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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chavster on September 29, 2011, 02:23:24 PM
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I don't know a single thing about country music, apart from the fact I kinda like the sound of it :o
I'd like to download some country music but can any of you give me any tips on popular contemporary singers? I'm not interested in people like Dolly Parton or Betty cline or whatever her name is
Is Lady Antebellum considered 'country'? What about the bald guy with the Stetson? I can't remember his name :o or the girl who won American idol. Are any of them any good?
I'm in a pub and I've had two pints of rather strong beer so apologies if I sound demented.
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Can't hep ya...I listened to country many years ago before it went to the city ;D I know when ever I hear the words, Lady Antebellum, I say what the he!! does that mean and lmao. ::)
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I don't know much about country music either so I can't help you there. One question though.....how can something in Various Non-Bald Discussions\General Discussion be "(totally off topic)." This section by definition is for the off topic stuff :*))
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I don't know a single thing about country music, apart from the fact I kinda like the sound of it :o
I'd like to download some country music but can any of you give me any tips on popular contemporary singers? I'm not interested in people like Dolly Parton or Betty cline or whatever her name is
Patsy Cline. :x!
Is Lady Antebellum considered 'country'? What about the bald guy with the Stetson? I can't remember his name :o or the girl who won American idol. Are any of them any good?
Yes, they're all considered country in the very loosest, most watered down sense of the word. I'm assuming the bald guy in a Stetson you're referring to is Kenny Chesney? There are a lot of Stetsons in country music that cover up bald heads.
As for whether any of them are any good, that's a matter of opinion but in all three cases I'd have to say no.
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Dude... taht crap isn't country music. It's what is paraded around as country music but it's really just modern day "Pop" music.
Real country music died long ago for the most part..... Waylon, Willie, Merle Haggard, Johny Cash.... that was country music.
Alan Jackson and George Strait (two REAL country music stars) explain it best in this great song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny3K9irFC5k
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Dude... taht crap isn't country music. It's what is paraded around as country music but it's really just modern day "Pop" music.
Real country music died long ago for the most part..... Waylon, Willie, Merle Haggard, Johny Cash.... that was country music.
Alan Jackson and George Strait (two REAL country music stars) explain it best in this great song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny3K9irFC5k
This.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/spjaA8rZEXM
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Here's a link to a really old song I remember from my childhood in Nevada--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=injCL7H8wxI&feature=related
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http://youtube.com/v/_KrrsLZaY9s
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http://youtube.com/v/gZMCkufE0X0
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Statler Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell, Charlie Pride...? ;D
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For the Sly guy with a stetson its more than likely either Kenny Chesney or Keith Anderson. Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, Rascall Flatts, those are all pop. Alot of the 'raw' country or 'country on the edge' is real. I still like the old country like Hank Sr. Even bluegrass is way better than alot of the 'country' these days
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Olivia-Newton John
/runs-for-cover
Just kidding! 8)
For the yunguns: back in the 70's, before she became a rock slut, ONJ was pumping out some country-esque ballads under the guise of "country music" and hard-core country fans were up in arms, claiming she wasn't really country, and worse, was an Aussie!
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Olivia-Newton John
:o :o
She was born in the UK, but she became Australianesque...so she's a British Australianesque ex-Countryesque rock slut :o
And thanks guys, thats all very helpful. Actually I think the bald guy with the stetson I was referring to is Garth someone-or-other. Im not sure he's actually bald, but he looks like he should be. I'll google him in a minute. I've never heard of Kenny Chesney
I dont want anything too heavy..."my woman dun left me, I live in a trailer, I had Jack Daniels for breakfast" doesnt do much for me. So maybe its the countryfied pop I'm looking for. Dunno, I need to research more :D
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Oh hell no...he sounds like a country version of The Bee Gees. I like guys to sound like guys when they sing :D
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This is the guy I was thinking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Brooks
They dont seem to have his stuff on iTunes but I can download it from Amazon. He seems quite popular.
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He seems quite popular.
He was...
Garth Brooks's music really hit people in all genres.
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Yup, and the chix like his looks as well as his voice.
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This is the guy I was thinking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Brooks
They dont seem to have his stuff on iTunes but I can download it from Amazon. He seems quite popular.
