The Worst Country Music of 2018

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • Alright, I caved and finally shot a "Worst of 2018" list for y'all!
    Overall, I think 2018 was a pretty good year for country music, but I can't lie, there was definitely a ton of awfulness as well.
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  • @habs798693
    @habs798693 Před 5 lety +830

    Finger snaps should automatically disqualify people from playing the Opry.

    • @txdieselkid
      @txdieselkid Před 5 lety +14

      Like they actually give a damn about The Opry? HA!

    • @57HarleyDavidson
      @57HarleyDavidson Před 5 lety

      Biscuits McGee Why?

    • @57HarleyDavidson
      @57HarleyDavidson Před 5 lety

      @@txdieselkid How do you know?

    • @57HarleyDavidson
      @57HarleyDavidson Před 5 lety +1

      @Dana Munos Lauren Alaina isn't ugly.

    • @txdieselkid
      @txdieselkid Před 5 lety +6

      @@57HarleyDavidson Because they wouldn't be making such music as they are, and trying to categorize as "country" if they gave a damn about the heritage of the music such as the Opry represents.

  • @xxIluvyouguysxx
    @xxIluvyouguysxx Před 5 lety +731

    Wait the Property Brothers make music??? 😂

    • @AMackenzie22
      @AMackenzie22 Před 5 lety +64

      I read this before I watched, and thought for suuuuuuure it was a joke 😂😂.... sadly it was not

    • @La_Ru-yg8es
      @La_Ru-yg8es Před 5 lety +7

      IKR????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @cloudie8314
      @cloudie8314 Před 5 lety +12

      They tried 😣

    • @wadeatkinson4766
      @wadeatkinson4766 Před 5 lety +4

      what the world

    • @edvaira6891
      @edvaira6891 Před 5 lety +5

      Yeah, GAC played their drippy video nonstop in early 2018! Bleah!!

  • @markynsaibasandarsondiengd2298

    If nashville continues to promote singers like these, I'm gonna go back to rock 'n roll

    • @catnicole3790
      @catnicole3790 Před 3 lety

      You don’t have to, Tyler Childers colter wall and Cody jinx exist

    • @yesa36
      @yesa36 Před 2 lety

      @@catnicole3790 and Cody Johnson Riley green o

  • @morgancashman4132
    @morgancashman4132 Před 4 lety +25

    For all the beach boy hot lady songs.
    “I ain’t your tan leg Juliet” - Maddie (Girl in a Country Song)
    “Can I put on some real clothes now?” - Tae (Girl in a Country Song)

  • @Nurdse_326
    @Nurdse_326 Před 5 lety +362

    WAIT. THE PROPERTY BROTHERS ARE "SINGING" NOW??? WTF?

    • @aaliyahfoster2705
      @aaliyahfoster2705 Před 5 lety +21

      I guess HGTV isn't paying them enough since all they air is real estate and the occasional interior design shows. lol

    • @jonasbolden
      @jonasbolden Před 5 lety +21

      I laughed my ass off when I heard that

    • @JacquelineRoseee
      @JacquelineRoseee Před 5 lety +4

      B. Lee this was my exact reaction oh my

    • @Vr6.christos
      @Vr6.christos Před 5 lety +1

      B. Lee same thing I said

    • @DorianTMChannel
      @DorianTMChannel Před 5 lety +4

      And the fucking yodel kid

  • @Mr_Tiger_Band
    @Mr_Tiger_Band Před 5 lety +316

    George Strait and Alan Jackson warned us about this in Murder On Music Row. Did Nashville listen? Nope

    • @rockymyreiner2076
      @rockymyreiner2076 Před 5 lety +3

      😂😂yep

    • @theeverything9768
      @theeverything9768 Před 5 lety +9

      Don’t forget about George Strait’s Kicked Out of Country and the lack of lots of great reals songs/singers.

    • @lgardner5984
      @lgardner5984 Před 5 lety +1

      @@theeverything9768 huh?

    • @theeverything9768
      @theeverything9768 Před 5 lety +8

      Chris Crouchet was saying George and Alan warned us about the steep decline in the quality of country music Nashville is producing and I was adding that George Strait along with Jamey Johnson also put out a song (Kicked Out of Country) that warned us of the decline in great country singers on the radio in addition to the decline of good country music.

    • @wadeatkinson4766
      @wadeatkinson4766 Před 5 lety

      @@theeverything9768 correct sir! lol

  • @A7X4evrr
    @A7X4evrr Před 5 lety +440

    It’s so Simple... Listen to Cody Johnson, Luke Combs and Midland.

    • @A7X4evrr
      @A7X4evrr Před 5 lety +24

      EMPHASIS on Cody Johnson. “Cowboy Like Me” is the most underrated country album.

    • @kdoss03
      @kdoss03 Před 5 lety +23

      LUKE COMBS YES HE IS THE #1 BEST OF COUNTRY SINGERS

    • @hairnation1985
      @hairnation1985 Před 5 lety +2

      Eh. That’s the “go to” for real country..but they are definitely BORDERLINE for real country. Like and Cody especially. They push the limits

    • @wildchild5955
      @wildchild5955 Před 5 lety +1

      Sam Riggs!!!! A lot like Cody Johnson, some of Dustin Lynch (not his radio shit. He has good music).

    • @kayleighbishop2968
      @kayleighbishop2968 Před 5 lety +2

      BigBassBenda Cody Johnson is my man!!!! I love him 💗💗😝

  • @UndeadKing996
    @UndeadKing996 Před 5 lety +294

    If I listen to country it's all old country. Or Chris Stapleton.

    • @UndeadKing996
      @UndeadKing996 Před 5 lety +13

      @SnOOPY Rages Yeah I mean, I like a few "new artists" I guess you could say. I enjoy some of Keith Urban's stuff, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Blake Shelton and a few others. What I really don't like is this new wave of idiots who come out there in skinny jeans and basically rap with a twang to a shitty beat and call it country.

    • @thebayoudiaries8389
      @thebayoudiaries8389 Před 5 lety

      HeyThatsAlex GaNg same!

    • @thomasjimenez2257
      @thomasjimenez2257 Před 5 lety +1

      Chris Stapleton ain’t nothing, listen to Luke Combs he’s much better

    • @josiebrown6330
      @josiebrown6330 Před 5 lety +2

      YES! i love chris stapleton. and like combs. the best!

