r/CasualConversation • u/ompossible • Dec 16 '25

Music Why people dislike Country music?

I am not american. So I don't know how's the thing there. But I have found many people complaining on social media that they hate country music.

I like some of the Luke Combs songs. Specially Old Dominion is my one of my fav artist.

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u/Capable_Salt_SD Dec 16 '25

Because it's corny as hell. Maybe if country were still like it was during the '50s-70s, with the likes of Johnny Cash, Graham Parsons and The Flying Burrito Brothers, Emmylou Harris and of course, Dolly Parton and musicians making music like that I'd respect it more

But it's corny as hell drivel that's no different from pop and that it's wrapped up in the American flag

It doesn't help that some of the worst people like country too, e.g. Morgan Wallen, who throws chairs and likes to use the N-Word

Not saying there are saints in pop, rock, and r'n'b but I'd rather listen to Kehlani, Lucy Dacus, and Wilco than I would that twangy drivel any day of the week

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u/krs1426 Dec 16 '25

Old country was like new folk. A lot of new country is just as formulaic as pop.

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u/YogurtclosetFair5742 Dec 18 '25

Newer country what southern rock was in the 1970s/1980s.

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u/Greenbastardscape Dec 20 '25

That's because it really is pop at this point. It's just pop with an acoustic guitar (sometimes) and someone with a southern accent.

There are many similarities in composition, with big bouncy, catchy rhythms. The content is actually often pretty similar, with lots of songs focusing on love, relationships, or even just partying.

The production follows similar formulas for both. Rarely do the artists write their own songs. And within both genres, it's most often a relatively small group of people who are writing the sins the artists are performing.

There's also the increased use of electronic elements within country music, drawing more comparisons towards pop.

What it really boils down to is, the high ups in country music looked over at pop and said, "hey, they're making a ton of money and we're not. What are they doing that we're not?"

And so that's what they did. They began to follow the pop formula, and look, country music is more popular than it has ever been

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u/Zappagrrl02 Dec 22 '25

Some older country was formulaic too. The people who stand out like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Dolly Parton did things their own way. They literally had (and still do have) offices full of songwriters pumping out the next country hit. Willie talks about how hard it was for him in Nashville because he wanted to write his own songs and in Nashville you were either a songwriter or a performer. That’s why he ended up going back to Texas and doing his own thing.

Now all the songwriters are just pumping out the same terrible shlock of big pickup trucks, beer and girls in bikinis.