2009 CMA Awards Live Blog: Pacific Edition
Posted by C.M. Wilcox on 11/11/09 • Categorized as CMA Awards, Live Blogging
10:30 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Jake Owen was in “losers” in Nashville one night while I was there and he sang a couple songs but it was actually stuff like Purple Rain….
10:30 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Here comes Reba…With her soon to be #1 “Consider Me Gone.”
10:31 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) it jumped from 10 to 5 this week.
10:31 PM: AikoujOi don’t really care for the song
10:31 PM: Leeann And do you like Patty Loveless?
10:31 PM: CountryCa I’m usually not big on Reba, but I like “Consider Me Gone.”
10:31 PM: Blake Boldt Jake Owen seems like an agreeable dude, but he’s also one of about too many singers on the charts who look like Nashified GQ models instead of real-life folks.
10:31 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Blake do you like Julie Bowen? Isn’t it good to see her on “Modern Family” too?
10:32 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) With Reba and George Strait both on the charts, Country Universe pointed out that the ‘glass ceiling’ for age is being shattered….
10:32 PM: Leeann The Reba song is decent.
10:33 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) That’s true. From the few moments I’ve talked to him, he seemed to be nice enough. But he could be more like Randy Houser or Jamey Johnson, more real. though Jamey probably scares more people….
10:33 PM: Blake Boldt Reba’s great, one of the best females of all time, but she needs to stop scraping the barrel for mediocre pap like this. She’s been in the biz for thirty years for chrissakes. Beg for something great!
10:33 PM: Leeann Yes, and people want them to be put aside for younger artists.
10:33 PM: bradyvercher I think Owen could be pretty good with better material.
10:34 PM: CountryCa He has a solid voice.
10:34 PM: AikoujOi Reba can cover one of Terri’s songs. Terri’s songs are for the win
10:34 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) yes, Brady, I agree. While some may not like the message, I think “Nothing Grows in Shadows” is a big ole hit.
10:34 PM: Blake Boldt I definitely think his voice is distinctive, but he’s been trading on image and likability so far and needs to step it up.
10:34 PM: CountryCa The only live performance I’ve seen was on that CMA Fest special a few months back, and his motions were the opposite of fluid. Really distractingly jerky.
10:34 PM: Leeann I like Owen’s voice…at least I think I remember liking it at one point.
10:35 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) haha…
10:35 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Billy Currington is singing everyone’s favorite Bobby Braddock song “People Are Crazy?
10:35 PM: Leeann So, AikoujOi might like Teri clark?
10:35 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) What, he didn’t want to do “Swimmin’ In Sunshine” or something like that?
10:36 PM: Blake Boldt Reba’s been so gracious re: Taylor/Carrie/etc. and so “honored” to be played on country radio again, but it would be nice for her to speak out a little more about why some of her friends (Faith/Trisha/etc.) don’t get the same spins.
10:36 PM: Leeann “People Are Crazy” is annoyingly dumb.
10:36 PM: CountryCa It’s so true. Because people are crazy. And that thing with an unknown old man leaving all of his money to a guy who did nothing more than listen to him for a while absolutely happened to me once.
10:36 PM: Blake Boldt At 55 and having been around forever, I think she’d have the power to make a point.
10:36 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Because Trisha’s overweight, Faith’s a ‘jerk’ and so on…
10:36 PM: AikoujOi @Leeann I really like Terri Clark, I’m a member of her fanclub
10:36 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) at least that’s what the fanbots of carrie would likely say.
10:37 PM: Leeann Being in Vince’s fanclub is pointless.
10:37 PM: Annie I don’t like this song, but I like Billy.
10:38 PM: bradyvercher I really like the sound of this song and the hook is pretty good, but the storyline is too lame.
10:38 PM: Blake Boldt What irritates me about “People Are Crazy” is that it gave no reason why the kids couldn’t have the inheritance. They weren’t written as jerks or bad children or anything like that.
10:38 PM: AikoujOi oh whats his fanclub like?
10:38 PM: Leeann Do Underwood fans not like Faith or Trisha?
