She’s cardboard.\u00c2\u00a0 Two-dimensional.<\/p>\n
Carrie Underwood’s not a star, she’s commerce.<\/p>\n
Oh, don’t get your panties in a knot.\u00c2\u00a0 But all you people e-mailing me that Carrie Underwood won "Idol" and is now a star…you’re focusing on facts, not emotions.\u00c2\u00a0 And emotions are the key to stardom.<\/p>\n
In the controlled world of Nashville\/country music, Carrie Underwood is a star.\u00c2\u00a0 I like her records.\u00c2\u00a0 But they have nothing to do with her, all she does is sing them.<\/p>\n
Now that everybody’s got a computer, even country music has fallen precipitously in recorded music sales.\u00c2\u00a0 And, as terrestrial radio fades, will the small coterie of pooh-bah handlers truly be able to control the country market?\u00c2\u00a0 Does the public really want all this me-too drivel?\u00c2\u00a0 Which used to be about drinkin’ and druggin’, wastin’ and womanizin’, and is now about driving the kids to school in your SUV and lamenting that some theoretical person died overseas?<\/p>\n
Yes, I support the troops.\u00c2\u00a0 To the point where I believe they should come back home so they don’t get killed.\u00c2\u00a0 But let’s not get off point here.\u00c2\u00a0 Too much of what passes for country music today is fodder made for a market.\u00c2\u00a0 Carrie Underwood is just the best exponent of this.\u00c2\u00a0 She’s no Dolly Parton, writing her own material, never mind singing it.\u00c2\u00a0 No Loretta Lynn. She’s a product.<\/p>\n
And a product is never a star.\u00c2\u00a0 Because a product doesn’t have emotions!<\/p>\n
Who is Carrie Underwood?\u00c2\u00a0 What does she stand for?<\/p>\n
If she’s got opinions, which I doubt, other than what dress to wear, she’s not uttering them, for fear someone somewhere will be offended.<\/p>\n
It’s rough edges that endear fans to you.\u00c2\u00a0 And nowhere were rough edges evident like they were in country music, the real country music, the old country music.<\/p>\n
Come on, has anything Carrie Underwood ever done in her real life comported with the lyrics of "Last Name"?\u00c2\u00a0 Are the tabloids full of her falling down drunk and acting ridiculously on impulse?<\/p>\n
No. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
I don’t approve of Kid Rock’s Waffle House adventures, but he does seem to be the person on his records.\u00c2\u00a0 And that’s why he’s one of the biggest acts today.\u00c2\u00a0 Not only in rock, but country.<\/p>\n
We like ’em authentic.\u00c2\u00a0 You\u00c2\u00a0 may not start out that way, but once you own your identity and speak your mind, like Hank Williams, Jr., we’re on your team.<\/p>\n
Carrie Underwood a star?<\/p>\n
If you e-mailed me this you’ve lost the plot, you’ve been in this business too long, you’ve got no reference points, you’re part of the problem, not part of the solution.<\/p>\n
Yes, for the time being certain Nashville forces are making money selling Carrie Underwood records.\u00c2\u00a0 But underneath the sticky sweet exterior, there’s nothing…except maybe a good voice.\u00c2\u00a0 And that just ain’t enough.\u00c2\u00a0 Not enough to make us love you through and through.<\/p>\n
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