Music List Thread Top 10 (your personal faves). All will be listed on the OP with credit given. Pick any subject/genre/era we got you here. (1 Viewer)

[Pip's Invitation]

I used to hate all country songs

But then I realized how often I enjoy acoustic ballads

Americana and the revival of bluegrass/folk made me a little more open to The Ryman crowd

As long as I don't have to call it country I'm good

You’d probably like what the marketing people call “alt country.”

 

[Don Hutson]

I used to hate all country songs

But then I realized how often I enjoy acoustic ballads

Americana and the revival of bluegrass/folk made me a little more open to The Ryman crowd

As long as I don't have to call it country I'm good

All genres have good music.  All genres have bad music.  Sometimes it just takes finding a few songs you like in a genre to open your mind.  I think a lot times when a person rejects an entire genre it's because it doesn't jive with their identity as a person.   A ton of horrible pop country has been made in the last 35 years.  But a genre of music should be judged by its good examples, not its bad examples.  Rock also has a ton of horrible examples.

 

[Don Hutson]

You’d probably like what the marketing people call “alt country.”

I know a lot of rock aficionados who later became obsessed with bluegrass and country from the 50's, 60's, and 70's.  Most alt country fans I know didn't start as fans of hard rock.

 

[BobbyLayne]

You’d probably like what the marketing people call “alt country.”

I don't consciously seek out alt C but there is some bleed over no doubt

I like storytellers (Jason Isbell is a good example)

My favorite group for about 10 years running has been these folks

ETA: better quality here

Aside - I think that second link isn't searchable on YouTube, but I have had it bookmarked for years. Even though I've seen them close to 25 times, this one was extra special. It was my daughter's first concert (Lincoln Center Out of Doors Americana Festival) and she became a fan of The Lone Bellow for life that night. Actually both my kids like them (22 & 12), which is a first. He’s into EDM, my daughter prefers Kpop.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I know a lot of rock aficionados who later became obsessed with bluegrass and country from the 50's, 60's, and 70's.  Most alt country fans I know didn't start as fans of hard rock.

I know some people like that too. In most cases, their gateway was the Grateful Dead. 

 

[BobbyLayne]

I know some people like that too. In most cases, their gateway was the Grateful Dead. 

Hurray for the Riff Raff was my gateway into Americana - the first song here, Little Black Star, is kickass. Last year they won best music video award at SXSW for Pa'lante. I have seen them nearly as many times as The Lone Bellow.

Americana is by far my favorite genre rn.

 

[rockaction]

Top Ten Hair Metal Ballads: 

10. House of Pain - Faster #####cat 

9. Don't You Ever Leave Me - Hanoi Rocks

8. Smoke And Shadows - Vain

7. One Way Ticket - L.A. Guns

6. Nobody's Fool - Cinderella 

5. Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi 

4. On With The Show - Mötley Crüe 

3. Bringin' On The Heartbreak - Def Leppard

2. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

1. Don't Close Your Eyes - Kix