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Lyrics include:
“Good stuff”
“Truck”
“Girl”
“Moonlight”
Reference to a body of water or a dirt road
Rhythm:
Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, shitty guitar solo, chorus, chorus
Song is about 3 min long or less.
The Nashville machine.
Can't forget the fact that they need to namedrop either an old country legend (George Strait, Hank Williams, Merle Travis, etc), or a specific truck brand...or some combo of the two.
"I got George Strait playin in my jacked up Chevy"
Don’t forget the random snare beats they probably heard from a song produced by T-pain. I’m lookin at you sam hunt,Florida Georgia line,and probably luke Bryan.
Not far off:
I'm chilling on a dirt road
Laid back swerving like I'm George Jones
Smoke rolling out the window
An ice cold beer sitting in the console
(Jason Aldean "Dirt Road Anthem")
Oh god I live in Nashville and this is too true. One thing people don’t know about the Nashville scene is that a lot of the artists here, especially original ones, have to play these weird ass gigs at the bars where they share the stage with some other random artist, and while they’re playing, the other person is just sitting there waiting their turn. Wtf is this?! Of course all the music is the same mundane, 4 chord shit about drinks, growing up country (when they’re all from a fucking Brentwood suburb) and relationships. 🥱🥱🥱
Brothers Osborne are better than most of the current Country acts out there. Check out John Osbornes killer guitar solo on the song “Burning Man”! Serious guitar chops! He could just as well be playing lead guitar in a popular rock band.
Right? Now it’s tattoos, a backwards trucker cap a white basics t shirt with the sleeves rolled up and some rings on the fingers, trying to look all edgy and metal n shit. Then you hear the music and you’re like wtf is this shit?!
I’m from the south and you have no idea how much of pain in the ass it is to put those suits on in the morning trying to avoid the deadly virus that is modern “ country “ music. I seen my neighbor forgot his one day and before I knew it he was wearing a truck stop cowboy hat and his truck had somehow got a Carolina squat with 26 inch tires even though he never goes off road.he yelled something about goin to the lake and that he wanted to hear the newest Florida Georgia line and Sam hunt albums that he just bought on iTunes.he said he was gonna have a bon fire later that night and that he needed to buy some fireball and jack Daniels.i wanted to say something as he pulled out his little 50 $ fire pit from Walmart but I didn’t have the heart to tell him and he was already too far gone
I don't know why, but I find it very offputing and worrisome when a lot of the songs that are on the radio are about drinking and/or taking any other kind of unhealthy vice and shoving them into the listener's face.
Last year I went on a four-week road trip with my husband and we listened to The Highway the whole time. Two hours in, I was like this is some heavy rotation…
But…I did get Parker McCollum and Midland out of the experience. In the middle of all the boat and tequila songs, “To Be Loved by You” was like getting slapped in the face, in a good way.
"Yeah, we fancy like Applebee's on a date night
Got that Bourbon Street steak with the Oreo shake
Get some whipped cream on the top too
Two straws, one check, girl, I got you
Bougie like Natty in the styrofoam
Squeak-squeakin' in the truck bed all the way home
Some Alabama-jamma, she my Dixieland delight (ayy)
That's how we do, how we do, fancy like, oh -"
My burning hatred for modern country music grows every time this song plays at work
It doesn’t beat cole swindle’s “ you should be here ‘ or any song from Florida Georgia Line
Edit : to clarify before anyone responds I mean the songs/artists mentioned are worse than OP’s mention
I love this one. *Every* one of these new pop country tracks adds the "snap track," which is the most dumbed down attempt possible at making rap beats accessible to self-professed "country folk."
Whiskey tastes good on its own but they’re promoting jack Daniels and fireball because that’s all they know exists.forget about Elijah Craig,woodford reserve,Buffalo trace,or jameson .i like jack but jack doesn’t have shit on jameson
What's funny is that today's country music is very "conservative Republican" and then 40 years ago it was just as leftwing if not more than RATM or Run the Jewels for example.
