IMO, there is no such thing as country music... country noise, yes. Along the same lines, much of hard rock does not have singing. Screaming into a mike is not singing.

>I grew up in small towns where the radio stations were by and large country music ones. Having filtered access to rock/pop music meant that I grew to resent country. But there few country songs I like.
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>For instance the Dixie Chicks "Not Ready to Make Nice". I like the song partly because of it is about their confrontation with the country music industry and partly because it is rock cross-over song. Maybe also because I'm getting older.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR1l95sLroQ
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>Their interpretation of Fleetwood Mac's Landslide is great
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81CdcDHn88M

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