Country
And Western Music Is Here To
Stay
Is
Country And Western Music
Cool?
One thing
about country western music, the
lines of attraction and
preference are clearly divided:
people can tell you (and will
tell you) they either love it or
hate it.
Small word
wars are waged across the miles
over different types of music.
Tears are shed (for, against, and
because of) this classic art.
Let's face
it. Everyone has their opinion
when it comes to types of music.
We start forming likes and
dislikes from a very early age.
Some of our musical preferences
are formed based on our own
experiences and others we form
based on what we hear from the
people around us.
What
Type Music Did Your Mama Listen
To?
Children
readily pick up what the adults
around them are saying. This is
why most family members belong to
the same political party and
practice the same religion; it is
what they grew up with. A great
deal of what we value comes from
what we were exposed to as
children.
At times we
find that we change our opinion
on something once we have
experienced it for ourselves
because the opinion was based on
what we were taught rather than
from personal experience.
A Quiet
Man
In the
family I grew up in my father
liked to have things quiet. He
worked very hard at his job and
running a farm so when he sat
down for the evening he did not
like a great deal of noise or
activity going on around him. We
could play the TV low or he would
put on albums of classical music.
It was the
only music he would listen to. If
we had the radio on and country
western music or rock and roll
would come on he would tell us to
turn it off.
He Did
Not Get The Allure Of Country
Western Music
My dad
simply did not understand rock
and roll and he thought country
western music was not up to par.
I was exposed to rock and roll
through my friends, radio and
dances and like it. I did not
listen to country western music
at all.
I grew up
learning my Dad's likes and
dislikes, including his musical
preference. Then I started a
dating a young man in college
that listened to country western
music all the time. He liked the
beat of the music and the stories
that most of the songs
told.
Country
And Western Music Finally Made A
Hit With Me
I really
liked him so when we started
dating I put up with the music
and tuned it out. We then went to
a large outdoor concert that
featured several of the hottest
country western bands.
From that
point on I was hooked. I found
that I also liked the stories the
songs told and the music was fun
to dance to. At the outdoor
concert event I met several of my
boyfriend’s friends. They
taught me how to line dance to
some of the songs.
There Is
Musical Talent Everywhere But I
Still Hold A Special Place For
Country Western Music
After
college I moved to another city
and so I lost touch with my
boyfriend. Eventually I married
my present husband and we are
raising our family. I still
listen to all kinds of music, but
every time I hear country western
music I think back to that
concert and how I came to
appreciate it.
Teach
Your Children Well
I try to
let my children experience many
different things growing up and
try not to influence their
opinions. Do you?
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