Elon Musk To Buy Country Music for $89 Billion. “Time to Fix It.”
In a groundbreaking development for one of America’s most long-standing cultural institutions, billionaire entrepreneur, inventor, and investor Elon Musk is purchasing country music for $89 billion in hopes of returning the genre to its past greatness.
The deal will include all of country music’s dedicated major and independent labels, all major radio stations, the Grand Ole Opry and all of its satellite properties, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the annual CMA and ACM Awards, as well as the rights to the defunct Kenny Rogers Roasters fast food chicken franchise.
“Country music is the bedrock of American culture, and actual country music is where matters vital to the hearts and souls of music fans around the world are broached,” said Mr. Musk in a statement. “I also want to make country music better than ever by bringing back the twang and roots, the quality songwriting of the past, giving independent artists equal footing, finally defeating Bro-Country, and making sure all the performers are authentic. Country music has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the country music industry to unlock it.”
Musk’s motivation for the purchase was the suppression, shadow banning, and outright expulsion of many real country artists by the country format over the last many years. “How can you have country music without ‘King’ George Strait, Alan Jackson, Dolly Parton, and Willie Nelson regularly playing on the radio, and competing for country music’s big awards?” Elon asked. He also conducted a poll on his Twitter account, asking followers if they thought today’s country music was actually country, with the vast majority of respondents saying “no.”
Though some may be surprised the native South African would be so into country music, a video of Elon Musk singing Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” while roasting marshmallows and sipping whiskey from back in 2017 recently resurfaced.
.@elonmusk roasting marshmallows drinking whiskey singing Johnny Cash wins the internet today IMO #SpaceX #tech #billionairefun #simasays pic.twitter.com/vRaUBTSIo6
— Sima 🌱 (@simakumar) October 26, 2017
Then on Tuesday morning (4-16), Elon Musk posted an image of himself in a cowboy hat on Instagram with the simple caption, “Yee-haw 🤠.” Little did we know that he was hours away from announcing the acquisition of the entire country music genre in hopes of returning it to past greatness.
But of course, this is all bullshit (well, the “Ring of Fire” and Instagram post are true). The real truth is country music unfortunately won’t have some benevolent billionaire benefactor swoop into to solve the genre’s problems via executive fiat, nor should country fans wait with bated breath for such an event to happen. Instead, it’s up to all of us the seek out the best artists, share them with our friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors, because the best artists are being suppressed and shadow banned by the industry, while mediocrity and lack of authenticity reigns in the genre, similar to on social media.
It would be nice for someone to purchase and revitalize the Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurants though. Love that chicken.
NM
April 28, 2022 @ 11:22 am
I miss Conway Twittys Music!!!!
Midway1
April 28, 2022 @ 12:20 pm
Communist, child molesting, Alphabet gender dysphoric Hollywood/Entertainment, the unbathed, mass breeding, feral rap singers, need a lot more attention than country music.
Giovanna
April 28, 2022 @ 12:41 pm
LOL
John Gosho
April 28, 2022 @ 2:03 pm
Musk bought twitter, get over it already.
Ozzy Mandius
April 28, 2022 @ 2:56 pm
Cultists following a fat, orange make up westing, racist, misogynist clown towards a neo-Facist theocracy is a lot more concerning than either the state of country music or your mindless regurgitations. Also, its a joke you know.
Clayton
April 28, 2022 @ 4:08 pm
All you lobotomized lefties and woke jokes need to just shut the hell up.
Jeff
April 28, 2022 @ 6:56 pm
I grew up rural rightwinger and voted GOP for twenty years. I saw cracks in the facade but thought they were just exceptions. But they weren’t the exceptions, everything I, you, and every other rightwinger believes is nothing but lies stacked on lies. It isn’t even politics to the people telling the lies. Running propaganda machines and buying politicians is just business by other means. Spending millions peddling lies to help them make more billions.
Fuckaroo
April 28, 2022 @ 7:44 pm
Snowflake much? Sounds like you’re triggered. Need a safe space? Want to hug a My Pillow?
