Here's the thing: I love country music when it's mixed with something else. Pop country = my love. It's my secret music indulgence. Country is just good storytelling ("The Gambler" or "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town," anyone?); add an irresistable pop hook and some slick packaging, and I'm in. I don't mind telling you I love these songs:
--Keith Urban's "You'll Think of Me" (I'm listening to this right now.)
--Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats"
--Rascal Flatts's "What Hurts the Most" (This one feels particularly embarrassing.)
The older I get, the more LCD I am. Sometimes it take a lot of effort to be a hipster above the musical fray. Though I've never been good at that: my love for Counting Crows surely attests to that.
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Listening to cool music is okay until you turn 24. After that, you should be able to see "cool" for what it is: exclusion. Your reward is to enjoy music that you enjoy.
ps: I love that Rascal Flatts song - I never knew it was them. My new favorite in that vein is "If You're Gonna Leave" by Emerson Hart.
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