Random “Q”sings: The Civil Wars, The Band Perry, Brad Paisley, CMT Top 20 Video Countdown, VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown

OK. I kind of have the formats in place that I want with the recent addition of Phil’s Faves: Songs, Phil’s Fave’s:Videos, and “Q” Bombs, but I find that I have been moving away from what I originally intended to do. It seems that because I went to so many concerts in the past month that I have become more of a concert reviewer than just an obsessive fan of music. I still want to write some more blogs of the shows I have seen, but I will work them in as I can. The music I have been listening to is more important to me than the concerts I’ve seen. But on the other hand, there is absolutely no replacement for live music. I have stated that I never would be up to the minute, because being 100% current has never mattered to me. Let’s face it, to analyze anything, you have to give it a chance to seep into your thought processes. But I will try to strike a balance between the music I listen to and the bands that I see. I get an adrenalin rush from both!

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All right, I’m sitting around watching the weekly countdowns on VH1 and CMT and I was ecstatic to see that The Civil Wars have presently fallen off of both countdowns. Hallelujah! I will be surprised if I ever hear of them again. “Barton Hollow” always reminded me of a bad version of “World Turning” by Fleetwood Mac anyway. There are some similarities. But as happy as I was to see that happen, then what shows up on VH1? “If I Die Young” by The Band Perry! Are you kidding me? When will this song ever die? It was on the CMT countdown for almost a year. Now it’s on VH1???!!! ODWITS!!!!!!!!

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Speaking of the CMT Top 20 Countdown, the same countdown showed an abbreviated version of “Old Alabama” by Brad Paisley. Double ODWITS!!!!!! I had to suffer through a weekly showing of Kenny Chesney’s “The Boys of Fall” for months last year and into this year—let alone the zillion times that they showed it in regular rotation and they cut my favorite part of Brad Paisley’s video???!!!! That’s the part where a ten year old Paisley shows up playing guitar with Alabama. One of the things that I really liked about the CMT Top 20 Countdown was that they showed complete videos of all of the songs. The VH1 Top 20 Countdown expanded their format to 2 and ½ hours and still can’t show all of the complete videos in the countdown! That’s an insult to the viewer, let alone the fact that they almost always show a snippet of the song I like to save some time but the complete video of songs I can’t stand! How does that happen? And heaven forbid if you are the number 2 video because they never show that one. I’m disappointed with you CMT, but I’m really disappointed with you VH1!

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Until next time, take care of yourself, and take care of each other!
Peace!
Q

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