CMA Awards

[vchimpanzee]

Not technically about radio though they do give awards to radio stations and personalities.

I liked the tribute to George Jones.

I mostly liked the tribute to Kenny Rogers.

The hosts should have been ashamed. I taped it so I could fast-forward through all the junk and their so-called contribution was part of the junk, yet I actually watched it.

I liked more of the performances than I thought I would.

I liked the sexy outfit one of the winners of "I Drive Your Truck" wore.

Kacey Musgraves is cute and traditional enough and has a natural beauty compared to, say, Miranda Lambert. Taylor Swift also wears a lot of makeup, but who cares? As long as it's not TOO much.

Taylor whould not have attempted to sing "Red" with Alison Krauss and Vince Gill. I couldn't tell that either of these legends really did anything worthwhile in that performance, which is a shame. But Taylor messed it up as usual. The word "red", for one thing, has only one syllable, and with that type of performance, anything else would just be weird.

 

[CatCall]

It struck me that a lot of the performances sounded more like rock than country. It was the more country sounding ones that appealed to me: the George Jones tribute with Alan Jackson and George Strait was my fave.

 

[vchimpanzee]

It struck me that a lot of the performances sounded more like rock than country. It was the more country sounding ones that appealed to me: the George Jones tribute with Alan Jackson and George Strait was my fave.

I liked it too.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Taylor's performance could have been worse. The clip of "Red" I saw on the AMA awards was atrocious.

Luke Bryan played heavy metal with a banjo.

And as for the Nelly performance--we can be grateful we weren't subjected to that on a country music program.