The official country topic...
 

So I know there are like... 2 other people here who listen to country. This forum needs one all-around country topic. So here it is... post.

p.s. Most oddly placed sig... EVER

Kenny Chesney sucks.

Discuss.

Kenny Chesney is IMO the 2nd best country artist out now...next only to Toby Keith

if Kenny Chesney wasn't doing a Jimmy Buffett impression while showing off his pretty muscles, many of his fans wouldn't exist.

If Toby Keith wasn't pretending to be Patriotic to sell records, I might almost respect him.

For the Record, the best country artist out now is named Hank Williams III. Then again, I dislike MOST modern Country. The Old Stuff, hell yeah!

I heard Hank Williams III was suppossed to doin metal?

He does both. (unless he's stopped doing Country to spite Curb Records, which wouldn't surprise me)

yeah, Hank III has musical schizophrenia.

Alright... did you somehow know that I IDOLIZE Kenny Chesney and are just trying to F with me or are you serious?

Really... Kenny Chesney is the next Garth Brooks. He is THE man. No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems is the greatest album I have ever heard.

He sucks.

Next Garth Brooks...

<marquee> :rofl: </marquee>

They all job to Alan Jackson

Kenny Chesney right now > Garth in his prime... And I LIKE Garth Brooks.

But really, Kenny Chesney has never even released a bad single. Everything he does is GOLD.

As for Alan Jackson... he has kinda slipped off a little lately I think.

:lol:

:y: I used to like Toby Keith when he first came out...but his neck has gotten rather red lately...what can I say?

That's MAYBE his best song ever. Highly underrated.

I've kinda come back down to earth as far as Toby Keith goes. Really... I'm hoping he's done with the patriotic songs. It's a little forced now. I do like his REAL new single though.

This however doesn't change the fact that Kenny Chesney is God's gift to music.

Amy Lee?

'Rap is Crap' is my favourite country song :y:

The West Texas Rednecks version or the Shelton Benjamin version?

Yeah she blows

lol. Really. That means about as much as me going into a rock topic and telling everyone what bands I think suck. :nono:

I have "You Can Call Me Al" on my computer. :shifty:

My point is I have never heard you say anything positive about any country artist. Always negative. Therefore, what is there to compare your negative comments to?

Anyway, you say Kenny Chesney's popularity indicates the state of country music. What does that mean anyway? Country is in a good spot now. Kenny Chesney represents it just fine considering he is the man and all. :D

Holy shi</>it, what are you on???

About KC and Toby Keith

If that's what you mean... I actually quoted you almost perfectly.

Aaah. The boy band thing. I see...

I never said Kenny Chesney's popularity is proof that he is great. He just happens to be both popular and deserving of his popularity, which is actually rare.

He's popular because of the girls who think he's "hawt"

lol. Rebel flag. Nice random insult.

My argument is that Kenny Chesney is great whether he is the most popular artist in the world or playing in front of 20 people every night.

How that relates to pop music is beyond me.

... Jeff Hardy is the fu</>cking man.

You have tricked me into this argument. I am a beaten man.

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Oh, but that doesn't count! :)

(Nor do other artists like the Stone Coyotes or Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer...)

Nope. None of 'em

Oh boo-hoo. Write a song about it. Call it "The Angry... non Kenny Chesney fan... whos bitter cause bands he likes aren't mainstream".

WRITE IT.

You again prove that your opinion on mainstream country artists means nothing. It takes a true redneck like me to fairly judge redneck music. And my expert redneck opinion: Kenny Chesney is a God amongst men.

YOU ARE A RACIST SIR!

BTW... 99.9% of today's rock sucks. You're confused.

Of course not. He's Irish, you know.

Yeah... only the bands that you like are considered "Rock" I guess. That prevents any arguments. I have to listen to rock almost ever damn day because that's all any of my friends listen to.

RACIST!

Do you have vowel movements when you get smashed?

I don't know. I'm not the President of Music Classification. But yeah, we can have the country vs. rock argument allday. It will never end... although I'm right and you're wrong. :D

Has a member of the band ever died of a drug overdose? I'm guessing they aren't rock if they haven't.

Could be... I don't know any rap bands.

Shocking, huh?

:lol: You're a 'tard

No, because you use lame stereotypes to try to bring down country because you are bitter that it's so much better than rock.

Stereotype of you? That you're a 'tard? This whole topic is one big piece of evidence of THAT. I've never heard anything about a country artist having mental defects or sleeping with family members or anything.

I'm guessing you saw a topic that had "country" in it and just sh</>it your pants. The thought that someone likes a different kind of music that that unintelligible shi</>it you listen to drives you crazy doesn't it?

Dammit, I told myself I wouldn't let you drag me into an argument. I failed. You are good.

I still gay love you KK.

:D

Personally, I dislike Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney for a different reason:

If you want a Country Singer that's a Patriot: check Lee Greenwood. He's something that Toby Keith isn't: SINCERE!

