My favorite dudes to watch. Don't waste a bunch time stopping the video every 30 seconds to speak on it. We watch it til the end and then speak on it. And for that, I thank you.
Honestly yeah, this is a great format, when people pause it constantly I get super annoyed, these two are good and their format is better than other reaction channels. This was my first time seeing them and I subscribed
I mean I agree, but the issue with reaction videos is copyright infringement. Legal Eagle has a good video about it. One of the ways that it can be considered fair use is by adding commentary and only playing select snippets, rather than playing someone else’s whole video straight through without stopping. Generally, the reason is people aren’t going to watch the same video twice, so if you watch the whole thing on someone else’s channel, the content creator doesn’t get the ad revenue or channel algorithm benefits, and the reactor channel did. I think comedy reaction videos are different tho for a few reasons. For one, the added value from the reactor is often just seeing them laughing at certain things (especially jokes about a different group than the comedian is a part of and the reactor is part of the group-eg, black folks reacting to certain Bill Burr bits). A lot of times, comedy is funnier when you see other people laughing too. So it does add value even in just that basic sense. Second, you’re probably going to watch comedy videos multiple times. Heck, I like watching different reaction channels react to the same stand up bits. Third, most comedians aren’t trying to earn their living with a RU-vid channel from content created for RU-vid. They’re trying to get more exposure, get more fans, increase ticket sales to their shows, drive people to listen to their podcasts, etc. So having their content played in full on reaction channels without any pauses actually helps the content creator, ie the comedian, in this case. It’s not just stealing views from a content creator. At least that’s the gist of the argument I’d make if a reaction channel were facing a copyright infringement suit from a stand up comedian, and I were the RU-vidrs’ lawyer.
I’m I the only one thinking these two are high AF? They’re funny as hell tho, and I love how they let the video play and just cracked up laughing with the rest of us. I’m subscribing to see more. Great job guys
Very good point. Letting the vid run while laughing is a game changer. Cause a lot of the time reactors will stop a three part joke after the first part and laugh it out then they aren't primed for part two and three
Why 40+ and white always list age and race unnecessarily in the comments man? The secret with the younger folks is they ACTUALLY aren't thinking about the race or that it's some kind of weird one off situation. People just peopling guy.
To answer your question from the beginning: Country started as a combination of blues and Appalachian folk music (basically bluegrass), which itself is a combination of traditional European music with African slave music. Rock and roll is more of a direct descendent of black blues music, with a little bit of country and pop influence added in. It's not linear, though; everything influences everything. It's beautiful, really. Also, Shane is hilarious.
Eh I would say mostly correct except Appalachian folk music is essentially a direct descendant of British and Irish folk music they share a lot of the same standard songs, the big differences are the addition of the banjo, and mandolin, which are west Indian and Italian instruments respectively, and the complex picking styles, like finger picking, Travis picking, and flat picking.
@@joebaer1358 Not trying to be contentious, but that's mostly incorrect. The banjo is originally from Africa, not India, and mandolins came way after the advent of Appalachian folk, once mail-order catalogs became a thing. Yes, we do play a lot of traditional standards from the British Isles, but that's not Appalachian folk, it's British. The combination of that with the African influence from slaves created a sound that is unique to Appalachia. The idea that it has no influence other than British folk is just kind of ridiculous. Like I said, it's not linear, everything influences everything. (btw, this isn't some social justice thing, I don't care at all about race, just the facts)
Country evolved from folk which came from old Celtic music from the European immigrants, but i think modern country definitely has blues influence mixed in.
Country music is just Irish music with the instruments that were easier to make on the frontier. Listen to some Irish music and you'll hear straight up country. One of my favorites is about a woman who watches the sea hoping her new husband will come back from war. Another is about an old man drinking himself to death. Good stuff.
You have to give credit to the rest of the influences. It pretty much all the immigrants from the British isles who settled. English folk music, Scottish, Irish. Then mixed with many African influence as well. The predecessor of the banjo used in blue grass itself was originally an African instrument.
I watch a lot of nightmare politics until my head explodes then all of a sudden I run into your channel again and you guys are still watching comedy and smoking nuclear powered weed. It gives me hope.
