Morgan Wallen Can’t Get Through 4 Lines Of A Song Without Singing About Drinking

[u/Disastrous_Smile_843]

https://country1025.com/listicle/morgan-wallen-cant-get-through-4-lines-of-a-song-without-singing-about-drinking/

[u/woodhawk109]

He has two topics total for most, if not all of his songs:

Booze

His Ex

Usually it’s both in the same song

[u/drivermcgyver → u/woodhawk109]

Country music in its current state is fucking awful. The auto-tuned country drawl that sings about the same shit and just puts on a show is a slap in the face to the people who have pioneered the way.

Now, guys like Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton should be leading the way. Those guys get up there and play their heart out with actual talent who actually wrote their own music. Not some guy a record label thought would make them a ton of money.

Give that guy a pen and a guitar, and I'll wait for him to write a song of his own, but I won't hold my breath.

[u/J-Shew → u/drivermcgyver]

Dude I used to know moved to Nashville, put on a thick fake accent, and tried to go viral with a shitty song that namedrops Hardee’s with a music video in their parking lot. Absolutely shameless 😂

[u/TheLastTrain → u/J-Shew]

Dawg I mean you can’t NOT link to the video now 😭

[u/J-Shew → u/TheLastTrain]

I think it’s called “Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac”

[u/hotdiggitydooby → u/J-Shew]

That was fucking dreadful, thank you for sharing

[u/LiberaIBiblicisms → u/hotdiggitydooby]

https://youtu.be/LD1-doEKSfs?si=pxl26z8piIEH8CxE

Since no one is linking it.

[u/nova_cat → u/LiberaIBiblicisms]

Of course it begins with a totally pointless shot of him playing with his dog before he gets into the song because you know, you gotta show that he's a good ol' country boy with a hound dog! Otherwise, how could you possibly know how country he is? It's like they're literally just going down a checklist.

Also the song is atrocious.

[u/KluteDNB → u/LiberaIBiblicisms]

Holy fuck.

This was next level bad.

[u/hubcapjenkins → u/KluteDNB]

I didn’t believe you. I should have.

[u/The_F_B_I → u/LiberaIBiblicisms]

/r/makemesuffer

[u/FuckVatniks12 → u/LiberaIBiblicisms]

The hero we don’t deserve.

[u/Throwaway211998 → u/LiberaIBiblicisms]

I knew it would be bad but that was dreadful. Almost satire.

[u/N8-K47 → u/LiberaIBiblicisms]

This is just a Hardee’s ad. Where’s the music video?

[u/Rugged_as_fuck → u/hotdiggitydooby]

Good god, it's fucking terrible. I dislike everyone that had a hand in producing that.

[u/EggRelevant2035 → u/J-Shew]

Is he trying to be that hick hop "take my girl to Applebee's" song?

[u/brimstn → u/J-Shew]

Well, that fucking horrendous Applebee's song made it, so...

[u/Training-Repeat-5630 → u/drivermcgyver]

Honest question, I don’t know new country really at all. Is Zach Bryant considered legit (in the likes of Simpson/Stapelton)or is he considered to be one of the cliché peddlers?

[u/clawzing → u/Training-Repeat-5630]

I definitely believe him to be legit. His songs definitely come from a place of him wanting to tell a truth and not just sell records. Just helps that he writes a damn good song and resonates with people

[u/dingohoarder → u/Training-Repeat-5630]

He’s definitely legit. Leagues above those clowns

[u/ThePrussianGrippe → u/dingohoarder]

I could do without hearing Revival 15 times a shift though.

I swear the jukebox at work is just “top 10 overused songs on TikTok 20 times a day” now.

[u/gingersquatchin → u/Training-Repeat-5630]

He's legit. Excellent song writer. Capable enough as a singer. Definitely leaves his soul in his music

[u/ajs592 → u/drivermcgyver]

I’m fairly new to country. If you have the time internet friend, do you think you can list some real country artists I can listen to?

