2008 Woodie Awards
The ringing in your ears
By: Dan Ubilla
Issue date: 6/13/08 Section: TimeOut
I have a lot of conversations with myself. Some people may attribute this to self-obsession, but I'm going to blame it on an intense amount of creativity. Either way, I always imagine friends coming up to me and giving the typical friendly kind word about my column. My imaginary conversations always end with my friends giving me a bit of criticism: "You seem to love writing about rock, but you never write a damned word about country music."
Well, my dear imaginary friends, I'm here to answer your call. I've been meaning to write a diary, and this seemed like the perfect excuse to do it. So I set my DVR to record a solid hour of Country Music Television and sat down to enjoy. Thankfully, CMT did a good job of mixing what's good about country music, what's bad, and everything in between.
0:00 - CMT starts out this block with a little Keith Urban, so luckily I'm not too lost. This song, the ballad "Everybody" is a little bit slower than I'm used to hearing from him, but I suppose all I have to reference is his old hit "Where the Blacktop Ends."
The chorus just kicked in: "Everybody needs somebody sometimes." Isn't that the chorus to a Disney song? I'll refrain from commenting for the rest of the song.
0:09 - After a ridiculously early commercial break, Emerson Drive's "You Still Own Me" comes on. For some reason I always get this band confused with Rascal Flatts and Diamond Rio. The first few crowd shots have showed pre-teen girls, a mid-20s couple and an older married pair. This band desperately wants you to know how accessible they are. I'm not sold.
This band seems so watered down they don't seem to be having any fun.
0:14 - Blake Shelton's 2002 song "Ol' Red" came on. Hey, I know this one! If I squint, Shelton starts to look like Eddie Vedder. I suppose I can get past that. I'll give the song extra credit for encouraging doggie love. Somewhere, Bob Barker just got a chill up his spine.
0:21 - The "Stealing Cinderella" song I always hear on the radio is on now. I have to come clean here. I am a sucker for sappy country songs that tell a story through the verses so strongly that the chorus' words don't change, but its meaning does.
Well, my dear imaginary friends, I'm here to answer your call. I've been meaning to write a diary, and this seemed like the perfect excuse to do it. So I set my DVR to record a solid hour of Country Music Television and sat down to enjoy. Thankfully, CMT did a good job of mixing what's good about country music, what's bad, and everything in between.
0:00 - CMT starts out this block with a little Keith Urban, so luckily I'm not too lost. This song, the ballad "Everybody" is a little bit slower than I'm used to hearing from him, but I suppose all I have to reference is his old hit "Where the Blacktop Ends."
The chorus just kicked in: "Everybody needs somebody sometimes." Isn't that the chorus to a Disney song? I'll refrain from commenting for the rest of the song.
0:09 - After a ridiculously early commercial break, Emerson Drive's "You Still Own Me" comes on. For some reason I always get this band confused with Rascal Flatts and Diamond Rio. The first few crowd shots have showed pre-teen girls, a mid-20s couple and an older married pair. This band desperately wants you to know how accessible they are. I'm not sold.
This band seems so watered down they don't seem to be having any fun.
0:14 - Blake Shelton's 2002 song "Ol' Red" came on. Hey, I know this one! If I squint, Shelton starts to look like Eddie Vedder. I suppose I can get past that. I'll give the song extra credit for encouraging doggie love. Somewhere, Bob Barker just got a chill up his spine.
0:21 - The "Stealing Cinderella" song I always hear on the radio is on now. I have to come clean here. I am a sucker for sappy country songs that tell a story through the verses so strongly that the chorus' words don't change, but its meaning does.
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