My Achy Breaky Heart
As you guys already know, I constantly listen to Internet radio (who doesn’t like free t music? I love so many different types of music and I learn of tons of different new artists every few days so how can I possibly ever own all the music I like? Not even Bill Gates could do it, so I am very grateful for free internet radio but unfortunately, some of the newer or more obscure artists are not available on stations like Launchcast.)
There is so much indie rock and pop that I have programmed over one thousand such artists. And of course there’s good-time hair metal, a healthy dose of jazz (especially Latin Jazz), 80s new wave and freestyle, underground rap and hip hop, and a good number of dance/electronica tunes. But I wish I could take the time to program some country. The thing is, I have been a long-time fan of the singer/songwriter (genre) and so I have come to realize that country is not too far removed from that except for pop country or that crossover stuff which is just twangy fluff. Like the equivalent of Ashlee Simpson for the country charts (“Achy Breaky Heart”, anyone?). Well, serious composers like Johnny Cash have my respect and I am more than happy to give a chance to anyone else that “walks the line”. This would include the Top 10 men named by CMT as the Greatest Men of Country Music. They had 40 but the Top 10 will do for me, thanks (that’s all I caught on TV anyway). They were (from 10 to 1) Alan Jackson, George Straight, Conway Twitty, Garth Brooks, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Hank Williams, Sr., and of course, Johnny Cash. If only there was one album with all these guys on it or at least the really good ones (I’m not into Garth Brooks even though he is the all-time best-selling solo artist). But I know there are too many record labels involved and they would not cooperate. My station is not programmed to play a lot of country because I can’t take the time to filter out the crap but it does play a lot of good singer/songwriters. Maybe one of these days I can throw in some good country.
By the way, during the top 10 I told you I caught on TV, they showed this commercial for depression a lot. Is there a correlation between country and depression? I know there is for the blues. Ah, the blues! I have to program more blues as well.
There is so much indie rock and pop that I have programmed over one thousand such artists. And of course there’s good-time hair metal, a healthy dose of jazz (especially Latin Jazz), 80s new wave and freestyle, underground rap and hip hop, and a good number of dance/electronica tunes. But I wish I could take the time to program some country. The thing is, I have been a long-time fan of the singer/songwriter (genre) and so I have come to realize that country is not too far removed from that except for pop country or that crossover stuff which is just twangy fluff. Like the equivalent of Ashlee Simpson for the country charts (“Achy Breaky Heart”, anyone?). Well, serious composers like Johnny Cash have my respect and I am more than happy to give a chance to anyone else that “walks the line”. This would include the Top 10 men named by CMT as the Greatest Men of Country Music. They had 40 but the Top 10 will do for me, thanks (that’s all I caught on TV anyway). They were (from 10 to 1) Alan Jackson, George Straight, Conway Twitty, Garth Brooks, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Hank Williams, Sr., and of course, Johnny Cash. If only there was one album with all these guys on it or at least the really good ones (I’m not into Garth Brooks even though he is the all-time best-selling solo artist). But I know there are too many record labels involved and they would not cooperate. My station is not programmed to play a lot of country because I can’t take the time to filter out the crap but it does play a lot of good singer/songwriters. Maybe one of these days I can throw in some good country.
By the way, during the top 10 I told you I caught on TV, they showed this commercial for depression a lot. Is there a correlation between country and depression? I know there is for the blues. Ah, the blues! I have to program more blues as well.
posted by Spleengrrl @ 1:12 PM
1 Comments:
At 4:12 PM,
RV3 said…
Commercials for depression on Country stations??? My favorite commercials are the most annoying! I love the commercials about silly colleges and beauty schools that air during daytime t.v. hours. As soon as I see one, I change the channel!
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