Does Oppo like country?

"Scary__goongala!" (corymagee)
08/18/2014 at 22:13 • Filed to: None

Just listened to Dierks Bentley at WVU's Fallfest.TWAS GLORIOUS!! My favorite country artist is Jamey Johnson. Im from Central PA so Im no country boy, but its my preferred genre.

DISCUSSION (36)

mcseanerson > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:15

Modern country sucks so bad. There are a few exceptions. I like Merle, Conway, Hank, and Johnnie.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:15

Kansas here, and the answer to your question is HELL YES

Trunk Impaired 318 > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:16

Yes. And central PA is pretty country…….well very country

Scary__goongala! > Trunk Impaired 318
08/18/2014 at 22:17

used to be nothing but farmers...tis a little more built up now thank god.

Scary__goongala! > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen
08/18/2014 at 22:18

awee yissss.nothing like late night driving with the top down listening to the good old stuff

Trunk Impaired 318 > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:20

I mean outside of Harrisburg there isn't anything really even close to a city in central PA (no State College doesn't count)

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:20

Or rowing your own in a manual diesel wagon?

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:21

I tend to like older country (Read: Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, C.W. McCall, etc...) better than modern redneck pop.

However, what I have some real love for (other than my usual rock, J-Pop and metal) is bluegrass.

Scary__goongala! > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen
08/18/2014 at 22:22

well I have a W123 300TD, but its not a manual and not a wagon:(. But still so nice to late night cruise in. The Miata has took that role though.

Scary__goongala! > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
08/18/2014 at 22:23

Yup new stuff is fun to listen to. But the old stuff can never be outclassed, it is so much better to relax to. I do need to download some old Willie.

Scary__goongala! > Trunk Impaired 318
08/18/2014 at 22:26

Right you are. I would never count State College as a major city. The circle jerk a lot of PA has for PSU is annoying. And Harrisburg is not fun enough to risk getting shot.

Trunk Impaired 318 > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:28

I only brought it up because people from State College like to think of it as a legitimate city. Ummmm no.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:30

Being from Alabama and having lived in West/Central Pa., y'all are just as country as we are. Also, country rules all and Jamey Johnson kicks ass.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:31

I used to go to baseball camps in PA and everytime SC was on they'd freak out about PSU. I'm just Syracuse! Also this was about the time the child molesting stuff was revealed too.

mcseanerson > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
08/18/2014 at 22:32

My local NPR is Cincinatti and I don't think they know any other music besides bluegrass and blues. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

blacktruck18 > mcseanerson
08/18/2014 at 22:32

Some not much though. Also, good modern country,Shooter Jenning.

Scary__goongala! > Trunk Impaired 318
08/18/2014 at 22:32

lol yeah. Its not a "city", just another town that wouldn't be anything without the college. WVU is kinda like that to.But I don't think people consider it a city

Scary__goongala! > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
08/18/2014 at 22:34

Well thanks for the hat tip haha. Still pissed at a friend for backing out of a JJ concert at the last minute.

Scary__goongala! > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
08/18/2014 at 22:36

Yup to some peeps its a religion. Terrible thing the molestation stuff though. It really shocked PA.

Scary__goongala! > mcseanerson
08/18/2014 at 22:39

modern country is so "pop" based.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:39

I think it shocked the entire College Football world. It was terrible.

Scary__goongala! > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
08/18/2014 at 22:41

I was at Basic training for most of the ordeal so I heard about it from my Drill Sergeant. And he was from PA.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:46

That's not as bad as completely not knowing about a Jamey Johnson/Merle Haggard concert, 30 minutes away, finding out about it the next day. I am still sad about that 3 years later.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:47

I think it actually broke when I was at camp that year and it was all people were talking about. Or it was before I was there.

Stupidru > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:47

Love me some country. I saw Josh Thompson and Justin Moore this summer. Fun fact, I live in a small town where one country star grew up

mcseanerson > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:48

There are a few modern artists I like but I wouldn't even put it in the same category as classic country. As for modern artists I like Brad Paisley and Toby Keith, as well as one artist I had no idea how many of his songs I liked, Rodney Atkins.

Scary__goongala! > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
08/18/2014 at 22:48

Jamey Johnson played in WV the 16th and is playing the 22nd. Can't make it because school.:(

Scary__goongala! > mcseanerson
08/18/2014 at 22:50

like Paisley and some Keith as well. Still not quite the same though. I do need to listen the really old stuff and see how I like that.

Scary__goongala! > Stupidru
08/18/2014 at 22:51

who who?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:54

That sucks. I still haven't seen him and I want to, but now I live in NW Florida and the concerts are the white trash equivalent of the Gathering of the Juggalos. So I try to avoid them.

mcseanerson > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 22:59

Agreed, it's good but I don't say I'm going to listen to country music and turn on one of them. If I'm listening to country music my preferred option is radio but living in a small town in southern Ohio we only have new country stations. I have to get closer to Columbus to listen to old country on the radio. Ironic, isn't it?

Scary__goongala! > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
08/18/2014 at 22:59

haha Juggalos. I need to see him and Sunny Ledfurd.

Scary__goongala! > mcseanerson
08/18/2014 at 23:01

So far I haven't found a station back in central PA that plays old country. Weird as well I think.

Stupidru > Scary__goongala!
08/18/2014 at 23:17

Josh Thompson.

BJohnson11 > Scary__goongala!
08/19/2014 at 00:52

Dierks is great. Great performer live too (saw him at the Ventura country fair a few years back). As others have echoed, most modern country is pretty garbage, but there is good stuff. Old Luke Bryan, Josh Thompson, Justin Moore, Brad Paisley, Lee Brice (for the most part). A lot of Jake Owen's older stuff is really good. Also, Keith Urban back in his drug/alcohol days (albums like Golden Road and Be Here) are great.

StingrayJake > Scary__goongala!
08/19/2014 at 01:32

The wife does... I tolerate it when she's in the car. Ironically I grew up on a farm, she grew up in the city.