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Originally Posted by bimmer456
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Originally Posted by DETRoadster
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Originally Posted by bimmer456
Anybody like this song? According to Billboard, this is not a Country song. It is the number one song in the country on Hot 100 and would be on the country chart if it was not removed from the country billboard chart. Billy Ray Cyrus hopped on the remix and the song is fire.
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Billboard is in a tough spot. The original version of the song, before Billy Ray helped remix it, WAS on the country hot 100. They pulled it for unknown reasons. Apparently it was not country enough despite having banjos, singing with a country twang, and traditionally country lyrics. Whatever their reasoning they pulled it. Now Billy Ray comes along and sings a couple verses. Are they supposed to add it back onto the list? If they do the message could look like "Now that you've added an old white dude, it can be country again." As I said, they backed themselves into a corner. Probably best to just own up to the mistake and add it back on the list, but what do I know. |
It would seem racist to add it back with Billy on it like there has to be a white country artist on the track for it to be country. Nelly and Tim McGraw did a track together and it wasn't on the country chart either. |
Exactly.
I think the real problem is with so many collaborations and mashups of musical styles it's no longer easy, logical, or relevant to try to put songs into buckets (country, rock, etc). You could try to define the hell out of what "country" is like "it must have at minimum 8 out of the following 10 criteria to qualify" but then some boundary pushing artist is just going to blow that all to hell. Aerosmith and Run DMC in Walk This Way. Was it rap? Was it rock? How about when Metallica did that collaboration with the San Fran Symphony? What the hell bucket does that fall into? Maybe we need a catch all "Awesome and Undefinable" category?
One this is for sure. When artists push the boundaries and create music that does not fall neatly into predefined categories, we all win.