Top 10 Country Songs For People Who Don’t Like Country

46 Responses to Top 10 Country Songs For People Who Don’t Like Country

1. Gary says:

   July 16, 2009 at 3:32 am

   Are you kidding me? The Top 10 BEST COUNTRY SONGS OF ALL TIME and no “I love This Bar”? No “Friends in Low Places”? What a dumb list.

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2. Delta says:

   July 16, 2009 at 6:14 am

   You’re right. The Byrds are the only ones I’ve HEARD of, and I never heard their song. Never heard of any of those songs or any of the other bands/performers.

   I was expecting this to be a list of Country songs that were popular enough to do well on the Pop charts, so I was expecting Shania Twain(or however the Hell her name’s spelled) and other songs and artists that the average person has actually heard of and didn’t grow-up in the south.

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3. Wild Bill says:

   July 16, 2009 at 11:54 am

   Great list. I liked all these choices, and I’m really glad to see you guys didn’t just pick the most popular “sing-a-long” songs from country radio. To the above commenters:

   Read the title of the list. Its country songs for people who don’t like country.

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4. bgeek says:

   July 16, 2009 at 1:13 pm

   What, no Oasis?

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5. Ken says:

   July 16, 2009 at 3:17 pm

   Can you guys please go back to video game coverage?

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6. Ken says:

   July 16, 2009 at 3:18 pm

   Seriously, no one here gives a shit about this list. Just look at how many comments you have.

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7. Delta says:

   July 16, 2009 at 6:05 pm

   Yes Bill, I can and have read the title of the list. When I think of country songs for people who don’t like country, I think of the country songs that crossover to the Pop charts.

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8. Sage says:

   July 17, 2009 at 2:11 pm

   @Ken

   Nope we write what we want when we want and how we want. Nobody said this was a video games site. Despite the theme…

   @Gary

   You’re and idiot.

   @Delta

   You may write more on this website that I do. Want a job that doesn’t pay?

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9. Delta says:

   July 17, 2009 at 2:14 pm

   lol I thought according to Willie I was already working for the site. I haven’t figure out though if I work for the site, am you or am Zeromage. Willie never did make-up his mind.

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10. Ken says:

    July 17, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    @Sage: Do you realize that no one seems to give a shit about any of your music articles? Word of advice, the main reason people come to this site is because there are really no other good retro-oriented video game sites out there. You guys constantly make fun of Rolling Stone Magazine for talking about politics, so explain how is this any different? And despite the fact that you claim that this isn’t a “gaming site” how come a few months ago the only lists you guys ever made were video game lists?

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11. Sage says:

    July 17, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    @Ken

    What don’t you get? We do what we want, when we want, and how we want. It’s our website. We aren’t Rolling Stone, they are a music magazine. We are a blog-azine (… i might have just made that up) there is no comparison. A few months ago we felt like writing about video games. In a few more months we may want to do that again or we may start writing about the wild grasses of the plains regions of Argentina and Chile. We have never and will never allow our readers to dictate our content if you don’t like it don’t come back.

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12. President Steve says:

    July 19, 2009 at 2:07 am

    lol. I can’t wait to read your top 10 wild grasses of the plains regions of Argentina and chile list!

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13. andrewb says:

    July 19, 2009 at 4:27 am

    who the hell are these bands? honestly

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14. UP2IP2 says:

    July 19, 2009 at 5:29 am

    *sigh* zeromage fails again

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15. BERSERKR says:

    July 21, 2009 at 1:16 am

    I’m glad to see Neko case on here, she is amazing.

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16. BERSERKR says:

    July 21, 2009 at 1:17 am

    And Delta, Country songs that were popular enough to do well on the Pop charts are for people who DO like country:P

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17. Delta says:

    July 21, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    But BERSERKR, people who don’t like Country, who do you think they’re more likely to hear, know and dare I say like? Someone like Shania Twain or one of these? I don’t like Country, but I know who Shania Twain, Faith Hill and LeAnn Rhymes are. And I’ve actually heard songs from them. The Byrds are the only group I’ve heard of, and I only know them by name. Never heard a song from them.

