why do people hate country music?

I like country. And yes, the radio-pop-hybrid version of it. I also listen to regular pop music, rap, and oldies. Love me some Luke Bryan... could take or leave the music, but I saw him on stage and he can shake it for me!!! :blushing:

Funny cuz he sings, country girl shake it for me girl.....

I know my country music!

I think my sister likes him, or something like that. I know I've heard the name...

love all music...the only kind I would 'prefer' not to listen to is some of the new rap. always had a soft spot for country....nothing hotter than a man in a cowboy hat that can play a guitar and sing but hey...I got everything from Keith Urban to Korn in my car. It all depends on the mood.

I like it sometimes. I think most things on the radio all sound the same and boring to me though. And that's not just country, but pop stations and rap stations as well.

I was never a huge fan until recently. I'm still not a huge fan, but I enjoy it quite a lot. I've discovered, in my old age, that what I really want from a song is 1.real instruments, 2.a nice melody, 3. lyrics that I can understand, and 4.an absence of swear words. Country music delivers those things, lol. It's not the top of my list of preferences, but it's worlds above rap and hiphop and trance and pop-diva stuff.

^Pretty much this. I'm entirely tired of the electronic sound that is in todays pop music, including the voices. I enjoy listening to actual talent. I mostly like Hank Williams...all of them:) and Waylon Jennings but you have to have a pretty thick skin to listen to some of their songs.

I do like Miranda Lambert and Gretchen Wilson.

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The Thunder Rolls is the only acceptable country song to my ears.

It hurts my ears.

I dunno, way they grew up maybe?

I love country, my favorite country artist being Charley Pride, I was raised with it. My dad rarely listened to anything else lol. But my mom on the other hand liked pop and alternative but not much else, brother was huge into rap and my sister listened to everything so I ended up loving all kinds of music.

My opinion of country music is similar to my opinion of Mexican food. It's nice enough, but I don't crave it.




*hands over Texan card*

There are some good songs that come out of Nashville but they are few and far between. Little Big Town makes consistently good music, and Eric Church's "Springsteen" was certainly a good song, but for the most part, Nashville pop music is a lot more about commerce than art. That said, there are some wonderful country music and musicians out there; you just won't find them on CMT. Son Volt, Holly Williams, and Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell to name just three have released truly outstanding records this year.

There are some good songs that come out of Nashville but they are few and far between. Little Big Town makes consistently good music, and Eric Church's "Springsteen" was certainly a good song, but for the most part, Nashville pop music is a lot more about commerce than art. That said, there are some wonderful country music and musicians out there; you just won't find them on CMT. Son Volt, Holly Williams, and Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell to name just three have released truly outstanding records this year.

Holly Williams, Waiting on June - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iRvKFjKgyw

This song is so beautiful it made me cry when I first heard it.