Garth Brooks: The Entertainer 5 Disc LE Set $5.00 at Walmart YMMV

[hiccupleftovers]

This is a kick ass set. There I said it. It probably breaks what ever street cred I had here, but I'm unashamed to admit that Garth Brooks is pretty much the only country music I have ever liked or enjoyed. So yaeh, I was over at Walmart today looking for a flashlight when I decided to check on the DVD aisle when I was astonished to see it at this price. I remember when it was $25 and going for $50 on Ebay. My aunt actually bought this for her husband an now ne of my cousins (a two year old) loves watching it because they brain washed him into thinking its a new Wiggle called Wiggle Garth. :lol:

Anyway, you can't go wrong for a tin and a $1 a disc. YMMV deal of course since it's Walmart, and mine was nearly out of them.

Also, his CDs were $5.50 there (wish they were all like that). Grabbed a couple I was missing.

It's also online, but for $10:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5238293

This set is worth alone for the Central Park concert and the music videos.

[monoxide101]

Wow, pretty soon they'll be giving this away. Did this really go for $50 on ebay? The Walmarts around here have always had very, very full shelves of this and I never seen a gap in them. It's a great price if you're a fan, but IMHO this is about the time when country started to become just pop with a twang.

[y2jedi]

As David Cross so eloquently put it....... C.R.A.P.
Contemporary Rock and Pop.

I usually don't take shots at folks and musical tastes around here. But I'm in KY, so I'm surrounded by today's "country" music. I couldn't help myself.

But, I can verify the same deal. I saw them Monday @ Wally-World also.

[rcannon]

Still ringing up at $10 at my Walmart, however they have a crap load left, so I hope they drop the price soon. I'm not a big Garth Brooks fan, but for the price I may become one.

[vivafriend5]

Good deal, gotta look into this, a nice tin and 5 dvds, nice...

[vivafriend5]

9.72 at mine... YMMV

[neocisco]

hiccup, PLEASE tell me you starch your jeans.:lol:

[gofishn]

Garth Brooks is awesome. As soon as he ends his "retirement" and goes on tour again you can be damn sure I'll at his show when he comes to town.

[sarausagi]

As David Cross so eloquently put it....... C.R.A.P.
Contemporary Rock and Pop.

I usually don't take shots at folks and musical tastes around here. But I'm in KY, so I'm surrounded by today's "country" music. I couldn't help myself.

But, I can verify the same deal. I saw them Monday @ Wally-World also.

Hmm, pretty much the "CRAP" is the only country worth listening to these days. I grew up [forced] to listen to every single country artist imaginable, I know Garth Brooks and George Strait songs off the top of my head...

But seriously, I think country music is one of those genre where it's all been done before, there's nothing really new to explore or create. Traditionalists look down on anything somewhat new [such as influences from other genre or people of different ethnicities] and new artists as a whole. And on the other side of the coin, all the new listeners don't have much appreciation for genre pioneers and "classics" [translation: old geezers], and most people don't realize that what they may like may not even be pure "country" music [say, bluegrass, southern rock, southern gospel, honky tonk, western, etc] and other genre which are REALLY regional variants of country music, such as "musica regional" and "tex mex" don't get the right time of day from mainstream country listeners simply because of ethnicity or a language barrier.

Then again, one could also say that country music is the only pure pop music coming out of the US. If you want to find an artist who still uses an acoustic guitar, harp, strings, percussions, and woodwinds, the only place you'll find them [besides jazz and prog rock] is country. Pretty much, mainstream music these days is for the most part rhythmic in nature, little to no songwriting, the melody isn't the focus of the song, the lyrics aren't the substance, all emphasis is placed on the rhythmic structure and the "hook". What people call "Pop" these days [what you call crap] is actually rock and hip hop in disguise, therefore lots of people who enjoy pop as a genre [not a definition] find themselves listening to younger country artists and groups, simply because they find the song structures and musicianship they enjoy.

