tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post8726160969951194860..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Speak Now: an Album ReviewDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-84085058390643445612010-11-30T17:05:38.904-05:002010-11-30T17:05:38.904-05:00Country music can be very BETA, there is no doubt....Country music can be very BETA, there is no doubt. But not all of it is, maybe not even the majority. <br /><br />I would agree with you, Phi, her latest stuff is sounding stale.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023125641719686613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-36335837843171443862010-11-29T18:06:13.598-05:002010-11-29T18:06:13.598-05:00I actually have a rather long excerpt from one of ...I actually have a rather long excerpt from one of my novels on Ceph's comment, giving forth some ideas as to why those themes are so common. Since it's almost certain to get cut from the book if I ever finish revising it, maybe I should make a post out of it.<br /><br />Agree with Ceph on country music generally. That's one of the real strengths of Nashville. They write songs about life and not just infatuation, love, and heartbreak. It's the only real adult genre out there. That was what got me listening to it in the first place.<br /><br />But the young ones, like Taylor Swift and LeeAnn Rhimes before her, and with the female artists more generally (a number of whom seem to have the goal of transitioning to pop), that's less frequently the case.<br /><br />One irony of country is that for a "conservative" genre, the chicks spend a lot of time singing anthems to their own liberation, while men spend more time talking about being powerless (and sometimes about how Daddy didn't love him).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-20755537063312996382010-11-29T06:58:12.288-05:002010-11-29T06:58:12.288-05:00Heh, as someone who can't help but always hear...Heh, as someone who can't help but always hear the lyrics, it always bothered me that the scope of pop songs is just so narrow. They generally fall into three categories:<br /><br />1. I wish to fornicate with you<br />2. I am no longer able to fornicate with you and that makes me sad.<br />3. Observe how high status I am, making me a person very much worth fornicating.<br /><br />I've recently discovered that I enjoy country music; it may have its own cliches, but at least they're *different* cliches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com