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18. zenbutcher says:

    July 24, 2009 at 12:29 am

    Yo tools whining about Garth Brooks songs, etc. This is alt country or whatever you want to call it. Real country not the pop jingle garbage on the radio. Seek these bands – Riptones, Bad Livers, Red Star Belgrade,…hell just seek out the Bloodshot Records label or Yep Roc it will be worth the trip.

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19. Delta says:

    July 24, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    Zenbutcher, the article is about Country songs for people who don’t like Country. I think of Pop-Country about that. Most people not from the South have heard little Country that hasn’t crossed-over to the Pop charts, nor care about the genre.

    I’m not a Country fan for example, but I do know who Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes are, and have heard some songs from most of them if not each one. I doubt most people who aren’t Country fans, or aren’t from the South, have even heard about most of those performers you mentioned, let alone heard their songs.

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20. zenbutcher says:

    July 24, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    Delta,

    Country is a wide ranging genre of music just like rock. Bloodshot Records is a label in Chicago. Some of the bands on this list are on that label. The bands I am talking about are labeled alternative country which means you will never hear them on the radio as they are not Top-40. But they are country no doubt about it. Most people who seek these types of bands like them as they hear elements of things they are familiar with – blues, rock, punk, hillbilly, etc. Its appeal is national and not regional fewer people have probably heard it in the South than nationally unless they listen to college radio.

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21. Sammy says:

    July 27, 2009 at 6:25 am

    What about Hank3, or the Shooter Jennings band? They are alternative country, and as far as I know have never been played on the radio. Which for the most part that seems to be what this list is about. Atleast they’re worth listening too. Anyway once again just my opinion, which no matter how hard people try cannot be debated. Opinions are unique to each person and I don’t know about anyone else but I’m not going to waiver in mine just because someone else has a different one.

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22. zenbutcher says:

    July 27, 2009 at 11:46 am

    Sammy those are 2 excellent examples as well. I would strongly encourage anyone who can’t stand mainstream country to check them out also as you won’t be disappointed.

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23. JD says:

    August 7, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    Are these lists serious? If so, I’m gonna vomit.

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24. Guy From Texas says:

    August 8, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    I stumbled upon this list almost by accident but was thrilled to see such a great list of music. Even though the title is a bit misleading, the list is a fantastic intro to a type of music I have been listening to for years. I have seen 5 of them perform. I am surprised that the people that have commented consider them obscure bands – especially Wilco. Open your minds and give this music a listen. I would add a few groups to the list: Son Volt, Cross Canadian Ragweed and Whiskeytown.

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25. Delta says:

    August 16, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Guy From Texas…..

    Considering it’s a list of Country songs for people who don’t like Country, how could they not be obscure to people who don’t listen to Country?

    Like I said before, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Faith Hill and Garth Brooks, as well as the Dixie Chicks, are Country artists I and most people who aren’t Country fans have heard of. Most non-Country fans have even heard some music from most, if not all, of them. So how are these bands not obscure to non-Country fans?

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26. Brant says:

    August 23, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    I found this article through a google search and it was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the informative recommendations! I’ve been listening to Ryan Adams, Wilco, and Old 97′s for years. I guess maybe I’ve been a country fan all this time and not even realized it…

    @Delta – I understand your argument. But people who assume they don’t like country are ALREADY familiar with the country artists that have crossed over to the pop charts (Garth, Shania, etc). They have already dismissed the whole country music genre based on their opinion of these few pop-country artists. In order to expose people to country songs they might like IN SPITE of pop-country, you have to expand the breadth of the genre into indie and roots-rock territory.

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27. Delta says:

    August 25, 2009 at 3:18 am

    Brant…..