Michele Lein
April 29, 2022 @ 3:46 am
Um, I don’t know if I’m supposed to comment on the state of country music, or have a political debate. But it figures that only Trumpists could create that situation, so I’ll stick to the country music debate. I was born in 1965 and grew up on Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, and later, Kenny Roger’s, The Judds, and many more. Of the earlier artists, I really only liked Johnny Cash. I hated the songs about men done wrong by a woman, affairs ending and causing ‘D I V O R C E’ as referenced by Loretta Lynn or Tammy Wynette(I don’t remember which of these ladies sang it), and sad men pleading to ‘help me make it through the night’, as well as death row inmates singing about the ‘Green, Green Grass of Home’. Some just annoyed me, and some of the sadder ones broke my little heart. I really do not want that genre of country music making a comeback. I would, however love to see a return to the type of music like the Judds of the early 90s, so many songs I loved but don’t remember the artists’ names anymore such as ‘It’s Only the Wind’, ‘Love on Sale at the Five and Dime’, ‘The Thunder Rolls’, the song about the rose that ‘even grew in the winter, and bloomed in the dead of the night’ about a cheating wife whose banker husband may or may not have killed her and buried her in the garden, those are the country songs that really resonated with me. I don’t like the twangy, whiny songs that so many country artists of the 60s, and, I imagine, earlier, cranked out.
Ronald Shaffer
April 28, 2022 @ 6:52 pm
Country music has gone down hill big time. No real guitar players. Not very many good singers. For years the songs have a orchestra music theme. Not very notable fiddle players. I think for the past or more years the songs are pathetic. Hell now days just sing and you’re a so called country singer.
Willy
April 29, 2022 @ 10:37 am
Here ya” rather listin to am band then pop country.
Jacqueline Parent
May 4, 2022 @ 8:53 am
Most country music sounds all the same with a few exceptions.
Todd Webb
April 28, 2022 @ 7:04 pm
You mean your post is a joke, right?
Trump was the greatest president we’ve ever seen….
Look how much weaker the country is now with mumbling, bumbling, stumbling corrupt idiot Biden at the wheel.
Truly safe days ahead until 2024
Shawna
April 29, 2022 @ 12:10 am
Bahahahahahaha. Omfg that’s funniest thing I’ve heard yet this morning. Thanks
Chris
April 29, 2022 @ 8:47 am
Trump 2024!
Annie
December 26, 2022 @ 12:10 am
Your comment is a joke, right? tRumputin is a traitorous riot inciting election losing crybaby wannabe dictator.
Charli
April 28, 2022 @ 11:54 pm
What?
RdLake
April 29, 2022 @ 4:19 am
You people run abortion mills, snuff out over a million little heartbeats a year & call it Pro Choice
Jonathan Cardwell
April 29, 2022 @ 10:10 am
I’m not a Democrat. I’m not a Republican. I think Republicans have the right idea, generally, but many are way too obsessed with the wrong things. They want to save the budget crisis by ending welfare — not because the country doesn’t give a damn about people who aren’t able to get work but because it’s not fair that rich people’s taxes are a couple hundred dollars more because of it. As if the government could get everything else paid for if they just did away with welfare. Same with guns. Semi automatic rifles didn’t exist in 1776, but they’re protected by the 1st Amendment. If it’s a matter of civilians being able to protect themselves from govt, why not allow individuals to own h-bombs? The govt is never going to have a fair fight against The People and it’s been that way since the ’40s if not before. But “The constitution!”.
Jonathan Cardwell
April 29, 2022 @ 10:19 am
I could be wrong, but I don’t think every person who votes pro choice is operating or using an abortion clinic. They are simply allowing people who choose to do so that option. That’s why it’s called pro choice. It has gotten out of hand, I agree. But to take politics and narrow it down to one issue…which nobody has a clear fix for and is honestly not the most important thing. The abortions that take place are between the unborn soul, the parent and God Almighty. Full grown people who have loving parents and hopes and dreams get murdered for all kinds of stupid petty reasons everyday. The world keeps turning.
Marilyn
April 29, 2022 @ 1:27 pm
If men were able to get pregnant, they would not want the government making decisions about their bodies and up their penises with all sorts of scopes! Also, when are the men going to realize it will cost them bundles of money in child support and other expenses for every living child, their own or from other folks.
Shannon
May 7, 2022 @ 7:10 am
And “you people” put remove children from parents and place them in cages and call it “pro life”
Tom Fino
April 28, 2022 @ 3:19 pm
Country music today… grab a note… add some words… wash and repeat over and Over and over again one note wonders
Scott Davis
April 28, 2022 @ 4:41 pm
Maybe Elon Musk is buying a time machine so we can all go back and listen to the country music greats that have passed on-Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, etc………..