He won't allow his music to be sold on iTunes. I didn't think it was on Amazon, either since he is an outspoken critic of downloading individual tracks as opposed to buying entire albums
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Hmmm, you're right, Amazon doesnt have his stuff for download either :( That sucks :(
Do you think this would be any good?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Hits-Country/dp/B002OBJ3H4/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a1
I kind of like the sound of the guy in the stetson though (Garth thingy)
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Hmmm, you're right, Amazon doesnt have his stuff for download either :( That sucks :(
Do you think this would be any good?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Hits-Country/dp/B002OBJ3H4/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a1
I kind of like the sound of the guy in the stetson though (Garth thingy)
Yes, that's a pretty good collection. And you certainly can't beat the price. Just be aware that a lot of the songs are quite old -- you said you were primarily interseted in something contemporary.
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True :(
Well I'll keep on searching then
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I think Garth retired afer he sold his 80 trillionth album. George Strait keeps carrying on though.
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I saw ol' Garth on a late night tv show a few week back.
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I think he's still in the middle of his Vegas gig ... something to think about since you're going there in December.
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Get some Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. O0
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Get some Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. O0
Dude.... you're giving us Bikers a bad name with music choices like that. ;)
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Get some Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. O0
Dude.... you're giving us Bikers a bad name with music choices like that. ;)
Thank God somebody said it. O0
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Get some Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. O0
Dude.... you're giving us Bikers a bad name with music choices like that. ;)
Thank God somebody said it. O0
Razor.... you know me well enough to know that I wasn't letting that one slide by.
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Get some Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. O0
Dude.... you're giving us Bikers a bad name with music choices like that. ;)
Get some Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. O0
Dude.... you're giving us Bikers a bad name with music choices like that. ;)
LOL
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Speaking of country music, while I was out shopping today, I went in to HMV (music store) to see if I could find a Garth whateverhisnameis CD, seeing as I cant download one.
"Who?" said the guy at the information desk
"You know, the country singer with the big hat"
"I dont know who that is" said he. "Let me ask someone"
He returned 2 minutes later
"Sorry mate, we dont sell country music CD's, apart from a few Dolly Parton ones"
"Why not?"
"Probably because nobody buys it"
"Oh"
So I left, feeling a little embarrassed for even asking about my friend Garth. :(
The search for Garth continues...
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I have all of Garth Brooks cd's. I know a few years back he only sold his new cd collection at Walmart. Maybe try Walmart.com for downloads as well.
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walmart downloads are only available in the US :(
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walmart downloads are only available in the US :(
Walmart downloads aren't available ANHYWHERE anymore. And Garth's music is not sold via digital download anywhere.
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Really? They dont have a download site anymore?
Duh re Garth's downloads. I didnt think of that :) I didnt know Walmart stopped all downloads though
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Really? They dont have a download site anymore?
Duh re Garth's downloads. I didnt think of that :) I didnt know Walmart stopped all downloads though
They stopped very recently.
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Shame :( They used to have a good collection of stuff, but I think they were told off by the music industry for allowing Eurotrash types like me to download from their site. Maybe that had something to do with it.
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Shame :( They used to have a good collection of stuff, but I think they were told off by the music industry for allowing Eurotrash types like me to download from their site. Maybe that had something to do with it.
You are probably right.
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I only downloaded from Walmart once, to get something that wasn't available anywhere else. Here's the email I got from them when they discontinued their MP3 service:
Dear Walmart Shopper,
As a valued music download customer at Walmart.com, we're writing to inform you that we'll no longer offer this service as of August 29, 2011.
You will still be able to enjoy the digital music you purchased and downloaded from Walmart.com. Your complete purchase history and the ability to authorize/deauthorize any DRM-protected WMA files you may have purchased is currently available until August 29 at http://mp3.walmart.com and, after we close the service, will be available again beginning September 12. Any MP3 files you purchased from Walmart can be moved to multiple new computers, as usual.
If you have credit left on an MP3 Music Gift Card that you've used in the past, we will send a Walmart eGift Card of equal value to this email address automatically. No action is required on your part to receive this eGift card, which will be sent to you by September 12.
If you have an MP3 Music Gift Card that you haven't used, we will provide you a chance to convert them. Please visit http://mp3.walmart.com on or after September 12 to redeem your current gift card for a Walmart.com eGift Card of equal value, which can be used as cash to purchase any available items from Walmart.com.
For more information about how to use the music files you've purchased, or to ask any other questions about this service, please contact our customer service team at: musicdownloads@walmart.com.
We appreciate your continued business with Walmart.com and look forward to serving you in the future.
Sincerely,
Your Walmart.com Customer Service Team
http://www.walmart.com
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A favorite of mine is the Railbenders - http://railbenders.com/
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Get some Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. O0
Dude.... you're giving us Bikers a bad name with music choices like that. ;)
ROFL... Big bad bikers rocking down the road with Carrie playing can't be all that bad can it??? LOL :*))
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I would have thought that George Thorogood would be more appropriate. Gotta keep up the image.