    • @devinmccurry1160
      @devinmccurry1160 Před 5 lety +1

      @HeyThatsAlex GaNg blake Shelton become a sell out, young blake was good

  • @mreddyfeelgood
    @mreddyfeelgood Před 5 lety +181

    I'm a metalhead wtf am I doing here

    • @arcwiz
      @arcwiz Před 5 lety +28

      I am too. I can just appreciate a guy criticizing country music rather than just going "hurr durr country sux".

    • @minamartinez8131
      @minamartinez8131 Před 5 lety +1

      Same! 😂 I don’t know ow what I am doing with my life

    • @StJosephsCreatineEnjoyer
      @StJosephsCreatineEnjoyer Před 5 lety +16

      I am a weird anomaly I think because I love metal and country, particularly outlaw country and Americana. This pop-country bullshit is horrible. If I wanted to listen to pop I’d listen to actual pop and there is some pretty catchy real pop but it is done better. Pop-country/tractor rap is like a worse version of pop music.

    • @loganmohler737
      @loganmohler737 Před 5 lety +2

      Hail meshuggah!

    • @meifert2
      @meifert2 Před 5 lety +1

      Getting culture

  • @brandons3174
    @brandons3174 Před 5 lety +281

    Dear Nashville, please watch this video and take some notes.

    • @roblobster10
      @roblobster10 Před 5 lety +8

      Ya but money though

    • @brandons3174
      @brandons3174 Před 5 lety +5

      @@roblobster10 Good point. If I could make a living by churning out reconstituted ham, I'd probably do it too.

    • @rogerbeshears7430
      @rogerbeshears7430 Před 5 lety +7

      The last time Nashville got this bad, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings came along and led a great revival of real country music.

    • @marcoapollo2466
      @marcoapollo2466 Před 5 lety

      Listen to Texas country problem solved

  • @bassin-n-splashin7593
    @bassin-n-splashin7593 Před 5 lety +41

    I agree accept for Hanging on!!

  • @DocsChannel
    @DocsChannel Před 5 lety +42

    I LOVE when Vin Diesel sings. He isn't good at it but he enjoys it so much and many of us sing badly in our car or shower. Nice to see someone do it badly and enjoy it. Makes the others feel better.
    He also isn't charging money and pretending to be a musician.

  • @gradydunkin7439
    @gradydunkin7439 Před 5 lety +232

    Who else misses 90s style country music? Country songs had a great Melody that actually felt country. Two artists I really miss hearing are George Strait and Gary Allan.

    • @jamesludwig6743
      @jamesludwig6743 Před 5 lety +9

      Should've been a cowboy-toby keith

    • @dans1601
      @dans1601 Před 5 lety +17

      The 90s was the BEST ever for country music. Had the best songwriting, best vocals, best instrumentals, everything. Would love to see a WHOLESALE return to something similar,, see it in some with Midland, Randall King and Jon Pardi,, but need a ton more to get radio to play these guys and others.

    • @USMFAN1996
      @USMFAN1996 Před 5 lety +4

      Grady Dunkin Gary Allan should have an album coming out this year. I’m very excited for it if it really does come to be.

    • @gradydunkin7439
      @gradydunkin7439 Před 5 lety

      @@USMFAN1996 that would be awesome; although, I doubt it would get airtime on radio stations

    • @johnnyg3514
      @johnnyg3514 Před 5 lety

      Grady Dunkin what I especially loved about Gary Allan is that his songs had a soft rock tone

  • @pedrov9185
    @pedrov9185 Před 5 lety +83

    Red Dirt country where it's at ..steel pedal... mandolin.. accordion.. fiddle.. banjo got to have some of that

  • @benmc9657
    @benmc9657 Před 5 lety +33

    I agree with most and respect your opinion, but when someone like Chris Young does something a little different, I don’t understand why people rip him up. Respect the fluctuations within a genre. That’s like making a video of Queen midway through their career and complaining about their style. Not comparing Chris Young to Queen but you get the point. Let the man live and explore his voice

  • @porkboiimusic
    @porkboiimusic Před 5 lety

    I'm so grateful for your channel. I never bothered even trying to listen to country music before because I had this idea that I would never like it, but listening to you talk about it with a critical lens has really opened up my mind and I actually enjoy a lot of country now, so thank you :)

  • @Killianwilliams
    @Killianwilliams Před 5 lety +120

    Josh turner still holds a classic country meaning

  • @TheLuci915
    @TheLuci915 Před 5 lety +298

    Had to put on some Dolly Parton to cleanse myself of these dumpster fires you call "songs"

    • @ericwarnock12
      @ericwarnock12 Před 5 lety +6

      Dumpster fires? I may be stealing that. Thanks

    • @caerlaverockjaguar3826
      @caerlaverockjaguar3826 Před 5 lety +5

      Eric Warnock people use that term for NFL teams all the time.
      In fact, I’m still surprised Tom Coughlin, David Caldwell, and Doug Marrone still have jobs. The team was a dumpster fire.
      Truth be told, I’d rather listen to Coughlin try to sing country than Mason Ramsey, or maybe Bortles could try to sing country. Might be a better singer than Quarterback.

    • @Danny_On_Wheels44
      @Danny_On_Wheels44 Před 5 lety +8

      Love me some Patsy Cline as well.

    • @TheApoohneicie
      @TheApoohneicie Před 5 lety +2

      lucy lu You have taste, I like you. You may like The White Stripes take on Jolene.

    • @whocares110
      @whocares110 Před 5 lety +6

      Holy crap, you aren't kidding, I put on some Hank sr.

  • @ElektraUlitma
    @ElektraUlitma Před 5 lety +29

    I would love to listen to your Spotify playlist.

  • @dantheragingcanadian
    @dantheragingcanadian Před 5 lety +2

    I stubbled upon your videos and become an instant subscriber. Really enjoy your stuff

  • @MrC0MPUT3R
    @MrC0MPUT3R Před 5 lety +506

    I'm not a fan of country, but I can recognize good music when I hear it and I understand why people like country.
    I admit I have a lot of 90's/00's country songs memorized.
    My bus driver in high school installed satellite radio on her bus so she could listen to 70's country. I was glad when my mother got me a CD player, but there will always be a special place in my heart for old school country.
    I've always thought the "pop country" movement was taking the most milquetoast, bland parts of both pop and country and mixing them together.

