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Friday, November 13, 2009
Have Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood hijacked traditional country music?
Country music legend George Jones says singers like Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood have stolen the identity of traditional country music. Do you agree?
JULIE KING, Englewood: “No. I’m just a music rebel, and I like a lot of genres. For me, there’s room for traditional country music, but this is a whole new sound, and I really love it.”
NATALIE BOOMERSHINE, Dayton: “Yes. They’ve made it too contemporary, too mainstream. It’s starting to blend in with music like pop and rap. That’s why it’s called country — it’s from the heart and more about telling the story.”
THONG VONGSY, Miamisburg: “In some ways I do, but Taylor and Carrie are more pop country. George, he’s more of an old-timer to me. It’s still country, you know?”
LORI PORTER, Miami Twp.: “No, I don’t think so. If people like the traditional country singer, they can still find solo singers who do that. (Swift and Underwood) are definitely more pop country than traditional.”
GARY NOLLEY, Franklin Twp., Warren County: “No. I think they’re good.”
ERIK STEFFEN, Miamisburg: “I’m not an educated party — not enough to answer about country music. However, if you were asking me about Weezer or Nirvana, I’d be happy to answer.”
ELIZABETH SHAHEEN, Miamisburg: “Yeah, I think they’ve made it too poppy. You’ve lost the roots of what true country is.”
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