    I’ve heard some Country songs that definitely aren’t Pop-Country, and prefer Pop-Country by quite a bit. And I’m not a fan of Pop-Country.

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28. Delta says:

    August 25, 2009 at 3:20 am

    gah Forgot this point.

    But the whole last argument I had made was GuyFromTexas saying he can’t believe people say these bands are obscure. But it seems to be a list for those who are only familiar with Pop-Country, so how are these bands not obscure? Expanding your horizons on the genre has nothing to do with these bands being obscure to non-Country fans.

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29. speck135les says:

    August 28, 2009 at 3:21 am

    thank you made this list for my music-brilliant sweetheart, can’t wait to amaze him all of these are inense and beautiful in the right light which is music.

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30. avi says:

    September 3, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    where’s the 30th comment?

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31. Delta says:

    September 3, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    You are Avi. One of the comments was probably whatever that thing was Zeromage told me they automatically delete, but the counter still counts them.

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32. avi says:

    September 3, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    i meaant before i made it which was it, i knew i was, i didn’t know the counter counted deleted comments.

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33. Delta says:

    September 3, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Basically the deleted comments are from bots, I think it was.

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34. Sada;flal;f;alfkda; says:

    October 12, 2009 at 10:45 pm

    Wilco? FUCK YES!
    God I love that band

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35. Delta says:

    October 13, 2009 at 12:29 am

    Actually SL, I like Pop-Country way more than the other types of Country I’ve heard. I’ve heard a decent number of non-Pop-Country songs, and I enjoy it vastly more than other forms. And I don’t even like Pop-Country much. I tolerate it mostly.

    So if I mostly tolerate Pop-Country, and I enjoy it vastly more than anything else from the wider genre than I’ve heard, what does that tell you?

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36. Zach says:

    November 5, 2009 at 9:04 am

    Delta, why do you comment on music articles? You obviously have no fucking clue.
    Also: Flying Burrito Brothers FTW!

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37. Mark S. says:

    March 4, 2010 at 5:57 am

    probably a better title would have been “Top 10 Alternative Country” … although I’m not a Beachwood SParks fan…

    I’ll say that Shooter Jennings definitely should have been on this list.

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38. ObviousTroll says:

    April 3, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    No Johnny Cash? Are you serious?

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39. zenbutcher says:

    April 17, 2010 at 4:25 pm

    Troll at one time there was only one country – Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, their contemporaries, etc., and all the pioneers that came before them. Then the industry ruined it with Top 40 country. Basically Top 40 with someone singing with a Southern accent and then market it as country. Not a single song you hear on country radio is real country music, and that goes for damn near most on the tv country music stations as well. Thus bands and songs discussed on this forum are labeled “alternative country”. In fact they are what always was…..real country music.

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40. ObviousTroll says:

    May 9, 2010 at 3:34 am

    Oh, Alternative Country?

    Then I suggest this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6KogQdDbvU

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41. zenbutcher says:

    May 22, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    Excellent Troll! That is real country music. The rest of the bs on the radio and marketed as country music is Top 40 pop. It is good to see that there are those out there that understand and see the light!

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42. Jim says:

    May 29, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    idiot, it’s like alt. & indie country stuff…not that shania twain b.s. that gets played on hit radio all of the time.

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43. Wesley says:

    May 29, 2010 at 7:03 pm

    the people that listen to mainstream country & the people that listen to top 40 pop all the time are exactly the same…we don’t need another taylor swift! bring on the ryan adams!

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44. zachariah the dragon says:

    May 29, 2010 at 7:05 pm

    they’re aren’t very well-known bands, but pretty much all of them are legit.

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45. x-syndrome says:

    May 29, 2010 at 7:05 pm

    i agree! Hank III & Shooter Jennings are great!…and relatively underground

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46. qbert says:

    May 29, 2010 at 7:05 pm

    go find another site to troll! if you would like to go sing Garth Brooks’ praises please do so on another website.

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