• weariedfae@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is so true. I liked 90s country but after it became hyper-nationalist post-9/11 I couldn’t stand it anymore. It wasn’t like there weren’t patriotic sounding songs before then but some of it was pseudo-countryfried rock and heavily subversive. There was this “fuck The Man” vibe in many songs. Still lots of breakup songs, longing songs, and the twangy equivalent of bubblegum pop - it wasn’t all anti-establishment.

    Then it became all Toby Keith drunk asshole bootlicking bullshit and I noped tf right out.

    • at_an_angle@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      There is still good country music out there, just don’t listen to the shit on the radio. That’s all trash.

      The YouTube channel Gems on VHS has a lot of good music.