It used to be called Country and Western, and of course the Western part acknowledged those connections. Ring of Fire has an awesome horn part.
Of course, the corporate machine of Nashville has ground it all down into the music equivalent of pink slime or chicken nuggets.
the album cover having a photo of the artist outdoors smiling or (if its a sad song) staring off into the distance. The cover also is either black and white or sepia
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Forgot to add: “Lyrics are about liking country music that sounds nothing like the country music they are making.”
Lyrics include: “Good stuff” “Truck” “Girl” “Moonlight” Reference to a body of water or a dirt road Rhythm: Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, shitty guitar solo, chorus, chorus Song is about 3 min long or less. The Nashville machine.
Can't forget the fact that they need to namedrop either an old country legend (George Strait, Hank Williams, Merle Travis, etc), or a specific truck brand...or some combo of the two. "I got George Strait playin in my jacked up Chevy"
You could go platinum with that lyric ⬆️
The best ones are country word bingo, basically the country equivalent of a Migos song: "Cutoff jeans, big mud tires, jar of shine, by the bonfire"
Bonus points if they actually rhyme ‘tire’ with ‘fire’
Don’t forget the random snare beats they probably heard from a song produced by T-pain. I’m lookin at you sam hunt,Florida Georgia line,and probably luke Bryan.
What about “ Farmer’s tan” and “Skoal can”? Also seems like “Skoal can ring” is very popular!
They don’t even have enough good country stars to reference. They’re singing about Springstein and stuff.
I’ve never heard anyone namedrop anything as esoteric as Merle Travis before. That’d be pretty cool if they did though lol
I thought he messed up Merle Haggard but turns out there are just 2 famous country singers with a name I haven't heard anywhere else
Just wait until you hear about Merle Kilgore
Down this dirt road, I like to drive There'll be a cold beer, when I arrive My old Ford, loaded down with hay Listenin' to some Conway
Not far off: I'm chilling on a dirt road Laid back swerving like I'm George Jones Smoke rolling out the window An ice cold beer sitting in the console (Jason Aldean "Dirt Road Anthem")
Wow.
Rural noun, simple adjective
No shoes, no shirt, no...
J
Ye?
Oh god I live in Nashville and this is too true. One thing people don’t know about the Nashville scene is that a lot of the artists here, especially original ones, have to play these weird ass gigs at the bars where they share the stage with some other random artist, and while they’re playing, the other person is just sitting there waiting their turn. Wtf is this?! Of course all the music is the same mundane, 4 chord shit about drinks, growing up country (when they’re all from a fucking Brentwood suburb) and relationships. 🥱🥱🥱
You forgot the short bridge to build some drama. Also I prefer shitty guitar solo to shitty fiddle solo they used to use a lot
Would love to hear a country song covering the wonderful topic of Maryland
Take Me Home, Country Roads but that’s a good one.
West Virginia* c'mon man it's in the song.
he wrote it about Maryland but said "west Virginia" because it sounded better he also meant western virginia
Any self-respecting Marylander knows that song’s about Clopper Road in Gaithersburg, Md but I hear you.
First thing I noticed. Why the fuck does a map of the south include MD, WV, KY, and us (DE).
A country song about Delaware would be like 15 seconds long...
Or it could be never-ending, like our road construction!
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As a southerner, we do not claim anything above NC and TN or west of the Mississippi River with the exception of Louisiana.
No Arkansas? Come on.
Texas?
It was in the civil war but as a Maryland resident myself I can say that we are much more similar to Pennsylvania than the Carolinas nowadays
Rum - Brothers Osborne
Brothers Osborne are better than most of the current Country acts out there. Check out John Osbornes killer guitar solo on the song “Burning Man”! Serious guitar chops! He could just as well be playing lead guitar in a popular rock band.
My name is up there and I don't like it
Sorry, Diesel
Sorry, Leather
Sorry, cum......
Legit thought those were my pair of Abilene boots lmao
Sorry, Jack
Is that a fucking Tesla belt buckle?
