MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Your welcome, but...

Jerry Reed is great. At least what I've heard: theme song to Smokey and the Bandit, and The Bird (funny shit - um, no pun intended).

In the 80s, outside of the South, Country was generally not liked because it wasn't rock. And everyone in the southwest and pacific stretch spoke West Coast english, so twang and all that was not appreciated. Then there was the conception that Country was all 'bow wow' ballads.

I was a victim of these things, and was very resistant to listening to Country when, around '83, a kid I hung out with got into it. I made a lot of fuss. But...after a few, maybe several, months I started listening, and realized there was a lot of great songwriting. Also, I found out I had already liked Country in the likes of Alambam's Love in the First Degree, and Charlie Daniels Band's The Devil went down to Georgia - both played at the skating rink in the late 70s, early 80s.

Now, I recognize Country of various eras, but the late 70s/early 80s Country became its greatest because it went beyond blues, and the standard sound. (Kinda like Journey: their best songs are the ones that aren't blues based. And they're epic because of it.) Anything after about '88, mayyybe '89, doesn't count. There's no Country after that, like there's no real Metal after about '97.

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