CMA Awards!

[Nine Miler]

Here's a classic duet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7mg1AB6ZjM

[Dan:]

I was kinda surprised at how many of the singers sounded off key, but I suppose it is a live show. I like Miranda Lambert but it was not a great performance.

I don't understand why people think Taylor Swift is pretty.

She's not, she's smokin' HOT.

Yeah, ok...

I really don't think she is that good looking, but to each his own.

Carrie Underwood on the other hand...

x2

[Hooked_On_Bass]

Good for Brad!

[Bassn Blvd]

Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn will never be out sung.

[OHIO]

As long as we're posting links to good songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g555DkvLESo&feature=related

[Hammer 4]

I'm sorry, I have to post 1 more vid..the late great Jerry Reed.

[Hooked_On_Bass]

Some George:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKVbh_kpjgU

and

Some George:

[Nine Miler]

Hammer, you got two. Here is my second. I might have one more in response to Hooked_On_Bass, but that'll be it.

Here's one for you Hooked...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3CWNLhW140

[Gone_Phishin]

I'm watchin. Wouldn't miss it. Miranda Lambert has the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen. The rest of her ain't so bad either.

No doubt; she can really fill out a pair of jeans.

[OHIO]

If only these guys were at the CMAs...

[Hooked_On_Bass]

Gotta like that one eh, Nine Miler! 

Here is another:

[OHIO]

That's great Hooked On Bass.

Some more Hank Jr.

[Redlinerobert]

Watching the show as well.  I will definitely be there next year. 

[OHIO]

Watching the show as well. I will definitely be there next year.

Is it just starting in Cali?

[Redlinerobert]

Started at 8 pm pst.

[moby bass]

Well, if Kid Rock has to appear at the CMAs, then Springsteen should be next . Give me a break!

This is a guy who can't even figure out his hat is on backward.

I LOVE country music.  Too bad this stuff isn't.  I quit listening to it years ago went it went to the pop side.

[BASSclary]

Carrie Underwood in my opinion is the hottest country singer.

[00 mod]

I wish ya'll would stop talking about my wife like that (Taylor Swift)!  LOL   Yes she is hot!  But a little young too!

Also< I am a country fan, and I like real country....tell me if this doesn't remind you of a young George...

He's young and real country!

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Classiest lady in the place just presented...Martina.

My fav female singer lambert is second

[Maxximus Redneckus]

real country ..Jamey johnson,george jones, alan jackson ,,,etc etc only a very few new age singers sing real country check these guys out

and this 

[00 mod]

real country ..Jamey johnson,george jones, alan jackson ,,,etc etc only a very few new age singers sing real country check these guys out

and this

I feel as if I just wasted 30 seconds of my life!  Cause I only listened to the first 15 seconds of each of those horrible excuses for music!

[roadwarrior]

real country ..Jamey johnson,george jones, alan jackson ,,,etc etc only a very few new age singers sing real country check these guys out

and this

                                                 

[TBendBassin]

do any of you know what texas country is?? thats country guys.. country radio is CRAPPPPPP except jamey johnson.. texas country is real country not stupid redneck music like some yanks might think.. its all about songwriting and music that means something not just how much money you can make.. ill post a list tomorrow of some artists yall should listen to

[Stringjam]

All of these "real country" posts are starting to crack me up. ;D

Ya know what - how about the the novel idea of listening to music because it's good, and leave the all the incessant sub-categorization to the kiddies.

The idea that country music is "going pop" is just a bit late.....country music isn't going there, it has been there since the 60's - - or maybe people have just decided to ignore its existence, despite how prevalent "pop" country has been on the charts since way back when all they supposedly played was "real country." After all Hank Williams invented country, right? Please.... ;D

There's just as much of the good stuff now as there ever has been. The overall level of musicianship in country circles (and especially among studio players) is stellar.

Singing is always a big variable......it isn't pure singing ability that draws people. Some of the greats hardly have an ounce of range or real singing skill.....it's the ability to write songs and convey them in a way that makes the music relevant to the listener.

That's why Taylor Swift is famous......if you're some 30 year-old+ dude that doesn't "understand" her, than that's fine, because SHE ISN'T WRITING MUSIC FOR YOU. Her crowd is pre and teenage girls, and she nails it. Good for her.

And yes - live vocals tend to be on the pitchy side unless you're dealing with top-shelf vocalists, or if they aren't running the signal through an auto-tuner.

If music was purely a singing contest, then everybody else might as well have left when they let Kelly Clarkson in the door. There is no "pitchy" going on there....girl has it locked down like a human tuner.

Still plenty of great raw singing talent among the ladies though.....Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood can hang with any country female past or present. I'll throw Alison Krauss in there, too - as her live vocals could pretty much pass as a spotless studio track.

I'm not even the biggest country fan, but there's plenty of cool stuff, even from some of the very mainstream crowd. I would rather listen to someone like Brad Paisley or Keith Urban than a derivative caricature of a dead country star, copying and pasting the same old country songs into a new album and calling it "real."

[OHIO]

All of these "real country" posts are starting to crack me up. ;D

Ya know what - how about the the novel idea of listening to music because it's good, and leave the all the incessant sub-categorization to the kiddies.

The idea that country music is "going pop" is just a bit late.....country music isn't going there, it has been there since the 60's - - or maybe people have just decided to ignore its existence, despite how prevalent "pop" country has been on the charts since way back when all they supposedly played was "real country." After all Hank Williams invented country, right? Please.... ;D

There's just as much of the good stuff now as there ever has been. The overall level of musicianship in country circles (and especially among studio players) is stellar.

Singing is always a big variable......it isn't pure singing ability that draws people. Some of the greats hardly have an ounce of range or real singing skill.....it's the ability to write songs and convey them in a way that makes the music relevant to the listener.

That's why Taylor Swift is famous......if you're some 30 year-old+ dude that doesn't "understand" her, than that's fine, because SHE ISN'T WRITING MUSIC FOR YOU. Her crowd is pre and teenage girls, and she nails it. Good for her.

And yes - live vocals tend to be on the pitchy side unless you're dealing with top-shelf vocalists, or if they aren't running the signal through an auto-tuner.

If music was purely a singing contest, then everybody else might as well have left when they let Kelly Clarkson in the door. There is no "pitchy" going on there....girl has it locked down like a human tuner.

Still plenty of great raw singing talent among the ladies though.....Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood can hang with any country female past or present. I'll throw Alison Krauss in there, too - as her live vocals could pretty much pass as a spotless studio track.

I'm not even the biggest country fan, but there's plenty of cool stuff, even from some of the very mainstream crowd. I would rather listen to someone like Brad Paisley or Keith Urban than a derivative caricature of a dead country star, copying and pasting the same old country songs into a new album and calling it "real."

Most new country isn't good IMO.

The reason a lot of people who like outlaw/classic country don't like new country is because it sounds like pop music. There is a difference if you weren't aware.

To say country has been pop music since the 60's isn't all true. Some of it has been been, but you can't say Hank Jr. George Jones, Haggard, Willie, Waylon, or Verne Gosdin (to name a few) have ever been considered pop.