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I've never been to a dentist or mall that plays country music.
I never have, either. They play WSIX or some such. :lol:
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You wanna talk about real pain? Most dentists around here play stuff like Air Supply and other (to me) insufferable 70s/80s corporate pop-rock dreck. I'd much prefer to hear a lot of what's coming out of Nashvegas than this. Not much chance anybody up here in the Northeast mainstream is gonna be playing Ray Price or Merle Haggard as muzak.

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Doctor: "So vhy are you listening to it, already. Are you a masochist or someting? Try the "OFF" button."

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They were probably listening to Jimmie Rogers or the Carter Family.
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country music ...

THEN...


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AND NOW...


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what happened to the looks ,happened to the music as well, from classy to something,well, less classy...

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Damir Besic wrote:country music ...

THEN...


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AND NOW...


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what happened to the looks ,happened to the music as well, from classy to something,well, less classy...

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You must have missed the memo on how Miley Cyrus says she is NOT country and why she won't do country.

Here is the quote:
Why she’s steering clear of the country scene.
“It scares me, that’s why. It feels contrived on so many levels. Unless you’re wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and singing and whining about your girlfriend or boyfriend leaving you it’s not going to sell. I think that’s why my dad finally got out of it. You have to wear those cowboy boots and be sweet as pie. It makes me nervous, the politics of it all.


SO your comparison isn't really quite fair as no one has ever considered Miley Cyrus as a "country" artist. Now if you were to compare her to another famous teenage pop/rock-n-roll artist, like Brenda Lee, then yes times have changed.
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I agree Alvin! :)
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You must have missed the memo on how Miley Cyrus says she is NOT country and why she won't do country.
to tell you the truth, I don`t really follow Miley Cyrus memos, have better things to do with my life, but she sure looks sweet as a pie, wonder what important subjects in her songs, she is whining about, in that outfit...

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from CMT.com

" Her success continued with her first Top 10 single on the country charts in 2008. The single, "Ready, Set, Don't Go"

I guess you missed this memo...

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country music is being buchered visually by modern day sexy looks, as well as musicaly by money greedy industry that has the same producers hiring the same players for 90% of the projects resulting in bubble gum/pop country sound and 90% of the music played on radio sounding almost indenticly...
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Damir Besic wrote:from CMT.com

" Her success continued with her first Top 10 single on the country charts in 2008. The single, "Ready, Set, Don't Go"

I guess you missed this memo...

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country music is being buchered visually by modern day sexy looks, as well as musicaly by money greedy industry that has the same producers hiring the same players for 90% of the projects resulting in bubble gum/pop country sound and 90% of the music played on radio sounding almost indenticly...
I think that can apply to more than just country or more than just music.
And I still don't think of Miley Cyrus as country, no matter what radio DJ Disney pays off.
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It feels contrived on so many levels
This statement from Hannah Montana herself. :eek:
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And I still don't think of Miley Cyrus as country, no matter what radio DJ Disney pays off.
I agree and I would like to add that I don`t think of any new artist`s in Nashville as country, no matter what country radio DJ pays off , or if they have 5 seconds of steel guitar in the song or not...


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Rule of thumb: if you perform with more equipment than your generator can handle, you ain't country.
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yeap...I heard some of the most beautiful music at Bobbe`s SGN on S-8 steels with no pedals or knee levers, through one little 112 Peavey and few light bulbs for a light show... ;-)

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