Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

TenPenny

#91

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

Mar 30th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by darkbeaver

The Blues cause cancer and venereal disease.

Were you blue when I was away?

Watch your grammar, girl, it's 'blown', and yes.

SirJosephPorter

#92

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

Mar 30th, 2010

When I was doing my Ph.D. at University of Utah, we had a Turkish Ph.D. student in the laboratory. Due to some reason he was fond of country music, and he would have country music on (the station was KSOP) all day.

For a few years in those days I used to listen to country music practically every day. I did not exactly get to like it, but at least I got used to it. And some of the tunes were rather catchy.

So the result is that I still remember many tunes from the 70s, which I am sure most of the country music buffs have forgotten by now.

Johnnny, you are a country music fan. See if you recognize any of these tunes, they were very popular in those days.

Don’t cry, Joni (“Joni was a girl who lived next door")

Monster song (“Frankenstein was the first in line, the Wolf man came on next”)

Snake song (“Boys and girls take warning, if you go near the lake”)

Kitchen song (“singing in the kitchen, banging on the pots and pans”)

And of course no country music is complete without several trucking songs. (“Roll on, big mama”, “If you are rollin”)

After my Ph.D. I moved from Salt Lake City to Ann Arbor (he went back to Turkey) and I lost touch with country music. When I went to Britain for seven years, I picked up a taste of Gilbert and Sullivan and it has stayed with me to this day. I am a big fan of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Last edited by SirJosephPorter; Mar 30th, 2010 at 10:07 PM..

Darlene_O

#93

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Hmm.. not to age myslef too much but I know all of those songs. Adn as far as Genre..I listen to anything and everything! LOL

ironsides

#94

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Because they don't like good music.

YouTube - 9 Year Old Fiddler - Mikayla Roach - Orange Blossom Special

YouTube - Orange Blossom Special

Last edited by ironsides; May 10th, 2010 at 08:54 AM..

Praxius

#95

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnnny

I dont get it, 5/6ths of the people i know here hate country. But it gets me more ****** then your rock in roll halloween music that sounds like...

RAAAWR!!!! MURDER SUICIDE!!!! YEAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

its on

seriously, people have alot of negativstuff to say about country music, but when i say negative stuff about there music they get all defensive.... At least we know what the men are listening too

Apparently the generalizations work both ways, ie: your own counter-complaints towards Rock.

When it comes to Rock/Roll, there's many different genres within Rock itself... Rock n Roll, Rock, Classic Rock, Alternative, Pop Rock, Heavy Metal, Industrial, Death Metal, Punk Rock, etc. etc.

Not all of it has to do with Murder and Suicide..... I imagine you know better then that.

But if not, then in reflection to your own comments, most Country music sounds much the same as the next.... twangy guitars, twangy voices, everybody wears cowboy hats when most of the artists only wear them just to fit in.... and yes.... most Country (up until recently with the Pop Country stuff) entails stories and lyrics that involve having a crappy life....

My wife left me, took the dog, stole my pickup, my cousin no longer loves me like she used to, my beer's flat, trailer home is leaking, got no money, got no decent shoes, my father died in a tractor accident, my mother got a sex change and now's my father and she just died in a tractor accident too..... and so on.

Sounds a lot like Murder/Suicide music too when you think about it.

But for me, it's not so much the lyrics, it's more to do with the sound of the instruments and the common twangy voices (ie: all the men have almost the exact same voices and tones) used in the songs that annoy my ears and a lack of variety.

If people want to like and enjoy Country, all the power to em.... I'll listen to my own stuff.

But whatever music genre has Shania Twain, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Kenny Rogers in it deserves ridicule lol

Last edited by Praxius; May 10th, 2010 at 11:17 AM..

Praxius

#96

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by DaSleeper

If you want to talk about a small percentage of the population appreciating a kind of music.......
My favorite is......(.if you have to plug it in....if you have to beat it with a stick....it ain't music).....Bluegrass and the old traditional Blues...............

