Hank Willliams III "Pop Country really sucks"

[Deberg_1990]

Ive never heard any of his music. Now im intrigued. Anyone listened and liked his stuff?


NEW YORK – A mixture of yodeling and ear-piercing screams can be heard in the distance as Shelton Hank Williams, more commonly known as Hank Williams III or Hank3, gears up for a four-hour set at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City.

The grandson of the legendary Hank Williams and an artist in his own right with a strong cult following, Williams could easily fill much larger venues, but the singer refuses to charge his fans more than $30 a ticket, opting for more intimate settings.

“I just always played to play,” he told FOX411 before taking the stage. “For someone like me, if I ever had huge success or whatever that is, I would just play smaller venues two to three nights in a row just to keep the intimacy level there and that’s my take on it, but it just depends what you’re going for.”

Donning a cowboy hat, the 41-year-old bears an eerie resemblance to his “Your Cheating Heart”-singing granddaddy. But covered in tattoos and metal chains, Hank3 is not his grandfather and he has worked hard to develop his own sound often referred to as “hellbilly.”

“Each Hank Williams has always had an independent streak,” the country rebel said. “I’ve always known the kind of songs I wanted to sing and play.”

A punk rocker-turned country singer, Williams refused to play the “Nashville game” and after many years fighting his record label in court for stifling his creativity, Hank3 was finally free to pursue his vision: a combination of traditional country music and heavy metal albums.

“It’s really tough – if you’re on a major label and they want you to have a number one song, you need to do what they say,” he said. “I still believe in hope and that a good song will push itself.”

While the “Country Heroes” singer is known for blending punk and metal sounds with country, he says 70 percent of his music “is true to the sound of country music,” he has some harsh words for pop country.

He describes his disdain for today’s popular country music is clear in his song “Dick in Dixie.”

'”The kind of country I hear nowadays is a bunch of f---ing sh-t to me,” he sings. “They say that I'm ill-mannered, that I'm gonna self-destruct, but if you know what I'm thinkin' you'll know that pop country really sucks.”

Williams isn’t opposed to new sounds in country – he just wants the Nashville scene to start accepting different kinds of artists into the fold.

“It seems that pop country has stuck around a long time,” he noted. “We’ve got to be progressing – new sounds have to happen – but it’s not just this [pop] sound and nothing else. It just doesn’t seem [the industry] is giving the underdogs much of a chance.”

Hank3 complained in his song, “we’re losing all the outlaws” that are being replaced by “kids from a manufactured town” that have “no idea about sorrow and woe because they’re all just too busy kissing ass on Music Row.”

What is country music to the man who was a country music royalty before he learned to sing a note?

“To me, country music is emotions, certain harmonies,” he said when asked to describe what country music is to him. “But it’s all in the emotions – a lot of good times, a lot of hard times.”

He said there are very few artists singing “true” country music today, but Hank3 is uncertain what’s in store for the genre that is his family’s legacy.

“It’s really going to be interesting to see what’s going to happen with the future of country music.”

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[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by excessive

And I went to pick her up in the rain

But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck,



By the way this stanza is from one of only like 10 good country songs ever.


Johnny Cash doesn't count as he has his own type of music that is bad ass

[confused]

Hank Sr. is one of the most overrated artists of all time "Heeeeeey good looking. Whhhhaaaaaaaaaaat chu got cookin'?" Just ****ing terrible.

Hank Jr. isn't as bad, but is still pretty shit. He became progressively worse once he started rewriting his songs for the McCain/Palin campaign.

Hank III is probably the worst of all three. Of course it's all subjective, but his voice is about as pleasant to listen to as the Sandy Hook 911 call.

[excessive]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck,

She got runned over by a damned old train.

[threebag]

Dick In Dixie

Well, some say, I'm not country
And that's just fine with me
'Cause I don't wanna be country
With some pillowbitergot looking over at me

They say that I'm ill-mannered
That I'm gonna self-destruct
But if you know what I'm thinkin'
You'll know that pop country really sucks

So I'm here to put the dick in Dixie
And the **** back in country
'Cause the kind of country, I hear now days
Is a bunch of ****in' shit to me

They say that I'm ill-mannered
that I'm gonna self-destruct
But if you know what I'm thinkin'
You'll know that pop country really sucks

Well, we're losing all the outlaws
That had to stand their ground
And they're being replaced by these kids
From a manufactured town

And they don't have no idea
About sorrow and woe
'Cause they're all just too damn busy
Kissin' ass on Music Row

So I'm here to put the dick in Dixie
And the **** back in country
'Cause the kind of country, I hear nowadays
Is a bunch of ****in' shit to me

And they say that I'm ill-mannered
That I'm gonna self-destruct
But if you know what I'm thinkin'
You'll know that pop country really sucks

And if you know what I'm thinkin'
You'll know that pop country really sucks

[threebag]

Hank3 kicks ass. Has the Williams sound for sure.

[CoMoChief]

He nails it. I always love going back to this youtube video.

My god what a bunch of corporate manufactured crap.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Pablo

You cranking up the Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan in your car PB?

"Truck, YEAH! Party, YEAH! Good ol' time on the backroad, YEAH!"

[PhillyChiefFan]

My sister used to work for Mercury Records and basically said the artists are at the mercy of the labels and therefore sing what they want them to sing. There are about 3 songwriters that write the top 40 stuff and it all sounds the same, but they sell for some reason.

Ingredients for a new country song:
1. Truck and/or tailgate
2. Girl
3. Short shorts
4. Moonshine and/or whiskey
5. Party
6. Riding around in said Truck
7. A goodnight kiss
8. Nelly or Ludacris (optional)
9. Profit

EDIT: Wow. I just watched that video after posting this. Sad how accurate it is.

[kcfanXIII]

Originally Posted by excessive

She got runned over by a damned old train.

And I'll hang around as long as you will let me.
LET ME! LET ME! LET ME!

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

He nails it. I always love going back to this youtube video.

My god what a bunch of corporate manufactured crap.

That is perfect. That's what I hate. When it comes on the radio, I tolerate it as long as possible...but sooner or later, I get a visceral angry reaction to the pointless stupidity that they sing about.

Chewtabacca chewtabacca chewtabacca spee-it...

****ing horrible...

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by confused

Hank Sr. is one of the most overrated artists of all time "Heeeeeey good looking. Whhhhaaaaaaaaaaat chu got cookin'?" Just ****ing terrible.

Hank Jr. isn't as bad, but is still pretty shit. He became progressively worse once he started rewriting his songs for the McCain/Palin campaign.

Hank III is probably the worst of all three. Of course it's all subjective, but his voice is about as pleasant to listen to as the Sandy Hook 911 call.

nailed it.