Comments on: Friday Discussion: CMA Single, 2008

By: Maureen McCole

Maureen McCole — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:55:47 +0000

I think the following songs will be nominated this year:

I Saw God Today
You’re Gonna miss this
Stay
Alan Jackson & possibly Keith Urban song.
However, I Saw God Today, should win. My opinion is that no other song comes near it. It’s really unique.

By: carson

carson — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:02:32 +0000

Honsetly, I know Taylor isn’t really popular around this blog, but I think “Our Song” should be nominated.

By: Maureen McCole

Maureen McCole — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:39:15 +0000

My noms would be:

I Saw God Today (and it should win).

Album of the Year: Troubadour

Duet: House of Cash

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:33:21 +0000

“You’re Gonna Miss This”
“Letter to Me”
“All American Girl”
“Stay”
“Small Town Souhthern Man”

All 5 of these are great songs, so any one would be w worthy choice.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:32:54 +0000

At the CMA’s, Single goes to the artist, producer and label. Song goes to the songwriter(s) and publisher(s).

ACM is almost the same, except the artist gets it for Song, too.

The Grammys are a bit clearer, as they call it “Record” and “Song”, but then people confuse “Record” and “Album”, so ya can’t win!

By: Kent

Kent — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:16:23 +0000

What is the difference between Single of the Year and Song of the Year? I’ve always found that a little foggy, and usually the nominations for both categories are very similar, and I think often the same.

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:34:09 +0000

The original list is pretty good. I like all the songs in there, but if it were up to me…

My Picks
Another Try- Josh Turner (Ft. Trisha Yearwood)
Stay- Sugarland
You’re Gonna Miss This- Trace Adkins
Just Got Started Lovin’ You- James Otto
Good Time- Alan Jackson

—-Gunpowder & Lead and Small Town Southern Man would also be good contenders.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:19:27 +0000

LJ,

I’m with ya regarding Alan. The Krauss-produced album is my favorite thing he’s done. It challenged him as a singer and interpreter. A lot of his core fans hated it, though.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:44:49 +0000

These categories are always tough for me to predict. So I’m just gonna give it my best shot! haha

“Stay” Sugarland – this is a virtual lock! They won both single/song at the ACM’s and I wouldn’t be surprised if the CMA follows them and gives this song the win…it definitely deserves it!

“Letter to Me” Brad Paisley – This was another number 1 for Brad and I would be shocked if this wasn’t in the among the nominations.

“I Saw God Today” George Strait – I think this year has been another big year for King George and I see this song as a contender.

“Small Town Southern Man” Alan Jackson – Alan finally stepped it up this year by gettin a number 1 with this song. I also think George and Alan will be among the most nominated this year.

The fifth song is a tough one for me but I’m going to go with “Our Song” from Taylor Swift because it stayed at the top for awhile.

For me, “Stay” should def. win both Single and Song this year and I think it has a GREAT shot at doing so.

By: LJ

LJ — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:35:15 +0000

Only thing about Alan’s “Small Town Southern Man” is I swear I’ve heard it before, just under a different title at least once, ie. “Little Man”.
While I’ve always liked Alan, as a “radio only” listener of his I find his stuff gets really repetitive. Not that it doesn’t happen to other performers and I guess Music Row releases what they know works for him?
I do like Alan and appreciate him remaining “country” but I would love to see him challenged more as Alison Krauss attempted to do with her production.