Tonio
Asperger's Poster Child
When the soundtrack to "O Brother Where Art Thou" won Grammys, the media went on about how this landmark album was ignored by country radio. Although WKIK played "Man of Constant Sorrow" for a while, maybe there is something to this.
I think country music has spent the last few years trying to become the new pop music. When I was a kid, I could tell a country station from a pop station instantly. It wasn't just the musical style, it was the production. Now I have to listen for a few seconds to be sure. Faith Hill and Shania Twain may be good, but they're a lot closer to pop than they are to country.
So my theory is that Nashville ignores "O Brother Where Art Thou" because the city's music industry is trying to go uptown, and this album is an uncomfortable reminder of where country came from. If this is true, it's really sad, because "O Brother Where Art Thou" has tons of soul and feeling. Patsy Cline and Tammy Wynette had that same type of soul. I don't hear that feeling in Faith Hill's music.
(Edited by Tonio at 4:17 pm on Mar. 13, 2002)
I think country music has spent the last few years trying to become the new pop music. When I was a kid, I could tell a country station from a pop station instantly. It wasn't just the musical style, it was the production. Now I have to listen for a few seconds to be sure. Faith Hill and Shania Twain may be good, but they're a lot closer to pop than they are to country.
So my theory is that Nashville ignores "O Brother Where Art Thou" because the city's music industry is trying to go uptown, and this album is an uncomfortable reminder of where country came from. If this is true, it's really sad, because "O Brother Where Art Thou" has tons of soul and feeling. Patsy Cline and Tammy Wynette had that same type of soul. I don't hear that feeling in Faith Hill's music.
(Edited by Tonio at 4:17 pm on Mar. 13, 2002)