No Rock And Roll Fun

WHICH COUNTRY DO YOU MEAN?: One of the joys, we guess, about music is that you can find anything in it you want, and assign your own meanings; and, we suppose, if Who Moved My Truth? is listening to country on US radio, then she presumably will hear nothing but ole'fashioned family values and support for the country. But it's disappointing that anyone can really believe that

"country music is typically about traditional values. NOT EVERY SONG, but many songs still proclaim the joy of marriage, the importance of family, and the regret for foolish mistakes."

It's a little like suggesting that the great thing about Goth is that all those songs about graveyards really encourages young people to get out in the open air and get some colour into their cheeks. Country music about the joy of marriage? Would that be "you picked a fine to leave me Lucille", or maybe "d-i-v-o-r-ce-e" that you're thinking of? Likewise, suggesting that country is the home of mindless patriotism is to ignore the long tradition of country singers who call the president to account - from Steve Earle during the current war, right back through Country Joe and the Fish and beyond.

Like we say: you can find any meanings in music you choose. But it's claims that country musicians are Republicans in stetsons which stops a lot of people from really discovering the true, contrarian heart of country music.