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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's such an old song (which I did not like). How is it now just getting to the ears of country music fans?[/quote]

OMG. I don't listen to country music and even I have heard the country version (it's not nearly as good as the original, in fact I think it's pretty terrible).[/quote]
What’s amazing is not only that Chapman can win this year’s Song of the Year CMA for a 35-year-old song, but that country music right now is so bad that the Single of the Year CMA went to a lame flat bro country cover of a 35-year-old (albeit great) song. [/quote]

We get it…you don’t like his cover.

But that doesn’t mean his cover isn’t great. Many of us love it.

I’m a Gen X white lady who loved Chapman’s song back in the day and was surprised to hear my teen listening to the country version earlier this year. I started listening to country music thanks to my teens, and I’ve found myself enjoying the simpler sounds of guitars and drums without all the computer editing. Ditto for vocals.

I’m glad he didn’t change her lyrics. It’s her story. Stories are important in country music. Her story resonates with country music fans. Chapman wrote a song that resonates with countless people from different backgrounds and different generations.

We should applaud that instead of criticizing country music. Painting all country music fans as dumb racists is ridiculous…particularly using this song as exhibit A.

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