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9mo ago

Country music

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I had a European friend complain that Americans are so egocentric that they call their music "Country Music." He was also mad we put mayonaise on a pasta and call it a salad.
- I am also mad about the second part.
  
  If you want rage, Midwesterners put marshmallows in pistachio pudding and call it salad.
  
  I was about to comment the same thing.
- What did you eat today?
  Oh just some salad
  The salad
- Do they not use the word country as a synonym for rural? I checked the Cambridge dictionary, it's their second definition listed, even higher than where that definition is listed in Merriam Webster. It's like complaining rock music is made with guitars instead of boulders. Does he also think that country is like the only genre of music made in America? Though some country singers do like to put a lot of nationalism in their music which does kind of confuse things.
  I'm a firm mayo by itself as a sauce hater though so I'm with him there. Even more abominable are the jello (or jelly for those in the UK) "salads." It's not a salad!
  
  I think maybe he was just making a joke.
- But Germans have litterally every kind of salad.
  
  Germans will literally put mayonnaise on sliced sausage and call that a salad.
  https://www.recipesfromeurope.com/fleischsalat/
  
  Yeah, I don't get that one either. As a German I've seen plenty of "Nudelsalate" which have pasta and mayonnaise.
- That second one is absolutely disgusting.
  It's not a reason to get mad, though.

- So Chris Hatfield is the only musician you like?
  Space oddity from the ISS.
  
  No. There's also "The Rocky Picture Horror Show", starring esteemed Tony Award nominated actor Tim Curry.
  I like musical theater.
  
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  This is the first thing that came to mind. I love his rendition of it. Thanks for posting this

New Wave, duh

Pirate sea shanties are booming

Shows picture with mostly international waters on it.
- Look closely at the map: the water is in the country labeled Atlantic Ocean.

International waters. Like that DethKlok album recorded onto pure water.
- I'd be just fine if countryusic were restricted to international waters

Wait till you find out about world music

Have you ever heard of sea shanties?
- I was going to go with whale songs, but that works too. Yo ho!

Sea shanties. Peak music.
- Rock and roll
  
  Disqualified unless written in international waters

Dethklok built a submarine & recorded Murmaider deep under water ...
- Inside the ocean, actually.

In a pineapple under the sea maybe?

Space.

Okay. I hate any music that references all of the following pandering terms: trucks, boots, whiskey, blue jeans, dirt, drinkin', beer, and. "back roads".
If you removed the lyrics from almost every modern US "Country" song, they wouldn't be so bad, by holy shit...it's like you can't have a country song without whiskey and blue jeans sung in an overdone Kentucky or Mid-Western accent. It's essentially fan service for country boys and girls. Half of those singers haven't touched so much as a rake in their entire lives and for some reason people make this genre their entire fucking identity.
- Stadium country is garbage. Dark country and folk music actually does interesting things with those terms.
  
  Folk makes you feel things. Mostly rage at the capital holding class, but that’s a thing you can feel
- All the hate combined: https://youtu.be/CORANvT8l9A
  
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- my favourite country songs remain those featured in fallout: new vegas, they're so brilliantly atmospheric.
  I generally don't cry but i can just put on "in the shadow of the valley" to cry on demand, i'm swedish as fuck and yet that song instantly makes me nostalgic for some southern ranch i've never seen

!MapsWithoutNZ
- !MapsWithoutAsia
  
  It sank into the ocean after Putin pressed the wrong button.

Somebody should make a map with most hated music genre/artist per country.

The other 2 thirds of the Earth's surface, obviously. As the greatest song in history says: "...We got no troubles - Life is the bubbles - Under the sea..."

International waters music or gtfo
- Sea shanties > country music

This is a good indication that I need to go to bed. It took me like a minute and a half to actually get it.
...I am so fucking tired.

Continent Music

Antarctica, international waters, and space. Some people argue whether it should be made in rojava or Zapatista held territory

anarchist music doesn't recognize the concept of a nation-state as valid

This is why I only listen to music from polynesian islands

🎵🦀🎵Under the seeeeea🎵🦀🎵

Antarctica is technically not a country
- There's also a few other spots not claimed by any country, like Bir Tawil between Egypt and Sudan.

IN SPACE!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDyl6I6ESSw
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I remember the first time, as an American, that I found out that country music was huge in Australia. That was a mindfuck moment.
- there's country music fans everywhere. especially Dolly Parton.
  
  Yeah, buy Dolly is in a class of her own. It was when I found out that Australia had their own country music stars who were writing and performing original songs, even songs about Australia, but in an American country music way, maybe even with the twang. Mind blown.
- We talking Reno, Bakersfield, Bluegrass, or hurk Nashville. Cause most branches of country music are good, and then theres Nashville.
  
  Yeah, nah, Tamworth. We have our own branches of country music down here mate.
  Blak Country is a seriously cool branch to explore if you're curious about how Australia has interpreted US country music into a localised sub-genre. Swap your mouth organs for a gum leaf and add some yidaki riffs for extra bass.

Somewhere over the rainbow

I only like Anarcho-capitalism music made in international waters

In their Garage

On a boat

In space, no-one can hear you yodel.

I heard Dolly Parton was writing from a little cloud.

International collaborations?

I don't get it, what does the location of where it's made matter to a person that doesn't like it
- It's a play on the word "country"
  
  Oh as in all music is made in a country so its all country music

Its under the cheese.

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