Ok, initially i thought ok wow country music is a massive genre to go nit picking and see where it is left out in mainstream society as ive mentioned before i believe it is very much a thriving genre on its own with its own award shows, television stations, radio programes a festivals around the joint. Im now, after reading alot of the blogs, noticing how influential country music is. Listening to alot of music lately, I hear many similar attributes within mainstream music and top 40 stuf that appear or are strongly connected with country music. whether it be the lyrics, the instruments, the style of vocals or just in general where the artist has come from its interesting to me that country music is subtely every where.
Someone who came to mind, who i know isnt seem to be country, but when you look at who she is really all all influences are country and many of her songs and style to seem to have country in them. Kelly Clarkson. Winner of American Idol some years back and now quite succesful in her own right is a country girl at heart which you can hear in alot of her music if you really listen carefully.
I work in a pub which has a juke box. which has a virety of songs it plays randomly when noone has selected songs to play. As I’ve worked different hours somehting I have noticed with the jukebox after starting thinking about country music is how much country music actually gets played WITHOUT people chooseing it to do so. Im curious to know and if any one else knows whether jukebox’s purely select randomly or do they kinda go off what has been selected alot. Becuase i often hear the same song a few times with in the one week. Just a though I had whilest at work and yet another casey chambers song came on.
Also, weekends we have a band that plays in the pub, cover bands mainly. and cover bands that often play the same songs to get the crowed reved up. One song I have noticed that gets played every single week by the various cover bands we have play is “Sweet Home Alabama” which to me, is a typical country song, singing about back home sweet home, in the southern blue skys and what not. This song is a great party sing along song who i my self have known so bust out singing along. Not bieng country’s biggest fan it made me laugh how apparent country music seems to be around the place now that we’ve mentioned it.
By Sophie Adams
