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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2012 3:03:51 GMT -5
ACM performance -- good. Breathy and a bit pitchy, but this isn't an easy song to sing. Incorporating all of the movement into it (which was pretty minimal, but it still required some work), she pulled it together pretty respectably. Passing grade, surely.
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Post by spencer on Apr 4, 2012 8:59:07 GMT -5
The HD video I saw of Carrie's performance was great...she looked great and sounded even better...as usual...I detected a little nervousness at the beginning but it wasn't a big deal and didn't alter the awesomeness of Carrie and her performance...My goodness did she look gorgeous in her gowns!!!
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Post by spencer on Apr 4, 2012 9:21:46 GMT -5
I do like Carrie. In fact, i love her so much. But i gotta say that she's lost a bunch of fans fans since the Some Hearts era and her fans keep decreasing. I honestly think that Carrie has changed her image (to the sexier one) to attract new market. Stans will definitely buy BLOWN AWAY no matter what and Carrie knows that. But casual listeners won't buy it if they don't find it interesting. That's why Carrie steps out of her comfort zone and make her music looks more 'pop' now. It's still country, but looks more pop, The video, the look, the image, the cover. and if Carrie wants to sell at least 2 million, she HAVE TO cross-over to Pop. I can see BA hitting Platinum, but it will struggle to reach 1.5 million. She and her label have to push all the singles from BA to Pop. This way, BA will be huge. Country voters in an award show don't like Carrie that much anymore. The only way to get their attention back is by impacting the Pop world like Taylor and Lady Antebellum did. Whenever someone starts their comments by saying, "I do like ...." I know that they're going to follow that up with all the things they find problematic with the person ....and sure enough this is the case with this post... Well all I can say is, "What!!??
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Post by carrieidol1 on Apr 4, 2012 9:36:23 GMT -5
Faith Hill had some nice words for Carrie on her Facebook. Basically saying Carrie knocked the beginning of the ACMS out of the park. Go "like" Faith's page to see it.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 4, 2012 10:33:12 GMT -5
I do like Carrie. In fact, i love her so much. But i gotta say that she's lost a bunch of fans fans since the Some Hearts era and her fans keep decreasing. I honestly think that Carrie has changed her image (to the sexier one) to attract new market. Stans will definitely buy BLOWN AWAY no matter what and Carrie knows that. But casual listeners won't buy it if they don't find it interesting. That's why Carrie steps out of her comfort zone and make her music looks more 'pop' now. It's still country, but looks more pop, The video, the look, the image, the cover. and if Carrie wants to sell at least 2 million, she HAVE TO cross-over to Pop. I can see BA hitting Platinum, but it will struggle to reach 1.5 million. She and her label have to push all the singles from BA to Pop. This way, BA will be huge. Country voters in an award show don't like Carrie that much anymore. The only way to get their attention back is by impacting the Pop world like Taylor and Lady Antebellum did. Whenever someone starts their comments by saying, "I do like ...." I know that they're going to follow that up with all the things they find problematic with the person ....and sure enough this is the case with this post... Well all I can say is, "What!!?? The truth does hurt, doesn't it?
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Post by what on Apr 4, 2012 10:40:10 GMT -5
eh, miranda hasnt crossed over to pop, and has made country music that is suited to her and has done quite well. so that smashes that theory right out of the gate.
its like when dead flowers arrived dead on arrival at radio, everyone predicted that revolution would be one big fat failure, and that miranda is over.
all that carrie needs to do is good music. everything else will follow.