    • @maxwellbarnhart1375
      @maxwellbarnhart1375 Před 5 lety +1

      I think it's spelled milquetoast

    • @MrC0MPUT3R
      @MrC0MPUT3R Před 5 lety +1

      @@maxwellbarnhart1375 You're right. Thanks

    • @caerlaverockjaguar3826
      @caerlaverockjaguar3826 Před 5 lety +4

      MrC0MPUT3R Thank God for bus drivers playing old school country.

    • @robertlyon5642
      @robertlyon5642 Před 5 lety

      MrC0MPUT3R 💖💖

    • @TroyerFilms
      @TroyerFilms Před 5 lety +3

      Every time I hear "I Love This Bar" by Toby Keith, it takes me back to riding the bus to school and hearing a bus full of kids sing along to the chorus. Good times!

  • @Jnvlv247
    @Jnvlv247 Před 5 lety +158

    If you have to keep saying how country you are in a song then you aren't

    • @beccaseward
      @beccaseward Před 5 lety +2

      Joe F lmao so true

    • @dawgsfan1196
      @dawgsfan1196 Před 5 lety

      That's a Craig Campbell song

    • @cmetc23
      @cmetc23 Před 5 lety +3

      Eh that's iffy country boy can survive is the fuckin theme song lol

    • @robwasnj
      @robwasnj Před 5 lety +1

      OH man, that's exactly my thoughts put into words. Why didn't I think of that, great quote.

    • @jeremylilly1054
      @jeremylilly1054 Před 5 lety

      What about David Allan Coe when he sang If That Ain't Country?

  • @heidi7659
    @heidi7659 Před 5 lety +76

    Cowboys and angels was a GREAT song by d.lynch. wish he would go back to stuff like that. Good girl is such a cheap song

    • @samanthalutgendorf8173
      @samanthalutgendorf8173 Před 5 lety +5

      It's impossible to believe those two songs are by the same singer! Cowboys and angels is a blessing💖💖 Good girl is just not quite country...

    • @markynsaibasandarsondiengd2298
      @markynsaibasandarsondiengd2298 Před 4 lety +2

      Cowboys and angels is great, his other songs are crap

    • @Vincenza8907
      @Vincenza8907 Před 4 lety

      It’s is the “Baby”of country music.

  • @RustyPugs
    @RustyPugs Před 5 lety +32

    Damn this dude said everything I wanted to say - but didn’t know how.

  • @larrydorazio7130
    @larrydorazio7130 Před 5 lety +104

    Murder On Music Row continues to be more relevant.

  • @larrygoad2141
    @larrygoad2141 Před 5 lety +128

    The songwriting of today is as shallow as it gets. What happened to songs that tugged at your heart strings, that had emotion, that I don't know…TOLD A STORY??? Country music has been reduced to a mindless chorus of snap tracks, clap tracks, and pop wanna be's. It's good to hear a voice of clarity from the younger folks, thanks Grady!

    • @DivorcedStates
      @DivorcedStates Před 5 lety +2

      Preach brother. It is disgusting what they're doing to the country genre right now. There's no soul or passion in country anymore, makes me cry. I'm Latvian by the way, and I have huge respect for American classics.

    • @10bbremer
      @10bbremer Před 5 lety +1

      Songwriters are still writing great songs, but radio won't play them.

    • @daltonbrennan8242
      @daltonbrennan8242 Před 5 lety +1

      Check out Colter Wall and Tyler Childers

    • @lgardner5984
      @lgardner5984 Před 5 lety +2

      @@10bbremer yes they are. A&R executives won't allow them to be produced. Many great songs are collecting dust at publishing companies because they don't fit todays pop country cookie cutter sound. I compare what's happening to country music to what has happened to NASCAR racing. They are abandoning the core fans.

    • @CressLive
      @CressLive Před 5 lety

      Yo sick summary of the "This beat is killing country music" video that came out 3 weeks ago.

  • @jackwinkles3221
    @jackwinkles3221 Před 5 lety +25

    These critiques are more fun than the songs 🤣

  • @justagirlsoyeah1136
    @justagirlsoyeah1136 Před 5 lety +35

    In all honesty I would put Meant To Be as my top hated like... ugh isn’t Baby Rexah a pop singer like 🤷🏼‍♀️ idk it just makes me rlly mad oml

  • @Scarywoody
    @Scarywoody Před 5 lety +242

    It seems like the Nashville music factory is running out of ideas.

    • @wiliambanquiter8039
      @wiliambanquiter8039 Před 5 lety +6

      Negative, regurgitation is their specialty

    • @Sean-yd4mi
      @Sean-yd4mi Před 5 lety +3

      Ah country music is running out of ideas. Nashville is not. Nashville isn’t just a country music city either and has many other talented and creative artists coming up from various genres.

    • @michaelstidham8420
      @michaelstidham8420 Před 5 lety

      Woody Rosenschein
      Good thing we have upchurch

    • @annienominous8690
      @annienominous8690 Před 5 lety +1

      Hey! I live in Nashville, and your right.

    • @dirtydave2691
      @dirtydave2691 Před 5 lety

      @@annienominous8690 Yep I live 45 miles West in Woodlawn Tennessee. Sad but it's just so lame right now. Walking around down town in the tourist areas full of "woo" girls wearing cowboy boots with short dresses and drunk "bro's" with pre worn out trucker hats.............."hold my beer I'm going to act like an asshole for the next 3 hours".

  • @itsameman
    @itsameman Před 5 lety +91

    At least poor old Merle wasn't alive to hear the horrible noise that his wonderful music was turned into.

    • @0pher545
      @0pher545 Před 5 lety +6

      I’m sure he's rolling in his grave

    • @austincarr1173
      @austincarr1173 Před 5 lety +2

      Amen!!!

    • @whocares110
      @whocares110 Před 5 lety +1

      Im surprised Charlie Rich hasn't risen from his grave to burn another award.

    • @robwasnj
      @robwasnj Před 5 lety +1

      He might be back in prison if he heard that, it's bring out the Fightin Side for sure.

  • @SleezyMcZeelius
    @SleezyMcZeelius Před 5 lety +258

    In my opinion, chris stapleton is the most real country artist of the past 5 years.

    • @wittwer427
      @wittwer427 Před 5 lety +8

      Zac Brown Band?