Luis
April 28, 2022 @ 7:46 pm
Sounds you need a lot more attention than rappers though
Michael Garcher
April 29, 2022 @ 6:09 am
Well you basically just said the definition of Twitter and Mr. Musk is trying first with that. Instead of criticism, sit back and enjoy the show.
Chris goldecker
April 29, 2022 @ 12:54 pm
Stop watching Fox news and ask your psychiatrist to double your meds
Dee
April 28, 2022 @ 12:45 pm
Slow Hand and Hello Darlin’ one of my favorites!
John Kevin Spencer
April 28, 2022 @ 1:19 pm
If today’s country music played in the 80s it would be considered soft rock, or maybe even rock ‘n’ roll. well, today’s country IS rock ‘n’ roll.
It’s crazy, thanks Elon.
Carol
April 28, 2022 @ 7:11 pm
Thank God someone is saving Country Music. I can’t stand the Country Rap it’s turned into.
Anthony Pennington
April 29, 2022 @ 7:27 am
If you don’t love it leave it by Merle Haggard you don’t love our broken honey and preach about a better way of living why don’t you go someplace else where the living is better for you like a Russian because you’re all dictators. The song is Okie from Muskogee by Merle Haggard
Jerry W Cheatwood
April 29, 2022 @ 1:12 am
I would break every record that I have if I could hear Old Country Music on my TV, Radio, or on my dad’s. All the other crap would go in a great bug burn pile. I love the great real country singers and musicians and some of the Sam Cook, and Dobie Grey and Lionel Richie music, but they can have all the screamers, rappers, smokers and dopers, and nude dancers and performers and throw them in a bonfire. Junk is what that is. Bring back our living and deceased musicians and great country singers and entertainers. This world and what families need it in our lives when the world was three quarters sane!!!
MoonPie
April 29, 2022 @ 9:24 am
True country music is stories of life…living, loving, and yes..drinking, cheating, killing, & dying…LIFE…expressed with the strumming of a beautiful steel guitar, fiddle, drums, vocals…NOT auto-tuned vocals…actual talent…JMHO
Donald Pope
June 19, 2022 @ 12:38 pm
nelly
CRAIG OTTO
April 28, 2022 @ 11:34 am
Omni Guy saw 10 years after back in my teens at the COW PALACE SF SOOOOO Right ! They should be in the R&R HOF Elvin Lee one of the BEST GUITARISTS EVER!
Ronald Shaffer
April 28, 2022 @ 6:55 pm
Today’s country music is just pathetic.
Leslee
April 28, 2022 @ 11:54 am
Elon!!! you are 👍 awesome
James Rippy
April 28, 2022 @ 12:30 pm
No one wants to listen to Country Music even here in Nashville. Lol
Carmen
April 28, 2022 @ 12:44 pm
Is that a fact? Or just an assumption?
Julianne Snyder
April 28, 2022 @ 1:28 pm
Billionaires shouldn’t exist. Why not do something with 44 billion like… I dunno helping the millions of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet? The starving children? The hundreds of thousands of unwanted kids stuck in the foster care system? Or do something to help climate change which is what will ultimately be our demise, as all top scientists say….
Jessica
April 28, 2022 @ 1:38 pm
That is a really a great statement and it’s scary how this will be considered a great investment. Just more distractions of what’s truly boiling behind the U. S. Scenes and beyond. This man will have more control then the president and he also bought Twitter. Scary.
Ronald Shaffer
April 28, 2022 @ 7:43 pm
You sound like the flakes on MSNBC,CNN. Twitter hid all the news on Hunter from the public. And covered for Hillary. Don’t forget the Muellar report that was on Twitter and turned out to be a bunch of lies. This country is in a big mess thanks the the people who voted for Biden and Ka MA La.
Jonathan Cardwell
April 29, 2022 @ 10:31 am
Mr. Schaeffer — MSNBC and CNN do exactly what Fox News does. They highlight what they want people to focus on and ignore things that detract from the point they’re trying to make.
JM
April 29, 2022 @ 3:49 am
Do you know how to read? Hint:. Read the end of this article again. It’s BS
P nado
April 28, 2022 @ 2:16 pm
If you had 2 million dollars and 4 million people needed help how much money would each person get? Yes, 50 cents each.