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Post by jptexas on Apr 4, 2012 11:41:29 GMT -5
Totally agree. Besides, when was selling platinum or 1 1/2 times platinum a bad thing. Carrie has said that IF, and she means IF, her songs happen to crossover, then fine. But, she's going to keep her song's integrity as is. If others want to tweak or change or produce their songs for pop consumption, so be it. Besides, you don't make the big bucks from cd sales, it's from single digital sales, concert receipts, Ole Of Olay ads, Vitamin water ads, and writing/recording credits. Would she want to sell at the Some Hearts level, sure. But if she doesn't, I think she's fine with it. jmo
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Post by 4kyle on Apr 4, 2012 11:50:34 GMT -5
I do like Carrie. In fact, i love her so much. But i gotta say that she's lost a bunch of fans fans since the Some Hearts era and her fans keep decreasing. I honestly think that Carrie has changed her image (to the sexier one) to attract new market. Stans will definitely buy BLOWN AWAY no matter what and Carrie knows that. But casual listeners won't buy it if they don't find it interesting. That's why Carrie steps out of her comfort zone and make her music looks more 'pop' now. It's still country, but looks more pop, The video, the look, the image, the cover. and if Carrie wants to sell at least 2 million, she HAVE TO cross-over to Pop. I can see BA hitting Platinum, but it will struggle to reach 1.5 million. She and her label have to push all the singles from BA to Pop. This way, BA will be huge. Country voters in an award show don't like Carrie that much anymore. The only way to get their attention back is by impacting the Pop world like Taylor and Lady Antebellum did. Lost a bunch of fans? If they are no longer fans then they obviously weren't real fans to begin with... Crossing over to pop doesn't guarantee you success either... the only way to secure your place at the top is to release a really strong, critically aclaimed album... Honestly country music is the largest played genre on U.S. radio...the problem is, is that country fans are harder to impress... most country listeners are country people that could care less about the glits and glam associated with pop music... they want strong country songs that are not only sung well, but also written and performed in a way they can relate to... I think it takes a certain fan to love Carrie's music because she actually sings..she has those huge ballads...even her lesser songs have huge moments.. No disrespect to the country artists mentioned above..but their songs are more simple and they sing them more simply..which fans can relate to... That being said, from what Carrie has said about Blown Away so far I think she has hit the nail on the head, and it will be successful!! However, I'm not a fan she has to worry about losing!! Carrie could record herself singing the phone book and I would buy it because I think she is just that good!!
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Post by elementd5 on Apr 4, 2012 12:15:15 GMT -5
Whenever someone starts their comments by saying, "I do like ...." I know that they're going to follow that up with all the things they find problematic with the person ....and sure enough this is the case with this post... Well all I can say is, "What!!?? The truth does hurt, doesn't it? Yes, the truth can hurt. But, luckily, those comments were not substantiated by any means, so it's all good.
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Post by neally on Apr 4, 2012 13:15:58 GMT -5
ACM performance -- good. Breathy and a bit pitchy, but this isn't an easy song to sing. Incorporating all of the movement into it (which was pretty minimal, but it still required some work), she pulled it together pretty respectably. Passing grade, surely. I'm just catching up from the past 4-5 days of media and posts here on Pulse. After reading the comments, I was expecting some ghastly performance from the ACMs, but when I clicked on a youtube link, I was pleasantly surprised that I could not find one. Certainly, her ACM performance of 'Good Girl' was inferior to every one she has done to date, including the recent Opry one, but Carrie's still at times showed her great vocal chops, glam, and attitude that the song demands from it's performer. It is unfortunate that Carrie didn't have one of those other performances while on the big stage in front of a huge audience and her peers. While Carrie did not win any awards that night, she was one of the biggest winners, IMO, as she received the HUGE honour from the Academy of the coveted opening performance. It speaks volumes to their confidence in Carrie as a performer and as a ratings-grabber. Going back to the performance, most of it was not good for Carrie standards, but would be great for most any other artists' standards. My biggest criticisms are the shouted brief first verse and second verse high notes at 0:30 and 1:37 (from this video) respectively and the shaky choruses, which are probably a combination of nerves and breathlessness (it is obvious that she ran of breath during the second and final choruses). The best parts, IMO, were the bridge, where she nailed the raised octave part, ending with her beautiful head voice. When Carrie runs out of breath on performances, I have noticed that the first vocal characteristic that suffers is her tone. She has drastically improved her tone from her Idol days, which was overwhelming nasal during belted high notes and uptempos. It was for this reason that I was not a fan of hers. If one carefully listens to the 'Good Girl' performance during the final chorus, she is nearly panting for breath as her tone reverts back to her Idol-esque nasal singing. It is for this reason why I feel that Carrie should rehearse breath pauses on her uptempo tp prevent from slipping back into some old bad vocal habits. I remember reading an interview with Luciano Pavarotti, a master vocalist, at rehearsing pauses, especially after long periods of vocal "sabbatical". Overall performance rating: B-
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Post by what on Apr 4, 2012 16:23:19 GMT -5
lol! and that's not even the "truth". its just one opinion thats not even backed up by facts or numbers.