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I would have thought that George Thorogood would be more appropriate. Gotta keep up the image.
I like George but he isn't country.
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What actually IS country though? I always thought Dolly Parton was country, but apparently she's Bluegrass (whatever THAT is). I thought Carrie Underwood was pop/rock, but apparently she's country. How can you tell the difference?
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What actually IS country though? I always thought Dolly Parton was country, but apparently she's Bluegrass (whatever THAT is). I thought Carrie Underwood was pop/rock, but apparently she's country. How can you tell the difference?
Dolly did a lot of pop in the 70s and 80s, straight country in the 90s and a lot of bluegrass in the 2000s. Bluegrass is a more acoustic version of country, that developed in Kentucky. It generally doesn't use any keyboard instruments or drums.
Carrie Underwood is pop/rock.
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What actually IS country though? I always thought Dolly Parton was country, but apparently she's Bluegrass (whatever THAT is). I thought Carrie Underwood was pop/rock, but apparently she's country. How can you tell the difference?
Dolly did a lot of pop in the 70s and 80s, straight country in the 90s and a lot of bluegrass in the 2000s. Bluegrass is a more acoustic version of country, that developed in Kentucky. It generally doesn't use any keyboard instruments or drums.
Carrie Underwood is pop/rock.
Carrie has some music that has crossed over to Pop but she is know as a Country artist. If you look at the total awards she has won (110) you will see the majority are for Country Music.
Below are a few she has won.
2010: CMT Music Awards: Video of the Year
2009: Academy of Country Music: Entertainer of the Year
2009: Grammy: Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
2008: Academy of Country Music: Top Female Vocalist
2008: CMA: Female Vocalist of the Year
2008: Grammy: Best Country Song
2008: Grammy: Best Female Country Vocal Performance
2007: CMA: Female Vocalist of the Year
2007: CMA: Single of the Year
2007: CMT Music Awards: Female Video of the Year
2007: CMT Music Awards: Video Director of the Year
2007: CMT Music Awards: Video of the Year
2007: Grammy: Best Country Song
2007: Grammy: Best Female Country Vocal Performance
2006: Academy of Country Music: Album of the Year
2006: Academy of Country Music: Single of the Year
2006: Academy of Country Music: Top Female Vocalist
2006: Academy of Country Music: Top New Female Vocalist
2006: CMA: Female Vocalist of the Year
2006: CMA: Horizon Award
2006: CMT Music Awards: Breakthrough Video of the Year
2006: CMT Music Awards: Female Video of the Year
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Right up there with Taylor Swift I reckon.
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One of my favs.
http://youtu.be/1R2F9f2Cl6Y
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Who is Taylor Swift? That little blond stick insect?
Its all very confusing to me. I think I might just have to stick with Europop :(
My last attempt at buying something that I thought was country music was a Dolly Parton album and it was horrible.
http://www.amazon.com/Those-Were-Days-Dolly-Parton/dp/B000AQDQ7S/ref=sr_1_13?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1317678809&sr=1-13
Literally the most horrible album I've ever heard, with the possible exception of Gloria Estefan's '90 Millas'.
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What actually IS country though? I always thought Dolly Parton was country, but apparently she's Bluegrass (whatever THAT is). I thought Carrie Underwood was pop/rock, but apparently she's country. How can you tell the difference?
Dolly did a lot of pop in the 70s and 80s, straight country in the 90s and a lot of bluegrass in the 2000s. Bluegrass is a more acoustic version of country, that developed in Kentucky. It generally doesn't use any keyboard instruments or drums.
Carrie Underwood is pop/rock.
Carrie has some music that has crossed over to Pop but she is know as a Country artist. If you look at the total awards she has won (110) you will see the majority are for Country Music.
Below are a few she has won.
2010: CMT Music Awards: Video of the Year
2009: Academy of Country Music: Entertainer of the Year
2009: Grammy: Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
2008: Academy of Country Music: Top Female Vocalist
2008: CMA: Female Vocalist of the Year
2008: Grammy: Best Country Song
2008: Grammy: Best Female Country Vocal Performance
2007: CMA: Female Vocalist of the Year
2007: CMA: Single of the Year
2007: CMT Music Awards: Female Video of the Year
2007: CMT Music Awards: Video Director of the Year
2007: CMT Music Awards: Video of the Year
2007: Grammy: Best Country Song
2007: Grammy: Best Female Country Vocal Performance
2006: Academy of Country Music: Album of the Year
2006: Academy of Country Music: Single of the Year
2006: Academy of Country Music: Top Female Vocalist
2006: Academy of Country Music: Top New Female Vocalist
2006: CMA: Female Vocalist of the Year
2006: CMA: Horizon Award
2006: CMT Music Awards: Breakthrough Video of the Year
2006: CMT Music Awards: Female Video of the Year
I don't care how heavily she's promoted or how many awards she's won; her music isn't country. The problem is that country music has been so adulterated by pop that a lot of people have no idea what it's supposed to sound like anymore.
