lately ive noticed that a lot of country singers are making songs honoring the men and women of the US Military and America. i havent heard any other type of music doing things like this. rock i havent heard any, rap i definately havent heard any (may be because i refuse to listen to rap), or any other major genre (fancy word, huh?). i dont know if there is any reason for it. i dont know if country singers are more proud of the troops, or if the rock stars just want more money, i know know. anyone got any ideas? anyone got any input or thoughts about this? im curious as to what everyone thinks

 

My opinion is that country singers are out of songs & have to resort to other heartstrings to pluck their income from.
I mean, how many songs can you record about losing your dog, wife, girlfriend, truck, house, etc before it gets old & stale.

 

That's okay, I have my seats for Toby Keith on the floor when he comes to Vegas in August!

Oh, by the way - FUDC!

 

haha hell yeah JD. FUDC. i missed Toby at the Houston Rodeo this year. last year he was by far the best performer there of all the 19 stars.

clonetek, maybe its because the country singers actually give a damn about the country and the troops. all these rappers and rock stars probably dont give a damn about anything except their piles and piles of money.

 

You’re right TXCoUnTrYbOy, country music is the only group with songs honoring our troops that I can think of. Bruce Springsteen has a few patriotic songs out there, but that’s about it, that I can recall.
We need a lot more public recognition of our troops, and what a good job they are doing; away from home, living in a s**t hole, sticking there *** on the line 24 hours a day for us. And, what really pisses me off is when I hear these talking heads on these network news shows putting down our fine men and women in uniform, second guessing them from the comfort of the security given to them, by our troops.

 

IMO, country singers are quite a bit more...."down to earth". I honestly think they are really 'in touch' with what all of us every day people are going through and not stuck in their own little Hollywood world separated by anything that really affects them. This gives them the freedom to actually express real life concers in their songs. In defence of the other groups however...they are always, and I do mean always out on the road to USO concerts and traveling to foreign bases and airfelds to support the troops. I'm talking just about every group is represented too. I just missed Kid Rock in Germany at Ramstein AB one time. Bummer. I know for a fact they care, I just think it doesn't suit their life style or what ever to put it in their songs. It wouldn't fit their persona and not to sure the customer base would buy it anyways. Just an observation...

 

Country music has always been a bit more in touch with common emotions. Rock music varies, but often deals with the same things. Three Doors Down did "When I'm Gone" at the outset of the war with Iraq, and had a very touching video of service men and women leaving to fight.

 

I don't know of any patriotic songs that he has out, but Ted Nugent was on the Bob & Tom show last week calling in from Kuwait. He was touring the middle east with Toby Keith doing USO shows. He definitely is a huge supporter of our troops and backs the cause. Like most country artists, he is pretty down to earth and a little more "connected" than the hollywood type rock stars. As whacky as he may seem, he's a pretty smart guy. The guy knows that Freedom isn't Free!

 

Could it be that the fans dictate the content of the music? It might be a Chicken or Egg situation, but I don't know of any C&W fans who are not patriots and who don't care about the sacrifices being made by our troops. While performers of other music genres (I like that word, too) may personally support the troops, it just might be patriotism does not equate to sale$.

 

My opinion is look at the fan base and the way the county stars were raised. Mostly in small communities with strong family ties.

 

I was never into country music until my dad took ill and was admitted to a nursing home. Each day i would go visit him after work and i would talk, read to him and then listen to his country music with him for months until his death from brain cancer. I became really attached to it because he loved it so much mostly the older country songs. Hank Williams was his favorite and one day while listening to a Hank williams song (your cheatin heart) i had recall and asked him about why i knew the words to that song. He told me that when i was younger maybe 7 or 8 he taught me how to play it on a piano at a friends house. I left it at that but a couple weeks after he passed i was at a friends house and they had a piano and i stood in front of it and I'll be dammed i could and did play half the song ( not to well) and i have no memory of ever having played a piano (that i knew of ). Anyway may he rest in peace and yes country is alright with me. a NY yankee.



Hi DAD

 

I'm 100% pure NY yankee and I think that country music isn't about a place, it is a state of mind. It sounds cheesy and cliche but I got hooked on country in high school after I got dumped by my first girlfriend, you know the kind you fall hard for and then they shred your heart wihtout a second thought. anyway, I think that country artists are good people who have strong values and that I can respect. I was listening to Toby Keith's "American Soldier" with my brother, one of the US Navy's newest ensigns and he said that he knows a bunch of guys from the USMC, Navy, Army, and Air Force that really don't even like country music but have songs like that mixed into their playlists b/c it makes them feel like people here appreciate them and realize why they do what they do and how they feel about it.

 

I only became a country fan recently with the overproliferation of "Hip Hop" on the airways now. I agree with the posts about the people just having a different perspective, country folk from small towns with family ties etc... Or maybe it's just because I'm getting older and am ready for music that's a little more easy to understand the words.

I caught the John Michael Montgomery video "Letters from Home" the other day on Country Music Television (CMT). When the soldier finally gets the letter from his Dad, both me and my wife were blubberin. www.cmt.com has the "military verison" of the song up on their website in which it is interspersed with soldiers reading excerpts from their own letters. Letters from Home

 

I hate this argument. Country and Rap could not be more alike...

Instead of... Budweiser, it's Krystal
My ol' lady, it's My Bitch
My Pickup, it's my pimped out Bentley
crying over my dog, it's bustin' a cap in someone's ***
a shotgun, it's my 9mm


etc, etc, blah, blah, blah

 

TUFF FORD You got it right man! Despite what we personally think about any one genre, damn, there's that word again, they are all creative, talented people. What comes out of their minds and mouths is talent as defined by how many people buy and listen to their product. Country may have the edge on patriotic songs because of their audience.