2009 CMA Awards Live Blog: Pacific Edition
Posted by C.M. Wilcox (email) on 11/11/09 • Categorized as CMA Awards,Live Blogging
8:30 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Where’s Rick. I expected him to be here to comment on the dresses from the ladies.
8:30 PM: AikoujOi yeah mine is that new Carrie Underwood song
8:30 PM: CountryCa Trailer, “Need You Now”?
8:31 PM: Trailer Yep.
8:31 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) (not that I want him here, but I expected him to stop by)
8:31 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) that single has sold 500,000 copies already
8:31 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) no doubt that it’s cannibalizing their CD…
8:31 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) future sales.
8:31 PM: CountryCa I like Rick. He adds flavor.
8:31 PM: TwangNation ready for some hate?
8:31 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) true, true…
8:32 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) haha go for it…
8:32 PM: AikoujOi go for it lol
8:32 PM: Trailer There was equal parts hate and love as I was watching and tweeting earlier.
8:33 PM: Trailer Not from me of course: my hate to love ratio was about 78/22
8:33 PM: TwangNation Love for 3. Jamey, Miranda and George.
8:33 PM: AikoujOi Would watch it if Terri was nominated for something
8:33 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) yeah, well I genuinely like a lot of stuff that comes out from contemporary country but I still like/love alt stuff.
8:33 PM: TwangNation i’m now with 99% more hate.
8:34 PM: CountryCa What’s happening on the show right now?
8:34 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) AikoujOi, you should’ve watched the CCMA’s then.
8:34 PM: bradyvercher I’m just trying not to get depressed.
8:34 PM: CountryCa Someone be my TV.
8:34 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Brad’s singing “Welcome To The Future”
8:34 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) there were a bunch of “Modern Family” ads before that
8:34 PM: AikoujOi yeah Matt but the problem was that it wasn’t shown here in the US
8:34 PM: CountryCa Ah, okay.
8:35 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) haha, I know. But being in washington state, we get CBC.
8:35 PM: CountryCa I fear “Modern Family” might be a tough sell for many country fans.
8:35 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Will miss CBC again once back in Nashville next year.
8:35 PM: AikoujOi dang lucky
8:35 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) yeah, probably are right there CM.
8:35 PM: Trailer I like Brad. That’s an important song that’s probably not getting the attention it deserves (but it’s not that country).
8:35 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) yeah, you’re right. It’s quite arena-rock, Kenny Chesney-like
8:36 PM: CountryCa I like “American Saturday Night” better.
8:36 PM: AikoujOi I like that song
8:36 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) “American Saturday Night” is a song Justin Moore needs to listen to, to avoid country cliches the next time around…
8:36 PM: Trailer I hope Brad’s not moving in the Kenny direction.
8:36 PM: AikoujOi Yep haha
8:36 PM: CountryCa Cliches are the good ol’ American way, though.
8:36 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) nah, he just did on this song.
8:37 PM: AikoujOi I don’t think he is imo
8:37 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) that’s true. It is what it is.
8:37 PM: CountryCa I hear Brad will be touring with the Wailers next year.
8:37 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) wish I could think of other cliches but I can’t
8:37 PM: CountryCa But that’s probably just a rumor. That I made up. Just now.
8:37 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Or Owl City (who will play the electronic programming) for Welcome To The Future
8:38 PM: AikoujOi hahaha
8:38 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) and then Brad will sing a countrified version of “Fireflies”
8:38 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) cause, well it’s a song about fireflies.
8:38 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) ZBB are ripping into Devil Went Down to Georgia
8:38 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Trailer, I suspect you were talking about this performance
8:39 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) this song would be a hit again with ZBB
8:39 PM: Trailer Yes. That ZBB performance killed.
8:39 PM: AikoujOi that’s the only country song my country-disliking irl friend likes.. Devil Went Down To Georgia
8:39 PM: CountryCa Oh, I think I saw a video of them doing this and Zac Brown wears the most intense facial expression ever through his frantic guitar solo.
