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Tom Quinn Member From: Sacramento |
posted 13 December 2005 09:24 PM
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So the teevee says that there is gonna be an "Outlaw Show" on CMY. Featuring Merle, Toby Keith, Billy Joe, D.A. Coe and a bunch of others... Instead it is a bunch of doofus's, with some guy named Kid Rock acting especially obnoxious. Guy's only talent is giving the finger. Then some bald fat guy with a stupid flat black hat came on... There were pedal steels onstage, one guy playing a metal dobro with his tongue and some of the ugliest human beings on the planet posing with guitars. None of them could play -- period. So this is Country music 2006? Heaven help us all... I don't mind trash, heck, I've done my time and owned the leisure suit, but you should at least be able to pick, and not act stupid. Merle was an outlaw I guess, Jesse and Waylon didn't act stupid or give their audience the finger... I posted earlier this week about seeing Paul play on a wonderful show on the GOO. I cannot believe that he has to share the same stage -- let alone the same air -- with this trailer-park trash. Am I getting so old that the good old days were a few days ago? I won't even go into the commercial about the prostitute in her undies and the dead Senator underneath her in bed ... Sorry, but if that is what is hot in Nashville, count me out. I think I just tested positive for alt. country... -L- This is a rant, of which about 80% is hot air and a wink and a nudge... and YMMV...:- ) and I've just edited it for the speling mustakes... [This message was edited by Tom Quinn on 14 December 2005 at 07:01 AM.] |
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Earnest Bovine Member From: Los Angeles CA USA |
posted 13 December 2005 09:45 PM
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Are you saying that trailer trash ain't country? |
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Tom Quinn Member From: Sacramento |
posted 13 December 2005 10:34 PM
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Not that kind... the only doublewide was the chick playing the drums... oops, gotta be careful here... FWIW, I LOVE Larry the Cable guy... -L- |
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Frank Parish Member From: Nashville,Tn. USA |
posted 14 December 2005 04:51 AM
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Tell us about the hooker and the dead senator! |
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Nic du Toit Member From: Milnerton, Cape, South Africa |
posted 14 December 2005 04:57 AM
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 Waiting for the funnies! ------------------ |
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Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA |
posted 14 December 2005 04:57 AM
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quote:Yeah! I could hear that story ALL day long! [This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 14 December 2005 at 04:58 AM.] |
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Tom Quinn Member From: Sacramento |
posted 14 December 2005 05:44 AM
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I wrote this post last night, after a Christmas party, so please cut me a little slack -- it wasn't meant as harsh as it might sound... still, is this what C&W is these days? :-0 Yeah, you haven't seen that commercial? Some flabby blond in her underwear straddling an old guy on a motel bed. The old guy is still in his suit, and is lights out. She's yelling at him,"Wake up Senator!!!"... I forgot what it is for. Kinda gross and also a little bit funny. Not something you would have seen on the boob tube -- oops there's a slip... -LLL- - when I was younger. [This message was edited by Tom Quinn on 14 December 2005 at 09:33 AM.] |
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Ray Minich Member From: Limestone, New York, USA |
posted 14 December 2005 06:43 AM
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quote: Great opportunity for background music like "Your Cheatin' Heart...". |
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David L. Donald Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand |
posted 14 December 2005 06:46 AM
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ROTFLOL quote: Ah, the importance of having Earnest amoungst us!  |
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Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA |
posted 14 December 2005 06:46 AM
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I love that story, Tom. Tell it again. |
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Bill Gideon Member From: New Mexico, USA |
posted 14 December 2005 07:07 AM
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This post has an obvious solution. Go to the outlet behind your TV and pull the plug. |
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Eric West Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA |
posted 14 December 2005 07:29 AM
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I dunno. Some of it's not too bad. I think Waylon gave the finger to his audience once, but I'm not sure. Maybe he was just making a G chord on his tele. EJL |
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Stephan Franck Member From: La Crescenta, California, USA |
posted 14 December 2005 07:36 AM
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I remember being on tour at 16, playing to some pretty rowdy crowds... and we seriously considered whether playing those power chords with index and ring finger looked like we were giving them the finger... Ah, being 16 again... ------------------ |
