And that’s one thing that’s made country music succeed: the lyrics were stories. There’s a back story behind the partying. She’s unfulfilled in a relationship and he’s probably just being used for a good time. Or his party anthem “Honky Tonkin'” which shows a couple trying to escape loneliness. There’s some irony in the song about the price they’ll pay for their partying. Take for example, the Hank Williams song “Settin’ The Woods on Fire.” Instead of songs about real people, there are too many songs with cliches about partying and available women. Riding a lost highway away from Hankīecause of songs like “Burnin’ It Down,” country music is losing what’s made it special. Country music has always had its drinkin’ and hell-raisin’ songs - but there was a subtle depth to the best of them. The charts now are dominated by what’s becoming a cliche: Good old boys drinking them brews down by the river with some Daisy Duke hottie before it’s back to the bar again. The genre has veered way off the trail from the country superstars that created it.Ī few days ago I listened to a country music radio station on a trip out of town. Most popular country musicians these days sound like watered down 1970s classic rockers - with lyrics influenced more by bad rap music than Hank Williams. Jason Aldean‘s “Burnin’ It Down” shows how mainstream country music keeps getting worse and worse. ![]() ![]() ![]() The songs sound like bad watered down 1970s rock, the lyrics sound like they’re borrowed from bad rap songs. Jason Aldean’s ‘Burnin’ It Down” is one of several good old boy party songs that have crossed over to the Top 40.
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