Unpopular Opinions
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After reading some of the comments in here, I've got an actual unpopular opinion (and sincerely held) - country music is the best form of music to have ever been conceived. It's depth and breadth far outpace anything in other music forms in that it has genuinely incorporated all manner of musical innovation and contains the full range of emotional expression, political discourse and social commentary into a continuous, cohesive style that is strikingly diverse and yet undeniably country.
Where rock falls short with nothing left to rebel against, country comfortably occupies the "normal". Where popular music may tend towards vapid, meaningless drivel, country can turn to inspection of culture's darkest corners. Country is outlaw, it's conformist, it's big trucks and NASCAR, it's a solemn lament to God, it's calling for social justice, it's "kids ain't right these days", it's virtuosic musicianship, it's three chords over and over.
So yeah, TL;DR - country doesn't suck, you suck
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Your precious little stupid fucking guitar tone doesn't amount to shit unless it can hold up in a mix. Whatever "godlike" tone you come up with alone in your room either holds up in a band mix or you just wasted your time trying to impress people with how good it sounds.
Your precious little stupid fucking guitar tone doesn't amount to shit unless it can hold up in a mix. Whatever "godlike" tone you come up with alone in your room either holds up in a band mix or you just wasted your time trying to impress people with how good it sounds.
I’ve been trying to explain this to people for years.
How you set your amp to sound awesome all alone vs how you set your tone in a band or recording mix is very different. Go back and listen to iso tracks for your fav guitar tones (what you think they are) and they sound much different than most expect.
That’s and distortion = volume.
Jon Pearson
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Deny it all you want, it's the ultimate art form. The sooner you all take the hick-pill the sooner you can drop all the pretense and start enjoying life.
TheBloodstained
Casual music entusiast
It's not **insert brand name piece of gear** that sucks - it's you!
You know what I meant. Distortion doesn’t = volume lol.
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Unless it’s the dod death metal… That pedal actually sucked.
spawnofthesith
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Bluegrass > country
Who am I kidding tho I'm actually talking about jamgrass that tradionalist pickers hate
Who am I kidding tho I'm actually talking about jamgrass that tradionalist pickers hate
TedEH
Cromulent
This feels like some kind of musical racism horseshoe theory.
Jon Pearson
SS.org Regular
We talking some Billy Strings type stuff here? Because I fuck with some Billy Strings type stuff, aggressively.
spawnofthesith
Well-Known Member
Billy is fantastic
Kitchen Dwellers, Greensky Bluegrass, Yonder Mountain String Band (back when jeff austin was still alive and in the band, not so much the current version of the band), Bela Fleck, Infamous Stringdusters, Lil Smokies, Leftover Salmon (deviates quite a bit), Sam Bush, Rumpke Mountain Boys, etc etc. are some other faves
GunpointMetal
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Nah, country sucks. Everything you just said could be applied to any genre of music, except they all sound better than country, even when they suck. The "country sound" is traaaysh even when the songs are good.After reading some of the comments in here, I've got an actual unpopular opinion (and sincerely held) - country music is the best form of music to have ever been conceived. It's depth and breadth far outpace anything in other music forms in that it has genuinely incorporated all manner of musical innovation and contains the full range of emotional expression, political discourse and social commentary into a continuous, cohesive style that is strikingly diverse and yet undeniably country.
Where rock falls short with nothing left to rebel against, country comfortably occupies the "normal". Where popular music may tend towards vapid, meaningless drivel, country can turn to inspection of culture's darkest corners. Country is outlaw, it's conformist, it's big trucks and NASCAR, it's a solemn lament to God, it's calling for social justice, it's "kids ain't right these days", it's virtuosic musicianship, it's three chords over and over.
So yeah, TL;DR - country doesn't suck, you suck
Jon Pearson
SS.org Regular
Sweet, some new stuff to check out - familiar with some of these but there is a lot here I don't know. Thanks!
spawnofthesith
Well-Known Member
Ok, here's an unpopular opinion clearly: I can't stand country myself but even I know that trying to claim that country is objectively bad is a dipshit take. Sorry guys 
HeHasTheJazzHands
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Steaming hot take:
Good country music is good and bad country music is bad.
Good country music is good and bad country music is bad.
Jon Pearson
SS.org Regular
Ok, here's an unpopular opinion clearly: I can't stand country myself but even I know that trying to claim that country is objectively bad is a dipshit take. Sorry guys
I kinda walked into it bringing it up here - even more than Nickelback, country music is that thing that everyone loves to shit on, mostly based on the perception that the folks who produce are anymore ignorant or less intelligent than your average gaggle of musicians.
It's alright, I was just making the point to demonstrate an ACTUAL unpopular opinion, not the same ol' forum wisdom that gets trotted out here as some revelatory information every quarter.
In any case - this ain't gear talk, I best shut up before I get myself in trouble.
