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Total of 25,396 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

42.4%
I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.
10,768 votes
47.3%
I think it's great. I like the blend of pop and traditional country.
12,005 votes
10.3%
I don't know. I don't listen to any of it.
2,623 votes
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I think it's great. I like the blend of pop and traditional country.

Like it, and also agree that it is a new genre that can best be described as New or Contemporary Country to distinguish it from Traditional

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  • 1 vote
#1
 - MMP-884907
 - 4:48 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

There is no other venue for the kind of music they sing...so they use "Country", even though they are NOT Country.

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  • 2 votes
#2
 - CountryFan
 - 6:02 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

Modern "Country" is really just bad rock.

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  • 4 votes
#3
 - falcon642
 - 6:10 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

Some "new country" acts are good, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, good stuff. Taylor Swift is crap.

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    #4
     - lordcobalt
     - 6:23 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
    I think it's great. I like the blend of pop and traditional country.

    Just like "Smooth Jazz" is not Jazz, one has to agree that "New Country" is not Country; Its Rock n Roll with fiddle, steel guitar, & twang

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      #5
       - Meli Magumba
       - 6:38 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
      I think it's great. I like the blend of pop and traditional country.

      I like tranditioanl and the new country music but it is not traditional country and should have a differant name.

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      • 1 vote
      #6
       - Michael-693335
       - 6:39 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
      I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

      It's 'engineered' music, aimed at the uneducated, under the guise of Country Music. It's more like pop music than true country.

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        #7
         - peteMT
         - 6:46 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
        I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

        Like Mr. Jones, I prefer the more traditional music. the newer artists are attempting to fit rock into a country genra.

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        • 1 vote
        #8
         - Mike W-595875
         - 6:48 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
        I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

        Most of it is pure pop music and doesn't belong under country.

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        • 1 vote
        #9
         - amp-1447838
         - 6:50 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
        I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

        Almost all the good ones are DEAD!

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          #10
           - remrafdn
           - 6:53 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
          I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

          its pop music for middle age folks, and a four bar fiddle break don't make it country

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            #11
             - perry-1447847
             - 6:59 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
            I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

            I was country, when country wasn't cool. My Dad says it's screaming,--not singing--to a rock & roll beat. Very little to do with Country.

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            • 1 vote
            #12
             - P. L. O'Rourke
             - 6:59 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
            I think it's great. I like the blend of pop and traditional country.

            All music genres evolve over the years. The really good creative artists are able to spot the trends and give the public what they want.

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            • 2 votes
            #13
             - DaveTown
             - 7:11 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
            I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

            The Possum is right. While this type of music isn't bad, it should take more than being produced in Nashville to be called country music.

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              #14
               - mattintn
               - 7:18 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
              I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

              hes absolutely right. not that it is bad music but it is definitely not country

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                #15
                 - that guy-1360260
                 - 7:26 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                I don't know. I don't listen to any of it.

                "Back in the day" if you played a country LP backwards, you got your job back, your wife back, the dog got better and the truck ran again.

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                • 4 votes
                #16
                 - PleasantPugetSound
                 - 7:26 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

                I think ole George is right to an extent, you really cant call it country music. Carrie U and Taylor S need thier own catagory.

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                • 1 vote
                #17
                 - Bryan-1377113
                 - 7:30 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

                George Jones is right on target. These country
                singers today wouldn't make a pimple on the rectum
                of a real country singer.

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                  #18
                   - EddieTheKid
                   - 7:34 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                  I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

                  I miss real country music. Today's "country" is little more than witless pop with all the gloss and void, addingly only a twang.

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                    #19
                     - solidox
                     - 7:57 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                    I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

                    they should call it Southern Suburban Music, not Country, b/c that's who it is geared to

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                    • 1 vote
                    #20
                     - brian-1447936
                     - 8:01 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                    I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

                    The next innovation is a merging of country with rap. They are going to call it "crap."

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                    • 2 votes
                    #21
                     - buckeyebrowser
                     - 8:08 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                    I think it's great. I like the blend of pop and traditional country.

                    Any genre of music will evolve over time. Example: We have rock music that doesn't sound like Elvis, but it's still rock. Jones is wrong.

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                      #22
                       - voiceontheleft
                       - 8:14 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                      I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

                      While it has been a long time since Country has been a creative genre of music, the newest artists are now a parody of a parody.

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                        #23
                         - wrathofkhan13
                         - 8:54 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                        I don't know. I don't listen to any of it.

                        Blah, blah, blah...old people whining. I think fans can make a distinction between what they like or what they don't. Traditional or not.

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                        • 1 vote
                        #24
                         - blackwednesday
                         - 8:56 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009
                        I don't like it. Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and the rest are not real country stars.

                        Nope... most of it isn't country anymore... it's rock music with boots.

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                        • 1 vote
                        #25
                         - yeah.buddy
                         - 8:58 pm EST on Mon Nov 2, 2009