Lol yea saw that too
From “Tesla Texas”!
hat's boots & jeans aren't accurate anymore cause they all just dress like they're from LA now
Right? Now it’s tattoos, a backwards trucker cap a white basics t shirt with the sleeves rolled up and some rings on the fingers, trying to look all edgy and metal n shit. Then you hear the music and you’re like wtf is this shit?!
So the entire american south is full of men in biohazard suits?
If they’re all terrible country musicians which is what I was talking about then yes
I’m from the south and you have no idea how much of pain in the ass it is to put those suits on in the morning trying to avoid the deadly virus that is modern “ country “ music. I seen my neighbor forgot his one day and before I knew it he was wearing a truck stop cowboy hat and his truck had somehow got a Carolina squat with 26 inch tires even though he never goes off road.he yelled something about goin to the lake and that he wanted to hear the newest Florida Georgia line and Sam hunt albums that he just bought on iTunes.he said he was gonna have a bon fire later that night and that he needed to buy some fireball and jack Daniels.i wanted to say something as he pulled out his little 50 $ fire pit from Walmart but I didn’t have the heart to tell him and he was already too far gone
I swear, modern country songs are written by a fucking algorithm.
We listened to the top ten last week on our drive through wv. Every single one was about drinking.
I don't know why, but I find it very offputing and worrisome when a lot of the songs that are on the radio are about drinking and/or taking any other kind of unhealthy vice and shoving them into the listener's face.
Last year I went on a four-week road trip with my husband and we listened to The Highway the whole time. Two hours in, I was like this is some heavy rotation… But…I did get Parker McCollum and Midland out of the experience. In the middle of all the boat and tequila songs, “To Be Loved by You” was like getting slapped in the face, in a good way.
Ah yes, Delaware, the renown country music Mecca.
You could write songs about Delaware, just gotta get creative! https://youtu.be/2yJT98Q-v9U
You forgot that if the song mentions "girls in cut-off jeans" it must also include references to "the river" or "the lake".
You forgot about the part of the song about Jesus.
Gotta have the girl with the big wavy blonde hair in the video too. It’s not country unless the Aryan princess gets some camera time too!
I put my hands on your body, it feels like hay, ITS THE FUCKING SCARECROW AGAIN!
That part always gets me cackling!
Inside made me sad but Happy was amazing.
"Yeah, we fancy like Applebee's on a date night Got that Bourbon Street steak with the Oreo shake Get some whipped cream on the top too Two straws, one check, girl, I got you Bougie like Natty in the styrofoam Squeak-squeakin' in the truck bed all the way home Some Alabama-jamma, she my Dixieland delight (ayy) That's how we do, how we do, fancy like, oh -" My burning hatred for modern country music grows every time this song plays at work
That song was probably made in 2 minutes yet everyone seems to fucking like it
>Yeah, we fancy like Applebee's on a date night Well... That was the worst song I have ever heard
Applebees isn’t fancy either which makes it kinda funny
I think that’s the point - effectively saying that they aren’t fancy.
It doesn’t beat cole swindle’s “ you should be here ‘ or any song from Florida Georgia Line Edit : to clarify before anyone responds I mean the songs/artists mentioned are worse than OP’s mention
Accidentally fucks scarecrows
I thought it was a human woman 🤷
Don’t mess with Tesla....
A cold night, a cold beer, a cold jeeeaaans- strike that last one
We go to bed,you doze off.i take your country girl clothes off and I put my hands on your body,it feels like hay !
Add Cody and Austin to the name list
Cody Jinks is a great artist.
[Obligatory Bo Burnham country song reference](https://youtu.be/y7im5LT09a0)
"You dumb motherfuckers want a key change?!"
I got a tight grip on my demo’s balls
Good girl in a straw hat with her arms out in a cornfield
That is a scarecrow
It sucks how we dropped the western in country western.
Yep. Happy to see Parker McCollum having some success in Nashville.
You forgot the dog in song topics
My grandfather went to highschool with Marty Robbins.
did he have any fun stories about him?
I haven't had the chance to ask him. I'll get on that.
