Country music
 

We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 00:50:51 -0400, wrote:

We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



We went to see these guys last night. They probably have a lot more of the 'twang and
trains and hill billy thing'. This group is 'Circa Blue'. Lots of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDmWSbHaKtI

They're putting on the 'Circa Blue Fest' in Martinsburg, WV, in early May. It'll be
'rough' camping - no water, electric, or sewage, but should be lots of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfV0aWVMFYE
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

Country music
 

On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:29:47 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)

And you don't partake in waving the flag or rural living, right?
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 08:33:39 -0400 (EDT), fire man wrote:

Keyser Söze Wrote in message:
On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)


And you claim to be well rounded? You probably meant it
literally, not figuratively.

If his figure is well rounded, doesn't that make it both?
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

Country music
 

On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 12:51:32 AM UTC-4, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith said it best. "Country music is the new rock and roll".

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:17:23 -0400 (EDT), fire man wrote:

Keine Keyserscheiße Wrote in message:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 08:33:39 -0400 (EDT), fire man wrote:

Keyser Söze Wrote in message:
On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)


And you claim to be well rounded? You probably meant it
literally, not figuratively.

If his figure is well rounded, doesn't that make it both?
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

Don't know. I defer to the English majorettes to give a ruling on
that one.


:)
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

Country music
 

On 4/10/16 8:08 AM, Keine Keyserschei�e wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:29:47 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)

And you don't partake in waving the flag or rural living, right?
--

Nope. It's semi-rural around here, of course, but not the real rural
boonbocks. And no, I'm not one of those racists who waves the flag and
hates many of the ethnic or racial groups that live in this country.

Country music
 

wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).


Well the Bakersfield sound group has pretty much died off.

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:43:21 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/10/16 8:08 AM, Keine Keyserschei?e wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:29:47 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)

And you don't partake in waving the flag or rural living, right?
--

Nope. It's semi-rural around here, of course, but not the real rural
boonbocks. And no, I'm not one of those racists who waves the flag and
hates many of the ethnic or racial groups that live in this country.

Only racists wave the flag? Gosh, I didn't know I had so many racist neighbors.

Or are you trying to subtly tell us you are one of those racists who *doesn't* wave
the flag. Yup, I reckon that's it.
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 05:43:29 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 00:50:51 -0400, wrote:

We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



We went to see these guys last night. They probably have a lot more of the 'twang and
trains and hill billy thing'. This group is 'Circa Blue'. Lots of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDmWSbHaKtI

They're putting on the 'Circa Blue Fest' in Martinsburg, WV, in early May. It'll be
'rough' camping - no water, electric, or sewage, but should be lots of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfV0aWVMFYE


Bluegrass is a whole subset of country music but there are guys who
mix in some bluegrass elements into the bridge of their songs.

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:29:47 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)

You need to relax and stop taking things so seriously

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 06:14:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 12:51:32 AM UTC-4, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith said it best. "Country music is the new rock and roll".

That is really true. Since Lynert Skinnert and that sound, they are
edging over into the rock and roll side of things. It is not like the
Europop sound or the Seattle grunge/punk stuff.
What sells as country is about as broad a category as you can get tho.

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:43:21 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/10/16 8:08 AM, Keine Keyserschei?e wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:29:47 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)

And you don't partake in waving the flag or rural living, right?
--

Nope. It's semi-rural around here, of course, but not the real rural
boonbocks. And no, I'm not one of those racists who waves the flag and
hates many of the ethnic or racial groups that live in this country.

Maryland wasn't really the country when I lived there and it got more
gentrified in the intervening 33 years. Even St Marys county, about as
rural as it gets is still starting to look like a suburb of DC. The
exception might be in the core of the Eastern shore, back away from
either coast but that is s skinny chunk of real estate.
Harry may not even understand what I am talking about, being a
Connecticut yankee who spent a little time in a Kansas college town.

Country music
 

On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 11:26:19 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 06:14:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 12:51:32 AM UTC-4, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith said it best. "Country music is the new rock and roll".