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Didnt The Carpenters win a country award at one time? They definitely werent a country group.
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Didnt The Carpenters win a country award at one time? They definitely werent a country group.
I don't think so, but I think they did have one or two records that reached the lower rungs of the country charts.
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Oh :( Im sure there was a very popular group that won a or some country awards. It was an unlikely group...maybe the Bee Gees or Abba or a group like that. Oh well :D
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I don't care how heavily she's promoted or how many awards she's won; her music isn't country. The problem is that country music has been so adulterated by pop that a lot of people have no idea what it's supposed to sound like anymore.
Can't argue with that. It's not like it use to be....
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This is bluegrass:
http://youtube.com/v/zqn5qOOX6Fo
This is country:
http://youtube.com/v/T4a7YOIfuRg
This is pop pretending to be country:
http://youtube.com/v/oM7NQQ0Lfu4
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While I do like what is considered to be Country Music these days, it is really more like Country tinged pop/rock. To me real country would be more like Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Conway Twitty and similar types of artists! My parents listened to a lot of Country Music when I grew up.
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Hmmmm, I dont like any of those videos, especially the top one
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Do you listen to the Country stations over there and what particular artist do you like. That would give us some idea if you are a Lady Antebellum, Sugarland, Kenny Chesney kind of guy or a George Jones, Merle Haggard. Johnny Cash, George Strait kind of guy and then we can go from there.
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Do you listen to the Country stations over there
There aren't any.
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This is bluegrass:
http://youtube.com/v/zqn5qOOX6Fo
This is country:
http://youtube.com/v/T4a7YOIfuRg
This is pop pretending to be country:
http://youtube.com/v/oM7NQQ0Lfu4
Razor,
Those are excellent examples of what is true Country and what is not!
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This is bluegrass:
http://youtube.com/v/zqn5qOOX6Fo
This is country:
http://youtube.com/v/T4a7YOIfuRg
This is pop pretending to be country:
http://youtube.com/v/oM7NQQ0Lfu4
That about sums it up.
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Do you listen to the Country stations over there
There aren't any.
There aren't any in England.? I know they have them in Ireland.
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Do you listen to the Country stations over there and what particular artist do you like. That would give us some idea if you are a Lady Antebellum, Sugarland, Kenny Chesney kind of guy or a George Jones, Merle Haggard. Johnny Cash, George Strait kind of guy and then we can go from there.
We dont have country music stations. There are a few shows on BBC radio that will play 15-20 minutes of country music once in a while, but I dont know of any dedicated country stations. There might be some online, but none that I know of.
Through some trickery on my iPad, I can listen to a dame called Delilah, who has a radio show in the US, and the show airs (UK time) from midnight until 6am. Its not broadcast on UK radio, so I have to hack my way in, and she'll sometimes play some country music, or at least what I imagine to be country music, but I guess I dont know if its country or bluegrass or punk rock :o
The UK obviously has some dedicated country fans, but the vast majority of the population thinks country music is a bit of a joke, so there's no demand for a country station.
Most radio stations here are controlled by the BBC, plus each town will have a few local independent radio stations, but they tend to be just rock or easy listening with a few exceptions.
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Wow, that sucks.
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Do you listen to the Country stations over there
There aren't any.
There aren't any in England.? I know they have them in Ireland.
Yeah but thats a different country :D
Ireland has 'Irish country', which does sound quite similar to American country music, but its Irish themed, and the songs are usually about towns in Ireland, pubs in Ireland, love affairs in Ireland, etc.
BBC Radio Oxford (which is my local station) has an Irish Country show every Sunday afternoon, because there's a big Irish population in the UK, but its not country music as you'd know it. Probably the biggest Irish Country singer is Daniel O'Donnell. Eww. He's like an Irish, untalented, mincing version of Barry Manilow. He comes from a little town in Donegal (part of the UK rather than Ireland, but right on the border), and he's the singer of choice for housewives over the age of 604.
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http://www.irishcountrymusic.com/daniel-odonnell-the-ultimate-collection-cd/daniel-odonnell-the-ultimate-collection-cd.htm
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The County of Donegal is in the Province of Ulster and is part of the Republic of Ireland not part of the UK. I've heard of sold out concerts put on by Garth Brooks and the like. To bad you can't hook up Andy. That's a shame.