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Post by neally on Apr 4, 2012 16:48:33 GMT -5
'Good Girl' should be gold next week and 'Wheel' should be 2x platinum in the next 1-2 months.
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (66,000, -4%, 498,000) Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take the Wheel (11,000, +279%, 1.984 million) Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, Remind Me (8,000, +15%, 1.487 million) Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (6,000, +30%, 3.434 million) Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, +15%, 312,000)
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Post by carrieidol1 on Apr 4, 2012 22:07:47 GMT -5
'Good Girl' should be gold next week and 'Wheel' should be 2x platinum in the next 1-2 months. Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (66,000, -4%, 498,000) Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take the Wheel (11,000, +279%, 1.984 million) Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, Remind Me (8,000, +15%, 1.487 million) Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (6,000, +30%, 3.434 million) Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, +15%, 312,000) She should hit Double Platinum within the month, I presume. AMAZING longevity of the song. I remember 2X Platinum seemed so far off, now it's practically here!
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Post by metsfan on Apr 4, 2012 22:23:03 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2012 22:50:24 GMT -5
Carrie couldn’t have been cuter either: bantering with the photog, singing to My Humps on the radio [/b], teetering on tall, tall heels, claiming she might bite the dust.[/i][/blockquote] receipts.
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Post by cufan7 on Apr 5, 2012 0:58:45 GMT -5
That was a great snippet to listen to, I love hearing about Carrie talking about the new album. "Stormy" is a neat way to describe music. Excited!
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Post by justlurkingaround on Apr 5, 2012 3:49:46 GMT -5
If Carrie's going to do an iTunes countdown, then I think this Tuesday we'll be getting a new song.
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Post by countrygirl918 on Apr 5, 2012 8:43:13 GMT -5
Wouldn't we know about it by now if there was going to be an iTunes countdown? Don't they announce that beforehand?
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Post by jessluvsnick on Apr 5, 2012 8:56:31 GMT -5
As I've said before if Carrie didn't incorporate pop into her songs, I would not really care for her. She does it well.
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Post by jptexas on Apr 5, 2012 9:06:07 GMT -5
^^I would say that most or all of the new country artists have some sort of pop on their songs. Taylor, Lady A, Jason Aldean, Carrie, Tim, Kenny, Eric Church, Miranda, etc. etc. It seems that nowadays, pop continues to be pop, hip hop continues to be hip hop, but country is leaning towards the pop side almost every year. Traditional country seems to be a thing of the past. Yea, you still have Josh Turner, Alan Jackson, George Strait, but generally, it's leaning pop. jmo
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Post by leilamaurizia on Apr 5, 2012 9:22:04 GMT -5
Albums: Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (3,000, +73%, 7.183 million) Carrie Underwood, Play On (3,000, +139%, 2.092 million) Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, +42%, 3.252 million) ( Idol Chatter)
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Post by spencer on Apr 5, 2012 9:36:39 GMT -5
Whenever someone starts their comments by saying, "I do like ...." I know that they're going to follow that up with all the things they find problematic with the person ....and sure enough this is the case with this post... Well all I can say is, "What!!?? The truth does hurt, doesn't it? It can, IF it's the truth. All I read were opinions. But back to the 'truth'. The 'TRUTH' is always more beneficial than the 'lie'. The truth maybe somewhat harder to hear, but the LIE is devastating, like an invisible cancer.
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Post by circadian on Apr 5, 2012 15:02:35 GMT -5
Albums: Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (3,000, +73%, 7.183 million) Carrie Underwood, Play On (3,000, +139%, 2.092 million) Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, +42%, 3.252 million) ( Idol Chatter) I hope they make good single choices this time around, so this can at least outsell Play On.
