Honky Tonk Heroes

Not as bad as I imagined it was going to be. The thought of Daisy Duke in hotpants helped me get to the finish. No, that just sounds wrong, some things should remain private. I will not be going back for sloppy seconds any time soon.

Holy fucking boring good god.

Well suited for an afternoon spent drinking piss-poor beer and lapping up bitter ruminations from the old fogeys and barflies at the local watering hole. Mercifully over in 28 minutes. The font on the cover is a crime against design.

Awful. But it's short.

There is a lot more country on this list than I thought there would be. It’s done nothing to change my perspective on the genre. I was right to hate it, and will continue as such.

Mid 1 Minimalist production + boring songs + generic country voice = not a thing to recomend it. Upgraded from low 1 by the song "we had it all" which I quite enjoyed

wasn’t great

America

Made it 1 1/2 tracks in and dipped. This music was not made for me. It was made for losers.

Tried to listen - really do not enjoy country music

I'll take honky-tonk country over the slower, twangier stuff but this is still a bit weak. Just not into anything country. Some decent storytelling Billy Joe on a few like "Ain't No God in Mexico." Heard of Waylon and his heroes but never had a listen. Pretty sure he is big time in the genre. Surprised he didn't write anything on this album Glad this was a short one and not too torturous. Getting a pretty low score at 1.21 stars though.

Wasn't looking forward another outdated country album. One song in after the title track I figured hey, maybe this won't be that bad. I immediately had to backtrack on this as I was then dealt 9 slowed down boring old country songs. Not sure what would be considered groundbreaking or list-worthy out of this as they were all very simple acoustic tracks with little to no variation or anything interesting. Best feature of this album is the playtime. At 27 minutes its one of the shorter entries on the list and even that was too long for me. I legitimately don't believe I've ever been a fan of anything that includes the words honky tonk. It's just not my scene at all. 0.65 stars

Shit album

Gud nej

Oh man! I'm so grateful that I was raised on the right side of the Atlantic, where there simply didn't exist such a thing as the stupidity and simplicity of country music. As far as my memory goes, there were some songs on the Stones albums, Let It Bleed and Beggars Banquet, but even then, much much better performed. This is just another terrible country album on this list. I had my hopes up with the first song "Honky Tonk Heroes", but those were crushed by the second song and everything further on, which are the typical tearjerkers and whining songs that made me hate country music so much. So here we go again - 1/5

Not my style

Outlaw Country? More like extra garbagey country.

Didn’t grab my attention, put me to sleep. And worst of all his vocal performance and just the sound of his voice in general is so boring and underwhelming. Albums like this make me think I hate country until I hear stuff that’s actually good.

I think if you enjoy Honky Tonk this probably is the gold standard. For me it’s like nails on a chalkboard.

Other than the Dukes of Hazzard theme, I don't think I could name a single song by Waylon Jennings (well scratch that, I know of "Luckenbach," but I don't think I've ever actually listened to it. As a Texan, don't tell anyone I said that). I've enjoyed a fair amount of the country albums on this list, and the words Honky Tonk appearing in the title up the chances of my enjoyment even more. Time for a little outlaw country! As much as I wanted to enjoy this album, I found it pretty underwhelming. I thought Waylon’s singing was good, and the guitar playing was nice, but I was really bored by this album. When it comes to country music, I really love hearing raw emotions, like Emmylou Harris, or something lighthearted and silly, like Buck Owens. Honky Tonk Heroes was just kind of bland to me, because it didn’t make me feel anything. There weren’t any particular songs that stood out to me, and there wasn’t anything particularly unique about this musically or lyrically. I was really hoping that I would enjoy this album, but this was a swing and a miss.

This would be an album I'd listen to if I was driving through the midwest on a roadtrip, but otherwise it's not my vibe lol.

Not a country fan though I know there is some incredible country music but he’s a country legend so I gave it listen. Update, still not a country fan, and this wasn’t one of those albums for me. The singing isn’t even good??

Only some country, but not this

Herpa derp countryskräp 0/5

Artiste inconnu. Le premier morceau avec son accélération centrale m'a fait espérer un peu. Espoir vite douché par les morceaux suivants, complètement country et totalement ennuyeux pour moi. =>1/5

This one just didn’t hit for me. I’m not really into the outlaw cowboy vibe, so it was always going to be a bit of a stretch. Also — does this really count as a full album? It’s only 27 minutes long. Sure, in the '70s there were physical limitations, but even so, it feels more like a long EP than an album. Raises a few questions, that’s for sure.

Sincere performances and tasteful production, but not my bag at all. Trad country rock. Cack.

Too country and/or western for me. 1/5

Just not my thing

I went into this thinking I'd hate it which I don't like doing but I've been stung a couple of times with country. Reluctantly I start the first track. It starts off slow, with a little guitar riff. Waylon Jennings comes in with a bit of a stereotypical but enjoyable voice. Then a little delicate violin in the background. The vocal melody is really catchy and has the sound of a big singalong chorus. Then a third of the way through the track a blues electric guitar starts chugging away and the drums kick in. It turns into a proper foot tapping bluesy country rock song. I am genuinely loving this. Another verse and chorus followed by a back and forth harmonica/guitar battle then Jennings takes us home with a final chorus. I hope, wish and pray that the rest of the album follows suit. Next track is a slow old school country saloon track, as is the next one. Please don't do this to me Waylon! The rest of the album never hits the heights of the first track. I'm not sure what it is about the opener. The blues tone, the rock and roll vibe? Something about it grabbed me and it's going straight on every playlist I have. It's honestly so good. The rest is your standard country. Slow, moody, drones on and on. Mercifully it's only 27 minutes long. Damn you Waylon, you nearly had me for a few minutes!