If you give a man a fish he eats for a day. If you teach him to fish he will eat for a lifetime. Stealing from the rich to pay for the poor makes everyone poor.
John
April 28, 2022 @ 5:08 pm
The rich have all the fishing poles
Robin
April 28, 2022 @ 2:57 pm
Well what about Biden they could use the billions they are sending Ukraine to support American citizens. You don’t care about that because it’s right up your snowflake butt. Get a frigging life. You snowflakes try and destroy everything for everyone. Sit down and shut up!
Michael Corey
April 28, 2022 @ 3:50 pm
How about just cut the billions being sent to Isreal every year for decades….and their women and children are not getting murdered like in Ukraine….and lets talk about Republicans stance on helping the poor…..they are against any help….they would eliminate the welfare program if given the chance and republican states make up 9 of the 10 poorist states….so republican policies are actually causing poverty….
Ronald Shaffer
April 28, 2022 @ 7:35 pm
Boy you’re mixed up. The demos are putting thousands a day on welfare. And we have alot of undeserving lazy people who abuse the welfare system.
Shannon
May 7, 2022 @ 7:05 am
Keep em poor, keep em stupid. The republican motto.
Antoinette Tewahaftewa
April 28, 2022 @ 10:10 pm
George Jones my all time favorite. It’s about time Country music is genuine country again.
Jay
April 29, 2022 @ 12:34 am
I am amazed how many people here think this is a real story. It was designed to make a point (read the last few paragraphs). These reactions only prove we read and interpret what we want to believe if it fits our narrative. Do your fellow citizens a favor before you vote next time and read, reread and understand actual facts before you react. Look what believing a bunch of BS about Trump got us. However, I agree with the premise country music currently is not pure country music
Roger
April 28, 2022 @ 3:23 pm
Stay off the drugs and that includes the pharmaceutical ones also.
neal mccarthy
April 28, 2022 @ 5:31 pm
Sorry comment was for another but your another lying crybaby leftist.
neal mccarthy
April 28, 2022 @ 5:17 pm
The same too scientist who have lied to us for two years. I suppose you would save the world with your money ,right. Sure you would. God you lefty retards( yes I said retards call the thought police) can’t even have a satirical article without your whinny comments! Knock it off and grow up
WheelersSon
April 28, 2022 @ 8:10 pm
Save country music? Wheeler Walker Jr has already done that Elon
Di Harris
April 28, 2022 @ 9:42 pm
@Neal Mc,
Get it Neal
John freedom Kennedy
April 28, 2022 @ 7:03 pm
Climate change is a scam grift, those scientists are brought out like a lot of politicians
Ronald Shaffer
April 28, 2022 @ 7:29 pm
Well you buy everyone a battery car. And put tons of solar panels all over earth. In the mean time walk to work.
Michael
April 28, 2022 @ 11:22 pm
You mean the 11 billion he gave to charity last year was not enough? He knows how to make money, employs thousands. Good luck to him.
Steve
April 29, 2022 @ 12:49 am
You are a liberal idiot!! Enjoy the tea!!! Biden made it!!!!
Robert
April 29, 2022 @ 4:07 am
Woke person here!!!!!!!
Wes
April 29, 2022 @ 5:38 am
Our earth has a incredible way of healing itself. There’s no climate change.
Quit crying. He’s a billionaire and he can spend his money anyway he wants.
Zach
April 29, 2022 @ 5:39 am
Serious??? Created the worlds most valuable car company which is making leaps and bounds to fight climate change…. Donated 11 billion to charity…. Not all billionaires are bad guys, and they shouldn’t be punished for the success they have in life. If you don’t like it, create something make a change vs whining on this channel and complaining.
The party
April 28, 2022 @ 10:54 pm
When did God died and give him the power. In the past there was a guy who thought he knew what people should do and be….one man thinking he the answer for all…..is just and spoiled narcissistic who thinks money gives him the right to be a dictator
Tracy
April 28, 2022 @ 12:06 pm
Country music now isn’t country at all. There are a few but not much. You don’t go blasting a guitar, yelling and banging drums and call the country. That falls in 50 plus rock lists. Get back to Dolly. Reba, Conway Twitty, George Strait, Garth Brooks and older country music.
