Urgh... Most of the musical genres are things I love to listen to, but those I don't enjoy...whatsoever...tend to get stuck in my head. This includes a few pop songs, mostly from the '90s...and country.
The latter especially. From what I have gathered as I listened to country songs, I dislike the way they're presented. Typically they'll start out with some sort of instrument that I can only make out to be a shrill electric guitar. Then violins will pick up and finally the singer, and to my mild autistic ears it all blends together into a cacophonous din. As a general rule to me, I won't listen to anything if I can't enjoy it. This genre can also come off as indirectly asinine--stating the absolute obvious in perplexing ways--which I as a writer prefer to avoid. And all this getting stuck in my head pretty often, which sharpens my distaste toward it. I remedy this by turning on music that more fits me and drowning out the country music from my mind.
But there are a couple of (semi-?)country artists I like. Number one is Carrie Underwood, because her songs often mirror more contemporary music, such as Home Sweet Home, which is labeled as Country on my iTunes account. Second is Rascal Flatts. Their tracks are a tad bit more country, but they also mix in modern styles (somewhat alternative I should say), which comes off beautifully. Some of their stuff incorporates the qualities I stated prior, but it's done so well that it actually doesn't bother me.