That is really true. Since Lynert Skinnert and that sound, they are
edging over into the rock and roll side of things. It is not like the
Europop sound or the Seattle grunge/punk stuff.
What sells as country is about as broad a category as you can get tho.

We saw a a broadcast of a Rascal Flats show a few years ago. At the end they finished up with a medley of three rock songs (including Led Zeppelin), and they killed it. At the time we said that they were a frustrated rock band that went country to get some traction. Looking back on it, they were just playing to their roots and what country has become. I like it.

Country music
 

On 4/10/16 11:12 AM, Keine Keyserschei�e wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:43:21 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/10/16 8:08 AM, Keine Keyserschei?e wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:29:47 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)

And you don't partake in waving the flag or rural living, right?
--

Nope. It's semi-rural around here, of course, but not the real rural
boonbocks. And no, I'm not one of those racists who waves the flag and
hates many of the ethnic or racial groups that live in this country.

Only racists wave the flag? Gosh, I didn't know I had so many racist neighbors.

Or are you trying to subtly tell us you are one of those racists who *doesn't* wave
the flag. Yup, I reckon that's it.
--

You might consider avoiding getting into discussions involving the
English language.

Country music
 

On 4/10/16 11:32 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:43:21 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/10/16 8:08 AM, Keine Keyserschei?e wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:29:47 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/10/16 12:50 AM, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).



Wow. Songs about waving the flag and rural living...just wow. I don't
listen to rap, either. :)

And you don't partake in waving the flag or rural living, right?
--

Nope. It's semi-rural around here, of course, but not the real rural
boonbocks. And no, I'm not one of those racists who waves the flag and
hates many of the ethnic or racial groups that live in this country.

Maryland wasn't really the country when I lived there and it got more
gentrified in the intervening 33 years. Even St Marys county, about as
rural as it gets is still starting to look like a suburb of DC. The
exception might be in the core of the Eastern shore, back away from
either coast but that is s skinny chunk of real estate.
Harry may not even understand what I am talking about, being a
Connecticut yankee who spent a little time in a Kansas college town.


Once again, your blinders are showing.

When I lived in New Haven, much of Connecticut was rural. In fact, one
of the girls I dated in high school was the daughter of a fellow who ran
a large and successful truck farm and poultry enterprise just north of
the New Haven city limits. There were dozens of small farms in the
greater New Haven area.

Where I lived in Kansas was rural and later when I worked for The Star,
I was regularly getting myself assigned to agricultural stories, and
these usually were "way out there" in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Virtually every time you posit your thoughts about what I am
thinking...you are wrong.

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 11:54:09 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/10/16 11:32 AM, wrote:

Nope. It's semi-rural around here, of course, but not the real rural
boonbocks. And no, I'm not one of those racists who waves the flag and
hates many of the ethnic or racial groups that live in this country.

Maryland wasn't really the country when I lived there and it got more
gentrified in the intervening 33 years. Even St Marys county, about as
rural as it gets is still starting to look like a suburb of DC. The
exception might be in the core of the Eastern shore, back away from
either coast but that is s skinny chunk of real estate.
Harry may not even understand what I am talking about, being a
Connecticut yankee who spent a little time in a Kansas college town.


Once again, your blinders are showing.

When I lived in New Haven, much of Connecticut was rural. In fact, one
of the girls I dated in high school was the daughter of a fellow who ran
a large and successful truck farm and poultry enterprise just north of
the New Haven city limits. There were dozens of small farms in the
greater New Haven area.

Where I lived in Kansas was rural and later when I worked for The Star,
I was regularly getting myself assigned to agricultural stories, and
these usually were "way out there" in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Virtually every time you posit your thoughts about what I am
thinking...you are wrong.

I only reflect the thoughts you write. Whenever a conversation of a
rural area comes up, you **** on it. Didn't you just say you would be
willing to lose everything south of DC except a few areas that are
basically extensions of northeastern cities?

Country music
 

On 4/10/16 12:15 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 11:54:09 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/10/16 11:32 AM, wrote:

Nope. It's semi-rural around here, of course, but not the real rural
boonbocks. And no, I'm not one of those racists who waves the flag and
hates many of the ethnic or racial groups that live in this country.