    • @SleezyMcZeelius
      @SleezyMcZeelius Před 5 lety +8

      @@wittwer427 you disgust me 😂

    • @wittwer427
      @wittwer427 Před 5 lety +4

      @@SleezyMcZeelius How in the hell are you gunna hate on zac brown band?

    • @SleezyMcZeelius
      @SleezyMcZeelius Před 5 lety

      @@wittwer427 they aren't as good as Chris

    • @Mario_Gillette
      @Mario_Gillette Před 5 lety +4

      @@SleezyMcZeelius you forgot to add the word "mainstream" to your original comment.

  • @silverscorpio24
    @silverscorpio24 Před 5 lety +55

    "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" by George Jones never sounded so true....

  • @miguelluismusic4181
    @miguelluismusic4181 Před 5 lety +27

    The light flare is just the spirit of Hank Williams telling you nice work bro’ 💯🎼🕊

  • @ralph40
    @ralph40 Před 5 lety +63

    Allen Jackson's song, 'He's Gone Country' comes to mind when I hear 'modern' country. 'Yeah, here he comes, look at them boots.'

    • @robwasnj
      @robwasnj Před 5 lety +3

      I always thought that was a cheesy song. Not much of an AJ fan myself but that's sacrilege to many folk.

    • @BlueStang19
      @BlueStang19 Před 5 lety +8

      Ral Ph, haha me too. That song feels so prophetic considering it came out 25+ years ago.

    • @drfreshey
      @drfreshey Před 5 lety +2

      "Lord it sounds so easy, this shouldn't take long
      Be back in the money in no time at all"

    • @changedusername159
      @changedusername159 Před 5 lety +8

      Alan Jackson can't be criticized you heathen

    • @calebwildes1524
      @calebwildes1524 Před 5 lety

      1 thing the song is Gone Country not He's gone country.

  • @johnnieratliff8736
    @johnnieratliff8736 Před 5 lety

    Great video and well spoken. Haven’t seen much of your videos yet but after seeing this one I’m definitely subscribing. I feel like you actually have all these songs a realistic chance before bashing anything. You seem like you are a fair judgement of what country music should be and and criticize these songs appropriately. Keep it up and I’ll look forward to seeing your videos pop up on my feed.

  • @rainbowcanoe17
    @rainbowcanoe17 Před 5 lety +28

    i was avoiding watching this for so long because i didn't want to see music i liked on here but i'm in the clear lol

  • @KenzieCarrr
    @KenzieCarrr Před 5 lety +247

    dustin lynch and chris young could do such amazing things with their voices. its sad to see them waste it on terrible songs. im hoping 2019 is a game changer for country radio in general. Also if you want to check out some more texas country i recommend Casey Donahew band. their songs kinda remind you of brad paisley's funny songs back in the day lol.

    • @melvinsacromentoe
      @melvinsacromentoe Před 5 lety +3

      Kenzie Carr Casey is awesome! Also check out turnpike troubadours, randy Rodgers, josh abbot, and Cody jinks.

    • @charlestayes5363
      @charlestayes5363 Před 5 lety

      "lol" is pedophile predator verbiage

    • @jacobroach5731
      @jacobroach5731 Před 5 lety +1

      Yes! Casey Donahew Band and the Josh Abbott Band.

    • @JOE40341
      @JOE40341 Před 5 lety +3

      Chris Young is really disappointing. His last album was awful outside of 3 songs.

    • @tinyscientistsandstuff435
      @tinyscientistsandstuff435 Před 5 lety

      Kenzie Carr brad paisley was a corporate tool

  • @josiahchlebek3682
    @josiahchlebek3682 Před 5 lety +28

    I know you dont wanna seem like a jerk and be too critical of modern country, but we need people like you to call out these "country artists". This plague on the genre of country wont stop if people dont speak up.

    • @brianboisguilbert6985
      @brianboisguilbert6985 Před 5 lety +1

      PREACH it!

    • @deliriouswhome1
      @deliriouswhome1 Před 5 lety +3

      Why do we "need" it? It's music you either like it or you dont..

    • @whocares110
      @whocares110 Před 5 lety

      There is no modern country, only pop music with a light country twang.

    • @whocares110
      @whocares110 Před 5 lety +1

      @@deliriouswhome1 I don't. And i don't consider it music. It's noise that attempts to be music. I feel the same way about it as everyone who loves pop music would feel if pop decided to go death metal.

    • @deliriouswhome1
      @deliriouswhome1 Před 5 lety +3

      @@whocares110 that's just sad to know your label of what's music is so narrowed..its music no matter you like it or not. This same concept of needing to be elite in order to walk into a certain building..i don't care for most this list but how can anyone define what's what when literally all music evolves.. it's literally stupid.

  • @CoffeeCupsTarot
    @CoffeeCupsTarot Před 5 lety

    Man I just stumbled onto your channel - love the Country music commentary!!

  • @evanmendez-perez5960
    @evanmendez-perez5960 Před 5 lety

    You're becoming one of my favorite channels, keep up the good work

  • @JRHockney
    @JRHockney Před 5 lety +45

    (half way through the video)....I don't know if I'm going to make it through folks...I don't listen to most mainstream country and these songs reminded me why...

    • @emmahartvig9966
      @emmahartvig9966 Před 5 lety

      JRHockney me too I stopped listening to the radio

  • @blackemmons
    @blackemmons Před 5 lety +152

    All the worst have one common denominator........................ No pedal steel guitar.

    • @BradOlsonBemidji
      @BradOlsonBemidji Před 5 lety +5

      Johnny Cash did not have steel guitar and he's one of the best ever.

    • @lookingforwhiteprivilege9330
      @lookingforwhiteprivilege9330 Před 5 lety +1

      Bradley Olson yeah but imagine if he had?! J/k

    • @MrCornWolf
      @MrCornWolf Před 5 lety +3

      Ah the steel guitar the only instrument where as soon as I hear it I want a beer, a shot and to just sit and cry to myself a little

    • @robwasnj
      @robwasnj Před 5 lety

      @@MrCornWolf I actually made a playlist called "steel country" since i miss it so much. Next I made one called "fiddle country" based on songs with a strong and present instrument in them.

  • @seanbryant2848
    @seanbryant2848 Před 5 lety

    Fantastic presentation! Some people just cannot take constructive criticism... frankly, this is the best! Your analysis and commentary are spot-on!

