>>2718275>Gyms don't existYeah, I'm just gonna go on being more shredded than you, making more than you, and living in a place with an actual pulse, and leave the MUH SMALL TOWN larp to you.
>>2718304>musicians cultivate an imageNo shit. Using KISS as an example, they wanted to start a band that was entertaining (in their words, "the band they wanted to see") and to get money and pussy. Who can't get behind that? "Selling out" was the entire point.
I'm not one of these twats who thinks in binary, musician/entertainer terms, what I'm saying is, the entire point of country, and the audience it panders to, is so vapid, banal, and uninspired it is legitimately painful to listen to if you've got anything going on upstairs.
Not to mention it feels like 90% of what gets pumped out is full-on music to simp/cuck yourself to, songs like Drink on it, Love Ain't, Dicked Down in Dallas, etc. shit that ain't my vibe.
Having said all that, taste is subjective, and if that kind of music gets you all sticky in the overalls, more power to you. I've got friends who are into it, I even go /out/ with them and abide country in the playlist, I just mercilessly roast any stupid lyrics I hear and make a drinking game out of it; every time you hear
>dirt road>good girl>beer>trucktake a drink, if you hear "small town" finish that shit...
WARNING: Do not play this game if you have anywhere to be in the morning, and/or if you value your liver.
>>2718305>Hank Williams>Merle HaggardFor sure, even I can get down with that, and I love me some Randy Travis. I'm mostly talking shit about post 90s country, and especially the genre's last decade or so.
>>2718515>I care about the sound and arrangementsYet another reason modern country is ass, and another reason KISS is based, to say nothing of the musicians and work they've inspired; you ever hear Yoshiki's orchestral arrangement of Black Diamond? Shit gave me chills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQxuXO7UVcQ 