What the heck.........I'm a Canadian Redneck

For me, since around the age of 4 or 5, I couldn't stand Bluegrass..... it always made me feel like hopping in an old Ford F-150 and getting into a police chase with Boss Hog.... or perhaps have the locals chase me around in their pick ups shaking pitchforks and torches out the windows with anger.

DaSleeper

#97

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Praxius

For me, since around the age of 4 or 5, I couldn't stand Bluegrass..... it always made me feel like hopping in an old Ford F-150 and getting into a police chase with Boss Hog.... or perhaps have the locals chase me around in their pick ups shaking pitchforks and torches out the windows with anger.

I guess in about two weeks you figure I will be wasting my time when I hitch-up my 5th wheel and head south for a couple or three months to take in about four bluegrass festivals..... and maybe a Blues festival in Orangeville On. if I make it in time.
This friend of mine didn't care much for bluegrass until he came to a festival with me.....the next year he made the rounds with me.

The best is still the jammin' around the parks...

YouTube - Josh Williams jamming High Definition

Here is a kid with talent

YouTube - Gold Rush

Praxius

#98

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Oh I know there's a load of talent in most Bluegrass, in fact there's plenty of talent and great skill in just about any music genre (except HipHop/Rap) and seeing something live is always a hell of a lot more impressive then just listening on a CD or on the radio.... but it's just not my thing.

Most of it's a little too fast pace and high in treble for my ears. The fast pace isn't so much an issue, but in combination with the treble, it kinda gets to me.... mainly the Banjo. It's a sound that doesn't quite appeal to me.

And my last two posts, while honest in opinion, wasn't meant to be taken too seriously of course

DaSleeper

#99

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Praxius

Oh I know there's a load of talent in most Bluegrass, in fact there's plenty of talent and great skill in just about any music genre (except HipHop/Rap) and seeing something live is always a hell of a lot more impressive then just listening on a CD or on the radio.... but it's just not my thing.

Most of it's a little too fast pace and high in treble for my ears. The fast pace isn't so much an issue, but in combination with the treble, it kinda gets to me.... mainly the Banjo. It's a sound that doesn't quite appeal to me.

And my last two posts, while honest in opinion, wasn't meant to be taken too seriously of course

Oh I didn't take offense to anything you said...On the contrary, I agree, with this last statement of yours (I don't take hip hop rap as music either) and I enjoy most music to varying degree also...
They just vary in the length of time I'm willing to listen

Liberalman

#100

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

country music is for the redneck crowd who usually hates visible minorities.

Last edited by Liberalman; May 10th, 2010 at 03:29 PM..Reason: ....

YukonJack

#101

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

"country music is for the redneck crowd who usually hates visible minorities.

First of all Liberalman if you want any credibility, learn to punctuate, or at least start your incomprehensible sentences with a capital letter.

Secondly, it is a safe bet that your high and mighty ass would not know a symphony from an overture. So, if you are illiterate about classical music - as you are, self-acclaimed, about country music - you must be a rock and roll kind of guy.

Relating to intelligence, or, rather, ignorance, nothing more need be said.

DaSleeper

#102

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

YJ: He never did say what kind of music he enjoys ....so we can be fully enlightened and learn what the upper echelons of society would cosider musical talent....

As long as he doesn't expect me to listen to more than two or three songs by Celine Dion

Johnnny

#103

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Liberalman

country music is for the redneck crowd who usually hates visible minorities.

what do you listen to that techno ****, the toronto crowd likes?

Quote:

so we can be fully enlightened and learn what the upper echelons of society

you mean the toronto crowd?

Risus

#104

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Liberalman

country music is for the redneck crowd who usually hates visible minorities.

Listen to Johnny Cash's American recordings. Then you won't say that...

MHz

#105

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Liberalman

country music is for the redneck crowd who usually hates visible minorities.

Not likely, we also have lots of guns so our minorities know to stay well hidden. The hate is part of a conspiracy plot that held back everything but wheat migrating to the East. It originated as a reply to screeching coyotes late at night. It also stopped the cows thinking you were trying to sneak up on them and eat them on the spot.

