Comments on: Country Music: It’s Easy to Be Cynical

By: JD Myers

JD Myers — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:22:08 +0000

I really couldn’t have said it better than CM. It’s over. It really is. Am I being cynical?

By: blaze5050

blaze5050 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:53:01 +0000

Toby was a fan of Trailer Choir before he signed them. So the answer to your question If they weren’t on his label, would Toby be a fan of Trailer Choir? is yes. They are great entertainers and very talented writers.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:14:53 +0000

Interesting piece – I disagree about the Leno / Conan comments (I find Conan insufferably infantile) but otherwise I concur

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:09:02 +0000

Leeann, check out youtube for the episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! when he did the show as Jay Leno. Spot on and so funny. “Have you heard about this?”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWmgbKu3f7I

Kimmel doing headlines was even better.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:53:31 +0000

Very well said.

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By: Tara Seetharam

Tara Seetharam — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:13:40 +0000

Excellent piece. This rings particularly true to me: “Because the opposite of cynicism isn’t blind, thoughtless optimism: it’s engagement and belief.” If both parties –the music industry and the cynical fans– adopted this belief, a lot of good would come from it.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:28:47 +0000

Seriously good and thoughtful editorial.

I’m with you on Jay too. He should have bowed out. The man supposedly retired from that show, though I suspect he was actually initially pushed out by NBC too. Conan’s just funnier anyway. I hate the way Jay delivers his jokes. He doesn’t just deliver the punch line; he has to follow them up with strange noises along with saying stupid things like “what’s up with that?, “it’s ridiculous…”, etc. Anyone else notice that?

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:25:08 +0000

Holy crap, if I stripped away my cynicism and sarcasm towards AirHead Country radio / comtemporary Nashville mainstream product and Odumbo and the Demoncraps, there would be nothing left but an empty shell. Fortunately I’m far past the age 36 target audience cut-off and do not care what a young’un like Conan thinks about anything! WHEW, that was a close call…

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:15:34 +0000

Nice read, but I’d like to add that if Conan was pulling the needed numbers, if enough people watched his show, I doubt the network would have asked him to agree to the movement of the show back a half hour. NBC didn’t make Conan quit the show, they were just making a time period change, which again, had the numbers been there, wouldn’t have happened. To hold Conan’s decision to walk away from The Tonight Show against Jay seems a bit harsh.