As for Kenny Chesney: He doesn't hold a candle to Hank Williams, Dwight Yoakem (sp?), George Strait, George Jones, Alabama (Though I have to forgive them for the Nsync cover), Verne Gosden (sp?), Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, OR Merle Haggard. Not to mention quite a few others that I'm neglecting to mention. Hell, compared to III, he's a joke. III brings together rednecks and metalheads. It's really only a matter of time until he gets the opportunity to combine the two genres he dabbles in and create something that changes music. What's Kenny Chesney to accomplish? Getting a bunch of teeny boppers to swoon over his muscular chest.

And as for Chesney being the Next Garth Brooks? Heh, Kenny Chesney is to Garth Brooks what Little Texas is to Alabama.

Lee Greenwood is patriotic and all... but I still prefer Toby as an artist. Toby might be milking the whole "I'm American, love me" thing but he atleast does other stuff. Unlike Lee who had semi-big patriotic hit, went away for 16 years and came back with the same song. Toby has some good non-patriotic songs.

His muscular chest aside, Kenny Chesney has recorded some of the best songs over the past decade or so (The Good Stuff, Alot of Things Different, How Forever Feels, That's Why I'm Here just to name a few.) And come on, you can't say the guy is bad because you don't think he compares to people like Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and Johnny Cash, the man's not a legend or anything. And how Dwight Yoakham makes it on a list with those names is beyond me. He has some pretty good songs but he is nowhere near anyone else you mentioned. But give Kenny 10 more years or so and see where he ranks.

I'm not a fan of Toby Keith because he's a patriot. I was a fan of his before he started milking this whole "I'm American, love me" thing. He has some great non-patriotic songs if he could just get back to it.

Also, despite Kenny Chesney's muscular chest, he has released some of the best songs over the past decade or so (The Good Stuff, Alot of Things Different, How Forever Feels, That's Why I'm Here just to name a few). You can't say he's bad just because he doesn't compare to Georige Strait, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, or Hank Williams. That's basically like saying you have to be a legend to be good.

Also, how Dwight Yoakham made it on the list with those guys is beyond me. He has a few good song but wow... putting him in the same list as those other guys is almost sacreligious. Kenny Chesney deserves to be up there much more than he does. Besides, Kenny is much closer to Garth already than Little Texas ever was to Alabama.

Kenny Chesney will never be able to hold Garth Brooks' jock.

I like Bonnie Prince Billy.

Or rather his album "I See a Darkness".

Actually, it's prolly the job he's MOST qualified to do.

but comparing Kenney Chesney to Garth Brooks is like comparing sledge to Albert Einstein...

Could it be that I wasn't intentionally listing legends, mayhaps? I like Dwight's sound, which is closer to the traditional sound. Maybe I should have picked Randy Travis? *shrugs* As for Kenny being closer to Garth, no. I've seen both do live performances: Garth is really High Energy, Kenny is just walking around doing the "Hook 'em Horns" sign (unless he was going for the devil sign, same thing, but it's different context...). I know, it's because Kenny Chesney doesn't look like a hair metal band reject, like all of Little Texas did. Chesney is instead doing an impression of Jimmy Buffet.

I have been to a Kenny Chesney concert and the man is entertaining. Garth's live performances can't be matched really but like I said... Kenny has released a ton of the best songs over the past few years which should count for something.

And I thought that was sarcasm but if you are really saying that Kenny is as close to Garth as Little Texas was to Alabama you are insane. Little Texas was pretty much the definition of "Flash in the pan".

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I would say Stewart And Winfield, but they consider themselves "Y'all-ternative" bluegrass

Anyone wanna give me some artists/albums to check out for a beginner?

I've only listened to Garth Brooks and a few random other songs tbh so feel free to go nuts:D

Garth Brooks is great. Anything you can find is great. I like In Pieces, Fresh Horses, and No Fences the best though.

George Strait is really really good as well. If you could find his 50 #1 Hits collection, that's a great place to start.

Randy Travis - Old 8x10 is my favorite album, but find the Very Best of Randy Travis collection.

Clint Black - One Emotion is my favorite of his albums.

Alan Jackson - try to avoid his more recent stuff, but his pre-2000 output is good stuff.

Toby Keith - Any album before "Unleashed".

Kenny Chesney - Anything before No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (when he tried to become a Buffett rip off)

Johnny Cash - Absolutely everything is great.

Kind of a short overview.

Stone Coyotes.

Have I ever mentioned how much Downunder rules? I realize his comment was made 2 years ago, but it doesn't matter. Alan Jackson will always rule.

Nashville country/contempory country is a big bag of shit. Now alt.country, newgrass, and some folk stuff, are the goods.

Uncle Tupelo
Whiskeytown
Slobberbone
(early) Wilco
Son Volt
Slobberbone
Richmond Fontaine
NICKEL CREEK
The Duhks
Gillian Welch
Great lake Swimmers
Alison Krauss and Union Station (I know they are pretty much contempory country now, but Alison krauss has a voice like no other)
Mindy Smith
Abigail Washburn
Bellwether
The Bowmans (www.myspace.com/thebowmans)
Pinetop Seven


Chew on some of that, baby.

You rang?