Showing posts with label Rascal Flatts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rascal Flatts. Show all posts
Oct 31, 2017
May 8, 2017
The Roots of Modern Mainstream Country
The roots of modern mainstream country music run deep… well, not deep, but long. All the way back to the 70s anyway. You hear the disco beats of ABBA and others in the slick sounds of Chris Lane and Thomas Rhett. There's not a ton of 80s influence in the current sound - though you'll hear a little hair metal flourish from time to time. The 90s is where 2010's country really finds its 'soul.' From the chillaxing flow of Jack Johnson to the gleeful boy band harmonies, to the danceable pop rock of Sugar Ray, it's undeniable that the generation of music the most popular artists and songwriters grew up on is a huge influence on their sound.
So what about country music? Is modern country influenced by any of that? Well, sure. If you call Shania Twain and Rascal Flatts country. (Yeah, we have a few outliers with a semi-traditional sound, but even Jon Pardi only releases his most dance floor ready tracks to radio)
Check out this Spotify playlist if you don't believe me. You'll hear some really familiar sounds if you're a consumer of iheartradio's commercial country soundscape. If you're not, you'll just get a knowing laugh out of it. Oh, and don't think I'm saying all this music is bad… I like some of it; it's just not necessarily the well a genre called "country" should be drawing most of its water from.
Here's the tracklist if you don't wanna put your ears through all that.
Smash Mouth – All Star
Drake – Take Care
Everything – Hooch
John Mayer – Your Body Is a Wonderland
Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time
Sugar Ray – Every Morning
Shawn Mendes – I Know What You Did Last Summer
Winger – Seventeen
Kesha – TiK ToK
Lil Wayne – A Milli
Rascal Flatts – Prayin' For Daylight
*NSYNC – Bye Bye Bye
Limp Bizkit – Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
Jack Johnson – Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Nelly – Country Grammar (Hot Shit)
Eminem – The Monster
Zedd – Stay (with Alessia Cara)
Montgomery Gentry – Hell Yeah
Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch
Dave Matthews Band – Ants Marching
The Pussycat Dolls – Don't Cha
Warrant – Cherry Pie
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Crazy Town – Butterfly
ABBA – Dancing Queen
Calvin Harris – My Way
Shania Twain – That Don't Impress Me Much
Nickelback – Something In Your Mouth
LFO – Summer Girls
Ariana Grande – The Way
G. Love & Special Sauce – Cold Beverage
Mar 27, 2017
Farce Madness: The "Delete" 8
In the Sour 16, most of the matches were decisive. The closest match was Sam Hunt's "upset" of Florida Georgia Line/Luke Bryan by 4%. Here are the results from the 16.
Junk Drawer Region
Any Kane Brown Song 75%
Danielle Bradbery "Friend Zone" 25%
Paisley/Cool J "Accidental Racist" 64%
The Band Perry "Live Forever" 36%
Oldies Region
Donna Fargo "Funny Face" 54%
"Butterfly Kisses" 46%
"Achy Breaky Heart" 55%
"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" 54%
Meat & Potatoes Region
"Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" 77%
ZBB "Beautiful Drug" 23%
Rascal Flatts "Bob That Head" 73%
Big & Rich "Comin' to Your City" 27%
Bro-Country Region
LB "That's My Kind of Night" 57%
Jason Aldean "1994" 43%
FGL + Luke "This is How We Roll" 48%
Sam Hunt "Body Like a Back Road" 52%
----------------
Here are today's matchups in the "Delete" 16. Voting will take place on Twitter this afternoon.
"Delete" 8
Junk Drawer
4. Any Kane Brown Song
6. Brad Paisley - Accidental Racist w/LL Cool J
Bro-Country
1. Luke Bryan - That’s My Kind of Night
11. Sam Hunt - Body Like a Back Road
Oldies
1. Donna Fargo - Funny Face
2. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
Meat & Potatoes
1. Luke Bryan - Country Girl (Shake It For Me)
6. Rascal Flatts - Bob That Head
Feb 8, 2017
Most Added Poop at Country Radio
The "most added" singles list every week highlights new and rising songs that country radio listeners will hear for weeks (and sometimes months or years) to come. Similar to our "Current Poop of Country Radio," here's Trailer's ratings for this week's add leaders. Data from Country Aircheck. Poop from us. (Poop emoji=bad, Anti-poop emoji=good)
The rating for this first week of our list is scary bad. I weep for the future. The score is -20. My favorite tune on this list is Zac Brown's new "My Old Man," which is a subtle and welcome return to ZBB's signature sound. My least favorite song is Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road," but it has serious competition for biggest turd. This was easily one of my most unpleasant listening experiences in nearly 9 years of running Farce the Music. I thought radio was supposed to be getting better, but if this is any sign, they're at the bottom and digging deeper.
The rating for this first week of our list is scary bad. I weep for the future. The score is -20. My favorite tune on this list is Zac Brown's new "My Old Man," which is a subtle and welcome return to ZBB's signature sound. My least favorite song is Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road," but it has serious competition for biggest turd. This was easily one of my most unpleasant listening experiences in nearly 9 years of running Farce the Music. I thought radio was supposed to be getting better, but if this is any sign, they're at the bottom and digging deeper.
Jan 18, 2017
Fun With Google Searches: Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Sturgill, etc.
These are real autocompletes when performing the following searches on Google.
 |
| Hopefully. For crimes against country music. |
 |
| Hmmm.... let's see. |
 |
| Bingo! |
 |
| I don't see the resemblance, but you do you. |
 |
| Do you have functioning ears? |
 |
| 2008 answer: He's never nominated. 2017 answer: He hasn't been relevant since 2007. |
 |
| I have a sneaking suspicion they might. |
 |
| The whole band?? Not that there's anything wrong with that. |
 |
| I'm guessing a country singer is not a disease. Are you crystal meth? |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
LinkWithin
