Bebe Rexha in Country Music????
This week Bebe Rexha claimed the technical right of being the first woman ever to break in on the Country Music Top 40 at number 1.
Her new single, "Meant to Be" is a collaboration with Florida Georgia Line. First of all I have so many feelings of FGL being "country". That's why I have broke everything into so many sub genre's of country music in order to justify their place in country and away from what I considered "true" or at least more true country music.
OF course Bebe's claim creates a lot of controversy. Since for starters, she didn't do this on her own solo grounds. It comes from riding on the shirt tails of FGL and their fame and success in the genre. As women in country music fight and push for their own footing they are forced to hand a coveted right and honor over to a pop stars collaboration with a group that country music needs to move on from their crush. (I mean basically they are just pandering).
There are so many other women, dozens and dozens, who better deserved this right but for the most part have been denied due to their fight to be played on country music radio and as they typically are not cross overs, have never been heard of prior to that debut release.
This started off as a list of women and their debut songs that should have cracked that #1 spot, especially before an incident like this. But, unfortunately, that list was getting increasingly out of hand.
I did listen to this song and I have to admit as far as FGL goes (although they aren't half bad if you pretend they aren't country) and Bebe Rexha it's a decent enough song. And if it wasn't country and this top 40 thing wasn't bothering me so much, it may have even made it to an article list of my favorite current non-country songs. But I hold musical grudges.
So, instead of sharing those links please see the below.
The John Denver (who I love as much as Charlie Rich) 1975
Entertainer of the Year Incident. Charlie didn't like cross-over
stars.
Her new single, "Meant to Be" is a collaboration with Florida Georgia Line. First of all I have so many feelings of FGL being "country". That's why I have broke everything into so many sub genre's of country music in order to justify their place in country and away from what I considered "true" or at least more true country music.
OF course Bebe's claim creates a lot of controversy. Since for starters, she didn't do this on her own solo grounds. It comes from riding on the shirt tails of FGL and their fame and success in the genre. As women in country music fight and push for their own footing they are forced to hand a coveted right and honor over to a pop stars collaboration with a group that country music needs to move on from their crush. (I mean basically they are just pandering).
There are so many other women, dozens and dozens, who better deserved this right but for the most part have been denied due to their fight to be played on country music radio and as they typically are not cross overs, have never been heard of prior to that debut release.
This started off as a list of women and their debut songs that should have cracked that #1 spot, especially before an incident like this. But, unfortunately, that list was getting increasingly out of hand.
I did listen to this song and I have to admit as far as FGL goes (although they aren't half bad if you pretend they aren't country) and Bebe Rexha it's a decent enough song. And if it wasn't country and this top 40 thing wasn't bothering me so much, it may have even made it to an article list of my favorite current non-country songs. But I hold musical grudges.
So, instead of sharing those links please see the below.
What I call the Pandering Song by Bo Burnham
The John Denver (who I love as much as Charlie Rich) 1975
Entertainer of the Year Incident. Charlie didn't like cross-over
stars.
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