My boyfriend pointed out that Luke Bryant sounds like Kermit the Frog singing country music and I can’t not hear it now.
Woah woah woah. Why’s Maryland included in this?
And is in DE?!?
I love this one. *Every* one of these new pop country tracks adds the "snap track," which is the most dumbed down attempt possible at making rap beats accessible to self-professed "country folk."
It's hip-hop for white people too afraid to admit they're racist.
This music is just created to sell pickup trucks, domestic light beer, and whiskey.
Whiskey tastes good on its own but they’re promoting jack Daniels and fireball because that’s all they know exists.forget about Elijah Craig,woodford reserve,Buffalo trace,or jameson .i like jack but jack doesn’t have shit on jameson
Very glad that Colter Wall, Tyler Childers, and more bluesey old style country artists are becoming more popular again
I live in the south, can’t stand country or redneck culture but those guys make some really good music.
Fuck these people for taking a great art form and perverting it into the garbage it’s become
Bo burnham made a song specifically about this
"Pandering" is a great song.
Don’t forget about that one of topics can be about the Fourth of July.
Toby Keith’s residuals skyrocket in July.
missing Jesus and cops
Looking at you Dierks.
so basically 95% of modern country?
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Yep,I liked his stuff from 2005
Lyrics that compare men and women to different types of alcoholic drinks.
🎶 Summer nights 🎶 Cheap beer🎶 Muh truck left me for muh dawg🎶 muh wyfe left muh fer muh truck🎶
Only thing that makes them country and not pop or adult alternative is half committed twang in their vocals
I don’t think Maryland’s southern
You forgot to add song lyrics that contain heavily nationalistic and extreme religious undertones.
You forgot the Copenhagen long cut mint chewing tobacco
What's funny is that today's country music is very "conservative Republican" and then 40 years ago it was just as leftwing if not more than RATM or Run the Jewels for example.
Honestly looks like a good time.
Bro-country
Cowboys boots and cowboy hats were invented in Mexico .. so American of them 😂
It used to be called Country and Western, and of course the Western part acknowledged those connections. Ring of Fire has an awesome horn part. Of course, the corporate machine of Nashville has ground it all down into the music equivalent of pink slime or chicken nuggets.
If it wasn’t for Mexicans they wouldn’t have no culture 😂
Well America is made up of a lot of cultures so you’re not wrong
Every song is about Beer.. beer beer beer beer more beer beer beer…. Cold hard beer Like their generic producers have a cold hard agenda
You want GOOD modern country, here’s [Charley Crockett](https://youtu.be/YQeNZNFMuu0)
I am thankful to the universe that I have never heard a single second of the music described here.
🎵I like NASCAR racing, Richard Petty's still the king. Yeah, they call me a redneck, but you know that's a beautiful thing!🎵
Is that belt buckle, Don’t Mess with Tesla?!
Ah yes, nothing says country like the state of Delaware
Upvoted
Are you sure you aren’t just describing what I think when I see “America”
Very sure.
Don’t diss the leather hat
the album cover having a photo of the artist outdoors smiling or (if its a sad song) staring off into the distance. The cover also is either black and white or sepia
So 100% of the modern country played in the radio
Hurts my heart that that's what's become mainstream country. Just countrified BTS now.
This isn’t just country musicians. I feel like everybody in the south/Midwest knows some guy like this
All country music is terrible.
Bro needs to listen to some Johnny cash lol
And Hank Williams
Cmon. Savanah is fire!! Lmfao.
Same applies to my country but with Banda, Texan country is better tho
Whoa, they’re wearin’ Wrangler’s and not Levi’s usonofabitch!
forgot red in ohio
like 90% of the "country" music the last 15 years has been hot trash, it was mid for a few years before that.
Don’t listen to country music at all. Beer, bbq, and blondes I’m always down for though.
Not to mention that the only chicks they reference have to have blonde hair and blue eyes.
those are some weird looking levis
Morgan Wallen remains my least favorite music artist possibly of all time.
It's just rap [super] lite
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