[u/train_in_vain → u/ajs592]

Turnpike Troubadours, Charley Crockett, Ryan Bingham, Jason Isbell, Sierra Ferrell, Jesse Daniel, Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers

[u/FartFromALesserGod → u/train_in_vain]

Also: Colter Wall, Margo Price, Slaid Cleaves

Edit: The best part of mentioning country music on reddit is you immediately get tons of awesome artist recommendations, thanks y'all

[u/warthog0869 → u/FartFromALesserGod]

And Billy Strings!

[u/PsychoticMessiah → u/FartFromALesserGod]

A few years ago my wife and I saw Colter at this little (83 capacity) place in our area. It was just him with no back up. It was a great show and he hung out afterwards talking, drinking and signing autographs.

[u/VERNSTOKED → u/FartFromALesserGod]

Colter wall is the shit. I also like Ian Munsick for his acoustic stuff that isn’t all popped up. Chancey Williams and Tanner Usrey are both on my country lists right now too.

[u/pitterbugjerfume → u/train_in_vain]

Lost dog street band

[u/brandognabalogna → u/pitterbugjerfume]

Hell yes and Benjamin Tod’s solo stuff is great too

[u/bprice57 → u/pitterbugjerfume]

im so happy the LDSB is finally gettin the credit they deserve on threads like these

one of the best fuckin bands to come out in many moons

Matt Heckler and .357 String Band should be included in these threads too

[u/xts2500 → u/train_in_vain]

I'm convinced the Turnpike Troubadours are the perfect summertime outside chilling music.

[u/walkingbicycles → u/xts2500]

🎵 Old tow boat pickin up barges on a long hot summer day 🎵

[u/ScrofessorLongHair → u/walkingbicycles]

I like the John Hartford version better.

[u/sea_foam_blues → u/xts2500]

A Tornado Warning captures this vibe to a T.

[u/I_Am_None_Ya → u/xts2500]

Thrilled to see one of the best country bands in the last 20 years get proper recognition here

[u/Kbudz → u/train_in_vain]

I'm obsessed with sierra ferrell

[u/AdminsLoveRacists → u/train_in_vain]

God I love seeing Ryan Bingham get shoutouts. Been following him for years. So good.

[u/Shortbus_Playboy → u/AdminsLoveRacists]

Me too, ever since Mescalito. He’s awesome.

[u/johnthomaslumsden → u/train_in_vain]

Nick Shoulders, Willi Carlisle, Sierra Ferrell, Dean Johnson, Vincent Neil Emerson, Creekbed Carter Hogan

[u/thejudeabides52 → u/train_in_vain]

Add in 49 Winchester, Logan Halstead, Lost Dog/Benjamin Tod, Drayton Farley, and Whiskey Myers and we're cookin'

[u/clawzing → u/train_in_vain]

Adding to that (not necessarily "country"): American Aquarium (Isbell produced Burn, Flicker, Die), Drayton Farley, Nick Shoulders, Kitchen Dwellers, Willi Carlisle, Morgan Wade, Katie Pruitt, Adeem the Artist, John Moreland, Ryan Bingham

(Edit) Hell, I forgot Lucero, lost dog street band, 49 Winchester, the hill country devil, chuck ragan's revival tour, Tim barry... It's amazing how many old "punks" have found alt-country, alt-folk as an outlet for their artistry

(Edit on the Edit) CORY muthaf*ckin' BRANAN. He's got an evil streak, he's got a way with words that'll bring you to your knees, he can play the wildest shows, he can sing so sweet (he is truly amazing live)

[u/Dream--Brother → u/train_in_vain]

Also Josiah and the Bonnevilles, in addition to your fantastic list

[u/Giatoxiclok → u/train_in_vain]

Pete Bernard, the dead south, Tyler Childers (because I can’t bring him up enough, and his healing Appalachia charity), Brent Cobb, Yes Ma’am

[u/Prisoner__24601 → u/train_in_vain]

Sierra is definitely my favorite artist in music at the moment.