10:38 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) haha…aren’t most fanclubs at this point. they don’t even help you get meet and greets anymore. the meet and greet for the Jamey Johnson/Randy Houser show was literally like a hi, nice to meet you, bye situation.
10:38 PM: AikoujOi not Terri’s from what I heard from other fans
10:38 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Kristofferson sounds a little like Broadway Joe on that introduction…
10:39 PM: bradyvercher Kristofferson and Womack presenting Female Vocalist
10:39 PM: CountryCa Carrie, I bet.
10:39 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Hmm….it goes to…Taylor Swift
10:39 PM: bradyvercher Taylor Swift
10:39 PM: Leeann There just aren’t any perks. I wouldn’t join a fan club at this point anyway…not until I stop writing for a country music site anyway.
10:39 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) I predicted that earlier tonight….
10:39 PM: Blake Boldt I really enjoyed Terri’s latest album. I’m sure she’s bummed not to get a chance at winning one of these CMA awards, but she’s making good music now.
10:39 PM: CountryCa Just to be sure… this is female vocalist?
10:39 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) me either, leeann…
10:40 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) lol. yes.
10:40 PM: AikoujOi Yay, one of my prediction came true finally
10:40 PM: bradyvercher Yes sir
10:40 PM: AikoujOi yep she is Balke
10:40 PM: CountryCa Well, that is baffling.
10:40 PM: Blake Boldt The CMA criteria says “based on live and on-record performances.”
10:40 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) looks like Big Machine got ALL universal record labels vote for her.
10:40 PM: CountryCa Oh, sure. Taylor’s live performances. That explains it.
10:40 PM: Annie Female vocalist. Get real. But I do just love her. I do.
10:40 PM: Leeann I liked Jim Malec’s take on the win.
10:41 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Well, she’s ‘real’ at least…
10:41 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) and it does keep Carrie from winning for three years in a row… (cue the fanbots)
10:41 PM: AikoujOi lol
10:41 PM: Blake Boldt If you can prove that CMA voters actually paid any mind to the criteria (or eligibility period), I will stop watching Modern Family.
10:41 PM: Annie What did Jim Malec say?
10:41 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) duh, we all now by now that Taylor will win Entertainer.
10:41 PM: Annie What did Jim Malec say?
10:41 PM: CountryCa If possible, I’d like to trace this unfortunate win back to Alison Bonaguro’s obvious hatred of Carrie Underwood, if possible.
10:42 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Well Blake, don’t worry yourself about that.
10:42 PM: AikoujOi cue the squealing fangirls lol
10:42 PM: Leeann I like Taylor’s personality. She’s sincere, despite what the desenters say.
10:42 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Modern Family has their #1 fan….
10:42 PM: AikoujOi I read Bonaguro’s blogs for the lulz
10:42 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) or is that Jesse Tyler Ferguson that you’re the #1 fan of?
10:42 PM: Blake Boldt One of Carrie’s superfans said that it was now time for Jesus to come back re: Carrie’s loss.
10:43 PM: Blake Boldt @Matt: A little from Column A, a little from Column B.
10:43 PM: CountryCa Uh. Jamey Johnson already is back.
10:43 PM: Leeann Oh, no, Allison B…
10:44 PM: AikoujOi and even then I don’t read all of Alison’s epic failed blogs
10:44 PM: Annie Yeah – I was just thinking about good old Allison…ugh
10:45 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Ahh…superfans…where would commentary be on blogs w/o them?
10:45 PM: bradyvercher So what’s the worst Swift performance to date? I vote that Grammy announcement show awhile back.
10:45 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) it’d be easier to say which one didn’t suck…
10:45 PM: Leeann I’m with Brady. Alison will be so happy!
10:45 PM: Blake Boldt @Brady: Seconded.
10:45 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) it’d be easier to say which one didn’t suck…
10:45 PM: Leeann I’m with Brady. Alison will be so happy!
10:46 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews now.
10:46 PM: Blake Boldt @Matt: Burn!