Kendell Rawls
April 29, 2022 @ 9:54 am
I get the feeling that you “may” have been referring to Chris Stapletons style of country.? He is one of several trying to resuscitate country music. I think that if you agree, he is loved by many older country artists. Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill & George Strait, just to name a few. He also has written award winning songs for well over a dozen very famous, true country artists. STAPLETON is dragging along with him the new so called country artists that sing about getting a text & …… It high time he wish those losers fair well. Love him or hate him, HE IS THE FUTURE OF COUNTRY MUSIC. Every few generations country music has had and will continue to have some different styles of country to come along. With time, change is bound to happen. Listen to every era 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, right up till today. They seem to compliment, in a way to the generations that came before them. But with that being said, only a handful of up and coming artists are keeping the tradition going. Many “so called” country artists are in for the fast buck. They sing …. let me rephrase that they kinda sing while kinda talking about what young people….our children…..are into, and that is texts, Facebook, just technology in general. They should be thrown into the cull pile or given their own music title. Junk in my opinion, but I doubt that’s what they would call it.
Shannon
May 7, 2022 @ 7:17 am
Anyone who refers to Garth Brooks as “authentic” country, two words Chris Gaines.
David Smith
April 28, 2022 @ 12:07 pm
This is totally Awesome. As alot of Folks and myself Love it.
Twat
April 28, 2022 @ 12:09 pm
Fucking click bait
Briteyes
April 28, 2022 @ 12:29 pm
Die trash
Christina
April 29, 2022 @ 7:03 am
Some people were put here to do good. They stay focused, disciplined and are true patriots to America and it’s people.
God bless Elon and all he does to try to make a positive difference to help America get back to its roots and be strong again.
Maybe there’s a reason he’s the richest man… it’s not an accident. Selfish he is not.
A true patriot … he is. Be grateful and supportive to the positive he brings. Jealousy gets a person nowhere, There are legends who have
changed our world for the better… Elon is one of them.
Dale Thelander
April 29, 2022 @ 11:38 am
Then why is Elon so obsessed with establishing space colonies?
Stacy
April 28, 2022 @ 12:18 pm
Are you bored,can’t find nothing better than to bye something you can’t create, screwed up your deal in Twitter now your going after music. I say grow up try helping out the homeless instead of showing off your boredom ,maybe you can make a smart move with that
Me
April 28, 2022 @ 12:24 pm
It’s not true. Stop believing everything you see online.
Vb
April 28, 2022 @ 12:32 pm
Maybe read the whole article before commenting. Also pretty sure that he didn’t screw up the Twitter deal.
BB0666
April 28, 2022 @ 12:33 pm
Conway Twitter was a pedophile
Robin
April 28, 2022 @ 3:02 pm
No Conway was not a pedophile. Stop with your lies. Do you snowflakes ever stop lying.
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April 28, 2022 @ 12:39 pm
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neal mccarthy
April 28, 2022 @ 5:27 pm
Great album too bad graham couldn’t keep his head out of the drugs with Kieth Richards . Tell the old man hello for me
Curley
April 28, 2022 @ 12:48 pm
Country music died with Waylon, he was the last great artist of the genre. Musk can turn the whole thing into a cash cow for his abusive guest to control everything. Why doesn’t he donate instead of buying?
Smokey
April 28, 2022 @ 12:49 pm
If Lynyrd Skynyrd had a savy attorney they could’ve successfully sued all of the artists of this ‘new age country’ genre/movement for stealing their style, which is far from country yet that’s what they’re passing it off as being. This article was correct about the old greats!
Allman Brothers are king
April 28, 2022 @ 2:11 pm
Skynyrd is a freaking cover band with only one founding member alive. Little brother Johnnie won’t good enough so he rode big brothers coat tails.
Smokey
April 28, 2022 @ 3:02 pm
Well I obviously wasn’t referring to ‘the new’ Skynyrd. And if you can’t hear how all this ‘new country’ resembles the original Skynyrd I don’t know what to tell ya.
neal mccarthy
April 28, 2022 @ 5:25 pm
The same too scientist who have lied to us for two years. I suppose you would save the world with your money ,right. Sure you would. God you lefty retards( yes I said retards call the thought police) can’t even have a satirical article without your whinny comments! Knock it off and grow up
Travis
April 29, 2022 @ 6:37 am
If you’re going to call someone, or a group, retarded; you should get your grammar in order. Instead you’re showing everyone who’s the real retard. And no one is calling the ‘thought police’ on you. You aren’t as edgy as you think.