TenPenny

#106

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by DaSleeper

Oh I didn't take offense to anything you said...On the contrary, I agree, with this last statement of yours (I don't take hip hop rap as music either) and I enjoy most music to varying degree also...
They just vary in the length of time I'm willing to listen

Hiphop and rap are the modern versions of early jazz.

Some of it is bad, some tasteless, and some is quite artistic and intelligent.
But you can definitely see where it has evolved from jazz.

TenPenny

#107

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

For example, here are the lyrics to a 1935 song by Lucille Bogan (I've heard the recording, my father was QUITE embarrassed when we discovered it among his old 78s)
I got nipples on my titties, big as the end of my thumb,
I got somethin' between my legs'll make a dead man come,
Oh daddy, baby won't you shave 'em dry?
Aside: Now, draw it out!
Want you to grind me baby, grind me until I cry.
(Roland: Uh, huh.)
Say I ****ed all night, and all the night before baby,
And I feel just like I wanna, **** some more,
Oh great God daddy,
(Roland: Say you gonna get it. You need it.)
Grind me honey and shave me dry,
And when you hear me holler baby, want you to shave it dry.
I got nipples on my titties, big as the end of my thumb,
Daddy you say that's the kind of 'em you want, and you can make 'em come,
Oh, daddy shave me dry,
(Roland: She ain't gonna work for it.)
And I'll give you somethin' baby, swear it'll make you cry.
I'm gon' turn back my mattress, and let you oil my springs,
I want you to grind me daddy, 'til the bell do ring,
Oh daddy, want you to shave 'em dry,
Oh great God daddy, if you can't shave 'em baby won't you try?
Now if ****in' was the thing, that would take me to heaven,
I'd be ****in' in the studio, till the clock strike eleven,
Oh daddy, daddy shave 'em dry,
I would **** you baby, honey I'd make you cry.
Now your nuts hang down like a damn bell sapper,
And your dick stands up like a steeple,
Your goddam ass-hole stands open like a church door,
And the crabs walks in like people.
Aside: Ow, ****!
(Roland: Aah, sure enough, shave 'em dry?)
Aside: Ooh! Baby, won't you shave 'em dry
A big sow gets fat from eatin' corn,
And a pig gets fat from suckin',
Reason you see this *****, fat like I am,
Great God, I got fat from ****in'.
Aside: Eeeeh! Shave 'em dry
(Roland: Aah, shake it, don't break it)
My back is made of whalebone,
And my cock is made of brass,
And my ****in' is made for workin' men's two dollars,
Great God, round to kiss my ass.
Aside: Oh! Whoo, daddy, shave 'em dry

Liberalman

#108

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by TenPenny

For example, here are the lyrics to a 1935 song by Lucille Bogan (I've heard the recording, my father was QUITE embarrassed when we discovered it among his old 78s)
I got nipples on my titties, big as the end of my thumb,
I got somethin' between my legs'll make a dead man come,
Oh daddy, baby won't you shave 'em dry?
Aside: Now, draw it out!
Want you to grind me baby, grind me until I cry.
(Roland: Uh, huh.)
Say I ****ed all night, and all the night before baby,
And I feel just like I wanna, **** some more,
Oh great God daddy,
(Roland: Say you gonna get it. You need it.)
Grind me honey and shave me dry,
And when you hear me holler baby, want you to shave it dry.
I got nipples on my titties, big as the end of my thumb,
Daddy you say that's the kind of 'em you want, and you can make 'em come,
Oh, daddy shave me dry,
(Roland: She ain't gonna work for it.)
And I'll give you somethin' baby, swear it'll make you cry.
I'm gon' turn back my mattress, and let you oil my springs,
I want you to grind me daddy, 'til the bell do ring,
Oh daddy, want you to shave 'em dry,
Oh great God daddy, if you can't shave 'em baby won't you try?
Now if ****in' was the thing, that would take me to heaven,
I'd be ****in' in the studio, till the clock strike eleven,
Oh daddy, daddy shave 'em dry,
I would **** you baby, honey I'd make you cry.
Now your nuts hang down like a damn bell sapper,
And your dick stands up like a steeple,
Your goddam ass-hole stands open like a church door,
And the crabs walks in like people.
Aside: Ow, ****!
(Roland: Aah, sure enough, shave 'em dry?)
Aside: Ooh! Baby, won't you shave 'em dry
A big sow gets fat from eatin' corn,
And a pig gets fat from suckin',
Reason you see this *****, fat like I am,
Great God, I got fat from ****in'.
Aside: Eeeeh! Shave 'em dry
(Roland: Aah, shake it, don't break it)
My back is made of whalebone,
And my cock is made of brass,
And my ****in' is made for workin' men's two dollars,
Great God, round to kiss my ass.
Aside: Oh! Whoo, daddy, shave 'em dry