  • @markhansen4258
    @markhansen4258 Před 5 lety +144

    OK, but the Chris Young one seems OK to me.

    • @MB-os3hz
      @MB-os3hz Před 5 lety +7

      Mark Hansen Same fr hes honestly just putting more hate into the world

    • @courtney.22
      @courtney.22 Před 5 lety +5

      @@MB-os3hz I love everything Chris Young has released, honestly. [Hangin' On is not a favorite of mine, but I like the rest of his stuff.]

    • @xr8cowboy
      @xr8cowboy Před 5 lety +5

      Agreed with Keith Urbans album being the worst so far. It really is very distant from his good stuff. And was agreeing with you up until Chris young. Chris young is doing great things and will continue to do so.

    • @mathiasstrom7790
      @mathiasstrom7790 Před 5 lety +13

      milchuck he literally says that he doesnt like doing these videos in the end of the video, he just tells us his opinion in a respectful manner. It seems that you were offended by his opinion. He doesnt say that you cant like these song and that you should hate them.

    • @totallychrispratt1447
      @totallychrispratt1447 Před 5 lety +3

      milchuck no. Literally the opposite of the reason this video was made. And yes you were offended. You literally dissed him for giving his honest opinion when he said at the beginning of the vid it was his opinion. If your such a snowflake don’t watch.

  • @NicoleMarieDay
    @NicoleMarieDay Před 5 lety +66

    You know it’s sad that the soundtrack for A Star is Born is more country than all the songs you listed here. And most of them were written and sung by Lady Gaga.

    • @luvstellauk
      @luvstellauk Před 5 lety +3

      I think that's because they wanted Jackson Maine to have a country rock/blues rock background, I would say Aly (Gaga) pre pop sell out was more MOR Westcoast, country or not The Shallow and Always Remember Us This Way made a pleasant change from the snap tracks and autotune that dominate mainstream UK radio

    • @tcoker0416
      @tcoker0416 Před 5 lety +8

      Lady gaga is a music and lyric genius

    • @aaliyahfoster2705
      @aaliyahfoster2705 Před 5 lety +2

      Gaga's songs from the Joanne album had more country in it and it was still heavily rock and pop-influenced work.

    • @luvstellauk
      @luvstellauk Před 5 lety

      @@aaliyahfoster2705 Pop isn't a genre', it just means popular music and that covers just about all genre's.

    • @aaliyahfoster2705
      @aaliyahfoster2705 Před 5 lety

      @@luvstellauk Well, I don't consider rap as true pop and I don't know what category those sing-song artists like Ed Sheeran and Halsey fall under.

  • @m1ssd1tz
    @m1ssd1tz Před 5 lety +35

    was listening to Reba a few days ago and wondered, "what happened to all the story tellers". Do any country singers of this current age live or experience life? Or they so removed from reality they can't up with relevant, relate-able?

    • @lgardner5984
      @lgardner5984 Před 5 lety +1

      Nope. They can't relate anymore.

    • @chocolatechipslime
      @chocolatechipslime Před 5 lety +2

      They tell the story of some girl shaking it or trying to get her in his truck

    • @ifihadfriends437
      @ifihadfriends437 Před 5 lety

      @@chocolatechipslime and we all relate to that experience

    • @mrwvtennis
      @mrwvtennis Před 5 lety +4

      @@ifihadfriends437 Stapleton, Combs, McBryde, and Church. All of them are absolutely killing it with real soul, real stories, real voices, real instruments. There is a reason Combs and Stapleton have been the two biggest new acts in the last few years. Everyone from 8 to 80 can relate and feel them.

    • @cmetc23
      @cmetc23 Před 5 lety

      Real country is a dying breed everybody relies too much on the grocery store and on star too much

  • @MaxG0413
    @MaxG0413 Před 5 lety +138

    How is body like a backroad not on here 😂

  • @TheTruthFairy2
    @TheTruthFairy2 Před 4 lety

    I just found your channel omg!! Love it so much. I have always been country when country wasn't cool. Jj lawhorn to many tractors. Just to many.

  • @GoldenGun1994
    @GoldenGun1994 Před 5 lety +35

    That little kid should have waited like ten years to record a song like that.

    • @gerechtsdeurwaarderpeter6311
      @gerechtsdeurwaarderpeter6311 Před 5 lety +2

      Who Mason Ramsey? Yeah, or he should just cover Hank Williams more.

    • @KaraMorassco
      @KaraMorassco Před 5 lety +2

      That little kid made me cringe hearing him sing in that clip

    • @thegoldfly1
      @thegoldfly1 Před 5 lety

      I remember when all the talk was of how amazing LeAnn Rimes was with Blue, and my opinion was she was too young to sing that. So yeah it's the thing to do and has been for years.

  • @lindseybk3029
    @lindseybk3029 Před 5 lety +6

    I dont know how you popped up on my suggested viewing... So glad you did. New subscriber... Been binge watching your videos precisely because thus is meaningful, well-though content (increasingly a rarity).

  • @MetalSlug142
    @MetalSlug142 Před 4 lety

    What song is the one where he uses it as the bro country tailgate example?

  • @xxphattzzgaming7889
    @xxphattzzgaming7889 Před 5 lety +5

    Loving that people like Cody jinks and Cody Johnson are starting to come alive and give us hope again

  • @pthfan712
    @pthfan712 Před 5 lety +5

    Grady. Just wondering what your opinion on Old Dominion is. I personally love them. But I have no clue what genre to call them. But they’re a talented group. Thoughts?

  • @Chief8
    @Chief8 Před 5 lety +47

    dont even listen to country but im here, the snap video got me hooked! good stuff man.

    • @ShinoGambino
      @ShinoGambino Před 5 lety

      Chief same here bro lol I’m a black dude from the hood I hear mainly trap but listening to this dude review makes me wanna hear some country

    • @KrakenShivers9292
      @KrakenShivers9292 Před 5 lety

      Logan Kobza hell yes, all great singers

    • @juannava4532
      @juannava4532 Před 5 lety

      That video has me here today

  • @CSGCathedral
    @CSGCathedral Před 5 lety +1

    Subscribed x5
    I'm loving this channel so much

  • @ryanhaag9621
    @ryanhaag9621 Před 5 lety +52

    Chris young hanging on was a good song I like you but I respectfully disagree

  • @jallochano
    @jallochano Před 5 lety +56

    How about Midland I believe their songs are amazing.

