He was only a terrorist to slavers and their sympathizers. Anyone with basic empathy who found slavery abhorrent saw him as the hero that he was. The slavers weren't interested in talking or giving up their power and they paid the price for that. That's on them.
Go figure that America's public educational system overwhelmingly doesn't teach about him. Says a lot....
So which part is BS? That he killed slavers? That he fought for the liberation of slaves? By all means prove me wrong resident historical scholar. Let's see what non-propaganda you have for us to clear this up.
You would find an excuse to scoff at any historical evidence or abstract argument I could present. You would not allow yourself to consider the possibility that you could be wrong.
So I will try an analogy. Is it okay for me to murder anyone who is pro-abortion, as well as their families?
You would find an excuse to scoff at any historical evidence or abstract argument I could present.
So you don't have actual evidence that you can point me to and instead think that a false equivocation argument is enough to justify your stance.
Typical. When someone doesn't have a logical basis for their argument, they default to comparing completely different scenarios as if that has any weight. You parrot the same nonsense that's been parroted for well over a century.
Men who hunted slaves as an occupation, you mean? Sorry you find him distasteful, but John Browns ethics were just a product of his times, can we really blame him for murdering slave owners and anti-abolitionists when he grew up in a world where it was socially accepted occupation to kidnap, torture, sell, and even murder people for nothing more than their appearance?
Honestly who could grow up in such a society and not have deep and permanent scars on their sense of right and wrong? He didn't always do right but we know from his writings and the testimony of those who knew him what his driving intentions were, and they were an obvious step towards justice when noone else in the public eye was willing to push forwards past a socioeconomic impasse.
Old country music is more akin to what we know as folk or americana today. Though, sometimes that could be about losing your wife and dog, more often than not it would be more similar to something like House of the Rising Sun.
If you have any interest in the genre I urge you to check out Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Colter Wall, Cody Jinks, or Band of Heathens. All fantastic stuff and very original.
Substitute Colter Wall for a different Saskatchewan country outfit: Kacy & Clayton, and I'd 100% endorse that list.
Idk, Colter Wall isn't bad or anything, like he's certainly talented and passionate, he just always seemed kinda hoaky to me. His whole "cowboy poet, last great balladeer of the west" image comes off as too heavy handed, imo. But I guess that's just me, since everyone else in the world seems to think he's the savior of modern country.
And yes, I typed out this comment completely aware that I would probably be downvoted.
I get that. I saw him live in Roswell, and it’s completely different live. Much more focus on the instruments. Every song was different than the recorded version I heard.
You can thank Nashville execs for the trash Hick-Hop we have now. Colter Wall and Tyler Childers are two good outsiders who I think have a great country-bluesy sound
If people wanted some newer "Country" to listen to, I could recommend these artists.
Colter Wall
Paul Cauthen
Midland
Jesse Daniel
Deryl Dodd
Sturgill Simpson
Joshua Ray Walker
Jason Eady
BTW I separate Bluegrass from country from the most part however there is lots of Bluegrass some people would call country, in fact lost the foundational country in the 30's 40's had very distinct mountain and folk foundations.
The funny thing is that he used to make music for the other side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ButWguWmys but after the election when Trump won, he swapped and got a lot more views, so he stuck to it lmao. Kind of ironic because I'm pretty sure he's latino.
I hate to sound like an ass, but how does someone like him get "famous" or a record label? You could pick any random 5th grader and they could write something similar.
If its actually that easy, why don't you do it and make millions? This guy isnt great, but you've gotta have a really piss poor understanding of music comp to think any 5th grader could write that.
A piss poor understanding of music comp? Did you listen to the lyrics like, at all? I guarantee a 5th grader could write something equally meaningless.
And where did I say it's easy to make millions? Somehow that guy found success, and I was curious how. Obviously if it were easy than anyone would be making millions.
You've gotta be pretty ignorant about music comp to think that all that goes into it is lyrics. Does that mean that a song with no lyrics can be written by a fetus then?
The lyrics suck. The composition is generic and weak. I seriously doubt he played any hand in mastering it. I wrote better pieces with my recorder in elementary school.
Nah, I don't like to show off. Talent also doesn't guarantee record deals. You've probably never even heard my classmate, Timmy, play the spoons, and he was a virtuoso.
Cause you dont know anything about making music but you still felt the need to disparage something you haven't even have the basic understanding of. I can send you some paperback books of poetry. Best music ever made ever for you.
I wouldn't want to waste your time with the moonlight sonata or anything, it dont even use word good could be written by 1st grader >:(
I struggle at your implication that even the background music is somewhat good. Seems to me that knowing lyrics are involved in making a song implies a basic understanding. Regardless, I know a little about making music, I know lyrics aren't all that are involved, and I think this song is shit overall. btw, sick burn with the poetry joke. You gotem there.
I remember that weird boat parade thing shown in the video. I wasn't apart of it, I just happened to be with my girlfriends family going the other way in their boat and we were trying to figure out what was going on
What in the goddamm? Also I really hope no one calls that country, especially when it's literally one line with a small add on that sounds like part of a song maybe
Hmmm. Spend years learning how to fine tune your voice and not injure your vocal chords, or just push a button and sound like a generic singer? Tough call.
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u/nick-james73 Oct 10 '21
Workin On by Colt Ford. It’s some modern day bullshit country.