Red_Skin_Pride;494683 wrote:You're listening to the wrong artists, obviously. Turn off your local radio station and look up some real country artists.

I don't listen to the radio...You won't find the Black Seeds, A tribe called quest no the radio. Country is not for me, nor do I find it in the least bit "good music." Turn off that gay twang and listen to The Black Seeds and see if you like them

I just wanna preface that I don't have any one particular favorites, more like a bunch of favorites. So, I'm just gonna pick one of my favorites for each category. It's impossible for any one to be that good over another, simply because each one adds some thing that the other does not.

Country: Johnny Cash (if I had to choose a second, it would be Kris Kristofferson - dude has mad writing skills)
Classic Rock: Tom Petty
Modern Rock (any type): my dude has got me really paying attention to Stone Sour
Hip Hop/R&B: ...
Pop: Third Eye Blind
Oldies Pop (general): Jerry Lee Lewis

*Classical: Verdi (Albinoni would be in top 5)

CenterBHSFan;494693 wrote:Country: Johnny Cash (if I had to choose a second, it would be Kris Kristofferson - dude has mad writing skills)

Agreed.

DeyDurkie5;494456 wrote:Country: Worst type of music out there
Classic Rock: Led Zeppelin
Modern Rock (any type):Modest Mouse
Hip Hop/R&B: Jay Z/A Tribe Called Quest
Pop: Akon
Other: The Black Seeds(probably favorite band at the moment)

On trip to The Jamboree in the Hills would cure the country blues... It would change your world...

No snow we go!;494956 wrote:On trip to The Jamboree in the Hills would cure the country blues... It would change your world...

no, no it wouldn't

No snow we go!;494956 wrote:On trip to The Jamboree in the Hills would cure the country blues... It would change your world...

Or make him want to kill himself.

the genres we were give i dont really care about most of them at all.

Country: - older outlaw stuff, no certain favorite
Classic Rock: skynard? do they fall in that category
Modern Rock (any type): way to many to list, see the second list ill do
Hip Hop/R&B: Dilated Peoples
Pop: i dont listen to the radio/mtv
Oldies Pop (general): dont really listen


now for my list with a little more broken down genres and more then one band per

90's style hardcore: Piecemeal, Morning Again, Culture, Unbroken, Undertow, Seven Generations
Hardcore: Kill Your Idols, E-Town Concrete, Ringworm, Ramallah
Metal: Black Dahlia Murder, Napalm Death(yeah theyre grind but didnt feel like making a seperate genre)
Post Punk/Emo/whatever: Small Brown Bike, Algernon Cadwallader, Taking Back Sunday, The Movielife, I Am The Avalanche
Post Hardcore: Brand New, Crime In Stereo,
Screamo: You and I, United Nations

Screw the OP's categories. I literally like all genres except new punk and screamo.


Brooks N Dunn
AC/DC
Queen
Jimmy Eat World, Passion Pit
Lil' Wayne, Atmosphere, Nas, Tribe
EDM stuff: Eric Prydz, Tim Berg, Sidney Samson and about 500 more.

Classic: Zeppelin
Classic Pop: Fleetwood Mac
Corporate Rock: Foreigner or Supertramp
New Wave: the Cars
Early Alternative: REM
World Alternative: Rusted Root
Grunge: Alice in Chains
Modern Pop: Counting Crows
Alternative Bluegrass: Bela Fleck
Modern Alternative: Decemberists
Classic Alternative Rap: Beastie Boys
Rap Alternative: Beck
Outlaw Country: Merle Haggard or Johnny Cash
Rock country Alternative: wilco
mainstream Vegas crooning: Sinatra
bloated Vegas dead on the toilet: Elvis

DeyDurkie5;494690 wrote:I don't listen to the radio...You won't find the Black Seeds, A tribe called quest no the radio. Country is not for me, nor do I find it in the least bit "good music." Turn off that gay twang and listen to The Black Seeds and see if you like them

I listen to all genres of music, and quite a wide variety at that. I have about a dozen Black Seeds songs on my itunes at the moment, I was turned on to them in college several years ago, by an international student FROM New Zealand no less. I can't say they're one of my favorite artists, but they are insanely talented and I definately enjoy several of their songs...I just have to be in the mood to listen to their music when I do.
There's a certain type of understanding you have to have to appreciate country music (good country music) and some people don't have it; that's fine. To each their own. Same way I find anything Larry David is associated with as a waste of time. But there's not really much gay about it. If you grew up out here and lived the way people that love country music do, you'd have a whole new perspective on it, trust me. That's how I know that 95% of country today is pop; when people who have never left a city in their life, or 13 year old suburban girls are listening to "country", it's not country, and how I can almost guarantee you that what you've head that you hate, is not country. I'd recommend Jamey Johnson for starters.

Country: Johnny Cash/John Denver
Classic Rock: Rush
Modern Rock (any type): Metallica
Hip Hop/R&B: Eminem/Rohff/Nas
Pop: Kevin Rudolf
Oldies Pop (general): Neil Young?

