The Band Gazebo

Little Jimmy Dickens passed away? I am so sad about this... His collaborations with Brad Paisley on Brad's albums have been one of my favourite chuckle moments of the last few years. Sample, one of his jokes from one of the songs, "my wife said to me, let's run upstairs and make love. I told her at my age, I cannot do both." Well, he was 94...

And in honour of him, one of the best CMA moments of all time (phrasing intended) -- Little Jimmy Dickens Goes Kanye on Brad Paisley - YouTube link. Genius.

ETA that link doesn't apoear to work? So here, I hope, is another. you go girl!

So, looking at stuff on youtube and this comes up....George Strait. And Garth Brooks. On the stage. Singing together. Garth literally taking his hat off to his hero. I got chills.



Also, in YouTubing for the last post, I came across this gem which I had never seen, from the Night Moves special in 1991. Brian Orser and Katarina Witt skating to Lady in Red. It is cheesetastic and mullet-tastic in ways that only 90s skating could be.



And just because, my two favourite bits of this year's CMA Awards --





And also, guess who has this movie winging her way to her on DVD? THIS GIRL RIGHT HERE!

Like the subject line says but in a bit more detail, I do not RPF, but if I did, I do believe I would for these two.

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood opening the CMA Awards.





In which there is Bradcephus and Bocephus! Tim and Faith Barbies! Mocking of the Kim Kardashian "wedding"!!! All sorts of awesomeness and one ugly dress but what can you do?

And! Just so I don't have to kick asses for missing a golden opportunity, "Remind Me" sung live!


*twirls and goes back to YouTube* Yay!

ETA: OK, what is with the embedding function? I click the little play icon on the update window, I copy and paste the embed code with YouTube, that should work, right? So why isn't it?

ETA2: Support emails rock! Emailed them and they gave me a code which I copied and pasted and it worked. Not sure why it didn't with the one that I got from YouTube vis a vis one they did but never mind I have a workaround!

Am feeling quite relieved at the moment that I was not able to purchase the Christmas present I had in mind for the husband, as this would have resulted in us trying to get him over to Sheffield in time for next weekend, and with the way that air traffic is going, this would have been a disaster!

I have just discovered that John Barrowman has recorded a version of "I Won't Send Roses". It will be mine, oh yes it will.

Finally managed to get film24's showing of the CMA Awards recorded from the start. smiley_b, you either need to YouTube Darius's performance or I am showing it to you the next time you are over here, because it just made me smile and smile and smile. Dude went up into the cheap seats and lived! Also, the Kanye snark? Will never get old.

CMA spoilers under the cut... I don't normally do this, but I don't think it's on tv anywhere!

( Oh, there is Kanye snark from Nashville! )

I miss the days when BBC/RTE would show the CMAs. Of course, I am thanking my lucky stars for YouTube and Broadband!

Thoughts so far from what I've been able to find - Brad Paisley and Keith Urban opening the show with Start a Band. Love them both, and it was fabulous...the guitar duet at the end was the stuff that dreams are made of!

Taylor Swift did not sound great singing Love Story and I've no idea what was up with the staging and the dancing...the dress change, on the other hand, was cool.

Kellie Pickler...LOL at Brad Paisley's intro about how she wrote the song with Taylor Swift and how millions of teenage boys would give their left games console to get into that writers' room! Aside from that...the skirt was short, the heels were unbelievably high, and she looked about a hundred years old; she needs to sort that out. The song, however, and the energy, were great.

And Carrie Underwood... she gave me chills. Could have done without the intro from the war widow, I have to say, but the song and the delivery almost made me forget it... she gave me goosebumps up and down my arms and spine. Echo Brad's comment totally; that is what country music is all about.

Off I go now to search for more!