What's wrong with the "I listen to everything except country and rap" meme line?
Country and rap music are the only two genres that are objectively shit. Country is just worse than rock, and rap is terrible. It's not very descriptive to say "everything except country and rap" but it's true. I don't hate the occasional reggae or folk song. I like classical and funk sometimes. I can even tolerate metal. But I never ever listen to country or rap, because they're bad. I don't want to give them a chance, because nothing about them appeals to me.
So? Why can't people say "everything except country and rap"?
Landon Carter
>Country is just worse than rock Listen to more actual country.
Christopher Price
It's not that people can't say it, it's that people say it when all that they listen to is top 40 pop and try to pretend that they have diverse tastes.
Jacob Lopez
>actual country Like what?
Isaiah James
if you can tolerate metal you're in no place to make judgements about rap or country
Gavin Brooks
> Country and rap music are the only two genres that are objectively shit > objectively shit > objectively
dropped
Jack Martinez
Johnny Cash Kris Kristofferson Hank Williams Neil Young (veers towards country rock) Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings
Those are my faves
Benjamin Torres
Does johnny cash count as country?
Blake Reed
My bait senses are tingling
Christian Gutierrez
Rap used to be good before they took sampling away from them.
Joseph Carter
Willie Nelson, John Prine, Townes Van Zandt for starters
Austin King
I blame Flocka and the 808 mafia for this
Cooper Wright
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Jackson Flores
These are all folk or Western
Nice try
Jeremiah Ortiz
Most music ends up being some combination of chords/melody, percussion and voice. Differences between genres usually comes down to production techniques and instrument choice, which can vary greatly between individuals. If you truly enjoy music, you can see past the aesthetic and appreciate the form and not just arbitrarily rule out entire genres. There should be individuals you listen to across all spectrums of sound.
Cameron Stewart
This is a very troublesome mindset. Should be avoided
Aaron Allen
Good rap is hard to find and good country is hard to enjoy unless you just like it
Carson Powell
my meme is "I listen to everything but dubstep" because all dubstep is inherently shit. Country is the shit and rap is okay
Kevin Morgan
>because all dubstep is inherently shit. American dubstep is. The original UK dubstep from 2007 is completely different to what most people think.
Nolan Turner
Are you baiting? Or sincere?
Jack Gomez
No they're actually country. The type of country you're probably referring to is pop country, which is mostly shit
Carson Gomez
everytime I tell people I don't like dubstep, they always go like "but dude you haven't listened to the true and original style of dubstep called brapstep, originating in a small town in bumfuckistan". Then they proceed to make me listen to a song and I end up trying REALLY hard to like it but I just can't. It all ends up sounding the same to me. Digital fart noises. I hope you truly have something to change my mind though, I genuinely believe every genre of music has something to offer, but dubstep just hasn't offered anything to me.
Julian Russell
It actually makes sense, because these genres are practically all about lyrics, so if you don't like listening to music for the lyrics, you won't like rap or country
Lincoln Taylor
Theyre not practically all about lyrics. If they were it wouldnt be music, itd be poetry or spoken word.
Theres great emphasis placed on musical elements other than lyrics for both those genres.
Wyatt Sanchez
Not really. it's called Outlaw Americana, Western, gospel and Southern Folk. I know you want there to be good Country artists, but here's, and you have to pretend they are a different genre to fit your argument.
Nathan Ramirez
Hank is a God, classic country is good, you're an ass. Early hip-hop was still fun...you're still an ass.
Colton Evans
Bump
Carson Brooks
Then those people don't listen to a lot of country. Hip-hop/rap has never really been something I've really listened to or have an interest in. It's not that I hate it, I just don't like it that much. I've listened to the big names in hip hop(the classic ones and a handful of more recent ones) but nothing made me want to go "I should listen to this more or delve deeper into the genre"
William Long
Outlaw Country is a subgenre of country, and which one of those artists exclusively makes gospel music? Jesus christ.
Brandon Cruz
>Outlaw Country Ooops you didn't seem to read my post, did you?
Outlaw Americana, which is associated with Western
There are no good country artists and you have yet to prove otherwise.
Jose Stewart
Ohh, I thought you forgot a comma to separate Outlaw and Americana. Actually my bad there. But, you still haven't addressed my gospel music part.
Justin Carter
The Carter Family Jimmy Rodgers
Eli Torres
Billy Joe Shaver shot a guy in the head 10 years back. Heck of a country singer and songwriter.
Jordan Campbell
Those two artists are folk and Americana.
Oliver Nguyen
No, both artists are considered to be at the forefront of the birth of country music.
Lincoln Phillips
>every good country artist is exclusively folk or americana when it suits my argument This is just stupid
Blake Reed
if you show OP good rap he'd probably go like "but no, that's gangsta rap, it's not actually rap" like the little fail troll he is
Aaron Smith
1. Americana can arguably be considered county music. It at least took massive influences from county. 2. A lot of country music is in many ways American folk music, particularly olden country. It can especially be considered "Southern Folk." 3. "Outlaw Americana" doesn't fucking exist. You literally just made that up. 4. Western isn't a genre, and western music usually refers to country. 5. The Carter Family and Jimmy Rodgers are not fucking Americana. They're the reason country is even a thing.
Ian Roberts
>Someone says "all rock artists are bad" >another person disproves this by showing them a metal band >"Oh that's not rock, its metal" Worst OP of the year so far
Cameron Kelly
The fact you think you listen to everything but… is hilarious.
Wyatt Sanchez
Country and metal are my two that i actively avoid. Several derivatives of rock like punk, grunge, garage. Really haven't tried reggae.
Honestly most "experimental" music is shit. Most noise rock and shoegaze are shit (the latter is a mixed bag for me, some gems but mostly festering feces).
I would argue that 95% of all music made is sub quality.
Stop being a faggot and pretending that personality has nothing to do with what you enjoy.
Hudson Edwards
Shit OP BTFO
Asher Watson
/thread
Elijah Ortiz
Putting aside your shitty opinions on hip hop and country, it's more a problem with saying 'everything but' or even 'everything' in general You come off as trying to sound like you listen to more music than you do. There's music I like in all genres but when asked I'd say 'mostly folk and indie', because that answers their question of 'what music do like/listen to?' in an informative way. 'I listen to everything' doesn't fucking help them.