SeasonOfTheWitch 3,789 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Why do people keep saying this album is country There’s like 3 songs that are substantially influenced by country music (Million Reasons, Sinners Prayer, Grigio Girls)... that’s not even 1/4th of the album. And the fact that she tried to remotely paint this album as heavily country influenced (by making a cowboy hat the iconography of the era) is extra. But I’m honestly really curious as to why the people on here want to count Joanne as a “country” album but not Born This Way as a “rock” album. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Boy 43,495 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Because they don't actually know what country music is. It has country influences but is not a country album. "****ing rat" - @Dynamite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fame 4,192 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I think a lot of people are saying it sarcastically. Other people, I think, are really influenced by the hat, no lie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice bear 1 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 i see more grunge than country '-' i guess you could call it her country era compared to her other albums, but not on its own ice heard one side from above Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamite 58,858 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I hate country music but love Joanne, it isn't country imo Sinner's Prayer has a country vibe and Diamond Heart has 'something' about it but that's about it?? Like a poem said by a neydy in red Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose P 23,341 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 More pop-rock, soft-rock, regular pop with country vibes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno 2,880 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 It's a fusion of 70s piano pop vibes, folky/americana and bar rock influences to create a contemporary pop record. Country is just an easy way for people to generalize the aura she was getting across, thus the pink hat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottie Winters 1,628 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 The album does remind me of a lot of the 90's pop-country crossovers, but I don't know if I would classify it as a country album. I do think there is a country influence in every one of the songs, but pop/rock is the main genre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeasonOfTheWitch 3,789 Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, Inferno said: It's a fusion of 70s piano pop vibes, folky/americana and bar rock influences to create a contemporary pop record. And then there’s Dancin In Circles and a Perfect Illusion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeasonOfTheWitch 3,789 Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, LanaDelGrant said: i see more grunge than country '-' i guess you could call it her coutry era compared to her other albums, but not on its on & i think the sound in born this way is metal not just rock Excuse my ignorance but is mental not a sub genre of rock? If not that’s what I meant, I used rock as a general label. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno 2,880 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Just now, SeasonOfTheWitch said: And then there’s Dancin In Circles and a Perfect Illusion Lol! True was literally gonna say "and then a random semi-latin infused record and whatever perfect illusion is....psychedelic tinged disco pop? Idk lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeasonOfTheWitch 3,789 Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, dynamite said: I hate country music but love Joanne, it isn't country imo Sinner's Prayer has a country vibe and Diamond Heart has 'something' about it but that's about it?? I don’t hear any country influences in Diamond Heart, I think I’d call it stadium pop-rock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Nook 37,807 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Some fans see the pink wide brim hat and immediately think of a yee haw music which is funny considering the genre of the lead single Uh Red Wine... Convict... Gah Gah... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice bear 1 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 26 minutes ago, SeasonOfTheWitch said: Excuse my ignorance but is mental not a sub genre of rock? If not that’s what I meant, I used rock as a general label. yes it is the relationship is kinda like Pop to PC Music, the experimental, loud and exagerated version of the main genre i didn't mean to disagree with you just specify ^^ ice heard one side from above Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKANK 14,288 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Since this subject is discussed all the time I’ll just copy and paste my post from the last time... Gaga cited Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, and her Mother's southern roots as being inspiration for the album. There wasn't a single review of Joanne that didn't mention its country influences. Rolling Stone called it her Shina Twain fantasy. NME said Joanne was Gaga's "lets-get-a-bit-country-road" moment. She enlisted Hillary Lindsey, a song writer who was best known for writing for Little Big Town and Carrie Underwood, to write AYO - a song Rolling Stone called "Country-Pop." Hillary also co-wrote A Million Reasons - a song drenched in the melodrama typical of country music. In the lyrics for the song John Wayne - a song written about the definitive cowboy icon - she sang, "I just love a cow boy...you know hang off the back of your horse...hollerin' over, rubber spinnin'...big swig, toss another beer can." There are many influences when it comes to the music on Joanne, but Country is certainly one of its major defining genres. Which is clear in both the music, and the entire way she chose to present the era visually. It’s not ridiculous for fans to consider Joanne a country album, when she was happy to go full Annie Oakley... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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