    • @sebrinacooper3357
      @sebrinacooper3357 Před 5 lety

      they are the best out there! go see them live!

    • @jallochano
      @jallochano Před 5 lety

      I would love to go see them live so much and I bet one day I'll go see them.

    • @jallochano
      @jallochano Před 5 lety

      Thanks @@Eon70799 I didn't know he was going to make a video about them.

    • @gtw7319
      @gtw7319 Před 5 lety +1

      Midland is great!

    • @blake1995
      @blake1995 Před 5 lety +2

      They remind me kinda like George straight. Not that they sound the same, just that they sing real country, and use real instruments instead of a computer made instrumental

  • @wyatthen9871
    @wyatthen9871 Před 5 lety +16

    I don't understand how you still have only 18k. Your videos are well done, and you definitely deserve more followers.

  • @Nick-rq1oq
    @Nick-rq1oq Před 5 lety +26

    The 808 clap is killing country. You nailed it right on the head in a previous video. Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, etc. should just stay away from country and just do pop because that’s what literally all their songs sound like.
    Luke Combs and Khris Stapleton are the ones that are keeping country alive.

    • @thatteasis999
      @thatteasis999 Před 5 lety

      Chris Stapleton

    • @kirkcallanta1285
      @kirkcallanta1285 Před 5 lety

      Midland, Jon Pardi and Brad Paisley

    • @shelby7797
      @shelby7797 Před 5 lety +2

      Nick well if u think about it this way, Luke Bryan etc. used to have ACTUAL country music, if you listen to his first hit called all my friends say it’s much different than his songs now. But this “new country” radio station is full with pop country and if u were a singer wouldn’t u want to put out songs that would actually make money? Yes u would. That’s what Luke is doing, if he had a choice he probably would be doing actual country

    • @mathewgladden8914
      @mathewgladden8914 Před 4 lety

      @@shelby7797 all my friends say sucked.

    • @mathewgladden8914
      @mathewgladden8914 Před 4 lety

      @@shelby7797 and your point about "making money" is stupid. its called longevity, if you want a career in the industry and not just be a flash in the pan then you put out quality and substantive music....like anything else. you are a dummy

  • @davidlfort
    @davidlfort Před 5 lety

    Hi, Grady. I discovered your channel on my recent work trip to Tennessee, and I have been trying to mine it for good country music recs. I am mostly a metalhead, but I do appreciate good musicianship no matter the genre.
    Anyway, I don't know if you take requests, but I would love to hear what you think of The Ditchrunners. They are an alt-country act from the Northwoods of Wisconsin, utilizing acoustic guitars and stand-up bass, among other instruments. My favorite track is called Cannibal Ballad, and it's about the Donner Party, I'm pretty sure.

  • @ruckus1713
    @ruckus1713 Před 5 lety +8

    Really don't mind Graffiti U. Definitely not country, but Keith Urban has been drifting away from country for a couple albums now and I respect that he recognizes it and is doing his thing. How Jake Owen's Jack and Diane song didn't make this list though is surprising.

    • @dadude7
      @dadude7 Před 5 lety

      He's transgendering.

    • @Jeancgirl
      @Jeancgirl Před 5 lety

      I freaking hate that Jack and Diane song.

  • @Knight_Stories
    @Knight_Stories Před 5 lety +92

    I'm losing hope in country music when I hear these songs, But then I listen to Luke Combs

    • @SpeedyRocket3
      @SpeedyRocket3 Před 5 lety +7

      knight stories he also sold his soul. Then tried to stab upchurch in the back

    • @Knight_Stories
      @Knight_Stories Před 5 lety +2

      @@SpeedyRocket3 well I also like upchurch but based from a music standpoint I like them both equally

    • @SpeedyRocket3
      @SpeedyRocket3 Před 5 lety +8

      Kenneth E. Cody Jinks is say is number one currently

    • @Robert-yf1kn
      @Robert-yf1kn Před 5 lety +5

      Luke Combs is pop music not country music.

    • @ryan79221
      @ryan79221 Před 5 lety +7

      Try out Sturgill Simpson

  • @gavinshizuo9248
    @gavinshizuo9248 Před 5 lety

    Hey man I literally don’t even listen to country but I watch your videos lol. Keep putting out interesting and well produced content and it sure you’ll keep growing!

    • @gavinshizuo9248
      @gavinshizuo9248 Před 5 lety

      Also don’t worry about being a jerk because ultimately you love music and it shows in your videos. But if you are worried, just emphasize that, illustrate how these trends are antithetical to the true country music etc or even quality music as a whole and even the larger cultural malaise of this decade etc. as you have done before in your videos
      Keep it up dude!!

  • @pineconequeen
    @pineconequeen Před 5 lety +5

    Thanks for being the voice of those of us who love what country was and could still be.

  • @Budman_4044
    @Budman_4044 Před 5 lety +6

    Worst country music of 2018? Pretty much everything being played on the radio. On Christmas Eve, my wife had the radio on. I asked her what soft Rock station it was. She said "It's not. It's a country station." I said "Ummm....no. It's not."

  • @windergard
    @windergard Před 5 lety +21

    Nothing wrong with trashing pop country, it's all bad.

  • @MattChat56
    @MattChat56 Před 5 lety +30

    This is why I stick to Texas/Red Dirt Country.

  • @ludmilafascia6665
    @ludmilafascia6665 Před 5 lety +12

    As much as I LOVE Keith Urban, Graffiti U was not his best. He is a great performer, but that album I can live without.

    • @zeusmacafee5097
      @zeusmacafee5097 Před 5 lety +1

      Ludmila Fascia liked him in the early 2000s, could actually listen to a whole album. No where near country now

    • @PrettyPunctuality
      @PrettyPunctuality Před 5 lety +1

      Agreed. I think it was probably my most disliked album he's done. I was *so* disappointed the first time I heard it. That just isn't the Keith Urban I've liked for so long.

    • @annettemurphy6175
      @annettemurphy6175 Před 5 lety +1

      @@PrettyPunctuality thats fair , but at least dont call him a bad artist, even though his new stuff isnt much country its still good

  • @PoorBoyRider1
    @PoorBoyRider1 Před 5 lety +65

    How I miss stories and ballads. Talk about Pop Music.....

