Which song do you think almost killed the PSG /Country Music

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Alan Brookes wrote:I have no idea what the term "rock" now encompasses. It seems to mean nothing more than "pop" nowadays. :cry:
Pop music today bears no relation to rock. Alan. It's all very clever, advanced digital gimickry. The most popular singer in the world today is "auto-tune". :(
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LOL topic!
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Bobby Lee wrote:...Pop music today bears no relation to rock...
Then what is rock ? :\
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Rock is typically guitar-based music in 4/4 time with strong bass lines, drums & cymbals. Very little of today's pop music is remotely close to that profile.
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Joachim Kettner wrote:An example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlho3xJucr8
Contrast that with Rianna's current pop hit: http://youtu.be/2LT23ixDaJo

or Maroon 5 (currently #1): http://youtu.be/fwK7ggA3-bU

It's not rock. It's a different kind of music.
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Bobb Lee wrote:Rock is typically guitar-based music in 4/4 time with strong bass lines, drums & cymbals. Very little of today's pop music is remotely close to that profile.
Yes, that's rock and roll, and it's usually syncopated, but during the 60s they even started calling Joan Baez rock, and they started introducing all sorts of minor chords. It seems to me that the term rock has lost its meaning.
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I virtually disagree. :P
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Do you guys think Robert Randolph can even play country music on the pedal steel guitar :D
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yes.
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Why would he ever want too? Would he like to be out of work?
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Do you guys think Robert Randolph can even play country music on the pedal steel guitar
Bob, I have heard him do it, and it is good to the point of embarrassment for most of us. :)
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Has "Let Your Love Grow" already been mentioned?
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Joachim, I don't believe so, but it's certainly a contender IMO..
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Nice to see that you agree, Barry. I've seen the Bellamys in the mid- eighties. They were advertised as "Country" on the concert posters. It wasn't so.
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I used to refer to them as the "Bellowing Brothers…"
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Up until the 20th century, Country Music was a bunch of farmers singing in a pub while swilling beer. :D
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