On 9/30/05, Jamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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.
>
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