Taylor Swift and T-Pain Unveil "Thug Story" Music Video at the CMT Music Awards
So much discussion was made over what Taylor Swift and T-Pain would be doing at tonight's (June 16) CMT Music Awards that I was almost worried the moment would be anticlimactic. But Swift and T-Pain did not disappoint. In a fast-moving video sequence with awards show host Bill Engvall, we saw Swift as a Vulcan in the new Star Trek movie, as a grossly undersized NFL player and then finally as a slightly less-than gansta rapper with T-Pain in the music video for "Thug Story." Swift rapped original lyrics and poked fun at herself while T-Pain contributed his signature auto-tuned hooks. Her self-deprecating humor was hilarious -- especially the part about her love of baking cookies. So, in what may be the most talked about show opening in CMT Music Awards history, they pulled it off -- and society as a whole seems unfazed. But what do you think? Was it worth the hype? How are Swift's skills as a rapper? Would you like to see the two of them perform together live? And what will the rap and hip-hop community think about this?
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Jason Tippitt says:
My mom’s watching the award show and says it’s the sorriest one she’s ever seen. The host’s jokes are bombing with her, the musical performances so far aren’t impressing her, and she’s overall underwhelmed.
Jason Tippitt says:
She’s hoping Sugarland and Trace Adkins will make her feel she hasn’t completely wasted her time watching it. That’s the only reason she hasn’t stopped watching yet.
Andrew says:
Please make it stop. Or at least revoke voting privileges from the fans. They’re proving tonight that they can’t be trusted with this responsibility.
KAH BBH says:
I dont think that the Big ___ Chain pendant is in poor taste and CMT should be ashamed that they allowed it on the show. It is a slap in the face to dignity and is trying to be MTV type shock value. Not on CMT because country is supposed to be something to have the children to be able to watch-but not with the Big ___ Chain pendant.
Michelle says:
Taylor ROCKS!!!!
Bubba says:
My bad TRACE, BRAD, TOBY IS COUNTRY!!!!!!!!
tony mag says:
Not happy wit the rap, your killing country wit the T-PAIN crap, love kid rock he has a southern rock vibe, but KEEP RAP AWAY, your made Taylor swift look like a rap vid bimbo. Dont sell out keep It country, 4X4s cold beers JOHN DEERS, cowboy hats and boot wearing cats….NO bling, let the belt buckel sing.YEEEEEEEEEEEE,HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
HELLO! says:
Please vote for trace for video of the year!!
cait says:
hahaha i thought the video was soooo funny thats all they were going for it was a joke you people need to relax.
Meg says:
This is ridiculous. Same people getting the same awards year after year. And why are their people nominated twice in the SAME category?
Redmaz says:
Now more than ever…THANK GOD FOR AMERICANA MUSIC.
tony mag says:
HAY Cait, thats how it starts, next thing you know your country music is nothing but sampled music and a bunch of gangstas ryming over it….wake up people!!!!!!!!!!!
lorendasue says:
So far, the jokes haven’t been funny because they’re too true. There have been WAY too many instances of bleeping out words - even if some of it is for special effect.
Now, I’ll say something good. I was very happy to see Alan Jackson win. Ted Nugent was very gracious on the red carpet.
tony mag says:
The Motor City mad man rules….
Pierre Pat says:
If this is Country, I must be a rapper. Worst Awards show that I ever seen. More noise than anything else.The jokes were stupid, the music was best when I turned off the sound. Hope you can do better next year. Very disappointed.
Patman says:
I want to get a nationwide boycot going against CMT,Its more stupid shows and movies than music anymore.
James says:
Taylor Swift rocks
James says:
Don’t listen to ‘em Taylor ur the best thing to happen to country music since Shania Twain
Patman says:
AMEN HELLO
Big Al says:
I’m not watching. There is no country left on CMT
Jackie Bell says:
Where the hell is Carrie and Kenny? This is a teen CMT award show!!!
Jackie Bell says:
OMG her again. Don’t get me wrong, I like her but there is alot of talent in the industry and this is a CMT Taylor Swift Concert!!!!
Beth says:
Yes , i want to know where is Carrie Underwood? I would love to see her win tonight, so disappointed with the whole thing.