10:46 PM: CountryCa Shoot, I just found out I could have been listening to this whole show on the radio. The local station is broadcasting it.
10:46 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) ooh…double posts…yes, I should’ve said something CM, they’re doing that here too.
10:46 PM: Leeann Really? radio broadcasts it in California?
10:47 PM: CountryCa Yeah, pretty weird. Never happened before.
10:47 PM: Leeann I only have a radio on my alarm clock.
10:47 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Leeann, really it just 99.5%NPR, pop or rap…
10:47 PM: Leeann Which will be going off in a few short hours.
10:47 PM: CountryCa Dave Matthews beats Kenny on this song.
10:47 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) that’s not hard to do CM
10:47 PM: AikoujOi I don’t really listen to radio anymore, except when my mom has it on during trips
10:48 PM: CountryCa But I like his phrasing better on the studio version.
10:48 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Leeann, that’s gonna be an early wake-up call isn’t it?
10:48 PM: Leeann I think both are boring, but Kenny wins.
10:48 PM: CountryCa Leeann is hardcore.
10:48 PM: bradyvercher I miss radio in Austin.
10:48 PM: Leeann Leeann is crazy.
10:49 PM: CountryCa They don’t broadcast online, Brady?
10:49 PM: AikoujOi 11 more minutes until the show is over
10:49 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Start A Band wins vocal event…(well of course it does because it was ‘mistakenly left off’ the original nomination list)
10:49 PM: bradyvercher Yeah, but I can’t get it in the truck, which is when I listen to radio most.
10:50 PM: Annie Do any of you remember when radio was good?
10:50 PM: Leeann This is so exciting.
10:50 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Brady, would you believe that KMPS and KKWF are the 13th and 14th most listened to country stations?
10:50 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) in the nation…
10:50 PM: bradyvercher Nope. Every time I’ve been up here they sound like they put Rascal Flatts on loop.
10:51 PM: Leeann Let me just say that I won on the predictions at Country Universe. Tiny victory.
10:51 PM: bradyvercher How many did you get Leeann? I think I got 8.
10:51 PM: AikoujOi congratulations
10:51 PM: Blake Boldt I’m sad this is the end; it’s been a ball. And my predictions blew chunks.
10:51 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) I didn’t get that many right.
10:51 PM: CountryCa I did terribly.
10:51 PM: AikoujOi I only got one but then I was only predicting Taylor Swift
10:52 PM: CountryCa Guess I shouldn’t have bet against Taylor Swift.
10:52 PM: Leeann I got 9, but I didn’t guess on video.
10:52 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) I had my picks correct in my final paragraph but didn’t guess too right for most of these here awards…
10:52 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Here comes entertainer of the year…
10:53 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) I did predict Taylor for this one…
10:53 PM: Leeann Fun.
10:53 PM: CountryCa Kellie Pickler is entertaining.
10:53 PM: bradyvercher Oh, and in case anyone was wondering, 98.1 KVET is the good station in Austin. 100.7 is just like every other country station in the nation.
10:53 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) is 100.7 called the Wolf?
10:54 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) The CMA Award goes to….Taylor Swift….
10:54 PM: Leeann have they announced it yet?
10:54 PM: bradyvercher Naw, it’s KASE. I’ve been other places (besides here) where they call the country stations the Wolf.
10:54 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) I know…
10:54 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) yes. it was announced.
10:55 PM: CountryCa Taylor Swift!
10:55 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) no wonder the Carrie fanbots are on attack mode. Carrie DESERVED the vocalist award!
10:55 PM: CountryCa I can’t see her right now, but I’m betting her mouth is agape.
10:55 PM: AikoujOi imo Terri deservers the award
10:55 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Taylor is crying “I won’t forget this moment because everything that I’ve ever wanted has happened to me…”
10:56 PM: Blake Boldt Word from the White House is that Obama is being replaced by some 19-year-old blonde singer…
10:56 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) and Spikey haired guy (w/the male version of the Kate Gosselin haircut)
10:56 PM: bradyvercher She just won Album, Female Vocalist, and Entertainer in one night, not to mention Video.
