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Hosted by Melton McMaynerbury · music · EN-US · 121 episodes
Have you always thought there was something special about 80s and 90s country music that you've never been able to put your finger on? Why does this music stand out? Well, let's don our cowboy hats, adjust our oversized belt buckles, tease that hair, and see if we can get the bottom of it, by picking apart one song at a time.
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Signup to Generate a PitchNashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music is a music podcast hosted by Melton McMaynerbury, with 121 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.
Melton McMaynerbury hosts Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music, a music show with 121 episodes published.
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Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
We move toward the mid-90s with a song at which I defy you not to smile: Neal McCoy's 1994 hit " Wink ". McCoy's down-to-earth charisma meets its perfect vehicle in this quintessential product of Nashville. But just why do we find this cut so irresistible? And with all those forces in the mix, who's really winking at whom here?
Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
We return to a country music icon by taking on his debut single and (at least for the 90s) his signature song: Toby Keith's " Should've Been a Cowboy ". Keith struck a chord in 1993 with the mid-20th-century western nostalgia that permeates the lyrics, but how does his specific take on this theme depart from some others we've covered that trod similar ground? And how does that take bring some needed nuance to our understanding of Toby Keith the man and persona, before "How Do You Like Me Now"?
Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
We celebrate our freedom by revisiting a song, dance, and mullet that exploded onto the country music scene like none has before or since: Billy Ray Cyrus's unforgetable 1992 smash " Achy Breaky Heart ". This one falls into the "Where were you when...?" category, but what exactly is there instrinsic in this song that made us all collectively stand up and start line dancing seemingly overnight? And is it okay to want to again?
Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
Our first selection from a standout year takes us to another standout voice from the early 90s: this time it's 1992 CMA Horizon Award winner Suzy Bogguss, with her 1992 hit " Aces ". Melton makes no bones about his deep appreciation for this piece of music, but how do Bogguss's singing and her and Jimmy Bowen's production give appropriate life to Cheryl Wheeler's composition about the precise tipping point of a failing relationship?
Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
<p>It's vintage Lorrie Morgan in her 1991 hit: "We Both Walk". This is a song that sounds "off" for all the best reasons. But how does the unsettling tone combine with Loretta Lynn-style attitude to give us a nuanced perspective on a classic country trope? And what does Tammy Wynette have to do with it?</p>
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