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lemmy.world

The country music genre is another casualty of 9/11

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sopuli.xyz

This reads like one of those pious hip-hop memes that compares Nas against Soulja Boy, but with country music it's actually accurate.

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In Johnny's defense, he was considered rockabilly, which influenced a much broader range of music than just 'country'.

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…he was? I always thought of him as, like, the ur-country singer.

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kbin.social

My grandfather told me he liked Western, but he didn’t like Country. Blew my mind as I’d always just heard it as Country-Western.

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Okokimupreply
lemmy.world

Have you ever watched Blues Brothers?

"What kind of music do you play here?"

"Oh we have both kinds, country and western."

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I remember that but I think I just interpreted as a joke about Country Western more than an indication they used to be distinct genres.

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dalekcaanreply
lemm.ee

Been replaying New Vegas, now I'm getting flashbacks to the tune of Johnny Guitar.

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Yeah I think the devs accidentally included the file for Johnny Guitar twice. So if it feels like it's playing twice as often as any other song, it's because it is.

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Now here's a song about me stalking and harassing my ex that's going to stay on the top 40 charts for fucking ever.

I already didn't like modern country, but that was the moment country music breathed its last as far as I'mm concerned.

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bus_factorreply
lemmy.world

Looks like Johnny Cash to me, and the quote would make sense from him.

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It's the lyrics to an incredible song ironically titled "Guns go boom boom, Trucks go vroom vroom"

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