8:39 PM: Trailer Star making performance like Miranda’s a few years ago.
8:39 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) yeah, well they’re already stars I think
8:39 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) they’re the new Alabama.
8:39 PM: Annie Awesome! Love these guys. Yes, Matt – I agree!
8:39 PM: Blake Boldt “I fear Modern Family might be a tough sell for country fans.” A show with two gay dudes as dads? Smart, sarcastic dialogue? No poop jokes? On that note, if any of you West Coasters see Jesse Tyler Ferguson around, CM has my address. Express mail. I will not stop talking about that show.
8:40 PM: KC Have they recorded it?
8:40 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Haha, Blake I am with you on that show, lol.
8:40 PM: CountryCa Ha, Blake.
8:40 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Jimmy Di Martini is one hell of a fiddle player.
8:40 PM: Blake Boldt I was curious why I hadn’t heard from Matt all night, and then I forgot that he’d left me for the West Coast. Duh.
8:40 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) I suspect the ZBB will be releasing a version of this song. They also said Son of a Bitch, not Son of a gun
8:41 PM: Annie OK – I just woke up!
8:41 PM: AikoujOi haha
8:41 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) haha.. Blake, if I were still in N’ville, we’d be at some swanky CMA party right now…
8:41 PM: Blake Boldt Driving home from Sommet, I missed Miranda’s perf. Tell me more.
8:41 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) that is if you would’ve wanted to go…
8:41 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) it was good.
8:41 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) very solid. like the record.
8:42 PM: Rothschild oOoOoOo
8:42 PM: AikoujOi I predict Taylor Swift will win one award tonight
8:42 PM: Annie It sounds real. What a concept.
8:42 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) DAMN! that is the most talented band in country music….
8:42 PM: Trailer If their next album is strong, they may move into the Swift stratosphere.
8:42 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) the standing O is well deserved.
8:42 PM: AikoujOi and Keith Urban..he seems to have a ton of fangirls
8:42 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Kristofferson had a BIG smile on his face
8:43 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Oh, Trailer, I got 2000 entrants for a contest for ZBB.
8:43 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) three different times.
8:43 PM: Trailer wow.
8:43 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) they will break to Taylor levels because they’re a real band.
8:43 PM: KC I guess I won’t mind now if they beat Jamey for New Artist
8:43 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) and will get guys and girls.
8:43 PM: bradyvercher The have an extremely mobilized online fan base for sure.
8:43 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) yes, they are the only other real contender there, KC
8:44 PM: CountryCa That ZBB performance better be on Youtube tomorrow.
8:44 PM: Leeann Ah…you guys are in for a fun, fun evening.
8:44 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) It will and it will be on Roughstock too.
8:44 PM: Annie Kris’s recent cd – another favorite – talk about real.
8:44 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Hey Leeann.
8:44 PM: Trailer My turnaround on them has been amazing. I HATED them after Country Fried and didn’t give the album a fair chance… but I came around big time.
8:44 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Yeah It was real but too real for me, I like my music fluffy.
8:44 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Trailer, that’s believable.
8:44 PM: Leeann Ah, you guys are in for a fun, fun evening. I promise I won’t spoil anything for you though.
8:44 PM: AikoujOi Hi Leeann
8:45 PM: Trailer Hey Leeann… and Brad. and Twang. and errbody.
8:45 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) we put out a tshirt that we sold for 5$ at CMA Fest and sold out our stock of it in 1.5 days.
8:45 PM: AikoujOi Its fine, I like spoiler heh
8:45 PM: AikoujOi *spoilers
8:45 PM: CountryCa This live blog is a star-studded affair!
8:45 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) we had “Chicken Fried” on the front. a couple parts of the lyrics.
8:45 PM: Annie Hey Leeann!
8:45 PM: bradyvercher Hey Trailer.
