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Originally posted by Adam10:
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Originally posted by thirsty man:
I think leaving Garth Brooks out of the discussion is a mistake. He brought much of country mainstream. He also killed the "country" sound that many old school country fans miss. He is in semi-retirement. He announced on October 28 that he was going to do a tribute show in Nashville after the flood in 2010 to raise money for the flood victims. He sold out immediately. He then decided to add 8 dates which also sold out almost immediately. He raised millions for flooded out people in Nashville. He is also doing a "stripped down" verison of his act in Vegas off and on. Remember he was one of the first country acts to treat the show as a show and not just a guy in front of a microphone.
On that same note, Johnny Cash was tailing off at the begining of the 25 year period (still sold out shows all over the US) and then he hooked up with Rubin and suddenly he was a top act again. Probably not in the top 2-5, but in the top 10.
Alan Jackson also shot to the top during his time and included many cross over hits... Although his shows are more of a return to guy with a guitar in front of a mic. Probably not in the top 5...
I guess I need a better understanding of the parameters. Both Garth and Cash crossed genre lines, no offense to U2, REM and others mentioned, but they weren't dragging country fans, punk fans, etc to their concerts....
Green day also hit the scene in the early 90s and puts on a great show and I have really enjoyed their albums.
Finally, Jimmy Buffet has continued to sell out shows whereever he goes and people continue to wear those stupid parrot hats (and i like his music).
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Again, it's Q magazine.
So are we forumites all collectively ignorant for not recognizing the stadium-packing power of Paul Oakenfold?
While it's understandable that a music/entertainment mag directed toward a UK market would ignore country music (or country crossover), my impression was that the purpose of this thread was not to take issue with Q's judgment specifically, but to open the topic up for discussion at large.
And this is not a UK-focused music board, it's an English-language wine board for crying out loud. So it's implicit that as we're discussing the greatest pop/rock act of the past 25 years, we're ignoring Mandarin or Spanish-language superstars... but I don't see why we can't be discussing Garth Brooks, even if he never got much Limey love.
And before you make any noise about how Brooks' language isn't really "English", remember that the vast majority of Anglophones worldwide will never understand a word out of Dizzee Rascal or M.I.A.'s mouth, either.