Maryland wasn't really the country when I lived there and it got more
gentrified in the intervening 33 years. Even St Marys county, about as
rural as it gets is still starting to look like a suburb of DC. The
exception might be in the core of the Eastern shore, back away from
either coast but that is s skinny chunk of real estate.
Harry may not even understand what I am talking about, being a
Connecticut yankee who spent a little time in a Kansas college town.


Once again, your blinders are showing.

When I lived in New Haven, much of Connecticut was rural. In fact, one
of the girls I dated in high school was the daughter of a fellow who ran
a large and successful truck farm and poultry enterprise just north of
the New Haven city limits. There were dozens of small farms in the
greater New Haven area.

Where I lived in Kansas was rural and later when I worked for The Star,
I was regularly getting myself assigned to agricultural stories, and
these usually were "way out there" in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Virtually every time you posit your thoughts about what I am
thinking...you are wrong.

I only reflect the thoughts you write. Whenever a conversation of a
rural area comes up, you **** on it. Didn't you just say you would be
willing to lose everything south of DC except a few areas that are
basically extensions of northeastern cities?



It isn't because they are "rural," if by that you mean relatively un or
under developed.

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 12:34:34 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

I only reflect the thoughts you write. Whenever a conversation of a
rural area comes up, you **** on it. Didn't you just say you would be
willing to lose everything south of DC except a few areas that are
basically extensions of northeastern cities?



It isn't because they are "rural," if by that you mean relatively un or
under developed.

You seem to gravitate to places that are developed in the northern
style like the east coast of florida.
Those people pretty much all come down I-95 or US1/301/17 before that.

Country music
 

On 4/10/16 2:30 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 12:34:34 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

I only reflect the thoughts you write. Whenever a conversation of a
rural area comes up, you **** on it. Didn't you just say you would be
willing to lose everything south of DC except a few areas that are
basically extensions of northeastern cities?



It isn't because they are "rural," if by that you mean relatively un or
under developed.

You seem to gravitate to places that are developed in the northern
style like the east coast of florida.
Those people pretty much all come down I-95 or US1/301/17 before that.


I gravitate towards places with nice beaches, scenery, restaurants,
shops, not overly crowded, et cetera.

Country music
 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 15:41:17 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/10/16 2:30 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 12:34:34 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

I only reflect the thoughts you write. Whenever a conversation of a
rural area comes up, you **** on it. Didn't you just say you would be
willing to lose everything south of DC except a few areas that are
basically extensions of northeastern cities?



It isn't because they are "rural," if by that you mean relatively un or
under developed.

You seem to gravitate to places that are developed in the northern
style like the east coast of florida.
Those people pretty much all come down I-95 or US1/301/17 before that.


I gravitate towards places with nice beaches, scenery, restaurants,
shops, not overly crowded, et cetera.

I guess the difference is that I don't care about restaurants and
shopping opportunities because if they were that good, they would be
crowded. But you already said you didn't mind a crowded beach and
congested channels when you boat. You were made for the "gold coast"
of Florida and Long Island Sound. I bet you are even OK up around
Annapolis but I bet Tangier is a little too rural for you..

Country music
 

On 4/10/2016 10:25 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 06:14:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 12:51:32 AM UTC-4, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith said it best. "Country music is the new rock and roll".

That is really true. Since Lynert Skinnert and that sound, they are
edging over into the rock and roll side of things. It is not like the
Europop sound or the Seattle grunge/punk stuff.
What sells as country is about as broad a category as you can get tho.

Country music has the same problem any other popular genre does...
Record labels are looking for songs with gimmicky hooks that will grab
people and sell a bunch of singles on iTunes. The "old" style of
country, which is basically telling a 2-3 verse story doesn't appeal to
a lot of younger people who have no attention span.

You DO see some of them trying to mix the old and the new sound...
Like Blake Shelton.

What's funny (and ironic) about Keyser's comment is that one of the
more "traditional" sounding current artists is Darious Rucker.

Country music
 

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:16:07 -0500, "Ryan P."
wrote:

On 4/10/2016 10:25 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 06:14:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 12:51:32 AM UTC-4, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith said it best. "Country music is the new rock and roll".

