I need help with my son's problem
 

Lately my oldest son (19) has begun listening to country music.
Just socially in the beginning, & he said he could stop any time he wanted to, but now it's every day - in the house - in his car.
Today when he was at work, i went into his room to put his laundry on his bed, and on his night stand i found a Trace Adkins & George Strait CD.
This is becoming a big problem & could effect his future.
I am thinking maybe i should call the family together for an intervention.
Has anybody ever had to deal with this? What am i to do?
Help....please
for the family unity...before he corrupts his little brother

Doesn't everyone in "Fresneck" listen to Country?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOljrOTD6EI

He's doing it for the tail. The country singer are HAAAWWWTTTT....

I mean, obscenely hawt. He's...enjoying...himself with those CD cases.

I'm so, so sorry. To see such a wonderful you life....derailed by the horrors of Country.

Its so hard to deal with as a family. My sister promised us she was clean, but one day I walked into her bedroom, and caught her with headphones on. She scrambled to turn the music off, but it was too late. I can still remember the sounds of 'Redneck Woman' echoing through the house. It was a tough day......

You shouldn't fight it, but embrace it to absurdity; this is your only hope.

Does he have any Beatles, Stones, Creedence, Zeppelin, Who, Hendrix, J. Geils, Doors, ZZTop, etc. in his collection?



If he does, don't sweat it... he'll be back... he's just working through something. Might take several years, but he'll be back.

The FEMALE country singers!! The chicks! The wimmins!!


You rotten cruel people would claim I meant men if I didn't make that clear :rolleyes:

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Sorry to hear about your problem. I have similar issues with my 18 YO daughter but with her it's Hip Hop and Rap. I'd rather she listen to country. At least my 16 YO has good taste. He's even started buying classic vinyl. Brought home BTO and Grateful Dead albums the other day.

Country is so popular even in Seattle. We were going over radio ratings at work the other day, making some decisions about placing ad spots. The local NPR station and local country station swap 1 and 2 in every time slot, in SEATTLE. Birthplace of grunge, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Hendrix.

I'm so sorry for your loss...

Take consolation in this: It could be worse - he could want to be a whigger rap star.

Listen a while...you'll soon discover that today's country is a lot like late 50's rock...I've heard cover songs from that era. What goes around, comes around, I guess.

"My dog died, my truck is a wreck, my wife left me."

"My wife died, my dog is a wreck, my truck left me."

"My truck died, my wife is a wreck, my dog left me."


There, I think I covered 90% of all country music lyrics. :D

There is a book that may help...

Q: What do you get when you play Country music backwards?
A: You get your dog back, your wife back and your truck back.

Q: What do you get when you play Rap music backwards?
A: Rap music...

If you love your son you must intervene now, before he gets into mainlining Western! This is NOT just a phase and he can't quit by himself. The lyrics are just too addictive (and comprehensible, not like the Springsteen we pretended to sing along with). Ya, I know it starts innocently enough with bands like the Eagles and Blue Rodeo, but the next thing you know he's mumbling lines like 'Ma wife ran away with ma best friend... Lord Ah sho do miss him'. If his so-called friends turn him onto Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard he's lost to you. I suggest massive doses of AC/DC and ZZ Top to start (tough love) and wean him down eventually to Greenday or REM when he cleans up a bit. Maybe Gene Simmons is available for a celebrity intervention?
Best of luck to you and your family.

The funny thing is that a lot of country music is mixed/mastered better than the rest of the stuff out there. Must be something about those Nashville studios/engineers...

Sell the dodge and buy a land rover- I don't think they can play country music.


Or like what kstarnes said. Maybe if you listen to it too he will think it is uncool and just stop?

I thought they mostly listened to Tejano Music there

I like most music, even country, try some Chet Atkins, that boy could play.

You forgot one thing about playing the country song backwards

momma gets out of prison

I grew up on country music. Started with Glen Campbell, John Denver, Olivia N-John, and now S. Twain, and I love Bad Boy Toby Keith!

I like rap also.

Let him be.



What did they use to ask?........."Why is there country music? Answer: If there wasn't, there won't be misery.....!!!!!"

Well I was drunk...the day my Mom....got out of prison....

and I went...to pick her up ....in the rain.....

I was once addicted, I have occasional relapses induced by alcohol.

what i don't know might not hurt you
if i stay dumb, and no one tells
but if i find out you been cheatin'
what i don't know might get you killed

dwight yaokam


a few years back i got stuck sharing an office with the self described "worlds biggest prince fan". i finally broke him by alternating fred eaglesmith, chris knight, and neco case.

country music kicks ass.

True story:

The late great jazz drummer, Buddy Rich, was on his death bed. Barely awake, his nurse heard him groan lightly. She approached him and said:

"Mr. Rich, please...tell me what it is that pains you so much."

He opened his weak eyes, looked up at her and said. . . ."country music".

Ha Ha, just be glad he isn't into rap. In the farming/rural communities of Ohio, country music is very popular, but so is most other music. I guess it must have influenced my younger brother subconciously growing up in Ohio. He never cared for country music as a kid, yet several years after he moved to California where he played sax in a jazz band, he and some others started a country band (MerchantsofMoonshine.com). They keep busy and suprisingly have established quite a following out there.