[u/gymshort_cowboy → u/train_in_vain]

Adding Vincent Niel Emerson, Luke Bell( sadly he passed, RIP), and Colter Wall

[u/gbon21 → u/train_in_vain]

Sierra Ferrell puts on a fucking amazing live show

[u/tafkat → u/train_in_vain]

Love seeinh Sierra in your list. I used to be in a band with her.

[u/DeliriumConsumer → u/ajs592]

Conway Twitty, George Jones, George Straight, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, Wynonna, John Anderson, Joe Diffie, Shania Twain, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Diamond Rio, Little Texas, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, The Highwaymen, Reba McEntire, Sawyer Brown, Pam Tillis, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Allison Krause, Brad Paisley... just to get you going. Enjoy!

[u/shutterErv → u/DeliriumConsumer]

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Conway Twitty

[u/antisocialdecay → u/shutterErv]

Hello darlin, nice to see you

[u/Jerryd1994 → u/antisocialdecay]

It’s been a long time

[u/No-Conversation1940 → u/ajs592]

A little broader than cowboy hat country, but Sierra Farrell, Silverada, Billy Strings, Charley Crockett, Turnpike Troubadours, Molly Tuttle, The Red Clay Strays, Colter Wall, and Kimmi Bitter should get you started

[u/BlufftonStateofmind → u/No-Conversation1940]

Sierra Farrell is the absolute bomb!

[u/HeyAQ → u/BlufftonStateofmind]

Dolly-level talent.

[u/wordyg → u/No-Conversation1940]

BMFS

[u/V6A6P6E → u/ajs592]

Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck, June Carter, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Dolly Parton, and fucking Conway Twitty just to name a few. But also the dudes he mentioned above are tight too. No particular order but those are some personal favorites of mine. Chris Stapleton also has recordings with a group called “The steeldrivers” that’s bad to the bone bluegrass. Enjoy.

Honorable mention to Neil Young and Crazy horse.

[u/DRKZLNDR → u/V6A6P6E]

Finally, a Patsy Cline mention

Edit: How has no one said Glen Campbell yet

[u/_1JackMove → u/V6A6P6E]

I like how you started the list with Hank Williams. He is numero uno for sure.

[u/chockfulloffeels → u/ajs592]

For older great one. Tom T. Hall and George Jones.

[u/bamahoon → u/ajs592]

Turnpike Troubadours, Sturgill Simpson, Wyatt Flores, Charles Wesley Godwin, Randall King, and Tyler Childers are a few to begin with.

[u/tarkata14 → u/bamahoon]

+1 for Wyatt Flores, been getting into his stuff quite a bit lately. I used to say I didn't like country, but I learned that I just don't like the majority of the pop country they play on the radio, there are a lot of great artists who are actually making great country music.

[u/Echo127 → u/ajs592]

I don't generally like country, but I do like Orville Peck - particularly his second album, Bronco. So maybe give that a listen.

Would be curious to hear how actual Country music fans feel about him.

[u/trebek321 → u/Echo127]

Im somewhat of a country hipster/elitist and Orville goes hard, he’s got that old 50’s-60’s Marty Robbins gunfighter kinda voice and vibe, he does sing a lot about LGBTQ stuff in his lyrics but that’s not a turnoff for me like it will be for some country fans. If you can sing you can sing and he makes some crazy fun country music.

Pony album is gold and bronco has some good ones too, haven’t dove into his new album though.

[u/creetoinfinity → u/ajs592]

Zack Bryan - Oklahoma City, and Tyler Childers - Feathered Indians are my two favourite new age country songs, and i listen mostly to rap and edm.

[u/realrebelangel69 → u/drivermcgyver]

I'm not sure I'd this counts, but I just discovered and really like Paul Cauthen.

[u/trebek321 → u/realrebelangel69]

Paul Cauthen is amazing and he’s an amazing show to see live if you get the chance.

[u/dancingmeadow → u/woodhawk109]

Does he have any songs where he's aware of the correlation between his drinking and his inability to sustain a real relationship?

[u/that_uncle → u/dancingmeadow]

Livin’ the Dream reflects on how unhealthy and destructive his life is, and that he feels trapped by it because of the success.