8:45 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) now ZBB sees a few at their shows and they were a little upset at them.
8:46 PM: Leeann Good, I’m not the only one who guiltily likes the newest Lady A song.
8:46 PM: Trailer I almost had a song (cowrite) on hold (almost an almost is really a nothing) for their next album. That woulda been something.
8:46 PM: Annie I only hang with the cool.
8:46 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) yeah. well that’s cool Trailer.
8:46 PM: AikoujOi Chicken Fried was an ok song, but didn;t really care for Toes in the Water or whatever the song is called
8:47 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Well “Highway 20 Ride” is a standout on the CD.
8:47 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) and it’s the next single…
8:47 PM: Trailer Love that song.
8:47 PM: CountryCa Is it? That’s good news.
8:47 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Here comes King George…”Twang”
8:47 PM: Leeann This is pretty cool, CMW. I was really planning to go to bed, but I just may stick around now.
8:47 PM: Trailer What’s up Brady.
8:48 PM: CountryCa I bet his performance will be consistent.
8:48 PM: CountryCa I called it… remember.
8:48 PM: Blake Boldt I agree with Trailer re: ZBB. My turnaround happened this summer, and I’m sure Matt had something to do with my change of mind. I’m not sold on their singles, but I like their vibe and their “connection” to country’s tradition.
8:48 PM: Annie The sound is crap.
8:48 PM: CountryCa Bed is for the weak.
8:48 PM: AikoujOi hahaha I agree
8:48 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Really, Blake? I got you to give them a 2nd chance?
8:49 PM: CountryCa I think I finally gave ZBB time to impress me when I was figuring out my year-end lists last December.
8:49 PM: Blake Boldt “Need You Now” <–guilty pleasure for me, too. Lyrically trite, and Lady A trades in those not-so-country song structures too often.
8:49 PM: CountryCa Was sold on the album as soon as I heard the whole thing.
8:49 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) The sound at the award shows always is crap.
8:49 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) yeah, me too. I had the original record for 5 months before it came out…because I roll like that….
8:50 PM: Mary Bills Does everyone here know each other
8:50 PM: CountryCa Matt has connections.
8:50 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) It is the one from before the atlantic afiliation, it might be worth something to a fanbot in the future…
8:50 PM: Trailer That’s nice for you guys. I prefer to come around to an artist/album. It makes me like them more for the journey.
8:50 PM: CountryCa But he likes Collin Raye, so it’s sort of a toss-up as far as how cool he is.
8:50 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Mary, lots of us are “bloggers”
8:50 PM: Blake Boldt @Matt: Well, I didn’t like “Chicken Fried” either, but I’m kinda OK with the last two singles, and I remember how big they blew up this summer (2000 entrants, geez). You definitely made me more optimistic about them, and now I think they gave one of the best perfs of the night.
8:50 PM: AikoujOi This is my first time on this Mary
8:50 PM: Trailer Hi Mary.
8:51 PM: bradyvercher I’m trying to figure out what happened to country music, Trailer. I dunno if anyone else knows what they’re in for.
8:51 PM: Mary Bills me too although I have a blog
8:51 PM: CountryCa Welcome, Mary.
8:51 PM: Trailer Shhh Brady.
8:51 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) I like a lot of uncool artists. I always have. I am actually excited to talk to Bryan White tomorrow….
8:51 PM: Leeann I love it when I change my mind about an artist I originally don’t like. It’s like a cool discovery.
8:51 PM: TwangNation I love that Kristofferson was up on his feet after Zac Brown.
8:51 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) not jumping out of my chair excited but excited
8:51 PM: Blake Boldt @Trailer: Congrats–kinda. I read one of your lyrics one time. Good stuff. I think everybody but me is a songwriter.
8:52 PM: AikoujOi I guess Im the only one who doesn’t have a blog. Oh well this is tons of fun hahaha
8:52 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) haha…Blake saw some of mine too.
