The Country Heart of Cowboy Carter

Culture Study Podcast

Anne Helen Petersen

Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Arts

4.6 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Who can force a nationwide conversation about musical genre for a whole damn month? Beyoncé can. And I knew I wanted to be several weeks into that discussion — and several weeks into my own relationship with the album — before I dove in myself. I also knew I wanted to talk about it with someone else with a similarly deep and ambivalent relationship with country music: the good, the white, the cold-beer-nation-building, all of it. So I was absolutely thrilled when Elamin Abdelmahmoud agreed to come on the show and engage in what he calls one of his favorite hobbies: “talking about Beyoncé at length.” You’re gonna love the show and you’re gonna love Elamin and it’s gonna make you think a lot more about Cowboy Carter, even if it’s not (yet) your fav. I can’t wait for your thoughts (and to argue more about Jolene in the comments).

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Anne. Just a heads up to the last part of our conversation. This is a 17-minute
0:06.8	discussion about Beyonce's cover of Jolene and where we think Cowboy Carter will rank in her discography
0:11.4	and why Elamine thinks that Jolene is the only skip on the album. This is exclusive to paid
0:17.7	subscribers. So if you already know that you want to hear that, head to
0:20.9	culturestudypod.substack.com and subscribe. I also just want to say that if you can swing it,
0:26.5	a yearly subscription is so helpful for us as we try to figure out our budget and continue to plan
0:31.2	out the show. It's normally $50 for a year, but if you already subscribe to the culture study
0:35.6	newsletter, you can add the podcast for just $30 a year.
0:39.2	Just throwing that out there. Okay, on with the show.
0:43.3	Beyonce shows up at the CMAs, and she's performing with the chicks.
0:48.1	To any reasonable and rational person, you would think, the stage is currently, you know, occupied by a lot of royalty.
0:55.9	Perhaps I should be rising to my feet.
0:57.5	Perhaps I should be celebrating the presence of Beyonce and the presence of the chicks and the
1:02.0	presence of this combination in front of me.
1:04.4	And what do the CMA do?
1:05.7	But not much, honestly.
1:07.6	Yeah, we're at the CMAs.
1:09.3	And like, yeah.
1:10.8	The Country Music Awards, and they're kind of like, who is this lady?
1:14.1	Why is he here?
1:15.3	I think there's a, I should be fair to the CMAs and say, like, a couple of people were quite excited by Beyonce's presence.
1:21.3	Yes.
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