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Graeme Smart Member From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
posted 14 December 2005 08:14 AM
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In the '90's Johnny Cash gave the finger to all (most?) of Nashville in a full page ad. g [This message was edited by Graeme Smart on 14 December 2005 at 08:15 AM.] |
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Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth |
posted 14 December 2005 08:54 AM
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JC was a living legend who couldn't get airplay, yet was winning Grammies and critical acclaim...I don't blame him for giving N'ville powers that bethe bird.The ad's message, placed directly above Cash's middle finger: "American Recordings and Johnny Cash would like to acknowledge the Nashville music establishment and country radio for your support." Kid Rock on the other hand gets entirely too much airplay, and is only a "legend in his own mind" IMO, and is seemingly supported by whatever passes for the N'ville powers that be nowadays... what he has to flip anyone the bird about is beyond my reckoning oh well... I'm gonna go listen to some Buck Owens now. Or some Cash... |
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Tony Prior Member From: Charlotte NC |
posted 14 December 2005 10:09 AM
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I kinda liked the Toby and Merle portions of the show..and I'm not really a Toby fan either.. I didn't bother to watch the other parts... I'm like the others, mesmerized by the Senator and the under the Bed thing though.. Now thats real TV ! [This message was edited by Tony Prior on 15 December 2005 at 05:01 AM.] |
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chas smith Member From: Encino, CA, USA |
posted 14 December 2005 10:17 AM
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One of the reasons I don't own a tv. |
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Will Brumley Member From: Jacksboro, Texas |
posted 14 December 2005 10:48 AM
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I wasn't very pleased with the way the show turned out either. I was going to comment more but decided there wasn't any reason being that there's always another view. One statement..."Keep it country!" |
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retcop88 unregistered |
posted 14 December 2005 12:05 PM
Hey folks Country music ain't dead.....It's awfully sick though.  ------------------ |
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Charles Davidson Member From: Alabama, USA |
posted 14 December 2005 11:34 PM
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Country music is on her death bed at this moment in time,The [MU-SICK] industry is using these punks in their dirty tank tops,triwling mike stands,X-rated vidios,and attempting to incorporate rap crap into country music,is rapidly finishing her off.There are millions of brained washed kids out there that really think that the likes of Kenny Chesney,Big and Rich,Mont.Gentry,or Cowboy Troy,are actually playing country music.Sad but true!!!!! |
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Charles Davidson Member From: Alabama, USA |
posted 15 December 2005 12:00 AM
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P.S. I forgot to mention the creep that will destroy a fifteen hundred dollar guitar on stage and think that is entertaining.The real artist that built the country music industry did'nt need cheap clownlike theatrics to distract from their lack of talent. |
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Dave Mudgett Member From: Central Pennsylvania, USA |
posted 15 December 2005 03:58 AM
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quote: We can certainly do that. However, I hope you won't mind if some people don't want to completely give up on the "American culture" (yes, sometimes it sounds like an oxymoron, but it really is not) without a fight. Quite honestly, it doesn't bother me that there's garbage on TV and radio. There always has been. What bothers me is that it has become so uniform and so obviously controlled. I personally think the way to fix this is to open up the airwaves to pretty much whomever wants them. The phrase is "free market competition". Right now, we have an oligopoly in the broadcast entertainment business - most of the stations concentrated in far too few hands. But these corporations don't own the airwaves - we do. We've had this discussion before, but I get very tired of people telling me to just concede the culture to a small number of broadcast companies who monopolize the industry and find it easier to market to the lowest common denominator. End of rant. |
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Theresa Galbraith Member From: Goodlettsville,Tn. USA |
posted 15 December 2005 04:41 AM
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Kid Rock wasn't on the "Outlaw Show". I loved the show, especially Toby & Merle. As for Kid Rock he can sing a country song when he wants to. |
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Dan Hatfield Member From: Columbia, Mo USA |
posted 15 December 2005 06:31 AM
