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Some of the lyrics aren’t that bad but I do agree with including “Chicken Fried” in the worst ever list.

Kelly Clarkson responded to Scott Borchetta with a great blog!

http://iamkelly.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/scott-borchetta/

“Wow …..Dear Scott Borchetta,

I understand defending your artist obviously because I have done the same in the past for artists I like, including Taylor, so you might see why its upsetting to read you attacking American Idol for producing simply vocalists that hit ‘the high notes’. Thank you for that ‘Captain Obvious’ sense of humor because you know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well. Every artist has a bad performance or two and that is understandable, but throwing blame will not make the situation at hand any better. I have been criticized left and right for having shaky performances before (and they were shaky) and what my manager or label executives say to me and the public is “I’ll kick butt next time” or “every performance isn’t going to be perfect” ……I bring this up because you should take a lesson from these people and instead of lashing out at other artists (that in your ‘humble’ opinion lack true artistry), you should simply take a breath and realize that sometimes things won’t go according to plan or work out and that’s okay.

“North Dakota” is one of my favorite Knight songs.

Rick: I think one of the Trisha’s voted for Obama.

Stormy, what if Jim Caligiuri did too?

NM: Don’t interfere with my diabolicle plot to tie Obama to every almost every singer on the planet until all Rick has left to listen to is, like, Girls Aloud and Orfa Haza reissues.

It’s funny you mention that, Rick. I wasnt familiar with that usage of “Gobblers Knob” when I first started my blog. I learned back in Feb of 2008 that it wasnt my post covering the first time I got to hang out with the Vercher boys that garnered so much attention to my lil spot of the blogosphere…

http://www.thegobblersknob.com/2008/02/the-knob-does-austin/

Scott Borchetta may not be the “voice of a generation” but he’s sounding a lot like the voice of Ari Fleischer.

Stormy said: “Rick: I think one of the Trisha’s voted for Obama.” Well as long as its not a plurality, that’s okay by me! PS – I still listen to my Allison Moorer albums from before she became a liberal political activist, so the quality of the music is still the overriding issue. It’s convenient that most overt Obamavoter music artists make music I don’t give a rip about and especially in the Americana / alt. country realm. (The Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, James McMurtry, Reckless Kelly ilk…)

Taylor Swift is earning Scott Borchetta big bucks and is one of the most successful current music artists in the world. Does anyone really expect him to state that Taylor is a horrible vocalist in live performances? You know, maybe the reason Taylor’s fans scream so loudly at her concert’s is to make sure they can’t hear her wretched live vocals? Hmm…

I don’t like Scott Borchetta, but mostly because he dropped Kate & Kacey, who deserved better

Thanks for the Chris Knight video :D

Ah, the old “art vs. craft” argument… One of my dad’s hobbies is woodworking, and this comes up all the time in that area. Does having a great idea for a piece override poor execution? Or conversely, is technical skill without imagination really skill, or are you just a human machine?

I always come down right in the middle – you need inspiration to fully realize the entirety of your skill, but without that technical skill, you can’t bring your idea to full fruition. Think how much more moving Taylor’s songs would be if she could control how loud/quiet or strong/soft, her voice was, instead of mumbling off-key into the microphone.

My advice is, stop making excuses for your artist and encourage her to improve (kinda like Kelly Clarkson said) instead of getting all defensive when all the critics have done is tell the truth. That won’t help you or her any. Just sign her up for some voice lessons, and you won’t ever have to defend her again, how’s that for a deal?

I don’t expect Scott to trash his own singer Taylor but the rest of us can sure try. Taylor Swift is one of the worst singers I have ever heard reach her level of success. This will end though soon as she enters her twenties and the massive teen population moves on to a new singer.

Once you get past the teen audience then it comes down to vocals. It is absolutely embarrassing as a country music fan to hear Taylor Swift perform live on an awards show.