Hey I actually have mixed up those two before though lol. A lot of the older country kind of blended together.
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Garth Brooks breaks The Beatles record by getting his 7th RIAA Diamond Certification
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Hey I actually have mixed up those two before though lol. A lot of the older country kind of blended together.
Robdraggoo
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His vidyas were good. Almost mj good
RareFantasy64
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Thank you
catapult37
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I can't stand most country, but in 1993 I loved this album (on cassette). Ain't going down til the sun comes up was my jam man.
Check out this album art lol
Check out this album art lol
That's one thing I love about his career, he retired to raise his kids and said he wouldn't be back at least till his youngest finished high school and that's pretty much what he did.
Any Frequency fans? Brooks had the featured song in that movie, "when you come back to me again" Might know him from that.
https://vimeo.com/70311696
https://vimeo.com/70311696
DontBeThatGuy
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He had already made enough money for 20 lifetimes at that point, so not that difficult of a decision really.
Oh yeah. I sat through that video a lot back in the day. (oh, and I hate it)
catapult37
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So the stars align to make me actually want to listen to some Garth Brooks, and he's not on Spotify. Welp
I respect it because even among the richest, it's not a decision you see made often.
How many artists are going to quit in their prime touring years to raise a family, and can then come back over a decade later and still sell out multiple shows in every city?
Country was still county when Garth was around in the 90's, and he's much more country than most anything on radio now.
The 90s were a bad time for graphic design yea 😅
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
catapult37
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Does seem like he represented a pivot point. Maybe it was all the imitators. Personally I started to get irritated when every country song started seeming like a novelty song. All this reminds me I once had a country phase though, huh.
orthodoxy1095
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This seems like a really poor way to downplay Garth's achievement. I mean, you could try to perhaps deconstruct his being in their company based on their influence on music at large (although I think Garth still had a large impact at least on country music that also bled into pop music for better or worse), but I don't think their tenure length makes sense. It's not like his albums were taking forever to Diamond.
1998 - 2006 (8 years)
1990 - 2006 (16 years)
1991 - 1998 (7 years)
1989 - 2006 (17 years)
1997 - 2006 (9 years)
1994 - 1998 (4 years)
2007 - 2016 (9 years)
Bonus shitpost:
1968 - 2001 (33 years)
1973 - 2010 (37 years)
1973 - 2001 (28 years)
1969 - 2001 (32 years)
2001 - 2010 (9 years)
1967 - 1997 (30 years)
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1968 - 2001 (33 years)
1973 - 2010 (37 years)
1973 - 2001 (28 years)
1969 - 2001 (32 years)
2001 - 2010 (9 years)
1967 - 1997 (30 years)
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Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Garth was more end of an era than the end of country. Far, far closer to original country than much since.
ahaha movie theater?
Spiritwalker
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that's cool
i think i've heard his name before
i think i've heard his name before
He only did one single under that, didn't he? And it wasn't that bad. But it was REALLY out of character for him (hah) to just slip into that role without letting anyone know. I'm still wanting him to do a movie about that whole thing.
I saw that shit at Future Shop years ago and I fucking died laughing. That mug on him, holy shit
This persona screams 'It's not about the music.'
Kinda neat that his hair ended up doing the exact opposite of that.
catapult37
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Can't argue with that. A quick google here, and I see several other Garth Brooks songs I'd happily hear again:
The River
Rodeo
Standing outside the fire
what she's doing now
shameless
baton rouge
DontBeThatGuy
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He has a few singles worth remembering, I guess, along with the videos, but no great albums, nothing legendary or that far-reaching in terms of world-wide influences, and he was always kind of corny to be honest, with that Chris Gaines shit popping up to solidify such a fact.
I'm correct, and Garth Brooks ain't shit compared to The Beatles.
(It didn't help I had to hear his music all the time at my house, or at somebody's else. The mom's around here really went overboard with that shit)
Ain't nobody Johnny Cash.
DontBeThatGuy
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Nah, at home, older sisters and my mom would have CMT or some other country music channel running way too damn much. That song/video for Con Air is also seared into my brain.
KefkaPalazzo
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Not a fan of country, but I like a few of his songs.
It's awesome that he's been a longtime supporter of gay rights too, especially given his target demographic, particularly in the 90s.
It's awesome that he's been a longtime supporter of gay rights too, especially given his target demographic, particularly in the 90s.
Angelus Errare
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I have never heard a single Garth Brooks song.
Rhinestone Garth.
I'm from Iowa and have lived in Texas 5 years and I can't either.
Hero_of_the_Day
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I don't get many chances to bitch about The Thunder Rolls. I'm going to take this one and say it's beyond fucking stupid that there isn't a studio version of the complete song. The studio version not having the third verse just completely ruins the song. Every time I hear it, it pisses me off.
orthodoxy1095
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Yeah, Garth is actually listenable. The bass guitar in most of Johnny Cash's songs drives me nuts. It's like mariachi music.
DontBeThatGuy
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co-signed.
Reverend Funk
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Hear that McCartney? Beatles ain't SHIT
abolisher6812
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A few of my favorites are:
That Summer
The Dance
Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
That Summer
The Dance
Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
RareFantasy64
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I've got friends in looooooow plaaaaces!
IrishNinja
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amen
Everyone go buy a copy of Rubber Soul so this hack doesn't keep this position.
If you were wondering the Beatles albums they are:
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967
The Beatles - 1968
Abbey Road - 1969
1962-1966 (compilation) - 1973
1967-1970 (compilation) - 1973
'1' - 2000
If you were wondering the Beatles albums they are:
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967
The Beatles - 1968
Abbey Road - 1969
1962-1966 (compilation) - 1973
1967-1970 (compilation) - 1973
'1' - 2000
That's what an extra 20 to 30 years of advancements in production will do. Doesn't make him more talented.
Waddle Dee
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My brother just went to a GB concert a week ago. Garth Brooks is actually a nice left-leaning guy from what I know. Thunder Rolls is his only song I really know but it's good.
Randomizer
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Revolver, Rubber soul and Let It Be will all get there eventually. He won't keep the record that long.
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