8:52 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Trailer, it’s your favorite new song now…
8:52 PM: Blake Boldt Yes. I’m going to start writing about 20-something boys and see if I can pitch those songs to Swifty.
8:52 PM: Trailer I’m lost, Matt… what’s my favorite new song?
8:53 PM: CountryCa “Make It Rain”
8:53 PM: Blake Boldt No one but Brady and Leeann knows the end to this story?
8:53 PM: bradyvercher And Trailer.
8:54 PM: Leeann What’s my favorite song too?
8:54 PM: Trailer lol – And Blake, I know about the “Revelations”
8:54 PM: Mary Bills got cut off says I am spam! gee
8:54 PM: AikoujOi been doing that to me too
8:54 PM: CountryCa I don’t know what the deal is with that spam thing.
8:54 PM: Annie Has anybody heard of Otis Gibbs?
8:54 PM: Mary Bills maybe cause we be new
8:55 PM: CountryCa Maybe try to be less spammy.
8:55 PM: Blake Boldt That’s right. Well, I’m going to stick around awhile.
8:55 PM: Trailer Never heard of Otis Gibbs.
8:55 PM: Mary Bills trying
8:55 PM: Annie Hi Mary. I’m Annie. Music lover.
8:56 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) No Spam from me..
8:56 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) or for me
8:56 PM: CountryCa What’s Otis Gibbs like?
8:56 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) here’s hoping ZBB or Lady Antebellum win
8:56 PM: Mary Bills Hi Annie , music lover here ,, a great dancer in my mind
8:56 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Rascal Flatts doesn’t win Group.
8:56 PM: CountryCa Which category are we on?
8:56 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Lady Antebellum takes it.
8:56 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Group of the Year
8:57 PM: CountryCa Wow, that’s surprising.
8:57 PM: Trailer I’m following Colt Ford on Twitter now. That’s right – he knows how to use the internets.
8:57 PM: Annie Check him out at Last.fm – cd “Grandpa Walked a Picket Line”. Real country. Great lyrics. A little heartbreaking – if your into that…
8:57 PM: CountryCa I was sure LeVox & Co had it in the bag again.
8:57 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) they just thanked the veterans and Zac Brown Band before their label and their fans.
8:57 PM: Trailer Lady A over RF = lesser of 2 evils
8:58 PM: AikoujOi haha yeah pretty much
8:58 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Me too or ZBB. I’m not gonna lie though, I like me some Lady Antebellum…
8:58 PM: Leeann At Lady A are listenable, even if their lyrics are dorky and their music is more pop than country.
8:58 PM: Annie Ah…twitter. *snort*
8:58 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) and LADY Antebellum’s licensed I Run To You to Tiaa Cref
8:58 PM: Trailer Since this looks a little like Twitter, here’s a retweet from actual Twitter: : Is it possible for Carrie fans to be happy for someone?
8:59 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Not possible, particularly if it’s a singer who rhymes with Smaylor Twift
8:59 PM: AikoujOi who are they hating now?
8:59 PM: Dan What up, West Coasters & co.!
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I keep getting bumped out, so I think I’ll call it a night.
Glad you made it back in, Leeann. Sorry for your troubles.
It was great fun! I’m glad I stayed the whole 3 hours.
That was fun! Y’all made me laugh – a lot! Let’s get together & do this again.
That was me. Ann = Annie.
I’m not as tired as I’d imagined I’d be. Guess three hours of sleep ain’t that bad. It was fun.
Was great fun…
I had a great time in the short span I was on!
The chat is too long for non-participants to read the dirty deets. However, they may also be confused and assumed I work on Modern Family, which is awesome blossom.
I paid attention to a commercial for Modern Family for the first time and it looks like one wacky show.
Wacky could describe it but it’s great fun, like some NBC comedies. I was surprised that it not only made ABC but that its also doing well on ABC.
Good live-blog, gang. Nice editing, CM. ;)