Comment by anonymouskimmer
3 years ago
I'm not GP. Pop country tends to be fine, but standard country often has the stories revolving around children being exactly like their parents or people getting drunk. There's also something about the rhythm and the melody (and possibly the instruments - such as acoustic versus electric). This could be a chicken and egg problem though, where the messages made the characteristic rhythm and melody turnoffs. I'm not positive though, because some of the older Elvis songs just aren't interesting.
The big issue may just be that I didn't grow up listening to Country.
The revenge message in Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" is definitely a saving grace, though. I don't change the station when that song comes on.
Unless it's something like Swing, I hate Jazz more than Country. Which is definitely an instrument and rhythm/melody issue.
> There's also something about the rhythm and the melody (and possibly the instruments - such as acoustic versus electric).
“New” country music follows formulaic measures and beats, and doesn’t tend to experiment. If there is an ear worm section to a song, it’s made very obvious, and almost seem to invite people to “stim”.
I don't hate country, but it isn't one of my regulars. I have liked folks like Steve Young and Willie Nelson, and grew up with a lot of mullet rock, like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet.