Comments on: Sunday Open Thread: Not Just a First for Miranda Lambert

By: Philly Jeff

Philly Jeff — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:00:22 +0000

A couple of guys had some very big hits with songs about domestic abuse. Garth did very well with “The Thunder Rolls”, which ended with wife killing husband. To be fair, the domestic abuse angle was more obvious with the third verse (or, better still, when sung by Tanya Tucker).

And John Michael Montgomery had a pretty big song with “The Little Girl” which ended with husband murdering wife and committing suicide.

By: Ronie

Ronie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:45:04 +0000

Personally I think it’s about time the country music suits take Miranda more seriously, she is unquestionably the most talented female in several genres out there today! WAKE UP! The depth of her ability to write hasn’t begun to be tapped. She’s a force to be reckoned with no doubt. Quite frankly I am tired of the pop country crap!

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:27:36 +0000

about the contriversial songs thing…..

I would have loved to see “She Thinks His Name Was John” be a bigger hit than it was for Reba, and i agree with Leeann when she says that Reba luckliy had success with “Fancy” ^^

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:41:38 +0000

sugarland’s live show is very good… having LBT open didn’t hurt any. My second favorite concert after the Smashing Pumpkins finale :)

By: Kent

Kent — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:34:52 +0000

Gunpowder and Lead is really the only Miranda Lambert song that I actually enjoy. It’s an exciting, energetic song, and I think that’s the reason that it’s doing so well, among other things. I’m very glad that it made it into the top 10.

By: Darby

Darby — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:12:15 +0000

I personally don’t think that Carrie deserves an Entertainer nomination, but that’s just me. Then again, I also don’t think Swift should be nominated as a vocalist, but she will be anyway. I don’t think Entertainer will happen though, because she isn’t selling out those big arena’s like Chesney, Paisley, Flatts, and Urban. There are just too many headlining men that are thought of first.

I would say Miranda deserves a nomination because her live shows are absoulutely awesome, but being realistic, she is still playing only fairs and is an opening act. I hope that one day, though, Miranda will be nominated.

And let’s just thank the lord that fan’s aren’t voting for Entertainer this time. I totally agree with Chesney on that one.

Just a quick question…Can Crazy Ex-Girlfriend be nominated for this year’s CMA’s? I’m not really sure how that works..And as far as not being nominated last year, if the CMA’s are the same as the ACM’s the album has to have sold like 300,000 albums or an average of 20,000 a week, which I don’t think Miranda was doing (unfortunately)

By: LJ

LJ — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:57:40 +0000

Kevin… from your keyboard to the voters ballots!
What with CMA season upon us, I’m looking forward to those threads. Personally, I will be interested to see if they acknowledge “Raising Sand” in the slightest. I would kinda think they almost have to after Plant & Krauss won a CMT award…. and they are “fan driven”.

Sugarland as Entertainer of the Year? Oh yeah!

Sorry, I’m getting off topic! I couldn’t help myself. :-)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:47:03 +0000

I’d love to see some real shakeup in the Entertainer category, with Sugarland and Carrie Underwood joining the race. The other three slots could go to Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley, though I’m sure Rascal Flatts will be in there.

Female Vocalist will be interesting. I’d say that Underwood, Swift and Lambert are locks for nominations. The final two will go to some combination of Krauss, McEntire, Rimes and Yearwood.

By: Dan M.

Dan M. — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:38:42 +0000

I would love to see Miranda win Female Vocalist (it would definitely help make up for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend not even scoring a nomination last year), but I don’t see her toppling Carrie Underwood’s endless string of #1s, even though the last three have all been rather mediocre songs, IMO. I think “Just A Dream” will probably generate a lot of renewed faith in her. On the other hand, if Taylor Swift makes the ballot (which seems basically inevitable at this point), Carrie could end up splitting the “commercial” vote with her, leaving Miranda to snag a slight plurality and take the title. It’s all going to come down to whether voters want to acknowledge sales or (if I may be so crude) balls. But I have no clue how CMA voting politics work, so this is just all speculation on my part.

Anyone think Sugarland’s got a shot at sneaking into the Entertainer race? I have no idea how they’re doing on the road, but that’s an act that knows how to generate some serious buzz.

By: Darby

Darby — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:08:21 +0000

That would be so cool if Miranda won Female Vocalist. Almost as cool as her winning Album of the Year.

I have to say as far as her new single, I love all the songs on the album but I prefer “Desperation” over “More Like Her” but they are both great songs…Looking far far far far ahead, “Dry Town” would make an awesome single and the coolest video!