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What about Rock n Roll, Live is Hell, Ryan Adams?
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The whole genre of "Alt Country" just sounds too horrendous to me :lol:
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jeremyb wrote:The whole genre of "Alt Country" just sounds too horrendous to me :lol:
It's a shifting definition though - it's been pointed out before that some of the 'rock' big sellers like The Eagles and the Southern rock stuff would all be labeled country today.
They keep telling me tone is in the fingers, but I have yet to see a "look at my fingers" thread.
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jeremyb wrote:The whole genre of "Alt Country" just sounds too horrendous to me :lol:
They need Kellyanne to front it.
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jeremyb wrote:The whole genre of "Alt Country" just sounds too horrendous to me :lol:
That's because you're not from B'diddly-Boing, Idaho.

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Odawaidaho surely?
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Delayman wrote:
jeremyb wrote:The whole genre of "Alt Country" just sounds too horrendous to me :lol:
It's a shifting definition though - it's been pointed out before that some of the 'rock' big sellers like The Eagles and the Southern rock stuff would all be labeled country today.
gram parsons has got a lot to answer for

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Delayman wrote:
jeremyb wrote:The whole genre of "Alt Country" just sounds too horrendous to me :lol:
It's a shifting definition though - it's been pointed out before that some of the 'rock' big sellers like The Eagles and the Southern rock stuff would all be labeled country today.
But they're shit too :mrgreen:
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Delayman wrote:
jeremyb wrote:The whole genre of "Alt Country" just sounds too horrendous to me :lol:
It's a shifting definition though - it's been pointed out before that some of the 'rock' big sellers like The Eagles and the Southern rock stuff would all be labeled country today.

Sounds more like an infection than a shift.
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sizzlingbadger wrote:
Delayman wrote:
jeremyb wrote:The whole genre of "Alt Country" just sounds too horrendous to me :lol:
It's a shifting definition though - it's been pointed out before that some of the 'rock' big sellers like The Eagles and the Southern rock stuff would all be labeled country today.

Sounds more like an infection than a shift.
Who is the host and who is the parasite?
They keep telling me tone is in the fingers, but I have yet to see a "look at my fingers" thread.
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I’m a big Ryan Adams fan.

"Summer of 69" is awesome.

(This never gets old.)

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I'm a huge Ryan Adams fan.

"Run to You" totally rocks.

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HappyEnding wrote:I’m a big Ryan Adams fan.

"Summer of 69" is awesome.

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jeremyb wrote:
Delayman wrote:
jeremyb wrote:The whole genre of "Alt Country" just sounds too horrendous to me :lol:
It's a shifting definition though - it's been pointed out before that some of the 'rock' big sellers like The Eagles and the Southern rock stuff would all be labeled country today.
But they're shit too :mrgreen:
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Seriously. I'm a huge Bryan Adams fan.

His HEARTBREAKER album is alt-county at its best.

(Better?)

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