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Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 11 hours agoAs recently as the 90s you had mainstream country acts releasing songs like “Pass it on Down” and “We Shall Be Free”
And they got a ton of play on the radio. The former hit number 3 on the billboard country charts. The latter hit number 12 on the country charts.
Then again, the lackluster performance of “We Shall Be Free,” particularly considering the megastardom of Garth Brooks at the time, was due to some stations boycotting it for the line “when we’re free to love anyone we choose.”
But even then, there wasn’t a massive company that owned most of the radio dial back then, so boycotts had limited influence.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
as an amateur musician, #12 does not feel lackluster. #100 feels like a life goal.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
It’s low for Garth Brooks in the 90’s, but I get what you’re saying.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
the height of my musical career was either getting paid in tacos instead of money or getting paid in spaghetti instead of money.
i’m not complaining, i fucking love tacos. and spaghetti (though i’m more partial to cavatappi) i’m just trying to give a sense of what skill level amateur musician i am.