Country Music Analysis

If people gave country music a chance, maybe I would not face their censure when I express my love for its sweet melodies.

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Music will never stop evolving into various styles and sub-genres, but over the last 30 years country music has taken snowballed into a clash of old school country and pop styles. After the "third generation" of country music grew past the honky tonk, consisting of a very basic ensemble of guitar, bass, and vocals, a change was needed to revive the country music industry. Artists had to create new styles of country, such as Countrypolitan, which aimed towards the mainstream pop markets. Despite changes in time differences, style, and technological advances, there are parallels between the songs at the top of the billboards between each generation, the love for the United States of America.

What do you think of when you think of an old country song? Is it singing about plowing the fields, find a young lassie to dance with in the bar, getting drunk with the boys and so on. If That Ain’t Country by David Allan Coe tries to shine a new light on what country is and that is white-trash hicks, which he suggests are forgotten people in the world. We listen to this song and will giggle at some of the lyrics or are startled by how some parts are pretty racist, but it has a very true side of it that shows that country folk aren’t all classy, church going folk.

In the year 1927, George D. Hay a director at Nashville radio station was in his preparation to kick off on his program that he introduced in the year 1925 (Kyriakoudes, 2004). The program was known as the WSM Barn Dance that was locally listened to and was also well known countrywide. When the program started, Hay introduced a mixture of comedy and “hillbilly” music entertainment which was off schedule and later on the conductor who was known as Walter Damrosch shut off the show which was airing at NBC network. They claimed that there was no place in the classics for realism as country music had no place for lyrics or for writing music that had reality inside them, (Kyriakoudes, 2004). However, it implies that Hay had introduced musicians on his show that had meaningful music which compiled of both entertainment and realism.

Each decade comes with a new set of values, morals, and judgements. The 1960’s was the start of the breakdown of carried-on norms. The younger generations were aggressively expressing themselves with promiscuous clothing, hippy music, and ideas of new freedoms for genders and race. “The Harper Valley P.T.A.” is a narrative song written by Tom Hall to make a statement about the growing display of hypocrisy in small towns. Hall wrote the song in 1968 after a true story he had heard as a child in his hometown. Harper Valley P.T.A. shames the hypocritical leaders for deeming others immoral for their flaws.

Country music has gone through many phases of different musical styles including the honky-tonk style and more modern pop country style. More recently, mainstream country has continued to define itself through bringing all these different styles together and relying on each of them. This genre of music faces issues relating to its original classification as being “working class music”, being in opposition to homosexuality and its portrayal and absence of women. Often times I have heard people say that they prefer all genres of music, except country. Growing up I always listened to country music due to the fact that my mom and our family friends often listen to it, therefore I never understood why it unveiled such a negative reaction for most people. Oftentimes I find myself excluding my enjoyment of country music to others simply to avoid their surprised reactions. While I realize how people may be closed off to country music because of the labels that have been imposed upon it in common discourse and media, I often would like to point out that modern country music that is played on the radio today is often very different from more traditional country music played many years ago, and is not that much different from pop and rock sounds. These issues of class divide, homosexuality and the role of women must be looked upon in relation to contemporary country music, which can be considered a more relevant discussion.

Country music to be proud out: UK is enriching their music industry Music industry is improving and meeting more than the expectations of the people. There are more people who listen to wide variety of genre and this would make them free to choose what kind of music they will listen unto. UK is a place of bright light with creative and talented people living on it. There are so many people who create their own songs in order to earn and to be proud of their crafts. Our music leads us to something bigger in the future.

Anyone who has ever put on so much as small birthday party understands how much planning even the smallest get together can be. Think back to a time that you planned something. There were questioned that had to be answered; How many people are coming, will there be food, if so what kind? Now imagine planning a party for 7,000 people, throw alcohol in the mix, and the affect that country music has on people and you got yourself a music festival. Trying to plan everything out all by myself, which was essentially what I was planning on doing when I started my project, seemed extremely daunting once I actually started doing it. I’ve learned two things throughout my project so far; team work is the key to success and that for big things to happen you might have to think small.

Country music includes countless everyday scenarios that a average person would face on a daily basis, instead of “once in a lifetime” experiences. Country music is a genre that one can listen to while sad, happy, in love, and even at a party. Country music is so diverse that one could find a song to satisfy any mood or situation they are in, at any point in time. If one was experiencing a relationship ending there is a country song about a couple breaking up that they could relate to. If a person is having a good day there is an upbeat country song to listen to. When someone is falling in love there is a country song for them to listen to also. Country is one of the few genres of music in which a person could find a song that relates to them, no matter

Many people are very stereotypical towards country music and its fans, mostly because they cannot understand it, or simply because they dislike the music as a whole, and like another style instead. People sometimes call the ones who enjoy country music “hillbillies” or “rednecks”, which is unfortunately very common of people who are unappreciative of this genre. Country music focuses more on the tradition lifestyle accepted by society, but like other music genres, new versions of this music style have grew over time, resulting in less traditional messages, and lifestyle symbolism. Society usually overlooks the historical background that comes along with County music. Country music is usually looked at as boring, because it talks about the little things in life, instead of thing that get most people’s attention now days, like breaking the law or disobeying

Sunday after church, on a quiet balmy summer day, dinner is fresh, hot, and ready for immaculate consumption. After clearing the table, the men adjourn to the front porch to talk politics, church, and relax after a long week of satisfying the burdensome requirements of familial responsibilities. After all, what man is there who would not rather be fishing? The women, on the other hand, scurry in the kitchen, do the dishes, clean up, and put things away; while repeating the local gossip about who is seeing who; who should and who should not be marrying who. These images may appear out of Norman Rockwell or Mayberry R.F.D. U.S.A., but they are the images the American country music industry and fans envision of themselves. These perceptions

Miranda Lambert has been through a lot over the past year or two with her divorce from Blake Shelton and starting a new romance with Anderson East. Taste of Country is sharing that Miranda poured her heart out in a new album and fans are going to get to hear it all. Miranda actually shared the news with her fans on her Instagram page.

There are specific songs that all teenagers connect to, and sometimes it is more than one. One song that I believe is easy for teens to connect to is, Missing you by All Time Low: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhbVUTZn7A http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alltimelow/missingyou.html. It was released 2015, and is on their newest album. All Time Low has four band members, they formed the band while they were still in high school. They are still making songs, and are currently on tour. They are from Baltimore, Maryland. Their top five songs are Weightless, Dear Maria Count Me In, Remembering Sunday, and A Love Like War. The overall message of the song is helping someone out of a hard time and to people that feel lost, out of place and are not sure where their next

During the 1920’s, people have argued this to be known as the “Roaring 20’s” because of all the new trends that were created in different areas of culture. One of the biggest reasons for this were the birth of new music genres such as “Country”. People do love country music because of the meanings behind every lyric of each song, but in reality country music has brought more problems than happiness to society. Some of the reasons why country music has brought a lot of issues to society are due to its horrible sound, the nonsense from the lyrics, and the use of weird instruments such as an autoharp and a banjo. As a result of this combination, the percentage of suicide from all ages has increased ever since country music was introduced. Suicide ratings have been scaring scientists all over the world, they believe that people who listen to country music go through 5 different stages that will lead them to their death. This is the biggest problem that country music has caused throughout the course of its history. Not only has it scared the population of big nations, but it has also scarred scientists because they have estimated that humanity could become extinct in the next 30 years.