimmyjohnjames.dmusic.com
KevBrock	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 7:52 AM I agree with you Jimmy totally. Just because certain people are not a country fan doesn't mean you always have to go out of your way to bash it and make fun of the genre, and people who make fun of others for listening to it. Pretty childish in my book. Some people would think that country music is simple and easy songs that anyone can play. Not true at all. Country music is actually very difficult music to play on guitar. There's a lot of music theory and improvising involved just like all other genres of music. I love country music. Always had.
jessemills	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 9:58 AM i hate most new country. cept steve earle, dwight yoakum,lyle lovett and the like. but that over-processed slicked down shit they play on the radio these days is really horrible. and that toby keith "put your foot in your ass, it's the American way" bullshit, that's not very evolved.
starseven	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 10:26 AM i think it;s weird.. if you ask somone what kind of music they listen to.. most people will say "anything but country"
Lcrowley	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 11:51 AM I hate most main stream country music .. but I have found some of the most amazing Independent country artists I have every heard ... And I am a country artist as well ! I can sit and name you guys indies that are awesome you do have a choice when it comes to music, my choice is not to listen to the majors .. You should go and check out some of the independent country artists ... it is not the same as main stream .. and I have fought this stereo type for 4 years on the internet ... Everyone stereo types country music .. but it is funny, when I finally get them to go and listen to Randal and I, they all say man I hate country music but you guys rawk .. so, I guess what everyone says IS true after all .. GOOD MUSIC IS JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLY GOOD MUSIC !!
furiousBall	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 12:04 PM for the most part, i agree old country rules (johnny, merle, willie, etc.) - but, there is some very good country being made today check out nickel creek, allison kraus and union station (if you consider bluegrass country that is). amazing musicians
Lcrowley	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 12:11 PM yes !! I absolutely agree Vandaman .. I am a huge Allison Krauss fan and I love Nickel Creek as well .. I own all of both of their music ... Have you heard Rhonda Vincent ?? she is incredible as well .. Lana
KevBrock	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 6:51 PM Aw man, I fucking love Nickel Creek, they are so damn great and I must buy their CD SOON!!!! I too love Allison Krauss. Starseven, I agree with you that I too think it's weird when people say "Anything but country". Everyone listens to country at some point, even if they don't buy it, I'm sure family and friends listen to it. My mother has gotten me back into country music because she listens to it all the time, and that's the only genre she listens to, nothing else. Even though I've gotten heavily back into country music, I'll still listen to other genres like rock, metal, blues, etc. I like all genres of music too, it's just that country is my most favorite right now.
milladrive	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 9:13 PM I like KevBrock, and I agree with most of what he's said here. ..including his taste for Nickel Creek. Personally, I'm quite tired of all these folks who say stuff like, "Well, I like this country, but I don't like that country." Isn't this true about _any_ "genre" of music? Too much generalizing, if ya ask me (which no one has).
KevBrock	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 9:56 PM But, one country artist, who I despise and hate with a pure passion is Shania Twain. She's the Britney Spears of country music. :-/
milladrive	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 10:22 PM I disagree. She writes all her own music, and her husband produces, writes, and performs it with her. ..and, may I add, Robert "Mutt" Lange is no slouch when it comes to music, having written and produced for Huey Lewis, The Cars, Foreigner, AC/DC, and many more. ..I happen to think Shania is in no way comparable to Britney. Just because she happens to have looks does not automatically disqualify her from the talent pool.
GeneHilbert	Date: November 25, 2003 @ 11:50 PM Shania is fuckin' awsome - Britney just a pop-tart
RasMasta	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 12:33 AM Shania Twain wrote a song for Britney Spears. It was called "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" Anyways, country is annoying.
woodhead	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 12:57 AM if you consider bluegrass country that is). amazing musicians Now that is a statement I agree with, bluegrass def kicks butt. Alison k and nickle creek are some excelent artist. But the style of blue grass, is def original, must have been born on an island who ever started it. As for Britney, she is good to look at, can't sing to save her ass, and acting yea right, but good to look at. Shania and Mutt def make one hell of a team, and as for Shania well she was practicly outcast from country music because she would not follow that "nashville sound" and made it anyway, so she has my full respect. Actually she became an outlaw same as Willie, Waylon, Christopherson, Williams JR and lets not forget Cash for not doing things the "Nashville way". true indies in my point of view
KevBrock	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 7:02 AM I just like Britney for her beautiful body because she is hot, I can't stand her music though.
