Shania and music on cable tv

[Terry A. Smith]

Two things:

Watched a bio on Shania on VH-1, and I'll confess some embarrassment at
demonizing the gal -- holding her out as an example of all that's rotten
about commercial country. She seems like a fairly straightforward
working-class girl, who parlayed (to my ears, at least) modest talent into
superstar status. I still don't like her music very much, but if I'm gonna
play the blame game, then it belongs with the usual culprit, the triumph
of marketing over substance, or the other usual culprit, there's no
accounting for taste, mine or yours.

I finally snagged that cable TV music service, where you get 31 different
musical genre selections. I wanted it mainly to have access to "classic
country." But lo and behold, classic country these days isn't what it used
to be (since the word "classic" in terms of music changes over time).
Anyhow, during the half-hour I was listening, the station played such
classics as 80s vintage Oak Ridge Boys, Gary Morris, Ronny McDowell, and
Alabama. So my dreams of a station that only plays Tammy, George, Buck,
Loretta, Merle -- or Hank, Ray, Johnny, and Hank -- went up in smoke. I
switched to the blues station, which was just dandy. -- Terry Smith

Re: Shania and music on cable tv

[David Cantwell]

We have Music Choice here in KC, Terry, and if your set up's the same or
similar, the definition of classic changes throughout the day. I tend to
listen weekend mornings, if the Batman/Superman Adventures and Batman
Beyond are reruns, and on Sat morns it's pretty much what you describe, but
on Sun's it's your dream station. Of course, even that changes as the hours
pass... --david cantwell

11:43 PM 4/7/99 -0400, you wrote:

I finally snagged that cable TV music service, where you get 31 different
musical genre selections. I wanted it mainly to have access to "classic
country." But lo and behold, classic country these days isn't what it used
to be (since the word "classic" in terms of music changes over time).
Anyhow, during the half-hour I was listening, the station played such
classics as 80s vintage Oak Ridge Boys, Gary Morris, Ronny McDowell, and
Alabama. So my dreams of a station that only plays Tammy, George, Buck,
Loretta, Merle -- or Hank, Ray, Johnny, and Hank -- went up in smoke. I
switched to the blues station, which was just dandy. -- Terry Smith