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Post by jenglisbe on Apr 5, 2012 17:13:07 GMT -5
^^I would say that most or all of the new country artists have some sort of pop on their songs. Taylor, Lady A, Jason Aldean, Carrie, Tim, Kenny, Eric Church, Miranda, etc. etc. It seems that nowadays, pop continues to be pop, hip hop continues to be hip hop, but country is leaning towards the pop side almost every year. Traditional country seems to be a thing of the past. Yea, you still have Josh Turner, Alan Jackson, George Strait, but generally, it's leaning pop. jmo I don't know about that. Pop started incorporating hip-hop 15-20 years ago, and for awhile there pop radio was basically urban radio. Now pop has incorporated dance/dub a lot. This "country is becoming pop" thing has been going on for nearly 20 years (people were definitely saying that when Shania and Faith crossed over), and for all I know people were saying it in the 80s and before. Music has always and will always be cyclical. Trends come and go. I am not sure any main genre has been truly "traditional" all along. Maybe bluegrass or something, but I don't know enough to really say. Anyway, my point is that all genres bring in influence from other genres. When it becomes an issue is when the influence overtakes a genre. Pop isn't overtaking country, though. And there is no reason country musicians can't/shouldn't bring in pop, rock, etc. influences. Few people only like one type of music, for one. For another, adding in other elements brings people to country music who may not like it. And lastly, as an artist I am sure it is more fun/creative to be able to throw in elements other than just "traditional" ones.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2012 18:18:25 GMT -5
No type of music stays exactly the same over time. Pop music today sounds way different than it did many decades ago, and the same can be said for country. I don't know why people keep saying that today's country "isn't real country" just because some songs don't sound like a Hank Williams song from the 1940s (not that there is anything wrong with that, because I personally love old music). Music evolves over time in all genres. Sometimes for the worse, sometimes for the better, depending on your preference.
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Post by what on Apr 5, 2012 20:04:02 GMT -5
before faith and shania, there was dolly parton, the "country-pop" princess during her time. and most country women would say they look up to patsy cline as one of their idols/role models, and patsy was essentially a pop singer.
i agree with you that no music ever stays pure. even country music itself has a lot of sub genres that fight among themselves. its the discretion of the artist on what "outside" genre to have his or her music get influenced. my hope is that carrie looks to other genres other than pop to influence her country music (if traditional is out of the question right now). theres texas country, southern rock, neo country, outlaw country, etc. mirandas brand of country is nowhere near traditional. it has a lot of outside influences, only that, she didnt choose pop.
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Post by bornfearless2000 on Apr 5, 2012 20:05:08 GMT -5
i was just expressing my opinion. What the heck is wrong with you guys? It's not like i was bashing Carrie or whatever. There are a lot of bullying here to the junior/new members.
Anyway, Norah Jones' new album (release May 1) is currently charting higher than BLOWN AWAY @ amazon. Norah #11, BA #15.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Apr 5, 2012 20:31:36 GMT -5
I would LOVE it if this sold near PO. That may be a tough climb unless she has a few truly epic, classic singles or crosses over or has some promo up her sleeve different from previous eras. ALbums to be redeemed at concerts?
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Post by bornfearless2000 on Apr 5, 2012 20:54:13 GMT -5
I would LOVE it if this sold near PO. That may be a tough climb unless she has a few truly epic, classic singles or crosses over or has some promo up her sleeve different from previous eras. ALbums to be redeemed at concerts? i agree. selling as many as PO did is hard nowadays. The last new albums to sold at least 2 million were Born This Way and 21 and we all know they're huge. I mean Carrie is huge too but those artists are the 'IT' musicians right now. She HAS TO crossover this time. She has to make hype around her album and her tour. People are being rude for calling her a has been. this time she has to prove them wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2012 23:52:05 GMT -5
i agree. selling as many as PO did is hard nowadays. The last new albums to sold at least 2 million were Born This Way and 21 and we all know they're huge. I mean Carrie is huge too but those artists are the 'IT' musicians right now. She HAS TO crossover this time. She has to make hype around her album and her tour. People are being rude for calling her a has been. this time she has to prove them wrong. I think that this album should have no problem selling, and passing, what PO has sold. They just need to make sure that they are actually, uhm, smart with the single choices. GG is already performing out to be more than what I was expecting it to be -- promoted to Pop (on iTunes, at least), nearly cracking the Top 40 on AC/HAC, rocketing up the Country chart, going Gold after only a month and a half of release, never dropping out of the Top 30 on the iTunes all-genre chart since its release, the music video never dropping from the Top 15 on the iTunes all-genre since its release, etc. And, on top of all of that, Carrie will be going international (FINALLY) with this album (more than likely through a tour). Everything is just adding up picture-perfectly, and critics and media outlets are picking up on word of the album quickly with the hype of GG and Carrie's endless interviews.
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