Talking ’bout my country generation

REPOST! REPOST! The generational breakdowns that the media has created are very arbitrary — Silent Generation, Boomers, Gen-X, Millennials, Gen-Z. These divisions only fit a certain segment of liberals, while leaving out much of America. The goal of this post is to rewrite the American generations, using popular tastes in country music as the defining…

Talking ’bout my country generation

The generational breakdowns that the media has created are very arbitrary — Silent Generation, Boomers, Gen-X, Millennials, Gen-Z. These divisions only fit a certain segment of liberals, while leaving out much of America. The goal of this post is to rewrite the American generations, using popular tastes in country music as the defining factor: The…

Bro Country for Young Bros

I was driving from Virginia to North Carolina yesterday, listening to the Y2K Country SiriusXM station. This station plays country music from 2000-2010, which is, in my opinion, the last decade of great country music. Country music has mutated quite a bit over the years, and it’s often hard to classify. It’s a little bit…