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The number one reason that a lot of country sucks is the remakes of already-established pop songs. Like "I Swear" by All4One or "I Do Cherish You" by 98 Degrees (or whatever boy band does sing it -- they're all the same anyway) being re-recorded by someone with a voice from south of the Mason-Dixon and backed up by a slide guitar. Please. Whatever minimal listenability these songs had in the first place is gone quicker than a week's paycheck at a honky-tonk bar.
The number two reason why a lot of "new country" sucks is that it's trying to merge with mainstream rock/pop. Shania Twain singing alongside Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey, as they did on VH1's "Battle of the Divas"? Pass me two pina coladas and a few longneck bottles. |
