I hate the historical country more than the modern stuff (which is thinly veiled pop music). I found it a formulaic kind of boring, uninspiring, and moaning about the writer's current state of affairs or others not like them. What causes the hate is having grown up in the country, I was forced to listen to it for a solid chunk of my childhood.
I'm the opposite, I like older "lost my dog, lost my wife, car doesn't work" country and dislike the semi-pop. I do find it interesting how much blues influence e.g. Hank Williams had.