White people and black people for the most part listened too the same music style largely forever . Dogs born in the 30’s 40’s loved blues and folk music, 50’s-60’s love rock, 70’s-80’s love pop and groove , 90’s it was split.. 00’s 2020’s was rap/ hip hop
Country music is really really old. It came from Appalachia, just as bluegrass did . Came from the descendants of English, Scottish, and Irish immigrants. Over the decades It has all mixed with other genres, including with blues, as all things do, but definitely isn’t one of those “white things secretly invented by black ppl” things. LOL
It’s not “white thing secretly invented by” but it definitely is missing a large piece of the historical development by leaving out the African contributions and importance. It’s a culmination of so many influences and designating it as purely White European is omitting the African influence… starting with the instrument that would end up being the banjo.
@@kongvinter33 I’m gonna nerd out here but NPR had a great segment on it. The vocal techniques brought are nuanced, but mattered greatly. I highly recommend listening to that segment. My dad was a bluegrass banjo player and has always insisted us children know the history… the correct history as he called it. 😂
99% of all music comes from a system invented by Europeans. Look at the things done in Europe 400-500 years ago, and you will see both country and blues comes from Europeans. So does your computer, your phone ,TV , radio, lamps and lightbulbs, cars, roads, bicycles, airplanes, rockets, internet, even your toilet, and your guns etc. etc... all invented by Europeans/white people.
That is BULLSHIT and you ought to be ashamed for writing that. Before the major Black influences, there was FOLK music. In the 1920s, post Ragtime, black influences were VERY prevalent in what had become known as “country & western” music. Does the name ELIZABETH COTTEN ring any bells? BLACK woman, country artist who invented the “Cotten picking” guitar style?? Think she wasn’t incorporating the blues?? Get real. Even bluegrass was developed in the 1940s as it incorporated jazz (BLACK) and blues (BLACK) in addition to traditional European styles. Stop trying to minimize and erase Black contributions to the culture. It takes nothing away from the great White talents and their important & amazing work.
High AF. PS: I'm white, from the country, hate country music. Some stereotypes never get old... stay hilarious though. This is the stuff that brings us together.
I grew up in Eastern Europe in the late 80s and early 90s and listened to a lot of rap music. I learned a ton of slang/ebonics and then I moved to an English speaking country that didn't use that much black slang or maybe different black slang and I used some terms with white snobby people looking very weird at me and me thinking - what the fuck's their problem? Until I met an English teacher who was kind enough to explain to me that it was unbecoming from a white guy to sound like Snoop Dogg. I had the same reaction those two kids had when Dave Chappelle acting as Clayton Biggsby called them the N word. 😂😂😂
Country music and the blues are just rural southerners music. My family and I were close friends with blues legend Big George Brock and he always told me how the blues came from working in the field and singing to themselves to pass time passed down from generations before. A way to deal with their hardships. I miss him.
I love that you guys are open minded..you don't just make false statements and run with it.... You admit you don't know which genre came first ... That's what it's all about learning about each other respectfully...🙏🙏
I cant know how long i been watching, but just want to add that i love the format style. small intro, awesome identical greeting, short chat, Bit, recap. perfect work, i couldnt change anything except more couch cat
"I had a barbeque stain on my white tshirt, she was killin me in that mini skirt. Skippin rocks on a river by the railroad tracks." Only country song I know, I swear!
Yoooo I knew something was up I could of sworn I was subscribed but I’m not, I subbed back in the Ricky podcast days anyway good to see you guys still uploading 😂😂
There is music played by people on the west coast of Africa that sounds like blues. Also, I didn’t know you guys were Texan. Do you follow boxing? Errol Spence and the Charlo brothers? Great channel, love your appreciation of comedy.
The best thing about different music is you can learn a whole lot about music listening to everything from Jazz, blues, country, rock and roll, metal, classical and all the sub genres of each. Its a wonderful thing we get to live in modern times.
