I found the discussion of where country music came from very intriguing because of the debate surrounding country music now. Country music came from rural people who moved to the city and were then told what to sing about. This is where the idea of what country music should be about came from. Singing about the south and hard work in the sun, when only some of these people actually lived like this. Country music is the romanticization of southern life that only rarely lives up to the songs. This is relevant to now because so many people are talking about how what is made now is not “real country.” Country music listeners complain that the pop-country phase is not genuine or accurate. I find this interesting that people are complaining about music that isn’t genuine from the beginning.