Country Awards Ratings Drop

[TheBigA]

When did The Eagles classify as country?

Lying Eyes charted as a Top 10 single in 1975. They've also been nominated several times for country awards.

Midnight Flyer is as country as Eastbound & Down.

 

[boombox4]

Parsons was his own worst enemy. He was a "wasted talent" in all senses of the word "wasted." He also had little to no work ethic, which was got him fired from the Byrds. IIRC, he was kicked out of Nashville while with the Byrds, whom the Old Guard didn't care for, either.

Ah, but Parsons influenced Keith Richards enough to get him to try Open G and Open D tunings, which gave us a plethora of great Rolling Stones material, both hits and album tracks. Even if a lot of music fans aren't aware of it....

 

[vchimpanzee]

Those two Denver hits were a helluva lot closer to traditional country music than any of Rich's countrypolitan crossovers, although I admit that "Rollin' With The Flow" is one of my favorite country hits of that period and I'd rather hear it today than anything by Denver.

Hey, now, I like John Denver and I like "Behind Closed Doors", "The Most Beautiful Girl" and "A Very Special Love Song".

 

[vchimpanzee]

When I finally got around to watching the whole show and skipping over the performances I didn't like, there was one other song I stayed around for. I forget who the artist were but they were two men singing about how beer is the solution to all problems. This doesn't mean I drink, but in general songs about beer are good.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Bieber seems to be a whipping boy for fans of every kind of music. Having listened to several of his songs recently, I wonder whether those who dismiss him out of hand have ever done the same. He does a good job on some very catchy material. I suppose the question of whether he uses AutoTune figures into the negativity, and of course the rock snobs will trash him because he doesn't play an instrument. But unless there's proof that he's a Milli Vanilli-style fraud or can't sing a single pure note without putting a computer circuit into heavy duty cycle, I'm not going with the music intelligentsia on Bieber.

I just think his style of music is garbage. He was involved in "Despacito", which I like, but probably not because of him.

I heard Kacey Musgraves' song and was disappointed it didn't win.

 

[landtuna]

That's what they said 40 years ago when the top stars were Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap.

Both Rogers and Milsap had songs which were much closer to MOR pop than anything approaching Country. The two examples coming readily to mind are "Islands In The Stream" (with Dolly) and "Lost In The 50's Tonight".

 

[CTListener]

Both Rogers and Milsap had songs which were much closer to MOR pop than anything approaching Country. The two examples coming readily to mind are "Islands In The Stream" (with Dolly) and "Lost In The 50's Tonight".

Even Randy Travis, who was pretty much the standard bearer for the New Traditionalist movement in country music, had a hit on country radio a decidedly non-country-sounding version of the old Brook Benton hit "It's Just a Matter of Time."

 

[vchimpanzee]

Even Randy Travis, who was pretty much the standard bearer for the New Traditionalist movement in country music, had a hit on country radio a decidedly non-country-sounding version of the old Brook Benton hit "It's Just a Matter of Time."

Sounded country enough for me. Jim Reeves and Eddy Arnold were known for that style.

 

[TheBigA]

Country Aircheck did a lengthy interview with ACM TV show producer RAC Clark (son of Dick Clark) about the ACM show. He went into a lot of detail about the production of the show. He also addressed the ratings issue, and here's what he said:

The Emmys had about the same rating in the demo but fewer viewers than we had. Everything is down. The television industry is in the same place the recording industry was in when streaming came in. There’s Hulu, Peacock, Netflix, Disney+ – broadcast networks are feeling the effects. And I heard that DishTV with its 12 million viewers wasn’t carrying CBS the night of our show. Even so, in a year when people are craving entertainment beyond seeing stars in their homes, we delivered a show people responded to on socials and in the music streaming numbers we saw after. We made an impact.

That last sentence is the one I'm seeing more and more. Traditional TV ratings don't tell the whole story for live events. It's the impact the show has through social media and delayed viewing.

 

[TheBigA]

Last night was the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The headline is that the ratings dropped again. That's not the full story:

CBS’ ACM Awards Hit All-Time Lows But Still Top Sunday Ratings

CBS' coverage of the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards drew a 0.8 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.08 million viewers.

deadline.com

Even though the show received a .8 rating, it was the most watched show of the night. What does that say? That TV viewing is so spread out, so diluted, that no single show can receive more than .8 rating.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

That’s the nature of the world. Viewing is spread all over the place.