I like some country, mainly old school (ie. Hank Williams Sr.), and great intrumentalism (ie. Charlie Daniels - there's somethig about a man with a fiddle). The rest of it, I hate, and I'm from Georgia.
Way down yonder on the Chattahoochie is one exception. As is that David Alan Coe song about momma and the train (the name of which I cannot seem to remember). Bluegrass and non-vocal acts are also exempt from my wrath.
Being from da ATL, I have an affinity for Outkast and other Dirty South groups. My wife is a big fan of booty rap, which has worn off on me pretty throughly too. That song
My Baby Daddy is an awesome song. I'm also a fan of West Coast gangsta too; but really it's more funny to me than anything. To listen to Snoop talk about smoking pot and then killing people is as ridiculus to me as when he talks about cocking his Glock (cause a Glock doesn't have anything to cock). You know, like listening to Alice Cooper and believing that he is really a murdering satanist, or Rob Zombie is anything more than a muscally inclined nerd.
I'm a fan of 70's rock, 80's pop & new wave, and since I grew up to 90's alternative I like that too. Except U2 and REM who can kiss my butt. Also for some reason death metal is on my list right now too.
The big genres for me though are punk, ska, and reggae (and reggae's sub genres). I don't mean that POS nu-punk, I'm more on the line of OpIvy, Choking Victim, The Damned, etc. Blink 182 - though I'm not opposed to them - is not punk. Ska-wise, I'm a fan of 3rd Wave and ska-core mainly, though you gotta respect 1st and 2nd wave - ska is about roots you know. I'm deep in a reggae phase right now though, so that's much of what I listen to.
It's funny when my iPod takes me from rap lyrics ("she could even get killed, I don't give a * and I don't think I ever will") to reggae lyrics ("baby girl, why do you cry? wipe those tears from your eyes") - the dichotomy of it all cracks me up.
In responce to all you old fogies who need to understand lyrics, I just have to say that you CAN understand most lyrics provided you know the dialect they are sung in. When I first got into reggae, I couldn't understand a thing.... now it's pretty clear, even with deejays like Capleton. Though I have to admit myself, if I have to learn to like music now, I'm pretty much destined to fail.
I'm also a huge dork who likes foreign music, though primarily in genres that I already enjoy. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is a great ska band from Argentina, хлеб is a great ska-core band from Russia, Gentleman is a great reggae band from Germany, 99 Posse is a good rap/electronica group from Italy, etc.
Finally, being the proud southern gentleman that I am I have to yell at michaelsuave...
michaelsuave wrote:Oh yes, I'm so JEALOUS of country music... (read sarcastically if you can't get the drift*) I mean, who wouldn't want to be an inbred hillbilly married to his sister/cousin living in an arkansas trailer making moonshine and watching nascar... with a family tree that doesn't fork. Yep, boy, I wish I was a country boy.
MS, I'm telling you here and now - there is nothing wrong with making moonshine - but NASCAR really does suck.
Phantom wrote:"She Blinded me with Science"
She's tidied up, and I can't find anything! Yeah, we played it at our wedding...what's it to ya?
One more tiny thing - I just got back from all of my holiday crap, only to find 3 new chapters of Sub. So I gotta throw in a shoutout to Fel so he knows that he is awesome.