10:56 PM: Annie And with that…good night to all. It’s been fun hanging out! Peace.
10:56 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) was just up on stage.
10:56 PM: Leeann I agree with Kevin when he said “Dang you Taylor Swift, for making me happy for you.”
10:56 PM: AikoujOi bye Annie
10:56 PM: CountryCa I was just thinking… what’s next for her? Geez.
10:56 PM: CountryCa Bye Annie.
10:56 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Goodnight Annie.
10:57 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Oh, CM. Taylor has the AMA and Grammy Awards to come.
10:57 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) and then People’s Choice, ACM…so much more…
10:57 PM: CountryCa I guess so. Anyhow, thanks to everyone for hanging out. This was a lot more fun than I thought it would be.
10:57 PM: Blake Boldt And slumber parties and pony rides and…
10:57 PM: AikoujOi Go up to Canada and she can get the CCMA’s
10:58 PM: bradyvercher MOOSE DROOL!
10:58 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) and cue the fanwars between Taylor and Carrie fans…
10:58 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Moose Drool? is that Darius?
10:58 PM: CountryCa Carrie was robbed.
10:58 PM: Blake Boldt @CountryCa You said that, not I.
10:58 PM: Annie AikoujOi – you’re adorable. Terri is awesome.
10:59 PM: Leeann Poor Carrie should’ve gotten the Female Vocalist one.
10:59 PM: Blake Boldt I will agree with that.
10:59 PM: AikoujOi @Annie thanks and yep
10:59 PM: Blake Boldt Next year: Miranda.
10:59 PM: Leeann How does someone host and not win any awards and still do it with class?
11:00 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Lol, Leeann you sound like you’re reading from the fan list.
11:00 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Next Year Taylor will host all by herself.
11:00 PM: bradyvercher I thought Female Vocalist was a race between Carrie and Miranda.
11:00 PM: AikoujOi probally lol
11:00 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) I thought it was between Carrie and Carrie…
11:00 PM: Leeann They were really trying to stretch things out there this year. They usually run late. Guess they should/could have let Roy Clark talk after all.
11:01 PM: CountryCa I thought it was all Carrie for that one too.
11:01 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) CM, it’s nice that we can agree on something from time to time, ;)
11:01 PM: Blake Boldt I thought the quality of Miranda’s album would impress even though it was released late. I sense Carrie is slipping, with lower 1st wk sales and the eh-ness of the Romo song.
11:01 PM: CountryCa Well, that’ll probably be the only time.
11:02 PM: CountryCa So “Cowboy Casanova” is the Romo song?
11:02 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) haha, now Blake’s calling it the “Romo Song”….
11:02 PM: CountryCa I missed that memo.
11:02 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) ok, time to go watch Chelsea Lately.
11:02 PM: Blake Boldt O.K. I’m hosting my own personal sleep party now. Good night, y’all, and watch Modern Family, Wednesdays on ABC, 9/8 central.
11:02 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) …good night’ y’all. Gotta get up early and prepare for that Brian White interview…
11:02 PM: Leeann Me too.
11:02 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) haha, or Glee on Fox 9/8 central….
11:03 PM: CountryCa Have fun, Matt. See ya, Blake.
11:03 PM: bradyvercher Well, I figured they weren’t ready to put her in such lofty company with relatively little accomplishment and Miranda would slip in with all her critical support. Maybe they split the vote and Taylor slipped in instead.
11:03 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) Yes “CC” is the “Romo Song”
11:03 PM: CountryCa Thanks for staying, Leeann.
11:03 PM: Matt Bjorke (Roughstock) it was fun…
11:04 PM: Blake Boldt Have fun with Bryan White. He seems like a nice guy and he got unfairly dinged in the ’90s…I dunno what happened with Female, but it’s all berry interesting. O.K….laters.
11:04 PM: Leeann Fun times, Guys. Good night.
11:05 PM: CountryCa Well, it’s that time.
11:05 PM: CountryCa You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.
11:05 PM: CountryCa Thanks for coming by, all. It’s been fun.
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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. ;)