Julianne Snyder
April 28, 2022 @ 1:25 pm
Ok this is a joke right? Lollllllllll x infinity
Rod
April 28, 2022 @ 1:27 pm
We’ll we can only wish… if it got rid of Dan+Shay out of country… only wish 🤞.
A
April 28, 2022 @ 1:33 pm
Oh Man ! 🤣 I got so excited for a moment . Thought Something really artistically visionary and philanthropically genius was being revealed in the man Elon; to help indie music artists get AirPlay globally and connect a listening audience . Something utterly visionary with the power to resurrect the social radio start up network Radioflag that helped so many indie artists get played on radio. Ironically Grimes first got airplay on college and indie internet radio as many indie artists do, and other indie artists in every genre under the Sun . It would be sooo amazingly if the talented Mr Musk could pull something like this off and it would align well with Twitter IMHO—Etherbunny
Vikki
April 28, 2022 @ 1:37 pm
Racist, sexist is what it sounds like to Me!
Kathy Altholz
April 28, 2022 @ 1:51 pm
The man has more $ than sense….wait I said that like it’s a bad thing..jk
Scott Winkler
April 28, 2022 @ 1:58 pm
Country music is no longer country music. The crap that they pedal now and call country music should be thrown away. I don’t think anybody knows what real country music is anymore. Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, George Strait, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard,Garth Brooks, need I go on. Those were country stars the people today not so much. Look what they’ve done to country music. That should be the title of the next song.
Miss Mona
April 28, 2022 @ 10:50 pm
Garth Brooks is not country music I don’t ever remember country musicians swinging in the air and putting on rock shows the way he did before his so called retirement…so please we all know what his problem was and funny that he came back just as George Strait was retiring because he would never be number One until then hahaha
Scott
April 29, 2022 @ 3:29 am
Okay Mona hahaha, leaving Garth Brooks aside, you can’t say all the rest on that list were not true country. My biggest beef with country music today, is the country music awards. I don’t know why they have rappers, Rock stars, and everything under the sun other than country giving out these awards. And at times actually performing on the award show. I have stopped watching all award shows because of that. Second, why doesn’t award show have to become a political platform? I really don’t care about the politics, I care about the people that are getting the award. So the award shows for country music have gone the same way as country music itself, down the toilet. So even though it was a joke about Elon Musk, I think this was a good platform finally to get what people really think about what’s going on with country music out in the open. And from what I can see the consensus is the majority think the same way. And for those that think country music is just fine the way it is well, I rest my case.
Anthony
April 29, 2022 @ 7:30 am
If you don’t love our milk and honey and preach about a better way of living please just go someplace else
Robb
April 28, 2022 @ 1:58 pm
Yeah it’s almost as though it’s hyperbole or something, huh galaxy brain
Ron
April 28, 2022 @ 2:48 pm
This “‘story” was a demonstation of how easy it is to fool fools. So far, every commenter has believed this fiction
Which shows us why people as still sending money to America’s wanna be Strong Man.
Robin
April 28, 2022 @ 3:07 pm
I wrote one country song if you’re interested in buying it. #elonnnmuskk56 it’s a hit!
Marcy
April 28, 2022 @ 3:27 pm
I’m like Tracy I don’t like this so call country music we have now a days it so hard rock it sound almost like hard rock I don’t listen to country music anymore unless it old country like back in the 70 80 bring back our real country music marcy
woodrow wortham
April 28, 2022 @ 3:52 pm
If Elon can get country music back to the place where it use to be ,Hell more power to him. Let’s not forget that the very people who was country sold us out for the shit they call country music today the damn traders . Greed plain and simple 🖕🖕🖕🖕them and then some 💯
Chris
April 28, 2022 @ 3:58 pm
What Elon really needs to buy and restore to its former glory, is MTV.
Shenanigans
April 28, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
Fuck all you uninformational bigots country music is more rock and roll today than it is country so I’m glad he’s trying to bring it back to the countryside
Gigi
April 28, 2022 @ 5:08 pm
I can’t believe that you all got so excited over something that just can’t happen ….somebody buying all of country music….if you believe that, I’ve got a couple of pyramids in a desert that I can sell you.
