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Originally Posted by redbird
I think there's increasing crossover between country and pop and there's always been a kinship between country and rock, but I think things like Tim McGraw's and Nelly's "Over and Over" and Brad Paisley's and LL Cool J's (puzzling) "Accidental Racist" are notable for their rareness, they're like attempts to reach across the aisle because attempts are necessary.
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Well, I don't even consider such contrivances music for the most part. And I wasn't talking about songs that deliberately
aim to state a message. I'm just thinking of hearing
Come Over on a pop station and liking it so much that I went to look at the video and I thought to myself, "Dang, Kenny is looking hawt." Country stars weren't getting my attention like that in the past. I mean there were exceptions like Dolly Parton, but they just weren't on my radar as a whole, because they weren't mainstream. I mean you'd get Mel Tillis and Glenn Campbell and I was hearing Kenny Rogers on my oldies station (
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town) even before he became a massive success. But most of country was on some static-filled AM station that I never accessed on my dial.
Now, I listen to more country than anything else and I didn't go searching for it. It kind of took over.
I don't care for the patriotic songs and as far as values go, I know there will be some songs like
Cornbread and Chicken that make me go, "Really? Seriously?" I mean, I'm not offended actually, but it is, though very amusing, an insult RED STATE song that would drive me away from the genre if they were all like that. But for the most part, the songs that just eschew the big city life and promote small town values don't push me away, even though I'm a big city gal, born in Detroit, living in Los Angeles.
I mean, no offense to my beloved Christine, but there are times in my life where I'd have rather heard Tim McGraw's
Everywhere over hers.
But that's not true today, Christine. So, if you want to play that in London ...
Michele