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The border line has changed so many times over the years.
Ulster, according to the British, is another name for Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK. Ulster, according to the Irish, is an Irish province which isnt part of the UK. The television station in Northern Ireland is called Ulster Television, even though its based in Belfast, which is a British city rather than an Irish city, as you know.
IMO, the term 'Ulster' should only refer to the province in Ireland, and not to Northern Ireland, however a) nobody is ever going to agree on the status of Northern Ireland, and b) some of the counties within the province of Ulster are physically in Northern Ireland, which is probably why the British often refer to the whole of Northern Ireland as 'Ulster', which is technically incorrect.
Also, because there have been so many peace treaties over the years, a lot of people in the extreme north of Ireland became British citizens, and some people in Northern Ireland became Irish citizens, which is all a lot of bullsh1t anyway because both countries are part of the European Union so the individual citizenship is a little irrelevant technically.
But if you look at some British maps of Ireland, they show the island of Ireland split into four provinces - Connacht, Munster, Leinster and Ulster - with Ulster being what is essentially Northern Ireland, a term in itself which is misleading because parts of County Donegal are further north than Northern Ireland :D
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Northern Ireland is often referred to as 'Ulster',[9] despite including only six of Ulster's nine counties. This usage is most common amongst people in Northern Ireland who are unionist,[10] although it is also used by the media throughout the United Kingdom.[11][12] Some people, mainly Irish nationalists, object to this use of the term.[10]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster
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Northern Ireland is comprised of two-thirds of Ulster.
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Donegal is one of the 26 counties that make up the Republic of Ireland and is governed by Dublin. It's got nothing to do with the UK. Educate those folks will ya Andy.
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I was under the impression that the blue grass style is older than "country." To my understanding blue grass is more in the folk music tradition and much of the music can be traced in one fashion or another to English & Welsh roots. Country is more "American" in its background. Broadly speaking, Country would include Cajun music. Cajun, not Zydeco, has the same theme matter of Country, broken heart, problems with women or men--depending on the artist and such except that the language is a local French patois and, increasingly, Franglish--just plain bad French. Zydeco is the African-American take on Cajun but is a distinct music style although often confused by the general listening public.
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I was under the impression that the blue grass style is older than "country." To my understanding blue grass is more in the folk music tradition and much of the music can be traced in one fashion or another to English & Welsh roots. Country is more "American" in its background. Broadly speaking, Country would include Cajun music. Cajun, not Zydeco, has the same theme matter of Country, broken heart, problems with women or men--depending on the artist and such except that the language is a local French patois and, increasingly, Franglish--just plain bad French. Zydeco is the African-American take on Cajun but is a distinct music style although often confused by the general listening public.
Bluegrass as we know it today only dates back to the 1950s. Bill Monroe is generally credited as the Father of Bluegrass. Obviously much the music itself is much older but it wasn't labelled bluegrass before the 50s.
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I was under the impression that the blue grass style is older than "country." To my understanding blue grass is more in the folk music tradition and much of the music can be traced in one fashion or another to English & Welsh roots. Country is more "American" in its background. Broadly speaking, Country would include Cajun music. Cajun, not Zydeco, has the same theme matter of Country, broken heart, problems with women or men--depending on the artist and such except that the language is a local French patois and, increasingly, Franglish--just plain bad French. Zydeco is the African-American take on Cajun but is a distinct music style although often confused by the general listening public.
I always thought Cajun and Zydeco were the same thing. Thanks for educating me.
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Donegal is one of the 26 counties that make up the Republic of Ireland and is governed by Dublin. It's got nothing to do with the UK. Educate those folks will ya Andy.
I dont think they give a sh1t to be honest with you. The UK is so desperate to hold on to whats left of its empire that the views of other countries dont really matter. Towns like Belleek also blur things a little, because its right on the border of Fermanagh and Donegal, and there's no physical border between the two countries, and so people go back and forth without even considering which country they're in. Im not sure but I think most of Belleek is in the UK.
The UK has a lot of strange border and sovereignty issues. Ireland/Northern Ireland is the biggest, but Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, Alderney, the Isle of Man...they're all very confusing. Crown Dependencies, Crown Colonies, Overseas Territories...wtf? And it was even more confusing when Hong Kong was part of the UK.
I doubt Northern Ireland will ever re-join Ireland, but I do think Scotland is heading for independence, and if that happened, we would (apparently) change the name of the country to Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and we'd drop the United Kingdom.
Who knows. Im off to listen to Delilah :D
Time will tell :)