Chris says:
OMG!!!!!!The worst awards show EVER! Taylor Swift is a tallented songwriter….STOP! thats it! As for the (C)rap? CMT please stop before you completley ruin country music, that was horrible!
HELLO! says:
They are going to rename the show “The taylor swift award show”
Scott T says:
Well if it keeps going the way it has been…..then every music award show might as well be cancelled, and the awards just given to Carrie and Taylor. Carrie I can understand….she can sing! BUT TAYLOR!!!!!
Susie says:
This whole show was a train wreck. The sound and board mix was poor at best. Who does Rucker know? He can’t sing!!!!!!
The choice of music was not good and most not country. If these artist want to cross over please do it on their own time….but not on an award show
Bad Bad Show
solongsowrong says:
Nothing but complaints, yet you all continue to listen. Amazing and sad.
star says:
TAYLOR WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY AND AWSOME!!! SHE WAS GREAT!GO TAYLOR!!!! AND KELLIE AND SUGARLAND!!!!
Rita says:
I recorded it and now not even going to watch. All the complaints were reasons I recorded it. Even the cmt site is like a Taylor fan club. Think I will quit~
chzbykr says:
Why is country music trying to stuff this no talent little twit on the fans. I almost heave everytime she comes on, that is until I change channels. Has MTV taken over at CMT. So sad.
goldie says:
taylor has got great talent I heard she had a voice in how the opening went they ased her for her input! yes I agree with star taylor is awsome!I don’t no why most of you are cutting her down other artist had people from other genres singing with them so get over it taylor was the best!!!
Jasper says:
Listen, I don’t like to be rude or to burst any bubbles, but tonight’s show was beyond words to the level of the worst award show I have ever seen. I am not going to attack people’s voices here (Well, I won’t name names) but please tell me why there are power houses like Wynonna Judd that could sing the roof off the place yet the only talents performing tonight sounded like birds chirping off tune? It was really boring and I didn’t like it at all. Let’s hope for a better one next year.
diamond says:
go away cu people just jealous!!taylor was great, very very funny opening! way to go taylor!!
Tim says:
What a shame, has the Country Music industry lost their mind. Not everyone is 16 yrs old. I’m sure if we had a real Country Music crowd there they probably would have walked out during the first 10 minutes.
Redmaz says:
I like this one “carry a long cord” ha! Oh..I like this one too “best thing to happen to country music since Shania Twain” Heck these people don’t even know that these are Video awards not vocal awards. to Scott t, these are Pop awards, they are most certainly about who’s hot, who’s young etc. What do you think this is? The AMERICANA awards?
Scott T says:
Too Redmaz…..I agree with you 100%. My comment could have been better explained. It just seems that all the little ones want to vote for the “HOT and YOUNG” little girl that was singing…..not the older and better singers. Someone else asked the question above…..where were the older TRUE COUNTRY singers tonight??? If its a CMT Awards show….then it should have COUNTRY MUSIC as the star…….
oldschoolcountry says:
CMT -COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION!!!!!time to reevaluate your priorities.we don’t want rap, or rock and roll or teeny bop…we watch and listen because WE are country. what are you?
marie says:
Keith Urban was the best performance hands down! Congrats to him and Brad Paisley for Start a Band!
I LOVE TAYLOR!!! says:
really people?! you say she cant sing and all this crap, your pathetic! HOW COME SHE HAS THE NUMBER ONE ALBUM IN THE COUNTRY AND IS SELLING MORE RECORDS THAN ANYONE ELSE?!! i’m pretty sure she’s broken numerous records on the country charts and billboard charts and at what only 19 .i’ve seen her numerous times and met her and i can tell you she is an amazing singer live. she brought a younger audience to country music and then t-pain video was a joke and made for laughs which it was hilarious. get over yourselves please.
Jasper says:
Taylor Swift has brought a lot of fans to country music and the country biz needs the money, but the country music world and the people that matter and determine whom is played on radio don’t understand that the fans Taylor brings in is young girls and these girls taste changes like the weather. They aren’t long time country music fans and CMT as well as country Radio is doing nothing to take care of and please the long time country music fans.
Redmaz says:
Hey? That’s a Larry Cordle and Larry Schell song. Although it somehow loses some of it’s meaning when a couple of Pop acts cover it. Check out the original version of “Murder on Music Row” by “Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time” To Big Al, I answered your questions in the other blog. If you have any more questions I will try to help you. Thanks.
