'Today's Modern Country' - the stuff where they take an old hackneyed phrase like 'It's 5 'Clock Somewhere' and turn it into a hackneyed, cookie cutter song. They churn this stuff out at an alarming rate and it's dreadfully popular, but that doesn't make it any less soul scouring to my ears. Country music has a rich tradition and has always had a pop side, but what they're doing now is just aural insecticide...
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