Your Favorite Modern Country Music?

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Mu sister loves him - but then again, she has a thing for the dark meat. :flow2:

I've heard a few of his songs, and they are pretty good.

I've been really impressed with this new band called The Band Perry. I like almost all their YouTube songs. Here is a guitar-bass-mandolin performance they did for a radio station:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8O3tftkwsA#t=1m35s
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EDIT: Scrub to 1m35s of the video. Link to specific time doesn't work with embedding.


There is their commercially produced version here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trnJPGfDQss

But I like the unplugged version a bit more, even if the sound quality isn't the best.

Another unplugged song I like from them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8yiMSW2Igo
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More acoustic goodness from Band Perry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ay43MoUw8Q
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Oh some say I'm crazy, a little loco,
and most of my friends will live and die in this zip code,
it might be for me, but until I go,
how am I, ever suppose to know....

Love them!

I can't think of any current country singer I can stand except King George.

King George?

Strait or Canyon?

I guess you people don't keep up with modern music, but Kid Rock is making some damn good stuff.

Song he does with Uncle Kracker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06WM8oLH87M

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Favorite line: "Bought some cheap shades at the Amaco station - They make me feel like I'm on vacation."

I got his new album Born Free, and it has a very old school rock feel to it. Here's another song I'm playing a lot while driving:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3SAmh7eHjE
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If you like this type of music, the whole album is filled with songs like this and is pretty damn good, IMO. That's two albums in a row Kid Rock has delivered.

Oh, dear fucking god, do I hate Kid Rock with the burning passion of a thousand supernovae.

Agreed, but Limp Bizkit is just a nudge more on the dial worse.

And anyone perpetuating that particular "sound" needs to die with their nutsack boiling in vat of acid.

You guys are comparing Kid Rock with Limp Bizkit?

If you hate Kid Rock, it's probably because of his personality or the rap crap he made early in his career. I disliked that too. There is nothing wrong with his last two albums.

The major thing wrong with Kid rock's work is Kid Rock's lack of vocal talent. I cab allow that some of it is written, arranged, whatever in a pleasant enough fashion but dude can NOT sing.

At all.

Yeah, shortly before this latest album of "duets" was released, I heard a radio show that just scorched him on his singing ability, or lack thereof.

They played a few snippets of the songs and, once the "duetee's" part started, it was pretty clear who could actually sing and who couldn't.

BTW, if you've never checked out Mr. Joe Ely, you're missing out on some good stuff.

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If Johnny Cash were still with us he'd'a covered it. :smoking:

Such a sweet song!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJ9RJgsmOQ

If you'll be my Louisiana
I'll be your Mississippi
You'll be my little Loretta
I'll be your Conway Twitty
You'll be my sugar baby
I'll be your sweet iced tea
You'll be my honeysuckle
I'll be your honey bee

This guy is amazing live.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnTwrBH6Hyk

This one is definitely my favorite Carrie Underwood song, and maybe my favorite song this year. And it's buried far into her most recent album. (Song #7 I think.) It would be a shame to not have a video of it or if it gets no airplay.

Some of the best songs by different artists never appear on radio.

Jones FTFW!

FIFY

Yeah, there's a reason he started out rapping. If he'd started out singing, he'd still be in Detroit, hustling blowjobs on the street for change.

buddy of mine

http://soundcloud.com/joemcleodsongwriter/
the quality isn't super awesome on some tracks, but enjoy!

People say this is the Canadian Carrie Underwood....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiO6qpL6YR8&ob=av2e

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I like it!

check out this kid - 12 years old!

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the one thing he ever sang that I'll listen too without racing to change the radio is the thing with Sheryl Crow a few years back, whatever you call it. It's not at all anything but average - but average is an astonishingly accomplishment for him.

I'd like to do "a thing" with Cheryl Crowe!

I was never that impressed with Sheryl Crowe's looks or her singing.

I'm not much for country music, but I enjoy that made by the Dude...

A couple from the terrific film Crazy Heart...

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And from his new album...

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I watched Crazy Heart just the other day. I'd recorded it on the DVR awhile back and just finally got around to watching it. Very good film and I liked Fallin' and Flyin'.

Same here. That was a pleasant surprise. When I first heard about it, I thought, "Wait, what? The Dude? Rooster Cogburn? Sing?"

Yeah, they both did an excellent job.

'New' chick that I am pretty impressed with: Ashley Monroe:

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The way she sings reminds me of Dolly Parton. The first song was uploaded in 2008, so I'm pretty surprised I've never heard of her, since I started listening to modern country music around that time. I like the first song I posted and the 2nd song is ok, but thought it would be something the people here would like better. The only reason I discovered her is because she is now in a country group called Pistol Annies with Miranda Lambert (the girl in my current avatar <--- ). Not sure why she isn't more famous when lesser talents are.

Another two songs that have been on my playlist lately:

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[YT="James Otto - Since You Brought It Up"]B8e5GcnKzRQ[/YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8e5GcnKzRQ

I like a lot of stuff by James Otto.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWOG24fRffY

More Ashley Monroe. Her newest album KICKS ASS! There is something very old school country about some of her songs.