Scott Davis
April 28, 2022 @ 5:15 pm
Maybe Elon Musk is buying a time machine so we can all go back and listen to the country music greats that have passed on-Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash,Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, etc………..
Carol
April 28, 2022 @ 5:38 pm
Countrymusic 🎶 is doing just fine by itself.. No need for a Billionaire to mess with it ! Seriously
I love Country music ❤.. Back up !!
Don Willingham
April 28, 2022 @ 6:44 pm
We have a law against monopolies in this country. Isnt one man owning country music and all its ammenities considered a monopoly?
Country music is also a all American music genera and artists/muscians have the right to express themselves freely without sensorship or mandate restricting their craft. Doesnt the concept behind this somewhat Hostile takeover in someways violate all of those freedoms & ideals? Mr Musk cant You find better more alturistic manners in which to spend or invest Your billions in?
DOUG DUCEY
April 28, 2022 @ 7:01 pm
Almost 90% of comments are DAF. One comment says Elon should help people. What do you think buying and creating businesses do? Twitter doesn’t float freely in a multiverse…..however that would be cool….it’s already run by the Uber rich. I love people who make money and grow businesses….it’s called a booming economy…one everyone benefits from….just because you ate a sad bag of dicks….don’t blame me. Tesla hires people….buying companies hires people…Elon has no agenda your just scared that everyone has a voice now….reverse slave owners.
Dale Thelander
April 29, 2022 @ 11:51 am
Elon HAS an agenda. Making humanity a multi-planetary species. He’s obsessed with establishing a colony on Mars by 2030. Realistic? Perhaps, perhaps not. But it’s been his agenda for more than a decade.
Jeff
April 28, 2022 @ 8:04 pm
Great article trigger (got a huge chuckle from you ) in my opinion there is only two types of music.. good music and not good.. which is why I scour the web to hear music no one I know listen to..
liza
April 28, 2022 @ 8:22 pm
You made Snopes https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-country/
Boh Gner
April 28, 2022 @ 8:25 pm
The best country song is: “Weiners n Butts, trump can Suck Deez Nuts” by Bonnie Raitt. Prove me wrong.
Penn Central
April 28, 2022 @ 8:43 pm
I “unsubscribed” from “Country” years ago…..
Richard Rymski
April 29, 2022 @ 3:13 am
Elon (Mollusk) Musk, should shave his head, walk backwards on his hands and shoot a video of himself singing the I-95 song.
Jade
April 28, 2022 @ 10:52 pm
This isn’t a Monopoly game Elon…
WhenIreallyshouldlaugh
April 29, 2022 @ 12:33 am
Im all for it. Maybe instead of spending untold millions curating and shoving woke country down our throats and nonsense like BLM and MeToo, maybe we should invest in what really matters: the music. Elon is a hero. Im all for him restoring Twitter to allow voices from conservatives, and restoring Country Music to its traditional values, one that respects our flag, our laws, our men and women in blue, and our monuments.
Ab
April 29, 2022 @ 1:24 am
Hey ,
A little some of piece change my life and I live.
Goob McCoy
April 29, 2022 @ 2:12 am
The vulgarly wealthy are a “special” kind of crazy! Just look at the GOP!
Richard Rymski
April 29, 2022 @ 2:58 am
Leon Mollusk should shave his head, walk backwards on his hands and shoot a video of himself singing the I-95 song.
Charles Wilkinson
April 29, 2022 @ 3:28 am
I guess this guy can buy ANYTHING. What next, the air we breathe?
HIS own
April 29, 2022 @ 5:20 am
When I place statement by which i can easily be judged by it ultimately plays into the hands of the very ones i least want it to. With that being said I must say as a proud defender of our great country who owes it’s opinion to the ones not here complaining but to the silent ones that are DOING. I subject myself to this ridicule for the sake of all who cant or won’t by one stating one simple Truth.. we all were made for more than we are saying thinking or involving ourselves in .. keep that in mind.. FOR EVERY MEASURE GIVEN .. IT IS RETURNED .. FIRST MASTER SELF FOR THE SELF THAT IS NEVER MASTERED ..
Richard Rymski
April 29, 2022 @ 5:34 am
Elon Musk needs to stay in his own lane,
and take a one way ride on I-95.
Michael Garcher
April 29, 2022 @ 6:21 am
Does it not look like to anybody that they put his face(Musk)on Tim Mcgraws body?