Classical: Ennio Morricone

Sonofanump;494688 wrote: Folk: Cat Stevens

YESSSSSSS!!! I was wondering if I was gonna see a Cat Stevens reference on here.

"It's the 43rd annual convention of the grand mystic royal order of the nobles of the Ali Baba temple of the shrine"

Great, great shit.

Also, when the hell did the Eagles become country? I'm gonna stick with their 40+ hits on the rock charts since over the last 40 years to keep them in classic rock...I can see people picking Johnny Cash he was on several of the "Tennessee Hayride" tours and had over half of his hits on country/western radio, not to mention married into the Carter family...but the Eagles? I disagree.

Red_Skin_Pride;495055 wrote:I listen to all genres of music, and quite a wide variety at that. I have about a dozen Black Seeds songs on my itunes at the moment, I was turned on to them in college several years ago, by an international student FROM New Zealand no less. I can't say they're one of my favorite artists, but they are insanely talented and I definately enjoy several of their songs...I just have to be in the mood to listen to their music when I do.
There's a certain type of understanding you have to have to appreciate country music (good country music) and some people don't have it; that's fine. To each their own. Same way I find anything Larry David is associated with as a waste of time. But there's not really much gay about it. If you grew up out here and lived the way people that love country music do, you'd have a whole new perspective on it, trust me. That's how I know that 95% of country today is pop; when people who have never left a city in their life, or 13 year old suburban girls are listening to "country", it's not country, and how I can almost guarantee you that what you've head that you hate, is not country. I'd recommend Jamey Johnson for starters.

fair enough, and I'm surprised someone else on here knows about them, didn't think this site would have fans of that genre. The Black Seeds are definitely one of those bands that sounds A LOT better after smoking some ganja. As far as country is concerned, I only ever hear the bullshit that is mainstreamed so it's what I base it on. I'll check out Jamey and see what I think.

There are a lot of Johnny Cash fans here. Don't get me wrong, I like him but I would not call him my favorite and I didn't realize he was that popular.

I also agree that most country today is pop.

Red_Skin_Pride;495062 wrote:YESSSSSSS!!! I was wondering if I was gonna see a Cat Stevens reference on here.

"It's the 43rd annual convention of the grand mystic royal order of the nobles of the Ali Baba temple of the shrine"

Great, great shit.

Also, when the hell did the Eagles become country? I'm gonna stick with their 40+ hits on the rock charts since over the last 40 years to keep them in classic rock...I can see people picking Johnny Cash he was on several of the "Tennessee Hayride" tours and had over half of his hits on country/western radio, not to mention married into the Carter family...but the Eagles? I disagree.

The Eagles themselves have said they added Country to their style to become big. The are mostly rock (classic), but they have Country, Blues, Folk, Bluegrass. It wasnt really till Schmidt and Walsh joined that they became more rock only oriented. That was around their 3rd Album, after Eagles and Deperado.

Country: Jamey Johnson
Classic Rock: Led Zeppelin
Modern Rock: Brand New
Hip-Hop/Rap: Wiz Khalifa
Pop: ------------

Red_Skin_Pride;494683 wrote:You're listening to the wrong artists, obviously. Turn off your local radio station and look up some real country artists.

This is the way to go about finding music in any genre. For the most part, and there are exceptions, if it plays on the radio it is probably really bad.

Favorite Band/Artist By Genre

Country: Ryan Bingham
Classic Rock: Marshall Tucker Band
Modern Rock (any type): My Morning Jackset
Hip Hop/R&B: None
Pop: La Roux
Oldies Pop (general): Beatles

Red_Skin_Pride;495062 wrote:Also, when the hell did the Eagles become country?

It’s country enough for me. Non-Joe Walsh they are pretty twangy. Not really a fan of country. I like the Eagles, Skynard, The Outlaws. Is that Southern Country Rock?

Country: Johnny Cash
Classic Rock: Aerosmith
Modern Rock (any type): Dropkick Murphys
Hip Hop/R&B: Eminem
Pop: Black Eyed Peas
Oldies Pop (general): The Beatles
Other: O.A.R.

Country: Cash
Classic Rock: Jimi Hendrix
Modern Rock: The Strokes
Hip Hop/Rap: Wu tang Clan
Pop: Micheal Jackson
Oldies Pop: Temptations

Sonofanump;495582 wrote:It’s country enough for me. Non-Joe Walsh they are pretty twangy. Not really a fan of country. I like the Eagles, Skynard, The Outlaws. Is that Southern Country Rock?

Skynyrd and the Outlaws are just southern rock, but not the Eagles.

Early Cuyler;495318 wrote:Country: Jamey Johnson
Classic Rock: Led Zeppelin
Modern Rock: Brand New
Hip-Hop/Rap: Wiz Khalifa
Pop: ------------

Yes!