I love your videos, guys….. Folk music is “roots music”, what Eve culture it springs from… European folk music was “country” (fiddles, guitars)… including ballads about romance, highwaymen, as well as sea shanties… from England, Scotland, Ireland, France… these came to N. America since 1600s… religious music influenced this folk music… In the Americas, enslaved people combined these influences, black gospel music derived from “white” religious music blended with African musical influences … “Blues” music was created by Americans of African descent as the gradual evolution from music influenced by these folk and religious forms, that included work songs sung in a rhythmic way to the repetitive movements of labor… “Country” music predecessors included music such as bluegrass … (from Wikipedia … Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States.[1] The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.[2] Like mainstream country music, it largely developed out of old-time string music, though in contrast, bluegrass is traditionally played exclusively on acoustic instruments and also has roots in traditional English, Scottish, and Irish ballads and dance tunes as well as in blues and jazz. [3] Bluegrass was further developed by musicians who played with Monroe, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt. Monroe characterized the genre as, "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's a part of Methodist, Holiness and Baptist traditions. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound."[4]… “Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the Southern and Southwestern United States. First produced in the 1920s, country music primarily focuses on working class Americans and blue-collar American life.[2]… “Country music is known for its ballads and dance tunes (also known as "honky-tonk music") with simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies generally accompanied by instruments such as banjos, fiddles, harmonicas, and many types of guitar (including acoustic, electric, steel, and resonator guitars).[3][4][5] Though it is primarily rooted in various forms of American folk music, such as old-time music and Appalachian music,[6][7] many other traditions, including, Mexican, Irish, and Hawaiian music, have also had a formative influence on the genre.[8] Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its history as well.[9] The term “country” music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the term “hillbilly” music; it came to encompass western music, which evolved parallel to “hillbilly” music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. Contemporary styles of western music include Texas country, red dirt, and Hispano- and Mexican American-led Tejano and New Mexico music,[10][11] all extant alongside longstanding indigenous traditions…” “Country and Western" music developed on themes relating to cowboys, etc… with both folk / amateur and commercial influences….. … music in the USA rapidly commercialized through the 1800s, with professional songwriters meeting the demand for music that celebrated American life and reflected American themes… Mass instrument manufacturing spread the opportunity for people to make music in their homes, develop music and write music at home , and become amateur musicians who often became professional musicians (such as Jimmie Rodgers 1897-1933) without ever having formal musical training… Stephen Foster (1826-1864) is an example of a White songwriter influenced by this blend of “black and white influences”… Instruments evolved such as harmonicas, accordions, and the banjo (a development from an African instrument) as well as the modern “drum set” with innovations like the bass drum pedal and hi-hat… …. all these styles blended together as people worked and lived together… although segregation legally divided people groups on basis of skin color, many musicians and music lovers refused to be separated, and mixed in roadhouses, bars, nightclubs, famously in neighborhoods such as Harlem… There are so many exciting forms of roots music… Zydeco is a blend of French influences with African influences… developed in Canada (Acadia) and then Louisiana (“Cajun” music) … Orchestral and classical music was another influence absorbed by people of African origin in North America… resulting in Ragtime (Scott Joplin 1867-1918) “Joplin grew up in a musical family of railway laborers in Texarkana, Arkansas, developing his own musical knowledge with the help of local teachers… “ his musical journey took him to St. Louis and eventually NYC… Jazz… using brass and woodwinds and drums… developed through a blending of European and African influences … in the multicultural city of New Orleans, as well as in other cities on the Mississippi… Buddy Bolden (b1877), Earl "Fatha" Hines (b1903), Jelly Roll Morton and others are credited with being “the fathers of American jazz” (Neworleans.com) “According to jazz historians, when Jelly Roll Morton said, “I invented jazz,” there was a lot to his claim. Buddy Bolden may have been the first musician to add improvisation to what would eventually become known as jazz, but Jelly Roll Morton is regarded as the first true jazz composer. He was the first to write down his jazz arrangements - and a number of his compositions became jazz staples. “Jelly was born Ferdinand Joseph Le Menthe in 1885 to a middle class Creole family on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans. At the age of 8, Ferdinand received formal guitar lessons. A relatively short time later, he was employed as a piano player by Countess Willie Piazza, a Storyville madam, who was said to speak seven languages, wear a monocle and punctuate her speech with a foot-long cigarette holder. She also knew great music when she heard it.” Today, with travel, internet and mass media, world music influences of all kinds are blended and shared more than ever! I met a cab driver from Tibet when I was in NYC… he turned me on to a Tibetan electric guitar player that blends Western rock and blues with Tibetan instruments and influences… ….. musicians and people with musical hearts tend to be open to influences regardless of the source, so styles from all over the human family have always influenced each other, as we encountered each other…and still do… cultural encounters have many disastrous legacies, but thank God that the Arts - language, literature, drama, dance, fashion, food/cuisine/cooking, art and music… all seem to adapt, expand and blend beautifully!
