{"id":776,"date":"2006-12-21T16:44:42","date_gmt":"2006-12-21T20:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/alec\/12\/21\/middle-americas-soul\/index.html"},"modified":"2006-12-21T16:47:03","modified_gmt":"2006-12-21T20:47:03","slug":"middle-americas-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/word-of-the-day\/12\/21\/middle-americas-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle America’s soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cCool\u201d people think country is hopelessly square. Country singers neither cuss like rappers nor grapple so boldly with \u201cedgy\u201d subjects. \u201cSome messages are clearly not allowable [in country music], like \u2018Fuck tha police\u2019 or \u2018I got 99 problems and a bitch ain’t one\u2019,\u201d writes Chris Willman in his excellent book \u201cRednecks and Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music\u201d. \u201cBut then there are messages that aren’t allowable in any other popular-music genre that flourish here, such as: I wish I’d been there when my mama died. I miss my husband in Iraq. Babies and old people rule. If I die, take care of my kids for me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It tastes like creationism and grits: \u201cCool\u201d people think country is hopelessly square. Country singers neither cuss like rappers nor grapple so boldly with \u201cedgy\u201d subjects. \u201cSome messages are clearly not allowable [in country music], like \u2018Fuck tha police\u2019 or \u2018I got 99 problems and a bitch ain’t one\u2019,\u201d writes Chris Willman in his excellent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMiddle America's soul - Prose Before Hos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It tastes like creationism and grits: \u201cCool\u201d people think country is hopelessly square. 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