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For all of you who want to see Country Music the way it used to be, here is one solution. Figure out a way to subscribe to the RFD channel and buy a T-VO (sp) so you can record all the music shows. Every week you get Porter Wagner, Wilburn Bros, Pop Goes the Country, Midwest Country, Branson Jam, Nashville on the Road, and various other country, gospel, and bluegrass shows. Just a thought. Dan |
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Myron Labelle unregistered |
posted 15 December 2005 07:18 AM
"Kid Rock can sing a country song when he wants too". OK,There is some truth to that.But first I think he should learn how to sing any type song in pitch. But you all know me, he won't please me until he can do Cattle call in C# without stampedeing the cows.But the fans these characters have don't know the difference between Bull$**t and Cow$**t.and Like the old story goes. Do you know the difference between a bucket of $**t and todays country?......answer: the bucket |
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Charles Davidson Member From: Alabama, USA |
posted 15 December 2005 10:50 AM
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Theresa,This time I agree with you 100%[not all the time,but time I do]Kid Rock CAN sing a good song when he WANTS to.On a Hank Jr.special maybe about a year ago he sang a beautiful haunting song with great steel and B-3 in it.At the moment I can't recall the title[The mind is a terrible thing to waste]old age I guess.I thought it was the most beautiful songs I had heard in a long time.I taped it and played it over and over.I'm sure some of you know the song I'm talking about.I think Jimmy Hall was playing harmonica on it,the steel was great. |
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Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 15 December 2005 11:08 AM
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quote: Theresa, we'd already come to the conclusion that you like everyone in the music business! |
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Theresa Galbraith Member From: Goodlettsville,Tn. USA |
posted 15 December 2005 05:37 PM
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Let's put it this way Donny, I don't dislike everyone in the music business! [This message was edited by Theresa Galbraith on 15 December 2005 at 05:50 PM.] |
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Tom Quinn Member From: Sacramento |
posted 15 December 2005 05:51 PM
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Hmmm... the outlaw show I saw had Merle on for a tiny bit in the beginning -- I missed that part but my buddy called to tell me to turn on the teevee -- and then it rained a whole bunch of hooey... I don't care if he can sing, I think his finger-flickin' act is for the birds, but YMMV. |
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Willis Vanderberg Member From: Bradenton, FL, USA |
posted 16 December 2005 08:51 PM
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My favorite question for the folks who are impressed with todays music is...When was the last time these dudes had a song go number one for more that a week ?. When I think of all the country singers and song writers who had songs rated number one as long as ten , twenty or more weeks,that was what good country was all about. When there was room in the spectrum for all the instruments insted of nothing but percussion and keyboards and everyone playing a drone sound.This junk today reminds me of a bag pipe. When there isn't room in the music for Paul & Tommy and all the great artist playing our instrument someone ought to be shot. ( Producers maybe ? ) On the other hand , when was the last time you supported the good music by buying a cd ?. I think I will go fire up my guitar and play " I'm so lonesome I could cry ", that just about sums it all up for me.. Old Bud |
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Doyle Weigold Member From: CColumbia City, IN, USA |
posted 18 December 2005 09:38 PM
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I know this thing has been beat to death here on the Forum. It will probably never happen but I think they should have a modern country, or country rock chart whatever you want to call it. And a tradional country chart. Now let's get back to the hooker and senator. Like my latest bumper sticker says. "To country and proud of it" |
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Tony Prior Member From: Charlotte NC |
posted 20 December 2005 03:15 AM
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but... would you PAY to see and hear KID ROCK sing a Country song ? I personally feel that the association of Kid Rock with a Country Music show of ANY type is an insult to the many many great singers who can't even get a gig off Broadway...and those that couldn't survive past the Legions and Moose clubs of the world singing great traditional Country tunes and classics... Jimmy Snyder playing Tootsies everyday is the perfect example of what I am saying here... He is a GREAT singer... Kid Rock has not EARNED a place of respect in Country Music...he may have earned it in the Rock/Rap world where he holds his groin area while singing , jumping and screaming..but thats where it ends.. When my band goes out to gig, we play classics, Merle tunes, Toby Tunes etc.. yes, Picture was a great song..and he did a decent job on his portion of the track..., but the voice that made that song was Sheryl Crows...she sang every Harmony line..which leads me to believe KR cannot sing a harmony line...if he could, the producer would have had him sing lines over or under SC..but he didn't... Pay to see KR sing Country..? Not me..sorry... |
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