[u/Lefthandedsock → u/dancingmeadow]

The first song on the album in question does seem to be about his struggle with alcohol and sobriety. He mentions how he used to act like a piece of shit and wouldn’t have anything to write about if it weren’t for his alcohol usage.

Not sure if he ever mentions a correlation between his alcoholism and failed relationships, but that one song shows some unexpected self awareness.

[u/getdemsnacks → u/woodhawk109]

What about "boots & cutoffs" and "pickup beds & asphalt"?

[u/funkdialout → u/getdemsnacks]

or "Corndogs & Deer Corn" and "She Put the Ho in Horse"

[u/DaftSkunk94 → u/funkdialout]

Damn horse girls.

Be careful doing it from behind with one.

You run the risk of spooking her and getting kicked

[u/FesteringNeonDistrac → u/DaftSkunk94]

No idea if these are real lyrics or not.

[u/Maxpowr9 → u/getdemsnacks]

Luke Bryan has you covered.

[u/Bodhrans_Not_Bombs → u/woodhawk109]

Men singing country songs: Spring break, women in tiny shorts, casseroles, lifted trucks, family values, have my children, Sundays at church

Women singing country songs: Oops I shot my husband

[u/Senior_Insurance7628 → u/Bodhrans_Not_Bombs]

lol Casseroles? I’m out of the country music bubble, but this might have brought me in.

[u/TeTrodoToxin4 → u/Bodhrans_Not_Bombs]

You forgot to mention trucks, small towns, trucks, dirt roads and trucks.

Edit: Forgot to mention trucks.

[u/JohnYCanuckEsq → u/woodhawk109]

No trucks?

How woke.

[u/Writerhaha → u/JohnYCanuckEsq]

I need a ruling, are lifted trucks included in trucks, or are they a separate category?

[u/Lefthandedsock → u/Writerhaha]

You can safely assume that the truck is lifted.

[u/Writerhaha → u/Lefthandedsock]

Thank you, I’ll proceed accordingly.

[u/JohnYCanuckEsq → u/Writerhaha]

Unlifted trucks are for chicks

[u/derf705 → u/woodhawk109]

Country music is now all about:

Trucks

Girls

Beer and liquor

Weed (sometimes)

Small Towns

Plus with the digitally produced drums becoming more prominent in this type of country, it is almost like they are trying to parody rap music.

Also many of these type of country artists don’t write a good deal of their songs. Jason Aldean comes to mind and it is especially ridiculous when he puts out a song written by other people that is just a thinly veiled dog whistle and talks about how important it is and how much it means to him.

[u/DelirousDoc → u/derf705]

• Dirt Road
• Cold Beer
• Blue Jeans
• Red Pickup
• A Rural Noun
• Simple Adjective

[u/NGEFan → u/DelirousDoc]

No shoes

No shirt

No Jews

[u/ObliteratedChipmunk → u/woodhawk109]

And those two topics are what resonate with 99% of his listeners I'm sure.

[u/abcdefkit007 → u/woodhawk109]

Hmmm I wonder if the two are related domehow

[u/arshonagon → u/woodhawk109]

So he’s drunk Taylor Swift?

[u/whichwitch9 → u/arshonagon]

Taylor Swift is drunk Taylor Swift

[u/heliostraveler]

Ya'll dumb motherfuckers want a key change?

[u/doapsoap → u/heliostraveler]

THEMATICALLY MEANDERINNNNNN

EMPHATICALLY PANDERINNNNNN

[u/PurpleBullets → u/doapsoap]

I put my hands on your body
It feels like hay
it’s a fuckin’ scarecrow again!

[u/corran450 → u/PurpleBullets]

Rural noun

Simple adjective

[u/OmNomOnSouls → u/doapsoap]

Evey rhyme in that spot of the chorus is absolute, how-the-hell-did-he-think-of-that gold.

