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Do they imitate it in their own music? When I go looking for American influence in foreign pop music, most of what I find is usually hip-hop. Almost never count
by corrral 4y ago
Do they imitate it in their own music? When I go looking for American influence in foreign pop music, most of what I find is usually hip-hop. Almost never country.
- samatman 4y agoI think 'adapt' might be a better word, but absolutely they do. I agree it's not as easy to find, I have a Thai country CD from the early Naughts in storage somewhere, I bet if you went with the right searches on your streaming source of choice you'd turn it up.
- corrral 4y agoThat's awesome. Again, I wasn't trying to be a dick (I drew a downvote at one point, for some reason, so I guess I was somehow?) it just seems that every time I've listened to a popular foreign radio station from Africa or the Pacific or Asia, the non-English stuff I've heard has either been plainly in some kind of "pop" category, or, even more often, hip-hop, never country, so I found it surprising that an overwhelming love of country music, abroad, hadn't already become evident to me.
- noisy_boy 4y agoThai country music can be deceptive to foreign ears due to the almost standard rhythm that comes across as retro pop due to its usage of brass/electronic music. However, is it just that, a "base" that is similar sounding across every song - it is the lyrics are the meat of the thing which is a problem unless you speak the language.
- thematrixturtle 4y agoAustralian country music is a thing, look up eg Slim Dusty. In Thailand, the local equivalent is luk thung.
- mc32 4y agoGeoff Mack / Lucky Starr with the Original version of "I've been everywhere": Mack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OZWi-mTkNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OZWi-mTkNU Starr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdxOy-TxWwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdxOy-TxWwE
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoCheck out Cambodian rock music. It came about during the Vietnam war from people listening to American radio broadcasts.
- jonah 4y agoAnd then check out the American band Dengue Fever[0] which is influenced by Cambodian Rock which is influenced by American rock. [0] https://denguefevermusic.com/ https://denguefevermusic.com/