Black musicians have had an influence on country music going back to the 1800s. They introduced the banjo to American music. If you were listening to someone play the banjo in 1850, 99% chance that musician was black. To say Black people started country music. misunderstands how music develops. It’s always collaborative and in a multi racial country it’s always going to be a multi racial collaboration.
Guys… I like y’all, but country music came from the descendants of mainly Irish and Scottish peasants, who settled in Appalachia, it, most closely resembles modern Bluegrass, but was the original basis for “Country“ music… MODERN country, for sure… Modern country is basically hip-hop beats with an acoustic guitar and someone with a ridiculously exaggerated twang
Well, I'm just a good old american boy With a heart that's red, white, and true I'm dreamin' of the girl with the red hair and freckles And her eyes like the skies of blue Keep her safe from the homies in the wrong side of town Where they're smokin' the reefer and acting like clowns Keep that pretty white dress from getting dirty and brown 'Cause that's the American way [Song 2] Some folks wear their hats way off to the side With their pants down low and a gun tucked inside Take their beer by the 40 and their chicken deep-fried I think we all know who we're talking about The only dark I like is when I turn off the lights The only hood I love is pointy and white Can't trust you if I can't see your face at night I think we all know who we're talking abou- [Song 3] Hidey-lidely-lidely-lee Gimme a rope and find me a tree The banjos are strummin' And the drums are a-banging Let's get the boys together, and have ourselves a hangi- (Now I see it, now I see it)
First, let's go ahead and take the "color" out of it. Music only knows souls and has no hue to represent. I personally enjoy everything from Muddy Waters and Howling wolf to Ice Cube and Pac.
Black people definitely invented the blues. Bluegrass and some aspects of country come from Irish/Scotch immigrants Americanizing Irish folk music. Many Irish drinking songs can become bluegrass if sped up a bit.
I suppose Country music is a blending of African spirituals and blues with European folk music that became Americanized in places like Appalachia, the Ozarks and other mountain regions of the eastern USA.
Country music evolved from Irish, Scottish, and English settlers in Appalachia, but we can thank black folks for the blues which birthed good ol' rock n roll.
Modern country/classic rock was pioneered by a black man “Robert Johnson” one of the first and most famous members of “the 27 club”. Musical artists who never got to reach 27.
😂It's so funny how black people think always think all music came from black music 😅 like there was no music, instruments and sounds around but fore black people invented it 😂
I'll take country over pound town any day.Other cultures and people have contributed to American culture not just black slaves, stop it. Music and society is organic which is why cultural appropriation is a joke; people trade ideas and culture all the time. People play music together and have done since the beginning of time.They come together to create.Music is a conversation.No one person is responsible for a whole genre of music.The jokes were so so.
ummmn everyone knows that blues came from country music that's a fact. country music did not come after blues. think of it, blues is just country music very exaggerated. Just sayin.
I did not vote for him? Kind of pandering to the audience, for what reason? What if you did vote for Trump? Afraid you won't get an audience with - who? Really pathetic. You lost me after that.
Regardless of whether country or jazz was first or second, 99% of the instruments used in both, and the technology used to record the music was invented by Europeans.
Blacks in Florida are always listening to country. Bbq and the beach etc. Especially the older ones with families, not so much the young ones that havent mellowed out yet 😂
Honestly we will never know what came first country or blues there’s a lot of different reports earliest I’ve seen for blues is mid 1800’s and earliest for country is early 1700’s but you never know what is true or a lie now if you wanna go off of first publish album with the genre blues or country I’d say blues is first
I logged into my account to teach you some music history. Blues is actually arab music, so is the template of rock and roll. It arrived in america via slave ships, as slaves had to sit around slave markets for ages waiting for europeans to turn up, they ended up learning it. Muslims got all weird about music at some point and its kinda dead in the area now, but thats where its from. Slaves via north africa.
