Comments on: At CRS, Radio Reacts to Jamey Johnson’s “High Cost of Living”

By: Creek

Creek — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:18:15 +0000

“If its cocaine and a whore then its cocaine and a whore”

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:28:50 +0000

Jamey is opening for Willie Nelson next weekend in St. Augustine and I have center front-row tickets. I like his style, I like his voice, I like his music and his message. I am INTO IT! –But Willie is my true love ;-)

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:52:46 +0000

Jamey is playing at The Stage in Nashville right now. It’s the one that is playing live on his Web site, also. He started at 11:30 p.m…. it’s just about 2 a.m. and he’s still playing. His dad was there, too. Looks nothing like him at all! He played his entire album and covered everything from Patsy Cline to Jennings, Jones, Cash, Seger, etc. Great show.

By: PaulaW

PaulaW — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:27:07 +0000

Go ahead and start throwing things at me if you want to, but I’m just not a Jamey Johnson fan. I dont hate him, in fact I like some of his stuff – but I’m more partial to his songwriting than his singing. His voice gets on my nerves, I dont know why, but it does.

I do however hope he is able to break down some of the walls in the ‘industry’ and at radio if for no other reason than it will hopefully open up those doors (or at least leave the holes in the walls) for others to follow through with. As much as I’m not a fan of Jamey’s, I’d much rather hear him than Taylor Swift et al.

By: Pierce

Pierce — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:58:46 +0000

Rick, for what it’s worth, KPMS in Seattle DID add “High Cost of Living”–trying to get that typo fixed.

Your argument is still valid, but I feel like that should be cleared up.

Also, I couldn’t find out if they had added it or not, but the WBFM guy sounded like he had added it as well.

All of the subjects I interviewed were really respectful and seemed like genuine folks… none of them sounded phony, but deduce however you wish.

By: PaulaW

PaulaW — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:45:11 +0000

Thank you Rick for putting into words what I was thinking.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:37:27 +0000

Nice article, Pierce. What an amazing bunch of slippery weasel words from the radio station flacks. It makes me think of the kind of verbiage I’d expect from used car salesmen. So some of these guys love the song and give it a few token spins but won’t add it to the official play list for regular rotation. They can make a movie about such a programmer and name it “Truly Gutless”. The lemming mentality that affects Top 40 country program directors, and especially the “corporatized” ones, is appalling.

Its a pity that the Top 40 Country Radio “tail” is wagging the entire Nashville music machine “dog” for the big labels. Since Top 40 radio airplay yields most music sales, the labels must release singles that cater to the tastes of the PD’s to get them spun. The big market stations that are the primary targets as “taste leaders” tend to be owned by the big radio conglomerates and play it as safely and inoffensively as they can. It will take a lot more than a CRS free concert by Jamey Johnson to make a dent in the prevailing mentality.

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:30:58 +0000

Anyone who finds this controversial should watch the video for Britney Spears’ “Womanizer”.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:55:34 +0000

“I traded that for McCain and Al Gore”

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:33:28 +0000

”I traded her in for rogaine and some smores”

I like it.