I personally have a wide range of music that I like..... My car radio presets include classical, classic rock, oldies and country. ;)

Tied with Achy Breaky Heart for worst country song ever

Im an indian outlaw
Half cherokee and choctaw
My baby shes a chippewa
Shes one of a kind

All my friends call me bear claw
The village cheaftin is my paw-paw
He gets his orders from my maw-maw
She makes him walk the line

You can find me in my wigwam
Ill be beatin on my tom-tom
Pull out the pipe and smoke you some
Hey and pass it around

cause Im an indian outlaw
Half cherokee and choctaw
My baby shes a chippewa
Shes one of a kind

I aint lookin for trouble
We can ride my pony double
Make your little heart bubble
Lord like a glass of wine

I remember the medicine man
He caught runnin water in my hands
Drug me around by my headband
Said I wasnt her kind

cause Im an indian outlaw
Half cherokee and choctaw
My baby shes a chippewa
Shes one of a kind

I can kill a deer or buffalo
With just my arrow and my hickory bow
From a hundred yards dont you know
I do it all the time

They all gather round my teepee
Late at night tryin to catch a peek at me
In nothin but my buffalo briefs
I got em standin in line

cause Im an indian outlaw
Half cherokee and choctaw
My baby shes a chippewa
Shes one of a kind

Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live
So proud to die

Whats so bad about Country Music?

I used to make all the same jokes as everyone else in this thread about it. 3 years ago when we bought our house in the Smoky Mountains all we could get on the radio was a local Country station, I put it on more for the noise than anything while working on the house.

Go figure, as I listened more and more I began to like it, the songs, almost 98% of them are not filthy like Rap where they are bragging about screwing "Ho's" or blowing loads on chicks backs and pulling a sheet over it and calling it a "Superman" <-- yeah next time your kid yells out Superman in a rap song, that is what they are talking about. I do not have to listen to the cry baby the world hates me emo music that is called rock.

I actually turn it on now even on my Sirius and I actually enjoy it.

Ive been a rocker my whole life. Grew up on classic rock. Was a long haired leather and spandex wearing metal head back in the 80's.. Love rock and always will!

But........... now a good portion of my music library is country. I love it now. Pretty much what I listen to most of the time. Theres alot of talented artists out there.
(who actually play thier own music and instruments).

Like others have said. At least he aint listening to hip hop and gangster rap shyte.

Just remember you can't spell "crap" without "rap".

You do laundry?

I'd rather listen to fingernails on a chalkboard than country music. You have my deepest sympathy.

+1 - I'd be more concerned that my 19 y/o is still living at home and allows mommy/daddy to do his laundry.

All I have to say is this:

Listen to Alison Krauss--especially the albums with Union Station (although the new one with Robert Plant isn't so bad either). She has the voice of an angel. (She did most of the vocals on the "O Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack.) She also plays fiddle. She is the single most talented woman in the music industry--bar none.

Oh, and she's pretty hot too--but not a manufactured hot. She just has a natural beauty and familiarity about her. I think her talent and intelligence make her hotter. She's also a local girl (from Decatur, Illinois).

Considering the crap that passes for popular music these days, country isn't looking so bad. At least the women don't look trashy and cheap.

Just be greatful that his pants still cover his ass.:D

Have you checked his closet to see if he has a pair of those boots?

And really really big belt buckle?

I hear those belt buckles can cause curvature of the spine!



Can't believe some of you are taking this thread seriously... Todd was right... what a bunch of poopy heads!

modern pop country music is pure crap. Predictable and formulaic retardation for your ears.

Buy him the Gram Parsons anthology, some Uncle Tupelo, Olds 97s, first 2 Wilco albums, a few Lucinda Williams rekkids etc and see if you can't get him on the right track.

Then get him some Louvin Brothers, Kitty Welles, Cash, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Buck Owens etc.

I despise commercial 'country'. The arrangements sound like kenny loggins circa 1984 with an affected twang and lyrical pablum involving the usual 'safe' subjects. Die!

I don't do his wash, i just wanted it out of the dryer so i could do mine.

He is a full time college student & works 30 hours a week & coaches the O-line for the High school football team.

He really is a great kid & have never had any problems with him.

He can live at home while he is a student, but if that country music keeps eminating from his room, then we are going to have issues

He still wears skater shoes & that "Ecko" crap, but i do have some more respect for Ecko since he branded Barry Bonds' home run ball - but thats another post altogether

& yes, too many people are taking this TOO seriously - sorry if i upset any rednecks here

I'm sure you're just having a little fun with this... as are we. :D



If you're serious, lemme just say one thing; pick your battles, dude... this ain't a hill you want to die on.



I'm sure you already know that... seems from what you say he is turning out great and you and your wife are great parents.

Buy that boy a ticket to the next Toby Keith concert in the vicinity. LOL

LOL Dan. You must be a music critic cause the film critics say the same sort of things about really entertaining movies ;) 99% of the population just want a catchy tune with some catchy lyrics.

I grew up with rock and to this day really can't listen to old country. I just cannot get past the "Hee Haw" sound - it's very disturbing. Newer country has gone more mainstream and I'd rather my kids listen to it than rap. My 11 yr son is into rock (AC-DC, Smashing Pumpkins, etc...) and my 9 yr daughter is all country.

I actually once saw a bumper sticker that said "If it ain't country it ain't *****" Gotta agree with that one.