This sort of music is so image-conscious that I cannot take it seriously as genuine artistic expression. Like, you know exactly what the preoccupations of this album will be before you ever hit play. Being a lonely cowboy is hard. Being a lonely cowboy while also getting lots of pussy is especially hard. Being ‘free’ (which I guess just means being away from lawmen and cities and soap) is cool. Drinking gin from a jug is also cool. You see a track called 'Low Down Freedom' and you can practically write it yourself: lamenting about having to leave the girl who's just spent the evening 'fitting' the singer's body (gross) because all that freedom is irresistible to a wild cowboy like he. Every creative decision is made to satiate people who would burn down the hootenanny if this music didn’t fit within these very narrow prescriptions. We should not indulge them.

I can't really take this music seriously. It just sounds like he's taking the Mick, but he's clearly not. But he's using a silly voice and it all feels like stereotypes. It's not as nauseating as some country, but it's not good. One song about freedom had a fade out, that bugged me. The next track was just a rip off of universal soldier by Donovan but without the meaningful lyrics, and with a naff bass line. I haven't actually heard a honky-tonk on it yet... Oh apparently honky-tonk can refer to the bars or the music they play country music in, even though all are named after the piano. Not for me I'm afraid.

Nope.

NO NO and thrice NO!!! Music to listen to before you slit your own throat!

Not really my bag but well made

better than modern country but I still can’t stand it

Very country

If tepid congealed porridge was an album then it would be Hony Tonk Heroes. Unpalatable.

I really can't understand why country is something you NEED to listen to before you die. Terrible genre.

unfathonmavly boring. cant even be arsed fixing that typo is how bored i am

Okay I think I knew what I would think about this before I listened to it and I was right.

Hill billy pis! SE DOG PÅ DET COVER BILLEDE!!!! ØV! det bedste ved albummet er længden. 30 lange minutter.

Please stop recommending to me music that sounds like it was made by people who ride the short bus.

honky tonk is not for me, im afraid

Hillbilly nonsense

Never been a fan of Honky Tonk. Gave this an honest try, but still not a fan.

Awful

Honky Tonk motherfucker. Understand why the word 'Honky' is a racial Slur after listening to that!

Honky Tonk bollocks

Not my thing at all.

Unbearable. Rocky outlaw Country & Western.

houd niet zo van Amerikaanse muziek

ja nee ja nee niks voor mij, klote country

Not mine

Personally, I don't like country music

Yee haw

Not really my thing.

Yee-haw! Sorry, but not my kind of music.

hmmmm this is dangerously too closely related to country which I don't do. But I'm committed and will give it an honest listen. Metal heads famous last words. Thank fuck it's only 32 min long. 32 min too long. Okay thank satan that's over. Need to rinse my ears out now with some Behemoth now.

At least it was short.

Could have been used for the soundtrack to Smokey and the Bandit. Good film, terrible music!

CUNT TREE

Not a fan of C&W, and not a fan of this albu,m.

Pretty much it’s dog shit

oh god just terrible

el country es la peor basura que existe

Encore et toujours cette mirifique année 73 ! Que de chefs d'oeuvres parus entre fin 72 et mi 74 ! Que nous etions gâté sans le savoir durant ces années magiques... Waylon Jennings... Encore un artiste américain que je connais surtout de nom ou pour ses contributions .. Allez, zou ! Direction Spotify !!! Bon... Ben, c'est vraiment country, country, country ... Le Honk s'est perdu en route... Un grand artiste, certainement, mais hyper inscrit dans les attentes du public américain... C'est pas lui qui va les surprendre ou innover... Non, non... On est là pour conforter le public dans ses choix et... faire des sous ! Les 2 principaux axes et buts des artistes américains... Professionnel, pour sûr... Mais faire avancer le schmillblick...? Mais pourquoi donc ??? Puisque cette RECETTE éprouvée marche à fond... Donc, non ... C'est pas ma culture et ce n'est absolument pas ce que j'attends des artistes, au sens large d'ailleurs, en musique et dans tous les autres modes d'expression artistique...

Typical country with twangy guitars and lovelorn lyrics. Waylon is better with the quieter songs as he tends to shout on the more uptempo tracks. The arrangements are as simple as they could be. Dominated by a plodding bass line in nearly every case. Not for me and generally not very impressive,

Dit was echt niet te doen...

Nope this one ain't for me

Country cr8nge.

C&W. No.

Shit kickin villains

No thanks

didn't finish :(

Disposable Country for Texans

Nope

country is shit

t w a n g

couldn't make it through the first song

What did I think of this? It kind of washed over me, to be honest. I can only assume it's so clasically country as to sound like a pastiche to my post-modern, 21st century, hyper pop-culture literate ears. Besides, as we know, I don't actually like country music that much, despite my best efforts (cf. my Willie Nelson review).

As if Hank Williams, Lefty Fritzell, George Jones, Merle Haggard etc never laid the path for being tough and vulnerable, muscular and sweet, Wailing Jennings sidles in with his dick dangling freely out of his zipper, orders shots for the whole bar and lays down some utterly useless guy music.

Country gives me a headache

No country for me, the old man. Next.

Äh, nnnnEIN! Ich hatte bislang noch nicht mal was von dem Genre "Outlaw Country“ gehört, geschweige denn von Jennings, und hätte mir gewünscht, dass das auch so geblieben wäre.

1973: Black Rose

Proper old skool country music. This isn't a good thing

Never again

not my thing