    • @finnickodair3209
      @finnickodair3209 Před 5 lety

      Go listen to Jim Croce then! That's all he does. My all time favorite artist

    • @fureshock8543
      @fureshock8543 Před 5 lety

      Guns Roses...November Rain /// Don't You Cry...

    • @PoorBoyRider1
      @PoorBoyRider1 Před 5 lety

      I just don't care for bro country.... will keep listening to my Older stuff.

    • @jeremylilly1054
      @jeremylilly1054 Před 5 lety

      Colter Wall has some great ones

  • @AkYank98
    @AkYank98 Před 5 lety +66

    I hate how most of the genre these days lacks any heart soul and storytelling that shaped the genre. Its sorta frustrating cause alot of these guys could do way better.

    • @brettzky183
      @brettzky183 Před 5 lety +3

      AlaskanYankee this is why I listen to Luke Combs more than anyone else. He is extremely soulful and his stories are true ones

    • @caerlaverockjaguar3826
      @caerlaverockjaguar3826 Před 5 lety +2

      Brettzky14 Chris Stapleton as well.

    • @brettzky183
      @brettzky183 Před 5 lety

      Caerlaverock Jaguar yep, Chris Stapleton also has a great voice and is a soulful singer

    • @Robert-yf1kn
      @Robert-yf1kn Před 5 lety

      There cant be much done with pop music.

  • @loganmohler737
    @loganmohler737 Před 5 lety +57

    I used to like Keith urban, but i don't like any of his new songs.

    • @ludmilafascia6665
      @ludmilafascia6665 Před 5 lety +1

      His new album is not good. But if you listen to his stuff from Ripcord and older, it’s good.

    • @annettemurphy6175
      @annettemurphy6175 Před 5 lety

      That's fair, I personally like his new stuff, it may not be country but it's good. But his old stuff is amazing

  • @stevengustke6196
    @stevengustke6196 Před 4 lety

    I'm so glad you included meant to be in this. Everytime that comes on the radio I have to change it.

  • @chstewart3715
    @chstewart3715 Před 5 lety +58

    I think this is why I've been mostly listening to Chris Stapleton for the last 2 years

    • @chstewart3715
      @chstewart3715 Před 5 lety +1

      @James Currie I get that in his more upbeat songs but through and through to me it's more country than 90% of what you hear on the radio. He listed his worst and I feel like most of the radio play sounds identical to his list, with a few outliers. Personally I can only handle so much of the macho country, girl next door, tailgate backroad stereotypical music.

    • @chstewart3715
      @chstewart3715 Před 5 lety +1

      @James Currie I'm not trying to convert you but have you really dug deep into his albums? Traveller is probably one of my favorite all time albums. If you haven't heard the whole thing you should check it out, let it play front to back a time or two and let me know what you think.

    • @groovy4451
      @groovy4451 Před 5 lety +2

      James Currie Eh I guess. I listen to him with my dad and always thought he sounded a bit like Chris Cornell with a twang.

    • @charlestayes5363
      @charlestayes5363 Před 5 lety +1

      He ripped off Etta James

    • @eknoke01
      @eknoke01 Před 5 lety

      Your gonna need more than one stand out artist to save a genre.

  • @skittlesscary6032
    @skittlesscary6032 Před 5 lety +13

    That’s why with country music, the only artist that makes music today that I listen to is Darius Rucker, that man makes so many good songs and they all have that traditional sound, not poppy nonsense.

    • @dawgsfan1196
      @dawgsfan1196 Před 5 lety +1

      Jacob Bryant, Buddy Brown, Gannon Adams, Tyler Wood, Cody Johnson, highway 55, Jake Worthington, Josh Ward

    • @KaraMorassco
      @KaraMorassco Před 5 lety +2

      I had read your comment and thought it said 'poopy nonsense' and not 'poppy nonsense' XD. Of course, with country music like this, I think calling it crap is a nice term for it.

    • @KDOGLP
      @KDOGLP Před 5 lety +1

      SkittlesScary sucked the life out of wagon wheel tho

    • @stupidman20042003
      @stupidman20042003 Před 5 lety

      Can’t stand Darius Rucker for what he did to Wagon Wheel

    • @skittlesscary6032
      @skittlesscary6032 Před 5 lety

      Jj Luna I personally love Wagon Wheel, but it’s understandable and perfectly okay if you don’t like the song.

  • @KJ4ZPM
    @KJ4ZPM Před 5 lety +19

    I sure do miss Waylon, Cash, Marty Robbins, Conway and the rest of that era. Roy Orbison is more country than what we have today. Thanks for the good video.

  • @GregFThatBespectacledPegasus

    These sort of songs are one of....a couple of reasons that I don't really listen to country music anymore. Kinda started losing me in the early 2000s but then this newest wave of pop country started and...yeah no.
    That said, I'm thrilled there are at least some artists worth listening to in the genre....even if they never play on country radio. After picking up A Sailor's Guide to Earth on a whim some time last year, Sturgill Simpson became one of my favorite artists overall. His other albums are every bit as good too, to the point where I don't think there's a bad song across all three of them. Really do hope we get some kind of resurgence of better country music soon, because I don't think I can stand hearing "Meant to Be" one more time.

  • @chrispy841
    @chrispy841 Před 5 lety +41

    Chris Young’s Hanging on is a great song imo, but i do agree with the rest of the list.

  • @crazynight1518
    @crazynight1518 Před 5 lety +17

    Listen to Ryan upchurch who is a single artist who has made it to the big leagues. Someone you guys probably have heard of. He raps. Does rock, country, name it and he does it. He's his own person. He does what he wants and it's amazing. I also like Chris stapleton, Cody jinks and classics like Alan Jackson. George strait and more.

  • @jonklassen3929
    @jonklassen3929 Před 3 lety

    Thanks Grady! I’ll keep listening to the old songs, my grandpa used to play. -Aaron Lewis

  • @theeagles7757
    @theeagles7757 Před 5 lety

    My first time on your channel and I love it, my older brother’s name is Grady too

  • @rogerdickinson9335
    @rogerdickinson9335 Před 5 lety +4

    This is why I usually just listen to old country

  • @jesussaldana4558
    @jesussaldana4558 Před 5 lety +7

    AJ might have wanted to disrupt country, but he ain't doing Jack, they're doing it to themselves with those snaps lol

  • @pablocruise678
    @pablocruise678 Před 5 lety

    Your snap vid had me in stitches .. you’re so right!!