Typical redneck song country and western at it's finest

TenPenny

#109

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Liberalman

Typical redneck song country and western at it's finest

Which is why, I guess, it was recorded by a black woman in 1935.

Johnnny

#110

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

liberalman got bitched lol, heavy

DaSleeper

#111

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 10th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by TenPenny

Which is why, I guess, it was recorded by a black woman in 1935.

Touché

Said1

#112

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 11th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Liberalman

country music is for the redneck crowd who usually hates visible minorities.

Not too closed minded and judgemental, Liberalman. Not very 'liberal' if you ask moi, as country music lover from Ontario.

darkbeaver

#113

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 11th, 2010

Country music is a wonderful example of people who have audio deficiencies overcoming their handicaps to entertain themselves and the other similarly afflicted. We should applaud the genera for the relief it affords millions of sufferers.

Last edited by darkbeaver; May 11th, 2010 at 10:05 PM..

taxslave

#114

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 11th, 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnnny

I dont get it, 5/6ths of the people i know here hate country. But it gets me more ****** then your rock in roll halloween music that sounds like...

RAAAWR!!!! MURDER SUICIDE!!!! YEAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

its on

seriously, people have alot of negativstuff to say about country music, but when i say negative stuff about there music they get all defensive.... At least we know what the men are listening too

Moderator's Edit. Vulgarity removed.

How about because it is sooo bad? As well as being proven to increase the suicide rate. Rock OTH has been proven to help people cope with diseases such as Turettes Syndrome

Johnnny

#115

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 12th, 2010

country music isnt bad, i dont feel suicidal.....i dont think a study done applies to everyone.....i guess other people think differently than me, because there are alot of good country songs about good times... mabye if people took the time to actually listen to a variety of country instead of skimming the surface they would relaize this?

DaSleeper

#116

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 12th, 2010

I have been to open air concerts/festivals of different genre of music, and after the show is over, I have seen people who organize the venue, with a pickup truck cleaning the empty beer bottles junk etc.. left behind, in spite of of the many garbage cans around.
The exception was Bluegrass festivals, the place is always left clean, people pick up after themselves and even after others....

I guess there is a better class of rednecks after all

TenPenny

#117

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 12th, 2010

Saw the movie 'Crazy Heart' a few weeks ago. The music was surprisingly good, I'm assuming 'cause T Bone was involved.

Johnnny

#118

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

May 13th, 2010

I like it when i hear people say

" country sucks no one buys that ****"

Well ill tell you this, brooks and dunn as a duo have sold more music than any other duo of any other genre....

As far as im concerned your stack dont compare much to mine

take a walk

Johnnny

#119

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

Jun 21st, 2010

right now im chillin in north toronto on longford street exposing all the chinesse people here to my collection of country music.

They all know im her big pet daddy and shes my little miss honky tonk

AnnaG

#120

Re: Why is Country Music so Dispised In Ontario?

Jun 21st, 2010

There are some good cowperson tunes around. I like quite a few Waylon's, Ian Tyson's, Patsy CLine's, Don Gibson's, Marty Robbins', and even some of this newer stuff even though a lot of it sounds like light rock, not cowperson music.

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