My 2 cents.

As a fan of traditional & Classic  country music
Where do I start.  I've watched the music I love be decimated before my eyes and ears. Into something I can barley recognize anymore, or stand to listen to.     

I am so fed up with   what Nashville is cranking out. I have had it with mainstream country music. Instead of getting better it is getting worse as time goes by. I'm so tired of the belly buttons, the bulging biceps. The open down the front  shirts, the boy bands  the auto tuned, pro tooled manufactured  noise Nashville/trashville  is hell bent on promoting ,banking on and forcing down the throats of us all.  

One of the latest piece of work to crawl out of Tashville is a duo of faux outlaws named Big and Rich which takes untalented  tackiness to a new low. Their single & Video "Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy"  Is the epitome of low class trash.  There is a line in the song about the freak parade.  Which describes this mess to a T. Their pounding drum beat and wretched   guitars riffs along with their screaming   voices are enough to make you shake you head.  

Then there's the short,   beach bum,  puka shell wearing,   balding,  heartthrob Kenny Chesney,   who brings the beach theme to country,  When Chesney isn't singing about the beach or recalling his fast fading youth, it's about what a perfect life the people in his song have. I'm waiting for him to record that big purple dinosaur's theme song of "I love You , You Love me were a happy family" 

The boy bands  all are insync wanna be's. Their  prancing stage moves  rival the Lipizzaner Stallions and  are what keep chiropractors in business.    Rascal Flatts, ear splitting vocals, Lonestar's sappy songs, The newest ones to arrive is called Hot Apple Pie. The name says it all about their music just gooey, sweet with no nutritional value  and thanks to our neighbors to the north who have given us Emerson Drive. Whom I wish would speed back north of the border without stopping  Emerson Drive's  songs are pure bubble gum, candy coated with extra sugar.    With all the hair gel all these bands  use it makes me want to run out and buy stock.

With all the females singers coming along it is getting hard to tell one from the other. Gone are the days of the classily dresses which  been replace with belly button reveling midriffs, super low cut dresses and ultra mini skirts.  Good vocal ranges have been replaced with who can scream the loudest to hit that note.

Today's male vocalists  appear to  have gotten in touch with their feminine side to much. The once neatly press shirts, slacks and nudie suits. Have been replaced by frilly shirts  and leather pants. 

If you agree with this and want a place to vent your feelings about what is happening with country music please come over to the
The Phoenix 
You'll meet plenty of friendly folks who share these views.