  • @zenon72
    @zenon72 Před 5 lety

    Ive seen one or 2 of your vids b4. Not familiar with them all, but do you have one or will you make one of top 10 best country music of our time. Interest in what you like ad far as"good" country

  • @locojo3408
    @locojo3408 Před 4 lety +5

    Can you do a 2019 version?

  • @jdterry5541
    @jdterry5541 Před 4 lety +3

    Uncle Kracker is guilty pleasure for me

  • @hairnation1985
    @hairnation1985 Před 5 lety

    What I love is he keeps it real and goes straight after mainstream artist. I’m going to see Aaron Watson tomorrow Grady I’m sure you would enjoy that

  • @fantasyfiction101
    @fantasyfiction101 Před 4 lety

    That parmalee song that you brought up, I want to know what you think of "Girl in a Country Song" by Maddie and Tae. Also when did the property brothers make music, that just sounds hilarious to me.

  • @Ignatz71
    @Ignatz71 Před 5 lety +41

    There is great country music coming out of Nashville, it just isn't coming from the major labels.
    I highly recommend checking out Turnpike Troubadours, Ryan Bingham, Jason Boland and the Stragglers, Jason Isbell, Corb Lund, Hayes Carl, and Sturgill Simpson. That should at least start you down the rabbit hole of what good modern country music should be.

    • @Robert-yf1kn
      @Robert-yf1kn Před 5 lety +2

      The list you recommend is not country music its all pop music.

    • @Ignatz71
      @Ignatz71 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Robert-yf1kn Gee thanks. Which big Nashville Record Company are you with?

    • @jgarris2095
      @jgarris2095 Před 5 lety +1

      Sarah Shook and The Disarmers.

    • @Ignatz71
      @Ignatz71 Před 5 lety +2

      @@jgarris2095 Right on. Thanks!

    • @amberturner5638
      @amberturner5638 Před 5 lety +2

      Tyler Childers

  • @RickyConnelley
    @RickyConnelley Před 5 lety +31

    I know myself personally don’t think pop should be mixed with country. Pop is great alone and country is great alone. They’re no good together, I’ve yet to see it anyway

    • @scottdaniels8129
      @scottdaniels8129 Před 5 lety +2

      Country influenced by soul, rock, folk, and blues works. Pop and hip-hop influences just water it down to fit in the mainstream.

    • @caerlaverockjaguar3826
      @caerlaverockjaguar3826 Před 5 lety +1

      Same with rap country.

    • @caerlaverockjaguar3826
      @caerlaverockjaguar3826 Před 5 lety +1

      Ricky Connelley this is why I listen to Home Free... an a capella group that does mostly country. They even have singles like Timeless that bring back the feel of 90s country.

    • @10bbremer
      @10bbremer Před 5 lety +1

      Eddie Arnold- some big pop hits. Patsy Cline scored big on the pop charts. Country or not?

    • @TroyerFilms
      @TroyerFilms Před 5 lety +1

      Time to mix country and metal! Wait, that's Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster

  • @RevieCliche
    @RevieCliche Před 5 lety +2

    You should do a video on The Dead South (specifically: hell I'll be in good company)

  • @52188972
    @52188972 Před 4 lety

    I don't like country music much at all but I just watched like 3 of your videos back to back cause I enjoy the commentary

  • @jerrimichele3610
    @jerrimichele3610 Před 5 lety +7

    Back porch is definitely Back there. Please never sing that song on the front porch. Or anywhere else for that matter.....

  • @sophiajohnson9044
    @sophiajohnson9044 Před 5 lety +7

    Well said my dude
    And I completely agree with the Chris Young one, I looked up his older stuff and it is awesome, but now it's just like pop with a touch of country. His "Raised on Country" is a little better than his more recent stuff, it's much more close to country, but not nearly as much as he used to be with like "You" and "Tomorrow".
    And I can't tell you how much I hate Dustin Lynch's "Good Girl" like dear lord and his "I'd be Jealous too" uggggghhhhhhh nooooooo

    • @atrucken1
      @atrucken1 Před 5 lety +1

      I can't stand good girl terrible song with grammatically bad and repetitive writing. The chorus lyrics make no sense, and he's talking about random stuff like the neon lights. I'd be jealous too was a flop. His second album stuff is good like where it's at, hell of a night, mind reader. Small Town Boy was okay when it was first out, but it getting over played and having to listen to him rap and beatbox and the guitar solo kind of ruined it for me.

    • @atrucken1
      @atrucken1 Před 5 lety +1

      Sophia, what don't you like about Good Girl?

    • @whitneypaige2038
      @whitneypaige2038 Před 5 lety +1

      Good girl is horrible. It’s way too overplayed

    • @atrucken1
      @atrucken1 Před 5 lety

      @@whitneypaige2038 Same with Meant to be. Good Girl should be taken off the radio. A terrible song.

    • @whitneypaige2038
      @whitneypaige2038 Před 5 lety

      Andrew Truckenmiller the same with “speechless” and “This is it. “

  • @La_Ru-yg8es
    @La_Ru-yg8es Před 5 lety +2

    I'm sad they made a song about nineties country that doesn't actually pay homage to the era or the genre. Early nineties was when I became immersed in country, and had the privilege of seeing a lot of shows. I even got invited to attend a private party for a band that was among the hottest up and comers in the business at the time, and that was among the most fun times of my life up to that point.
    Done right and done well, a song about nineties country, and what it meant to its fans, would be amazing. 💕

  • @billybassin7541
    @billybassin7541 Před 3 lety +1

    That light flare is the ghost of country music past having a heart attack at the garbage coming out of Nashville

  • @brookebussey8965
    @brookebussey8965 Před 5 lety +8

    Please review Mike Ryan’s Blink You’ll Miss It album!!

  • @finnickodair3209
    @finnickodair3209 Před 5 lety +6

    If people want more of a story teller musician go listen to Jim Croce!

  • @tonearm29
    @tonearm29 Před 5 lety

    Wow, I didn't even hear the majority of these songs and for that I am truly grateful!

  • @spaceketeerisinthahouse4467

    Dang bro. Right on. I feel the exact same! Awesome reviews! Remember pull out radios? Music was good back then. Today I would’ve pulled it out and threw it out the window somewhere.