In the realm of music, I think Garth Brooks is one of the most underrated artists in history. The biggest strike against him is that he’s a country singer. How many people listen to country? Not many. But what you should know is that Garth Brooks is the first solo artist in the history of the Recording Industry Association of America and Soundscan to sell a hundred million albums. To Brooks’ credit, he always confessed that Elvis should have had that distinction since Elvis lived in a time of fuzzy record keeping.…
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26 - Shark's Wife
"...I'm not Chinese. So the joke kind of goes over my head. Explanation?"
Dear Mr. Tan,
Please don't ask. Shark HATES to explain his jokes, and when he does, he's hard to live with for at least the next few days.
Thanks,
Mrs. Shark
PS: I rarely "get them" either, so don't feel bad.
Oh, and Garth rocks! -- but Ledoux was sexier.
27 - Tan The Man
Thanks for the head's up.
28 - Baronius
Garth Brooks did some real damage to his image by leaving his wife and family. Maybe it's a country thing. A lot of his catalog, including a few of the songs in your Top Five, don't work anymore. Or maybe it's a "squeaky country" thing. Country singers used to have girls they loved before, as long as they were always on their minds. But I don't think that image works anymore in country. Rock and rap sure, but country has a gospel side, and country fans definitely have a gospel side.
I've got to agree with Sister Ray about the popularity of country. Try finding a rock station outside the East Coast.
29 - John Bill
Is there anybody who doesn't live in a trailor park that likes this guy?
30 - bert
here in the philippines specially here in the Cordillera region we are all country music lovers cause the people here are like westerners meaning people here are cowboys and cowgirls...
here in baguio city the summer capital of the philippines they or we have radio station (99.9 magic, mountain province broadcasting corporation) here, frankly speaking they dont like to play pop songs here cause its really suckin...its a noise and it will just destroy the ears of people who dont like pop songs...
TO YOU SIR GARTH: keep up the good work, always remember im here, supporting country music lets help one another to promote country music here in the philippines and elsewhere.....
kindly compose music for us here in cordillera region?
thank you sir garth brooks
HEEEEP HEEEEEP HORAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! to country music.....
31 - Me
To those of you putting down Garth Brooks, deal with your pathetically introverted jealousy, and just come to terms with the fact that he has a million times the career you'll ever have. People will miss him and his music years, decades, after he's gone, while you'll be the person they'll have to search through old yearbooks to remember, not that you're worth that effort. He may not be a perfect man, but that simply means that he's human, fallible, and that's a large part of his appeal, as well as his status as a "round-cheeked country heartthrob."
32 - redhatter
I'm not a real big fan of modern country music. For me country music has to have some twang and yodeling in it. George Strait and RAndy Travis are about the closest to real country music. Heaven's Elvis sounds more country than a lot of these modern "country-rock" singers.
33 - MovieRoom Man
If you watch Chris Ledoux footage, you can see the roots of Brooks. Ledoux had some great fun rodeo songs and Garth gave him due credit, I believe. Wonderful artist. RIP.
Garth Brooks can sing ballads like no other "modern" top-ten country singer. No one seems to touch his range. I can't wait till the reunion tour!
For my money, I still love the oldsters, though, like Jimmie Rodgers, who bring up the memories of my old Oakie relatives.