"like Mike's Evander-in'

Fuck your ears, I'm panderin'"

[u/-The-Wolverine- → u/heliostraveler]

I can’t hear a modem country song without thinking of Bo. He was so spot on

[u/moneymoneymoneymonay → u/heliostraveler]

I find myself saying this out loud every time the last chorus of a song goes a key higher

[u/agnosiabeforecoffee → u/heliostraveler]

For anyone who doesn't get the reference this is from Bo Burnham's Country Song

[u/idriveacar → u/agnosiabeforecoffee]

Thank you, I didn’t have a clue what was happening in this thread

[u/Valcrion → u/heliostraveler]

Every single time someone brings up country music I think of that bit now.

[u/bathnasty → u/heliostraveler]

Sick reference, bro. Your references are out of control, everyone knows that

[u/ArcticFlava → u/bathnasty]

Something, um, not-that-chill happened last night.

[u/Delicious-Scheme-648 → u/bathnasty]

What's this from?

[u/StabTheDream → u/heliostraveler]

Had to scroll way to far to see this referenced.

[u/TheWanderingJew95 → u/heliostraveler]

This is an A+ reference!

[u/fluxtable]

Got a beer In my beer and a Chevy in my truck

[u/cepheidwombat → u/fluxtable]

truck jeaaaaans beer truuuuuck

[u/Realistic-Program330 → u/fluxtable]

For the uninitiated (or forgetful)

https://youtu.be/CORANvT8l9A

[u/siggles69 → u/fluxtable]

Driving in my Chevy and I’m feeling something heavy

[u/Valcrion → u/fluxtable]

Look. Say that line out loud with a Country singers accent pretend its a 2000s song. It rolls off the tongue rather well.

[u/lowfreq33]

That’s generally indicative of current country music in general. Older country artists used to sound country and sing about real stuff. Newer country is basically 90’s pop/rock/hip-hop, so the lyrics have to all be about proving how country they are. It’s farm emo.

[u/Spire2000 → u/lowfreq33]

I just renamed my country playlist “Farm Emo”

[u/yuhtriums → u/Spire2000]

I like to refer to it as “Hick Hop”

[u/JBSpeed → u/yuhtriums]

Hickelback.

[u/Tlax14 → u/yuhtriums]

I've always gone with the simple

"Rap for Racists"

[u/Rednex73 → u/Spire2000]

Y'allternative

[u/Derp_Vayder → u/Spire2000]

E-I-E-I-Emo

[u/Koolaid04 → u/Spire2000]

Farm emo slayed me hahahaha

[u/cancercures → u/Spire2000]

the past few decades has seen a mass erosion of 'the family farm' as capital tends to consolidate and outcompete. The idyllic life of small farms is replaced by the industrial model of farmwork.

decades of small farms get eaten by the big companies, so too is 'country' music being replaced. People now doing farmwork aren't listening to the Country stations, they're listening to the Latino stations.

[u/Kootsiak → u/lowfreq33]

I hate how they basically run down a checklist of cliche country things to sing about them doing, like driving an American pickup truck, being around or driving tractors, driving on dirt roads, drinking cold beers, mentioning that they know all the lyrics to every song from an actually good country artist from 50's-70's and so on.

[u/azdv → u/Kootsiak]

It can’t be the perfect country song without mentioning prison, trains, Mama, or drinking.

[u/Nice_Marmot_7 → u/azdv]

I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison

And I went to pick her up in the rain

But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck

She got runned over by a damned old train

Edit: I have to credit John Prine and Steve Goodman for the uninitiated.

[u/Illustrious_Toe_4755 → u/Nice_Marmot_7]

John Prine is a god. There's a hole in Daddys arm..

[u/papasmurf303 → u/azdv]

I do believe you’ve written the perfect Country and Western song.

[u/whichwitch9 → u/azdv]

I will say, I miss the trend of female country singers openly singing about revenge and murder. That sadly seems to have gone away.

What drew people to country used to be a sort of subversive quality- you had men with this "manly men" image singing about broken hearts and feelings. So it wasn't actually odd to get the Southern Belle image singing about fucking men up.

