Comments on: Quotable Country – 04/13/09 Edition

By: Hollerin' Ben

Hollerin' Ben — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:08:51 +0000

George Strait and Alan Jackson are, in my opinion, regularly tolerable with a few legitimate great moments, which puts them head and shoulders above almost anyone else in radio country music, but they aren’t nearly talented, tasteful, or interesting enough to serve as stand-ins for Haggard and Jones.

And I can’t believe they managed to standardize the whole “King George” thing. So discouraging.

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:48:24 +0000

LOL! Great edition. I always look forward to these post!

By: C.M. Wilcox

C.M. Wilcox — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:37:46 +0000

If I bump into John Rich, you might not hear from me again.

By: Mike K

Mike K — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:31:51 +0000

I agree. The first album I ever bought was Ocean Fron Property when I was a kid (it was a TAPE) and I got on the Alan bandwagon soon after, but if your look at their last decade of work it shows how far these guys have slid towards the mainstream middle. I don’t blame them, it’s keeping their careers alive, but their output is not the throwback type of stuff that it once was.

Particularly good edition this week and if you bump into John Rich thank him for the history lesson for me.

By: C.M. Wilcox

C.M. Wilcox — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:12:50 +0000

That’s probably what he meant, but that’s not what he said.

Even if we do assume that he meant to limit it to contemporary singers, he’s still missing the fact that Strait and Jackson aren’t exactly the great standard-bearers of tradition these days. The whole “except George and Alan” line is pretty tired, as far as I’m concerned, and shows limited engagement with the music. There are lots of contemporary artists more comparable to Haggard and Hank, but you have to venture off the beaten path a bit to find them.

By: Stephen H.

Stephen H. — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:41:24 +0000

That Strait/Jackson comment seemed more to me as the author saying Strait/Jackson are the only two contemporary singers he can stand, what with the setup of loathing country-pop.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:30:57 +0000

Idlewid: The U.S. involvement in the second World War might have made a difference, but we were hardly a superpower in the first one.

Love the Carrie Underwood headline – and the article itself is very funny too. Funny thing is, I could almost like her if she let her hair down more often and got off that whole purity pedestal she’s on.

Another excellent edition.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:25:47 +0000

How can Julianne be welcomed into country music when she only won the award because of her dancing fans? This girl is not a respected country singer and for her to win the Best New Artist award is a joke. I always thought you needed to be able to sing and were were serious about your music in order to win an ACM. Guess not.

By: idlewildsouth

idlewildsouth — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:26:25 +0000

We did have plenty of Allies, but it’d be hard to argue against the fact that the tone of war changed considerably once we threw out hat in.

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:13:13 +0000

I’m not sure I’d fancy being hugged by Kristian Bush whatever the reason.

Why do you think John Rich’s wandering thoughts go to kicking people’s asses? I thought it was his default setting these days. (But I don’t think the US saved the world *on their own*, either – the two world wars, which I guess he’s talking about, they had a number of allies.)