The Conversation - Hank Williams Jr and Waylon Jennings "Back then they called him crazy, nowadays they call him a saint. Yeah the ones who called him crazy are still riding on his name." The role of country music has been greatly redefined. From Traditional to Outlaw we have come to a turning point....Pop country? WHAT?! No I am serious, this is a new genre thanks to artists such as Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum. I remember there was a time I couldn't get my mother to listen to anything country until I popped in a Taylor Swift CD and she didn't mind it, now she thinks she is a country fan because she listens to Lady Antebellum... o-O That's the problem you see true country fans are very loyal when it comes to the artists, they don't choose one over the other because if it wasn't for the legends, they would be no new country. So it pisses me off when I see comments such as "this is real country music," or "if you listen to so and so then that means you aren't a real country fan" because in truth country music is possibly the only genre I can think of that has a bunch of tiny genres inside of it. You've got outlaw, traditional, folk, pop...etc Mind you country fans are the most loyal fan base which might be the reason they are so unwillingly to change their view on the new direction country is going and I totally understand that. My only fear and I bet some people share it is that if Pop Country is there, then as time goes on the Country part of it will be gone and they will only be Pop hence Country music getting lost in the shuffle... I am just paranoid. :P

Okay so this is pretty much a rant about Taylor Swift. I am well aware no one will probably read this but I thought perhaps maybe someone might. Taylor Swift is the most untalented, overrated, over-hyped, so called "artist" of this decade. First off she is not a Country Musician no matter how many freaking banjos she puts in her songs and cameos in Brad Paisley concerts she makes. Second of all most true artists and I said MOST speak about real life, not sugar coating it or forcing it to rhyme without it making sense (does that even make sense?) Anyways yeah so Taylor doesn't do any of that, her main subject for pretty much every hit song that she has sang has been about one thing, boys. This boy broke my heart, this boy doesn't know I am in love with him, this boy ate my pickle (last one not true but could be a future hit song considering Taylor's track record). Sure she had maybe two or three songs on her latest album that weren't about boys, such as "The Best Day" for her Mom! Or "Never Grow Up" and of course who could forget "I'm Only Me When I'm With You" which was for her BESTEST FRIEND IN THIS WHOLE WORLD ABIGAIL. Another thing that pisses me off, she writes songs about people right (lately famous people... publicity stunt...you be the judge) anyways so she writes songs about people who doesn't? The only difference is Taylor decides to get personal by either naming the people in her songs "Dear John" "Hey Stephen" "Stay Beautiful" "Teardrops On My Guitar" or using a special coding thingy so people can find out for themselves...isn't that a bit childish now? Getting revenge by writing nasty songs about people who have done you wrong and then naming them for all the world to know what a dirt bag he is..She never names a girl, haven't you noticed that? So anyways another thing about Taylor Swift, she isn't that pretty... considering all the other gorgeous people out there she is just average but people praise her, I swear if CMT could say this without being blacklisted, they would state that Taylor Swift is not a real country artist... Johnny Cash is rolling in his grave right now. See if she was just a regular old pop star like Brittney Spears or freakin Kesha no one would have a problem but no she had to go into country for some stupid reason and mix up two genres that didn't need messin around with.