That is really true. Since Lynert Skinnert and that sound, they are
edging over into the rock and roll side of things. It is not like the
Europop sound or the Seattle grunge/punk stuff.
What sells as country is about as broad a category as you can get tho.

Country music has the same problem any other popular genre does...
Record labels are looking for songs with gimmicky hooks that will grab
people and sell a bunch of singles on iTunes. The "old" style of
country, which is basically telling a 2-3 verse story doesn't appeal to
a lot of younger people who have no attention span.

You DO see some of them trying to mix the old and the new sound...
Like Blake Shelton.

What's funny (and ironic) about Keyser's comment is that one of the
more "traditional" sounding current artists is Darious Rucker.

Country is certainly where the money is, although it is not your
daddy's country music. The highest earning woman in the music business
is Taylor Swift. She is not really a country act but she calls herself
country. I am not a big fan of her music and she is really not that
pretty (she had to buy an ass) but she sure is a good businesswoman
and that impresses me.

Country music
 

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:30:19 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:16:07 -0500, "Ryan P."
wrote:

On 4/10/2016 10:25 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 06:14:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 12:51:32 AM UTC-4, wrote:
We grazed by this on another thread but these days there really does
not seem to be much old time country music. It has evolved into pop
singers like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. There are a lot of
guys doing things in the vein of the Eagles and other soft rockers
from the 70s and 80s. Then you have guys like Colt Ford who have a hip
hop sound, rapping songs about waving the flag and celebrating rural
living instead of killing cops and abusing women like the original
rappers.
We saw Colt Ford this evening at a free open air concert in Bonita
along with a couple local bands and a "Voice" runner up (Rae Lynn).
The interesting thing is all of my old 60s Motown dance moves still
work with his music. The beat seems to be very similar.
One thing about country is there does seem to be a lot of music in
their music. It has changed from the old "twang and trains and hill
billy thing" (Trace Adkins line).

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith said it best. "Country music is the new rock and roll".

That is really true. Since Lynert Skinnert and that sound, they are
edging over into the rock and roll side of things. It is not like the
Europop sound or the Seattle grunge/punk stuff.
What sells as country is about as broad a category as you can get tho.

Country music has the same problem any other popular genre does...
Record labels are looking for songs with gimmicky hooks that will grab
people and sell a bunch of singles on iTunes. The "old" style of
country, which is basically telling a 2-3 verse story doesn't appeal to
a lot of younger people who have no attention span.

You DO see some of them trying to mix the old and the new sound...
Like Blake Shelton.

What's funny (and ironic) about Keyser's comment is that one of the
more "traditional" sounding current artists is Darious Rucker.

Country is certainly where the money is, although it is not your
daddy's country music. The highest earning woman in the music business
is Taylor Swift. She is not really a country act but she calls herself
country. I am not a big fan of her music and she is really not that
pretty (she had to buy an ass) but she sure is a good businesswoman
and that impresses me.

Wish you hadn't said that. I'll never look at her the same. Damn.
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

Country music
 

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:14:52 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:30:19 -0400, wrote:

Country is certainly where the money is, although it is not your
daddy's country music. The highest earning woman in the music business
is Taylor Swift. She is not really a country act but she calls herself
country. I am not a big fan of her music and she is really not that
pretty (she had to buy an ass) but she sure is a good businesswoman
and that impresses me.

Wish you hadn't said that. I'll never look at her the same. Damn.

I didn't know it until Bill Maher made a joke about it the other
night. He said "now Kanye West has something to grab besides her
microphone". Then they showed the pictures. She was pretty bony.

I bet Kanye wishes he made 10% of her money.

I think the pretty one is Carrie Underwood, maybe Miranda. Both are a
little bigger tho. Miranda seemed to lose about 20 pounds when she
sent Blake down the road and she looked real good at the CMAs in that
black cat suit. Kelly Pickler has a fine hiney too. We saw her at
Lakes Park, here in Ft Myers opening for Sugarland a few years ago and
she worked the rope line by the VIP seats. Cute girl.