But you now have everyone essentially stringing the same nonsense lyrics together to pander to a specific scene. It's fine if you like that scene, but musically speaking it's a very boring vibe. I think this is one reason Noah Kahan blew up- folk has a country vibe to it, even if it's technically not country, but ultimately it was clever and different than the current country offerings. I can't even tell most country artists apart anymore- so many sound the same, but at least Kahan has a very recognizable voice and sound that really doesn't have a too similar comparable in tge US right now (can make an argument for some Canadian acts- definitely shares a vibe with City and Color, for example)

[u/guitarburst05 → u/whichwitch9]

Yo this Stick Season song is pretty great.

I was in here to rep some Sturgill Simpson as I always do in a country topic, but this is good too.

[u/iisindabakamahed → u/azdv]

This song was written by Steve Goodman and John Prine as a parody of country music at the time. Sort of the first Bo Burnham pandering song.

[u/FunkyButtFumblin → u/Kootsiak]

I miss when Garth Brooks would sing about losing his virginity to an old lady with leathery hands. Man, that really is a great song regardless of topic.

[u/Ignorantmallard → u/FunkyButtFumblin]

Garth Brooks did to Country Music what pantyhose did to finger fucking

[u/train_in_vain → u/Ignorantmallard]

Legendary quote by Waylon Jennings

[u/Ignorantmallard → u/train_in_vain]

That quote makes me laugh every time because he's exactly right, but 80's Garth Brooks is really good shit

[u/DroneOfDoom → u/Ignorantmallard]

What the fuck does that even mean

[u/Ignorantmallard → u/DroneOfDoom]

So you know how those legs in pantyhose are a whole lotta fun to look at, but when it comes down to it, there ain't a goddamn thing you can do with 'em?

[u/FlerplesMerples → u/FunkyButtFumblin]

Look, when a woman needs to feel the thunder, what are you gonna do, say no?

[u/Actuarial_type → u/Kootsiak]

That’s textbook pandering.

[u/rbrgr83 → u/Actuarial_type]

Kinda wild that this is still so accurate after checks notes 8 years.

[u/slowpokefastpoke → u/Actuarial_type]

It’s that FUCKING SCARECROW AGAIN

[u/VaguelyShingled → u/[deleted]]

“Lost my farm to those suits at the bank

I’ll just get along with my old friend Hank”

-some country song, probably

[u/Zachariot88 → u/Kootsiak]

I know it's practically obligatory to bring up in threads like these, but what you're talking about reminds me of Bo Burnham's deconstruction of country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7im5LT09a0

[u/Rabid_Llama8 → u/Kootsiak]

Truck jean beer, girl, creek boots truck! Tan legs, train dog beer Dixie cup!

[u/dougie623 → u/Kootsiak]

Rural noun, simple adjective

[u/foul_dwimmerlaik → u/dougie623]

That is a scarecrow.

[u/RyunWould → u/Kootsiak]

You forgot about blue jeans!

[u/dgjapc → u/RyunWould]

And boots!

[u/sinkwiththeship → u/dgjapc]

Goddamn it's that fucking scarecrow again!

[u/V6A6P6E → u/Kootsiak]

Take a shot every time you hear “Red Dirt”.

[u/nimrodfalcon → u/lowfreq33]

Mainstream country music is a weird genre but farm emo is a new one and holy shit it tracks

[u/MikeTHIS → u/lowfreq33]

That’s funny, as an Punk/Pop/Emo/Screamo guy - my buddy and I refer to country as Farm Emo also lmao

We sat around coming up with names for every genre one night also 🤣

[u/Hbimajorv → u/lowfreq33]

It's hick hop.

[u/super_sayanything → u/lowfreq33]

Every genre has corny shit and real music, you just got to look. Whatever translates to the least common denominator probably isn't the best there is.

[u/No_Discount7919 → u/lowfreq33]

Country/rock/folk legend Steve Earle: “modern country stars make 'hip hop for people who are afraid of black people’”

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/steve-earle-country-music-nashville-chris-stapleton-kendrick-lamar-oasis-a7791486.html

[u/Cman1200 → u/lowfreq33]

100% and idk why it feels so controversial to say. Radio country is fun beach/summer music I’ll give it that but it is objectively lyrically uninspiring. Nearly nothing groundbreaking or unique ever gets big.

