# Name one thing more cringeworthy than pop country. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448 "2019-01-26T16:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/41 "2019-01-27T06:31:07Z")
Thing one: music your parents like Thing two: music your kids like ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/42 "2019-01-27T06:35:32Z")
Songs with a spoken-word heartfelt love poem in the middle. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/43 "2019-01-27T07:02:26Z")
Here are twelve things courtesy Mr. Harvey Sid Fisher: https://www.youtube.com/embed/cy3LcfkYHV4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL_KNeFAVG3J-b0KWdosYYxVlyowd4Ejcc Listen and cringe… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/44 "2019-01-27T14:57:11Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Here are twelve things courtesy Mr. Harvey Sid Fisher: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3LcfkYHV4&list=PL\_KNeFAVG3J-b0KWdosYYxVlyowd4Ejcc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3LcfkYHV4&list=PL_KNeFAVG3J-b0KWdosYYxVlyowd4Ejcc) > > Listen and cringe… I liked the dancer. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/45 "2019-01-27T15:33:53Z")
[Country Glurge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoTLwrm9QE). (_Teddy Bear_, by Red Sovine.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/46 "2019-01-27T16:01:17Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Grocery store music, drives me batty. Every time I go in this one store it has timed up to 50s pop songs. Every. Stinkin’. Time. If I go my whole life and never hear ‘Do-do Ron-ron’ again it’ll be too soon. > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > - > > Da Doo Ron Ron\* is from 1963. Technically true, but since the real line of demarcation between Fifties music and Sixties music is the British invasion, it’s still Fifties in every way that counts. Sorry, **Beckdawrek** , about the grocery stores where you live. Around here, you really never know what era you’re gonna hear - including the present era. I’ll typically hear more music from the past 5 years in a grocery store than music from before 1970. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/47 "2019-01-27T21:14:50Z")
WaifPop ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/48 "2019-01-27T22:50:40Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > HOLY fuck! This is the winner so far. My IQ dropped quite a bit watching a minute of that video. Nope, I think I have it beat. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/P8d42r3JlbU/maxresdefault.jpg "J STAXX - MY HOVERBOARD (OFFICIAL VIDEO WARNING 18+)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8d42r3JlbU) It’s kind of raunchy, although there is no nudity, so be warned. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/49 "2019-01-28T01:29:01Z")
Autotune. But worse than that is pop country with autotune. Double bonus points of they use a snap track or clap track for the rhythm. Who am I kidding? The worst thing ever are the rap stylings of Toronto’s own [Chuggo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PMGjn_d130). He’s like Mr. Jiggly-Puff, except with F-bombs and he takes himself completely seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/50 "2019-01-28T02:18:03Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Nope, I think I have it beat. > > [https://youtu.be/P8d42r3JlbU](https://youtu.be/P8d42r3JlbU) > > It’s kind of raunchy, although there is no nudity, so be warned. Yeah, that’s… that’s… that’s… Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/51 "2019-01-28T08:12:02Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Edumacate me: What (or who) counts as “pop country”? “Southern Nights”? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7wOUFo4Lwf8/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGQBYAC4AOKAgwIABABGEkgRyhZMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBoPzi3v9wiwXJ1sd1SPO6v1BzeLw "Southern Nights - Glen Campbell") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wOUFo4Lwf8) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/52 "2019-01-28T16:01:05Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Nope, I think I have it beat. > > [https://youtu.be/P8d42r3JlbU](https://youtu.be/P8d42r3JlbU) > > It’s kind of raunchy, although there is no nudity, so be warned. Speechless. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/53 "2019-01-28T19:08:21Z")
Oh, great. About to go to the gym to treadmill and now the whole time I’ll have “huvvaboad huvvaboad huvvaboad” going through my head. Maybe I’ll plug in my headphones to listen to Fox News instead. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/54 "2019-01-28T23:29:46Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Any examples you can share? > > Difficulty: No googling, and it has to actually be gangsta rap. Obviously you’ll have examples to hand. > > Here’s one > > Geto Boys: [Die Motherfuckers (Still)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX-7BlRc_a0) > > (Great tune, btw) I noticed that you didn’t make the same request of others. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/55 "2019-01-29T03:16:58Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Christian rock. That’s a worthy contender, but the real answer is what I (politely) refer to as CCC. Contemporary Christian Crap. It’s that stuff on radio stations that are programmed by the likes of K-love ([http://www.klove.com/](http://www.klove.com/)). It’s not rock, it’s more like sappy, easy-listening, praise _stuff_. Most of the newly formed, contemporary christian churches are awash in this drivel, too. Ugggghhhhhh. Sure, it may have a positive, uplifting message (for some), but the amount of musical muscle on these songs can only be measured in picograms. \*Edited to add a _warning_ to only click the player button at the K-love link if you want to have a pop-under player load and start playing shitty music. I was able to shut it off by closing my browser, but closing the tab did butkiss. Probably safe for work, though. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/56 "2019-01-29T03:35:51Z")
Screeching voices and screeching guitars WTF? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/If9VmBlp82c/hqdefault.jpg "BLOODSPOT - Volcanos [Brutal Death Metal | Thrash Metal]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9VmBlp82c) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/57 "2019-01-29T04:03:16Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > You mean I am the first to mention [new-age music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni)? While I don’t care for Yanni, I’d argue that new-age music isn’t inherently bad. I actually like _Hearts of Space_, for instance, although I almost always forget to listen to it and the lack of a free podcast doesn’t help. (Not to mention that the website, [hos.com](http://hos.com), is somewhat unfortunate.) Much like various modern composers (Philip Glass and other minimalists, for example) which may sound odd, the good stuff is actually grounded in music theory and experimentation with what music actually is. I don’t have the knowledge of music theory I need to explain it by any means, but it’s still the difference between good and bad. Now, I’d agree that it’s very easy to make something bad in those genres, but that’s because it requires actually understanding what you’re subverting first to do it well. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/58 "2019-01-29T05:04:46Z")
[quote=“SigMan, post:56, topic:828448”] Screeching voices and screeching guitars WTF? [/QUOTE] The problem there is that Bloodspot is kind of lame as bands like that go… ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/59 "2019-01-29T08:09:17Z")
[Is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arZZw8NyPq8) [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mKKc2F0GbQ) [a](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uua3T4J4JxQ) [challenge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCji0EJX9Jo)? [Really](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EURXPWkKlmk)? And I’ve been moderate 😛 I mean, any of those is fuckin’ Mozart when you put it next to a Muzak version of “Last Christmas” (and I don’t even like the original). ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448/60 "2019-01-29T10:23:36Z")
Nava, I’ll see your TV cringepop and raise you [a herd of depressed elephants failing to mate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJ6anurfuw). At least I think that’s what’s going on here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-thing-more-cringeworthy-than-pop-country/828448.md?page=4)