We got both kinds of music here, Country, and Western. Jamie
On Friday 30 September 2005 11:02 am, T. Joseph CARTER wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 12:30:30PM -0700, Bob Miller wrote: > > > Where i grew up the choices were , Country, country, Country, Hip > > > Hop, Country, Oldies, or Classical. > > > > What, no Western? > > It's worth noting that Country Western music is not even a little bit > Western. These days, it's also what in the industry like to call "Town > and Country". It's music for soccer moms! (RUN AWAY!!) > > The radio stations were forced to play some stuff from the O Brother Where > Art Thou soundtrack because listeners who'd seen the movie kept demanding > it, but in the words of one record exec quoted by the NYT (and echoed by > me, though I don't recall his exact wording, Don't expect us to start > playing this stuff regularly just because listeners want us to. > > Yes, he came right out and said that listener preference had nothing to do > with what they played. You're all shocked, I'm sure. > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
