Well my last post hit a soft spot with a lot of people! Which is awesome since I feared I was alone in the anti-toxic world. Something I’ve learned in the past few days between the last post I wrote and class last night is that music is extremely important to people.
I actually really enjoyed the “round robin” parts of last night’s class. It was interesting, to me at least, to hear people explain their song and why out of all the songs in the world they chose that particular one to play for the class. Majority of the songs I had never heard before and I even wrote down a few of the names and came home and downloaded them! Another added bonus of going to class! haha. One thing in particular interested me about the song choices. In the second “round” both girls chose a country song. Now for the record, to say I dislike country music is a great understatement. I really honestly can’t stand to listen to it at all, except for the handful of songs I have carefully selected and chosen to, at best, tolerate. I never thought of country music as a respectable taste in music. I know that sounds harsh, especially those who live for country, but I really always thought of if as… shit. Last night though, was the first time I actually heard someone speak passionately about country music and gave me a reason to accept it as a valid form of music.
What is it that bugs me about country so much? Well I hate (yes, HATE) that twangy instrument that makes whiney noises in the background of pretty much every country song. I have no idea what makes that sound, but i really just hate hate hate it. It annoys me greatly as you can tell. I’ve also never heard a country song that had lyrics that really spoke to me. I have listened to a lot of country music, so I feel like I can make this judgement. I was raised in a house that listened to a fair amount of country music and all of my friends, minus a handful, listen to country music all the time. So I’ve been exposed to a lot of it. Plus I live in Alberta, so let’s be honest, I hear it everywhere! A lot of the lyrics are depressing. Or about a life I’ve never been exposed to. I grew up in Calgary but the first time I went on a farm, I was 16. And I stayed in the house for the entire time. Not to say that Calgary is really a bustling metropolis completely shielded from the “country life”, but I really wasn’t exposed to tractors, open fields, horses… etc. I know it sounds like I’m pigeon-holing country music and I don’t mean to. It’s hard to include ALL country song content, so I’m making a few generalizations. No angry comments please! haha.
Anyways. I just felt the need to rant about country. I respect you if that’s your favourite music. I have nothing against those who love it. It just happens that I would rather listen to nails on a chalkboard for hours than listen to a Toby Keith record.
charis07 said,
March 8, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Yes, a great class wasn’t it! The “why?” was especially interesting to me. I can’t believe we spent so long just listening to music and enjoying it, because I don’t think my generation does that–but maybe that’s just me. After last night’s class I will “up” my active listening to music! This week I learned from my classmates that music is therapeutic and a necessary part of life! Thanks for your blog!
naturenerd said,
March 12, 2007 at 12:47 am
yeah class was pretty sweet! Just wanted to agree with you that I would rather listen to nails on a chalkboard than toby kieth, but Im gonna have to admit that I love the country twang, Im kinda a blue grass fan. I dunno its just something about that banjo and stand up base
sabrina05 said,
March 12, 2007 at 10:17 am
I am so with you on the country thing that twang sound is so terrible! Honestly until I moved to Lethbridge I didn’t know anybody other than my cousins (who live in the country) who actually enjoyed country music.
Now I am surrounded by country loving people and I just don’t get it, other than those choice songs you hear in the clubs like Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy those are pretty catchy.
Rachyj said,
March 13, 2007 at 5:06 pm
That is an interseting blog!!! haha I can’t say that I agree with you though haha because country is my favourite type of music! There are lots of old school country songs that use the twang and the really “hard core country” but not everything is like that anymore. Like none of the new artists that are really out there in country right now use much of the old school styles… With so much publicity and media surrounding all these different types of music, it’s kind of cool to see and hear what everyone likes.
I never really noticed how important it can be to people, and how these artists words really do mean something to a specific individual!
What is your favourite type of music? The kind of music that I can’t stand is that like really hard-core yelling/screaming punk music. It actually gives me a headache and makes me so grumpy… haha rap is starting to do that to me as well! Ahh well, what can yah do I guess? Thats media and advertising for yah!
gumballs said,
March 14, 2007 at 12:09 pm
HAHAHAHAHA I love your post!!!!! I also hate country music, mainly because I grew up on it and I feel as though it was shoved down my throat as a child. We were made to listen to it in the car and told that it was the only station that worked… we didnt know that it was a lie!!!! I share in your distaste for the twangy tractor music, however there are a few that I will always be faithful to, I cant lie!!