Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music

By: Melton McMaynerbury
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  • Have you always thought there was something special about 80s and 90s country music that you've never been able to put your finger on? Why does this music stand out? Well, let's don our cowboy hats, adjust our oversized belt buckles, tease that hair, and see if we can get the bottom of it, by picking apart one song at a time.
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Episodes
  • Dissecting "I Know Where I'm Going" by the Judds

    Dissecting "I Know Where I'm Going" by the Judds
    Apr 28 2025

    It's vintage Judds, with their 1987 classic hit "I Know Where I'm Going". This cut is a prime example of the Judds' signature acoustic-with-attitude shtick, but how does heavy harmonic ambiguity in this one leave us less sure of our destination that Wynonna and Naomi seem to be?
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    18 mins
  • Dissecting "Addicted to a Dollar" by Doug Stone

    Dissecting "Addicted to a Dollar" by Doug Stone
    Apr 14 2025

    Our first encounter with Doug Stone taps into his rowdy side, with 1994's indignant, deliciously unhinged, "Addicted to a Dollar". Stone shows us what angry, working class honky-tonk sounds like in the mid-90s, but what indications do we have in this song that this first person narrator is ever actually going to muster the courage to tell anyone to take this job and shove it?
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    20 mins
  • Dissecting "Here in the Real World" by Alan Jackson

    Dissecting "Here in the Real World" by Alan Jackson
    Mar 31 2025

    One episode after exploring Brooks & Dunn's explosive debut, we turn our ears to Alan Jackson's more toned down entrance onto the scene, 1990's "Here in the Real World". As we'd expect, Jackson writes the book here on Jones-inspired neotraditionalism, as melody, harmony, instrumentation, lyrics, and phrasing all work together on this heartbreaker. But how does all that combine with the very idea of neotraditionalism, to give this one a nostalgic feel that seems to break the fourth wall?
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    30 mins
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