Country Music: The Beat That’s Killing The Genre
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Ned played drums in Western Underground (Chris LeDoux's band). Western Underground then played with Dustin Evans for a while until Ned took the jump and started sing.
Sounds just like his old man. Music is exactly something Chris would put out. Love it.
Haha oh yes, actually released another album recently. Some real filth in his songs! What a great bit though...
Sort of joking as I can enjoy some Greta Van Fleet, but I get a bit of a chuckle when people cite them as original music. Every band has influences you can pick up in their music. But with GVF it's as if they set out to sound exactly like Led Zeppelin in every way possible, and thoroughly succeeded. I agree it is good original music but it sounds as if they were asked to make an original soundtrack for a Led Zeppelin biopic.
In 1000 years archaeologists will determine that Wu Tang and Swedish death metal signaled the absolute peak of enlightenment of humankind. If someone can make a song about getting burned by gonnohrrea with three part harmonic minor riffs alternating between 3/4 and 29/32 time they win music forever.
Yeah, one of my favorite bands right now is Foxygen, The critics say they're rehashing a lot of Bowie/Velvet Underground stuff, but it don't bother me.
I was dating a girl one time who used to love to go to the clubs. She ask me if I wanted to go to this country concert. I said sure even though I hate country. Went to pick her up and it looked like she was from a farm in Arkansas or some crap. Country hat, Boots, Strange brand of country style jeans. I was like WTF are you looking like that for. Then I showed up to the concert and every other girl there was dressed basically the exact same. That is when I knew most country people were posers.
Sorry, wasn't really in response to your statement other than the GVF mention. Just made me think of another "What are some good rock bands now" thread that had a ton of GVF recommendations.
I thought we resolved the poser problem in the 90s
. There's storytelling and escapism in country music, but i don't really see what the problem is with that.
I agree Kacey Musgraves is awesome, and I don't care for country all that much.
At the Seattle Museum of Pop Culture (MoPop, formerly the Experience Music Project or EMP), they have a cool guitar exhibit that shows videos of old country, bluegrass and rhythm & blues masters like below. That's the kind of stuff I grew up on with a mother who plays piano, grandpa who played guitar and harmonica (at the same time), and uncle who played banjo, guitar, piano and i think some brass instruments. I remember everybody gathering in the basement while they played music.