The heart of the problem, I remain, is the close minded approach country music fans tend to have. Besides hatred of other genre and new sounds, besides not wanting to branch out in subject matter, besides stereotyping its own market and blatantly exploiting it, the closed nature of the market is to blame. I'd say, maybe, African Americans have had some sucess in country music, but anyone NOT "white" finds little to no luck at all. The closest thing to "color" in country is a fair share of Australian vocalists, but even that's a stretch. Until country gives an Asian, an Hispanic, even a Jew a chance, it'll stay just the way it is. I've been to rodeos and shows and quite honestly it seems that the industry wants to keep "minorities" as spectators ONLY.

[gofishn]

Hmm, pretty much the "CRAP" is the only country worth listening to these days. I grew up [forced] to listen to every single country artist imaginable, I know Garth Brooks and George Strait songs off the top of my head...

But seriously, I think country music is one of those genre where it's all been done before, there's nothing really new to explore or create. Traditionalists look down on anything somewhat new [such as influences from other genre or people of different ethnicities] and new artists as a whole. And on the other side of the coin, all the new listeners don't have much appreciation for genre pioneers and "classics" [translation: old geezers], and most people don't realize that what they may like may not even be pure "country" music [say, bluegrass, southern rock, southern gospel, honky tonk, western, etc] and other genre which are REALLY regional variants of country music, such as "musica regional" and "tex mex" don't get the right time of day from mainstream country listeners simply because of ethnicity or a language barrier.

Then again, one could also say that country music is the only pure pop music coming out of the US. If you want to find an artist who still uses an acoustic guitar, harp, strings, percussions, and woodwinds, the only place you'll find them [besides jazz and prog rock] is country. Pretty much, mainstream music these days is for the most part rhythmic in nature, little to no songwriting, the melody isn't the focus of the song, the lyrics aren't the substance, all emphasis is placed on the rhythmic structure and the "hook". What people call "Pop" these days [what you call crap] is actually rock and hip hop in disguise, therefore lots of people who enjoy pop as a genre [not a definition] find themselves listening to younger country artists and groups, simply because they find the song structures and musicianship they enjoy.

The heart of the problem, I remain, is the close minded approach country music fans tend to have. Besides hatred of other genre and new sounds, besides not wanting to branch out in subject matter, besides stereotyping its own market and blatantly exploiting it, the closed nature of the market is to blame. I'd say, maybe, African Americans have had some sucess in country music, but anyone NOT "white" finds little to no luck at all. The closest thing to "color" in country is a fair share of Australian vocalists, but even that's a stretch. Until country gives an Asian, an Hispanic, even a Jew a chance, it'll stay just the way it is. I've been to rodeos and shows and quite honestly it seems that the industry wants to keep "minorities" as spectators ONLY.

I agree completely with the first part of your statement, but I have to disagree with the industry trying to keep minorities out. While quite some time ago that may have been somewhat true, there have been fairly successful African-American and Hispanic (mainly Mexican) country singers in recent times. The only reason why I think you don't see many minority country singers is because they just don't identify with the music. It's against their own cultural norm to become a country music artist, therefore they just decide to follow what is normal. I don't have any facts to back any of this up, it's just my take on it.

[homerojay]

$5.00 at my WM

[JaytheGamefan]

It was $10 the last time I checked my Wal-Mart, and while I'm not a Garth Brooks fan, I do enjoy some of his stuff, and for $5-$10, it's a fantastic deal.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I agree completely with the first part of your statement, but I have to disagree with the industry trying to keep minorities out. While quite some time ago that may have been somewhat true, there have been fairly successful African-American and Hispanic (mainly Mexican) country singers in recent times. The only reason why I think you don't see many minority country singers is because they just don't identify with the music. It's against their own cultural norm to become a country music artist, therefore they just decide to follow what is normal. I don't have any facts to back any of this up, it's just my take on it.

It's not a matter of the industry keeping minorities out; it's the listeners who don't want to hear Country music that is not the same old, same old. Any sort of new thing gets squished down quickly. It's why a lot of people, myself included, hate country. There's no wiggle room for anything new.