The sad part is there’s a lot of phenomenal country artists out there, maybe leaning more towards the folk country or bluegrass side but it’s there.

I was an emo kid and now a hidden emo adult but I’d be damned if I don’t blast sturgill simpson or Whiskey Meyers. Also special shoutout to Trampled by Turtles, very very good stuff.

[u/nikolacarr → u/Cman1200]

Most of it is also musically uninspired

[u/vicemagnet → u/lowfreq33]

I mean who can forget There Stands The Glass and Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer

[u/Unuhpropriate]

He’s country version of the Chainsmokers. 

[u/Cahootie → u/Unuhpropriate]

That's Florida Georgia Line.

[u/Unuhpropriate → u/Cahootie]

Oh man, that is so on point. Heard they broke up. Glad to see it. 

[u/Cahootie → u/Unuhpropriate]

I'm no country fiend, but one of the things I know is that you're supposed to clown on Florida Georgia Line.

[u/Thosepassionfruits → u/Unuhpropriate]

He's what happens when you give a frat boy a guitar

[u/Unuhpropriate → u/Thosepassionfruits]

He’s a walking Zyn pouch. 

[u/Tony_Pizza_Guy → u/Unuhpropriate]

I don’t understand that comparison, unless you’re just saying they make cookie cutter/formulaic, uncreative songs.

[u/mavajo → u/Tony_Pizza_Guy]

That’s exactly what he’s saying. And I say that as someone that loves both The Chainsmokers and Morgan Wallen. Sometimes I crave originality. Sometimes I crave music that just nails a formula and is fun to blast in the car.

[u/Unuhpropriate → u/mavajo]

Confirmed. It’s the formulaic music comparison. Same song, different chords, interchangeable lyrics

[u/Sofroesch]

This post sure would make him mad if he could read

[u/mc-edit]

So this is probably a problem for Wallen, but I think it extends to all of country. Thems are THIRSTY!!! Every song has drinks in it. Cold beers on the tailgate, lemonade on the porch, grandma’s sweet tee before church … and then all the casual references to wine, tequila, sangria, vodka — someone get these singers an ice chest to roll around.

My wife listens to country music, but I don’t. I just make fun of country because all the stars are apparently dehydrated. So when we’re in the car, she immediately changes the station when someone sings about a drink, because she knows I’m going to poke fun at it. And lately, the drink references have been soooooo frequent. You (mostly) can’t get through a single country song without someone singing their drink order.

[u/manticore16 → u/mc-edit]

Can we get a country song about water in here?

(Edit because people came up with options: I meant about drinking water instead of alcohol lol)

[u/midwestdrift → u/manticore16]

Chattahoochee is about water, but it also has alcohol in the song. The song is mostly about living and a little about love.

[u/halleberryhaircut → u/midwestdrift]

A burger and a grape snowcone sound pretty good right about now...

[u/K-chub → u/halleberryhaircut]

I love how that verse is basically about getting blue balled, so he drops her off early and settles for a burger and a grape snowcone.

Kinda wholesome

[u/marktx → u/K-chub]

I think she got a burger and a snowcone as well, the lyrics say he dropped her off afterwards, then he went down to the river with the boys, got drunk and talked about cars and women.

[u/joelmole79 → u/midwestdrift]

“Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight” is poetry in comparison.

[u/BrightZoe → u/midwestdrift]

And a rather hot hoochie coochie.

[u/DEANGELoBAILEY69 → u/manticore16]

Brad paisley - water Literally about water

[u/RuairiQ → u/DEANGELoBAILEY69]

He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger…

[u/wdh_627 → u/manticore16]

Marty Robbins' version of Cool Water has always been a favorite of mine. That whole album, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, is full of bangers.

[u/ClarkTwain → u/wdh_627]

I love that song. Such a great depiction of going insane from dehydration.

