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From: luludi Date: June 9th, 2009 03:15 pm (UTC) (Link)

I have a serious dislike for country (in any variety), but I can listen to almost everything else.

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From: sami Date: June 9th, 2009 05:27 pm (UTC) (Link)

*slight twitch*

See comment above - I have a lot of trouble with the "everything except country" school of music appreciation, because... seriously, other than class prejudice, overt or aversive, what's the justification for dismissing an entire wide-ranging genre of music? If you didn't like Achy Breaky Heart, fine, but, seriously, can you see "I can listen to any kind of music except rock and roll" being fair, when that encompasses Buddy Holly and Elvis and the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Kansas and Metallica and Bon Jovi and everything in between and beyond?

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From: luludi Date: June 9th, 2009 05:43 pm (UTC) (Link)

I've listened to a fair share of the older country and the newer, more pop (transitional) style stuff and I dislike them both, for different reasons. This isn't to say that I like every rock artist (for example, I don't like Bon Jovi, either) or every rap artist, etc. ~ I'm just saying that, as a whole, I don't find country to be a genre that I ever feel compelled to listen to. It's not because there's any prejudice involved as far as the people who sing it or the people who listen to it goes.... and, it depends on what people classify as country music. For instance, Dire Straits is often classified as country, but I would consider it to be rock or blues. Of the artists/songs I've been exposed to, I dislike the style... the slide guitar, the twangy sound, the overly dramatic way a lot of them sing, the overtly religious aspect of a good portion of country music. These things, of course, are also found in rock and pop and rap, etc., but generally not to the same degree. Am I prepared to say that I dislike every country song ever written? Of course not. I haven't heard them all, but I haven't liked anything I've heard thus far, which has been a fair sampling.

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