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90s Country

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Re: 90s Country

Post by stopnswop2 » Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:55 pm

I love that Wynonna Judd song, but the mainatream popularity of pop country songs like this is what killed country music


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Re: 90s Country

Post by Turkeytop » Sat Nov 26, 2022 7:50 pm

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Never been much of a cowboy music fan, but that was one of the better ones.


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Re: 90s Country

Post by Deleted User 15835 » Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:58 pm

Yeah I have always liked Clint Black. Country can be very hit and miss for me, the sappy ballad type stuff, can't stand. The uptempo stuff can be good.

For me, it's kind of artist specific. For example I like a lot of George Strait's music.



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Re: 90s Country

Post by teetoppz28 » Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:18 pm

I'm not a h.u.g.e. 90s country fan, but my wife loves Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes.


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Re: 90s Country

Post by Deleted User 15905 » Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:12 pm

Garth Brooks Rocks! Faith Hill and Shania Twain both gorgeous Ladies.



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Re: 90s Country

Post by ChrisWL1980 » Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:19 pm

Quite a few '90s country songs (mainly the ballads) were pop friendly enough to get played on AC and even CHR stations, even prior to the late '90s Shania/Faith/LeAnn crossover boom. Some of the tunes I remember crossing over, in addition to the Wynonna tune already mentioned and of course "Achy Breaky Heart", include:

Wynonna - She Is His Only Need, Tell Me Why
Alabama - Forever's As Far As I'll Go
Kathy Mattea - Where've You Been
Mary-Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses (also crossed over to Casey's Top 40)
Little Texas - What Might Have Been, My Love
Restless Heart - When She Cries (a Top 10 on Casey's Top 40)
Billy Dean - Somewhere In My Broken Heart
Vince Gill - I Still Believe in You

I remember the Restless Heart, Little Texas and Mary-Chapin singles getting airtime on Q95, as well as a remixed version of "No One Else on Earth." I don't recall them playing Billy Ray, though. That doesn't even count the cover versions of country songs by pop performers a la "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" (originally by John Michael Montgomery, pop hit versions by All-4-One).

There were also a handful of tunes by country performers that were not country hits. Garth released a cover of Kiss's "Hard Luck Woman" which was a Top 30 AC and pop radio hit but only peaked at #67 country. Restless Heart's "Tell Me What You Dream" was hee-yuge at AC radio, moderately successful at pop, but didn't even chart country. And then, of course, there was Tammy Wynette on The KLF's "Justified and Ancient," which gave her a #11 Pop hit at a time when she hadn't had a Top 40 country hit in years.

As far as personal favorites who didn't have crossover success, mine is probably Lorrie Morgan. Although the Christmas album she did with the London Symphony Orchestra gets a little crossover airplay during the holiday season.



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Re: 90s Country

Post by Robert Faygo » Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:43 pm

Glen Campbell in the mid-70s and the Urban Cowboy craze were the roots of the crossover trend. Ronnie Milsap was arguably a better AC artist than he was country. Alabama's "Take Me Down" and Exile's "Kiss You All Over" were big crossover hits that kept country music top of mind.

All of those, plus the Hee Haw Honeys to keep granddad's attention.


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Re: 90s Country

Post by Deleted User 15905 » Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:20 pm

Can’t forget Minnie Pearl.



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Re: 90s Country

Post by Turkeytop » Mon Nov 28, 2022 10:47 pm

Back in 1993, I wa assigned to work for about a month in a small town where the only radio station was a country music station. I listened to more 90s country during that month than at any time since.


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Re: 90s Country

Post by matt1 » Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:15 am

David Lee Murphy "Dust On The Bottle" great song!!



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Re: 90s Country

Post by Taco » Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:41 am

This is a thread I can totally get behind! I just don't get "today's" country. More often than not the new stuff sounds more poppy.

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Re: 90s Country

Post by teetoppz28 » Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:48 am

Taco wrote:
Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:41 am
This is a thread I can totally get behind! I just don't get "today's" country. More often than not the new stuff sounds more poppy.
It's lovingly referred to as "Bro country" now. I never thought I'd hear autotune in a country song! :barf


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