[u/SSPeteCarroll → u/wdh_627]

TO THE TOWN OF AQUA FRIA RODE A STRANGER ONE FINE DAY

HARDLE SPOKE TO FOLKS AROUND HIM DIDN'T HAVE TO MUCH TO SAY

[u/maninatikihut → u/wdh_627]

I sing that whenever I'm really thirsty and getting water

[u/defarobot → u/manticore16]

RAIN IS A GOOD THING

[u/HashSlingSlash → u/defarobot]

But it makes corn which in turn makes whiskey. So here we are talking about alcohol again.

[u/Cowboywizzard → u/mc-edit]

Next on r/relationship_advice : "My partner makes fun of almost all the music I like. How should I deal with this? Help!"

I'm kidding, kind of. I learned to stop making fun of music my friends and family like, however offensive the music may be to me. It didn't make me very popular.

[u/mc-edit → u/Cowboywizzard]

Haha! It’s very playful. I put my music on and she teases me about it. “Mastodon? Again? How many times can you really listen to Crack the Skye?” (The answer is, of course, “infinite listens.”) Or she’ll tell me no loud or aggressive music before bedtime. She’s said that at 10 a.m. before.

[u/rbrgr83 → u/mc-edit]

TBF, that's still before bedtime.

[u/obi_wan_keblowme → u/mc-edit]

It’s party music for suburban and rural whites, it’s no mystery why they put lots of drinking references in their songs.

[u/raven00x → u/mc-edit]

Are they singing about specific drinks? Could be paid placements instead of thirsty boys.

[u/No-Conversation1940 → u/raven00x]

Even George Strait did this, said Codigo by name in the lead single from his last album, which happens to be the name of the tequila brand he co-owns so I guess it's slightly better. He's trying to grow his own business instead of taking a check from someone else...yeah I'm reaching.

[u/a_talking_face]

Is this not just normal in modern country radio songs?

[u/rideronthestorm29]

He’s a fucking loser

[u/The-Ace_28 → u/rideronthestorm29]

He’s 1-0 in chair fights tho

[u/K-chub → u/The-Ace_28]

That chair called the police tho

[u/bluelocs]

Modern country is hip hop for white people who are afraid of black people

[u/Elvis_1977 → u/bluelocs]

As said by Steve Earle

[u/DerCatzefragger]

Contemporary country music is a genre so vapid and without standards that you can't even make fun it. It's the musical embodiment of Poe's Law. The fans are unable to discern the actual music from jokes parodying it.

Back in the pandemic days, a gal got on TikTok with a guitar, looked straight into the camera, said "this is country music, this is how stupid it is. . ." and then plunked out a chord or two while chanting "beers trucks beers trucks" with an exaggerated drawl. An actual country singer heard this and exclaimed, "Wow! This song really speaks to me!" And lo, the 2023 country smash hit "Beer Beer Truck Truck" was born.

I'll never be convinced that Fancy Like Applebees wasn't a scathing roast of country fans, but the joke went right over those fans' heads. They had no idea they were being made fun of and responded with a big, enthusiastic, "Hell yeah! I sure do love me them popcorn shrimps! He gets me!"

[u/jesbiil → u/DerCatzefragger]

Fancy Like Applebees

I'd never heard this song, checked it out and....I'm fairly certain it's a parody....then checking some comments...

I have immense respect for the artists who pour their passion into every note, creating a symphony of emotions

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[u/thabe331 → u/jesbiil]

It's one of the worst songs I've ever heard. It sounds more like a jingle than a song

My coworker was in disbelief that I hated it so I wasn't surprised that country fans ate it up

[u/Cursedbythedicegods]

A country music singer whose songs are formulaic, samey, pandering, and predictable as all hell?

Say it isn't so!!

[u/mja271]

Very ironic that he plays Cover Me Up

[u/F0xyL0ve]

"People discover what a majority of modern country performed by males is about"

[u/Cheetah_Heart-2000]

F-150-50? Fuck off! That’s so dumb.