So how is this different from any other year?

Uhh, Johnny Cash would knock you out for suggesting such a thing-Country music has devolved from quaint cliche to flavor-of-the-weak artless poop maybe??

Here is one possible antidote. Not saying it is better...

http://videosift.com/video/country-rap-lets-hear-some-moonshine-bandits-outlawz

But you would agree this includes everything, far from just country--movies, news, ALL music groups, books, etc.

What sells is used until all that made it special is drained and nothing remains.

Hey @ant, if you apply this to EVERYTHING I will upvote. Are you man enough! Or ant enough! Or woman...i'm not sure...but I am drunk...!

Skim milk masquerades as cream...

Upvoted!

The actual problem is that we CALL this country music. This is twangy, crappy pop music. Johnny sang country, this is Brittany Spears with a steel guitar thrown in.

love how people think Country music is somehow more wholesome than other music when it's just like other music genres.

pussy and consumerism.

but then again, I did just describe America there.

Agreed-Country music sinks deeper into the artless-talent-free abyss with each passing year-

Country Songs Are All The Same - Proof has been added as a related post - related requested by xxovercastxx on that post.