Country?

[no yu begin wher i end]

I don't mind country all that much. Like any genre it's great when done well, and can be a great means for dark storytelling, which we all know Matthew is capable of. If he were to do a country album, that's what I think it would be like.

[Maverick]

doesn't sound like country in the latest video.

 

probably going to be acoustic based alternative......... gotta luv it... MG all the way

[Guest jsunC]

Yeh i agree with that, it will likely be an acoustic based alternative.. which i guess may be defined as alt-country.. Oh well, im sure its something we'll all love anyway..

[ericf]

Empty Road is possibly his finest song ever; if it's more like that, God bless him. Also, stuff like hopeless...that just rocks. I can't think of a Matt Good song I don't like...so whatever he does, I'm not worried, he's great at it.

 

Also, rock is a fusion of rhythm and blues and country. Originally black artists did it, and it was called "race music" by redneck music execs. Then Elvis and Buddy Holly did it, and radio played it, and they couldn't call it race music any more, so they called it "rock and roll", which came from a "black" slang term for sex...kind of a hilarious fuck you to the music establishment. For more information, consult your local library.

Edited December 22, 2004 by ericf

[jeenyus]

I would agree that the country sampling Matt did on WLRRR is most likely as deep as he'll go on that front. Hopefully. Don't get me wrong Matt could put out an album of nursury rhymes and I would buy it. But I just don't like country. Even though he has the ability to make it sound pretty damn good!

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

I like the idea of a country album but look where Nashvilles help got Johnny Cash. Nowhere is where it got him.

[ecnarf]

Didn't he also say he wanted to travel to 12 cities, write a song there, record it in a hotel room, then spend a week in Jerusalem and record a whole album there, and then release it as a double-CD?

 

I mean, not that I'm against it, but...