Welcome back to "On That Note," Cyclone Fanatic's weekly exploration of music, hosted by @MeanDean, @CycloneRulzzz and me, cyclones500.
This week’s segment: Partly inspired by the premiere of the latest Ken Burns doc, “Country Music" (currently discussed in this thread initiated by @Bret44)
I can’t speak for everyone here, but I definitely gravitate much more toward rock ’n’ roll than C&W. But when I think about it, I’m surprised how much music I like that has a countrified sound (and sometimes country-esque lyrical themes). It’s also easy to forget that both forms have overlap in their roots, they’ve simply taken slightly different paths and in many ways have been promoted differently. (For example, think about commonalities that Elvis and Chuck Berry’s music have with C&W).
With that, let’s explore both “pure” country songs and others that interweave the genres to our liking. I'll begin my list in a separate post.
This week’s segment: Partly inspired by the premiere of the latest Ken Burns doc, “Country Music" (currently discussed in this thread initiated by @Bret44)
I can’t speak for everyone here, but I definitely gravitate much more toward rock ’n’ roll than C&W. But when I think about it, I’m surprised how much music I like that has a countrified sound (and sometimes country-esque lyrical themes). It’s also easy to forget that both forms have overlap in their roots, they’ve simply taken slightly different paths and in many ways have been promoted differently. (For example, think about commonalities that Elvis and Chuck Berry’s music have with C&W).
With that, let’s explore both “pure” country songs and others that interweave the genres to our liking. I'll begin my list in a separate post.
- Last week’s OTN: The song (does not remain) the same
