Lots of hullabaloo about COWBOY CARTER... me... i give it 6 stars.!!!

cluelusshusbund

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From the album cover to the name of the album an everything in between...
Perfect

Oh... an to be clear... that's 6 stars out of 5.!!!​

The people who put it all together musta worked 48 hours a day :wink:

The nest time awards come around COWBOY CARTER wins 'em all :cool:

How much do you like it.???

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Beyoncé conceived Cowboy Carter as a journey through a reinvention of Americana, spotlighting the overlooked contributions of Black pioneers to American musical and cultural history.
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Are the songs newly written, or from the wealth of Black music and instrument playing styles in the 19th-century and early or first-half of the 20th that actually did contribute to country, folk, gospel, and Western music?

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One of several(?) that Led Zeppelin did a cover for, ripped-off, re-invented, etc. (Whatever descriptive language one wants to use for white lads belatedly making money off of old shellac era recordings.)

Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe

video link --> When the Levee Breaks
 
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DaveC426913 said:
What is it?
A film? A singer? A coffee table book?
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Ha... I guess I emagined that we all live under the same bubbles :redface:

Cowboy Carter is a new album that Beyoncé (a singer) just released.!!!
Below is a Wikipedia link wit some good info about her and Cowboy Carter.!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Carter#Critical_reception

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Are the songs newly written, or from the wealth of Black music and instrument playing styles in the 19th-century and early or first-half of the 20th that actually did contribute to country, folk, gospel, and Western music?
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Its quite the mixture.!!!

"The lengthy list includes Pharrell Williams, Jon Batiste, Nile Rodgers, Raphael Saadiq, Jay-Z, The-Dream, and Ryan Tedder"
"Beyoncé Shares Full Credits for New Album Cowboy Carter"

https://pitchfork.com/news/beyonce-shares-full-credits-for-new-album-cowboy-carter/#:~:text=In addition to the aforementioned,on a handful of tracks.

One of several(?) that Led Zeppelin did a cover for, ripped-off, re-invented, etc. (Whatever descriptive language one wants to use for white lads belatedly making money off of old shellac era recordings.)
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Yes they was just lads... doin ther thang :)
 
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cluelusshusbund said:
Its quite the mixture.!!!

"The lengthy list includes Pharrell Williams, Jon Batiste, Nile Rodgers, Raphael Saadiq, Jay-Z, The-Dream, and Ryan Tedder"
"Beyoncé Shares Full Credits for New Album Cowboy Carter"

https://pitchfork.com/news/beyonce-shares-full-credits-for-new-album-cowboy-carter/#:~:text=In addition to the aforementioned,on a handful of tracks.
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"Cowboy Carter [...] aided an ambitious reimagining of Americana and country through the lens of its Black roots. The album also ignited discussions on Black musicians' place within country music..."​

I still can't make much out as to what any of those sections is doing with respect to "roots" until the one below. Which features some actual Black musician contributions from the deeper past. At age 90, Willie could certainly remember the tail-end of it, though it's unclear what his role was or that he selected anything at all. (Sole clue provided: "Willie Nelson acting as a disc jockey.").

06 Smoke Hour ★ Willie Nelson

[...] Contains excerpts from:

“Laughing Yodel,” written by Charles Anderson
“Grinnin’ in Your Face,” written by Son House
“Down by the Riverside,” written by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
“Maybellene,” written by Chuck Berry
“Don’t Let Go,” written by Jesse Stone

video link --> Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The woman who invented Rock n' Roll
 
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Killjoy said:
It's not a problem. I didn't know what to expect.

This just sounded to me like a lot of money was put into a project that somehow missed the mark - whatever it was supposed to be.
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I hope she reads this forum... cause honest criticism like that can only help her to do better nest time :)
 
cluelusshusbund said:
I hope she reads this forum... cause honest criticism like that can only help her to do better nest time :)
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"Beyoncé has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with “Cowboy Carter,” marking the biggest sales for an album so far in 2024."

Yeah, she could use our advice... :rolleye:
 
cluelusshusbund said:
I hope she reads this forum... cause honest criticism like that can only help her to do better nest time :)
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As evidenced by the note below, which I had intended to point out, my opinion is apparently by far in the minority. I don't really care for anything Beyoncé's produced, though - except maybe that kooky duet with Lady Gaga about something to do with a telephone - so it'd have been a pretty tough sell to make a fan of me with this effort. I'm more into "Olde Tyme whiskey sippin'" country tunes. Probably means I'm in some way a racist, but whatever.

DaveC426913 said:
"Beyoncé has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with “Cowboy Carter,” marking the biggest sales for an album so far in 2024."
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cluelusshusbund said:
All is not lost... why... I thank you might love or hate this ;)

https://www.google.com/search?newwi...ate=ive&vld=cid:702c554a,vid:TaY_6oMJuaI,st:0
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Or this one that actually dates back to 1975, long before Johnny Cash covered it in 1987. Unlike Leon, I'm not sure Guy Clark ever appeared on SNL during the seventies. All of these Travis picking and Chet Atkins alternating bass fingerpicking styles that simulataneously play a melody or melody-like riffs on the treble strings -- that Tommy Emmanuel continues the tradition of -- are descended from (Black) Delta Blues and Country Blues guitarists of the early 20th-century.

video link --> "Let Him Roll" (Guy Clark)
 
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