jessemills	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 9:27 AM It's the close-minded provincial attitude that gives country a bad name. And the melodies, at times, are a little generic. I swear they've written and re-written Boot Scootin Boogie a million times. here's an example of a STUPID REDNECK. "Oh, Justice will be served and the battle will rage. This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage You'll be sorry that you messed with the US of A 'Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass It's the American way." Yeah, it's the American way to be stupid, callous and reactionary. Like it's a fucking Steel Cage match or something when little kids are being killed.
jessemills	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 9:33 AM and Americans wonder why most of the world hates us. Here, the sagelike wisdom of charlie Daniels- This ain't no rag it's a flag and we don't wear it on our heads It's a symbol of the land where the good guys live are you listening to what I said You're a coward and a fool and you broke all the rules and you wounded our American pride Now we're coming with a gun and we know you're gonna run but you can't find no place to hide We're gonna hunt you down like a mad dog hound and make you pay for the lives you stole We're all through talking and messing around and now it's time to rock and roll These colors don't run and we're speaking as one when we say united we stand If you mess with one you mess with us all every boy, girl, woman and man You've been acting mighty rash and talking that trash but let me give you some advice You can crawl back in your hole like a dirty little mole but now it's time to pay the price You might have shot us in the back but now you have to face the fact that the big boy's in the game The lightning's been flashing and the thunder's been crashing and now it's gettin ready to rain Chorus: This is the United States of America the land of the brave and free We believe in God, we believe in justice, we believe in liberty You've been pulling our chain, we shoulda done something about you a long time ago But now the flag's flying high and the fur's gonna fly and now the whole world's gonna know This ain't no rag it's a flag old glory red white and blue The stars and stripes and when it comes to a fight we can do what we have to do Our people stand proud the American crowd is faithful and loyal and tough We're as good as the best and better than the rest you're gonna find out soon enough When you look up in the sky and you see the eagle fly you'd better know he's headed your way This ain't no rag it's a flag and it stands for the USA
jessemills	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 9:36 AM sorry to turn this into a political tirade, but these fucking redneck assholes piss me off. and I love country. Johnny Cash rest in peace.
Dexter	Date: November 24, 2004 @ 6:44 PM +
chazcountry	Date: November 24, 2004 @ 9:21 PM First, I am a PURIST country artist(INDIE) and the problem with genre overload for RAP and Hip-Hop, specificly, is that the avg. surfer for these sight(IE Dmusic) is of the younger audience. You will find that most people of my Age(30-50) don't know about these sites in general. Secondly....as you can read from the comments, too many people generalize country music with "REDNECKS" as they are depicted in Foxworthy jokes. A Redneck is nothing more or nothing less that a Blue Collar class country boy.not white trash on Gov. Subsidy. Third... Country Music Industry is selective( NOT A GREAT POINT) Too selective actually, so its much more difficult to get exposure, airplay, and Major production Last but not least, Country Music Artist and Fans, have been, are, and will always be, the most dedicated to the genre (WITH EXCEPTION TO THE SELL-OUTS). This Is all My opinion so, don't rant and rave, just comment or...Listen to my Music and become a fan of me and/or COUNTRY MUSIC!!!!
MisledMayhem	Date: November 24, 2004 @ 10:04 PM Don't worry, I freakin hate country, but I also hate mainstream nonsense. So even though our music tastes differ, at least we can agree that Usher, Good Charlotte, D12 and all those other MTV bands are really freakin annoying.
chazcountry	Date: November 24, 2004 @ 10:30 PM LOL.............. I respect other music, but every genre has (or should have ethical, moral, and tastful bounderies. (AND NO.....I am not talking about censoring Lyrics, just bad music!)
boots2004	Date: November 25, 2004 @ 3:08 AM wow all this coming from lovers of music and creating maybe if we ask we can get the country genre removed
boots2004	Date: November 25, 2004 @ 3:21 AM everytime someone disses country music my plays shoot up thanks
Dexter	Date: November 25, 2004 @ 5:51 AM And so they should Boots
chazcountry	Date: November 26, 2004 @ 1:31 AM Country Music Will always rule!
geetarman	Date: November 26, 2004 @ 8:24 AM That's a tall order Slim!
8111	Date: January 4, 2005 @ 11:41 PM I happen to like really good bluegrass music. I also like Randy Travis always liked Johhny cash the stuff he did with in his final years left me speechless right now I like Gretchen Wilson's Redneck Girl" song Shaniah's not bad and That "Days Go By" dude...(why can't think of his name right now????) Willie Nelson rules. Period. verything else I hear seems to be crap...but then, I'm a metalhead... man, I'll check ya out...
8111	Date: January 4, 2005 @ 11:42 PM a few typos there...sorry. Thank Smirnoff

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