Me
April 29, 2022 @ 6:46 am
Wheeler Walker Jr is our only hope to save country music.
Mr Clean
April 29, 2022 @ 6:47 am
Thought the government was fixing everything like the Liberals want. Climate change is another Liberal hoax on Americans.
Dale Thelander
April 29, 2022 @ 12:03 pm
Yo, Mr Clean. Is NASA a liberal hoax? ‘Cause I see a $21 billion Moon bound megarocket that’s been under development for 11 years. And that’s just for the first in a series of megarockets. And the first one can’t pass a required test. That’s $21 billion in YOUR tax dollars.
Shannon
May 7, 2022 @ 6:52 am
How do you explain increased, rampant fire activity and the highest average temperatures on record across the globe?? That must be God’s will??
Mr Clean
May 7, 2022 @ 7:36 am
You do know weather records only go back to the 1880’s so what is there to compare to.
Shannon
May 7, 2022 @ 7:41 am
Yeah and that’s “only” 140 years worth of data.
Keep em’ poor, keep em stupid. The republican way
Mr Clean
May 7, 2022 @ 12:04 pm
But according to the Dems and Liberals the world is millions of years old so 140 isnt nothing to compare to
Shannon
May 7, 2022 @ 12:33 pm
So you’re agreeing with the libs/dems on this fact then? If not, based on your account 140 years is plenty.
Diana
April 29, 2022 @ 10:17 am
You cannot buy an entire genre of music! I think my head just exploded
Carl
April 29, 2022 @ 10:56 am
Our country is in a sad state of affairs. And our people enable it. If you speak against a republican, you MUST be a left woke democrat. If you speak against a democrat, you MUST be a racist trumpist. It’s a known fact that our government is deeply entrenched with fat cat billionaires that only serve themselves and their cronies, both sides of each party. When will people wake up?
Cindy
April 29, 2022 @ 10:57 am
It’s about time!!! Country Music is the backbone of this country. Years ago, Country Music was genuine and true, unlike today’s times. Now the blend of rapping, rock n roll, making entrances on swings, flying through the air like a circus act does not represent what country music is about. Lady singers performing in provocative outfits and sing songs that sound too much like the true and only one….Miranda Lambert. Where are the voices anymore? Bring back singers with the rich voices like Patsy Cline, George Jones, & Mr. John Conlee. These are the voices we miss.
Dale Thelander
April 29, 2022 @ 11:43 am
Scientists also told us that the Earth is 4.6 billion years old according to analysis of Moon rocks. Know what? I believe ’em.
Bent
April 29, 2022 @ 11:51 am
Country music, I don’t know if Elon can “fix it”, but I heard Musk is offering $111 billion for William Hill Sports Book because “the fix” is in.
Johnney Honeycutt
April 29, 2022 @ 12:05 pm
80 something Billion dollars this stupid son of a B…. It going to spend and throw down the drain to wake up and realize in 10 years he didn’t change a damn thing f…..g rich people I will never understand the days ahead of us all will never let it happen not one person on earth with twice that much money can’t change it music and radio are not the same the one thing that much money might change is what’s plaid on it that much money didn’t get this man an education
Euro South
April 29, 2022 @ 2:32 pm
Good one, Trig. Your satires are always too few and far between.
Todd Villars
April 29, 2022 @ 8:58 pm
What a shit show this article has become. Trigger you should change your name to triggered! People don’t read anymore.
Bryn Potts
April 30, 2022 @ 3:04 am
Can he buy back John and June cash, Waylon, Merle, George, Tammy,Conway,Patsy, Hank , Marty, Mindy , keith,Keith, Chris, Troy,Lester,Eddie,Joe, Justin ,Dottie ,Daryle, Jim ,Farina and countless others?
sandyH
May 1, 2022 @ 6:34 am
sure.. this egoist has all the money to delude himself he can save anything
no one can save music let alone country music…its the end for everything real
Ken Fowler
May 3, 2022 @ 10:14 am
As I sit in Longhorn listening to ‘Spaghetti’ Pop Country and have a great steak I still end up with indigestion; I hope this news is true (I need a break)!
Shannon
May 7, 2022 @ 6:49 am
What a stupid article, attempting to gain views by playing off the latest celebrity/media craze. What happened to writing legitimate articles on music artists. This is just a pretentious grab for more views.