Patman says:
All you tweenies stay with your rap crap leave country to us who know what country is.
WhattheHey says:
Amen Big Al!…I Love Taylor, how old are u 15? Taylor may be a talented singer (debatable) but she is not country! And “Love Story” or whatever the heck that was should never have been Country Music Video of the Year! Not country! Maybe teen pop video of the year, I might have agreed although not watched that!!
diamond says:
taylor was awsome!!!
Dan says:
I LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT!
she is like my favorite person ever
i’m so glad she did this
it made my life :D
I LOVE TAYLOR!!! says:
hahahahahah i’m 15 sorry try 28? Taylor has the best fans in the world and we will make sure she will keep dominating country music, times have changed and country music appeals to a younger demographic now so you should start accepting it!
Patman says:
NEVER
HELLO! says:
We dont want country music change! Some of us like it the way it was before swifthead come!!
Bonnie McDermond says:
I totally agree with the show being TOO MUCH TALYOR SWIFT,what happen to good old country music !!! come on cmt you are dying fast!!!
Patman says:
Randy Travis is country swift is a cant carry a tune fake and CMT is done in my house
WhattheHey says:
I Love Taylor…Who you and the three others on here that actually think she is country.lol You may dominate with your little texting crazed votes but you won’t touch country! You can’t dominate something you don’t even get and if you think Taylor is country well you need to be oldschooled.;)
Syd says:
She’s better as a rapper than an actual singer because she doesn’t have to attempt to hold a tune while rapping. It spared my ears.
diamond says:
by the Iam not 15 or tone deaf, Iam 45 and I like taylor she brings something a little different to country music!! for one thing you people seem to think that taylor is the only country pop artist ever, kid rock won for goodness sakes carrie is country pop to I don’t if carries voice is better or not she is still country pop just like taylor, you people can think what you want but that is the truth so just have to live with it!taylor is NOT going anywhere!!
Patman says:
Boycot cmt till they stop doing anything with cant sing swift
dh says:
People like to watch and listen to Country Music, it’s supposed to be family friendly and more wholesome. I cannot believe all the vulgar comments. First it was Katie Cook on the Red Carpet. She cussed at least twice and so did Sheryl
Crow. Then it was Toby Keith getting bleeped. T-pain had on that rude necklace. Even the puppet made several sexual references. This awards show was the worst I have watched and if I were the Country Stars I would start to boycott the show if this keeps up. Nothing about it looked or sounded like the country music I love. I am so disappointed. I will never watch again.
WhattheHey says:
Hey I love Taylor….listen to Jason Aldean’s song She’s country. That will give you your first lesson. Or Gretchen Wilson’s Redneck Woman, Sugarland, Trace, Toby, Zac Brown Martina, Keith, Miranda Lambert, Reba, Hank, most of which are “new” Country(Miley is even more country than Taylor) sooooorrrry, Taylor aint replacing anyone;)
I LOVE TAYLOR!!! says:
The country community loves her and obviously knows she talented and amazing. George strait, Tim Mcgraw & faith hill, brad paisley, rascal flatts, all had her open their tours the past years. You think if they thought she couldn’t sing and wasn’t talented they would have her open for them?!. GEORGE STRAIT is practically a country music legend. I think they know country music better than any of you.
HELLO! says:
I agree! Its suppose to family show! Also you people think taylor is a good role model but look how she acts! Dancing around with an older man and hugging him like that at the end of the song!
JSmith127 says:
I am a person of color and I grew up on a farm and we listened to country music. I grew up listening to Dolly, Reba, and Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Conway and Porter Wagoner and for me thats what I consider to be country music. Country today is more pop music and I hate pop music as well as rap music. There is a time and place for it but I don’t feel that it belongs in country music. Country music is supposed to be clean and family oriented and not lewd or vulgar.
Country music today is more focused on the younger audience and has almost forgotten about the older audience and is missing out on a great number of faithful and loyal fans.
Why was Bill Engvall chosen as the host when originally it was posted that Toby Keith would be the host. I like Bill but his jokes sucked and the show was boring. I have watched all the country music shows and for me this is the absolute worst show I have ever seen.
On this final note I wish that Toby Keith would win an award lately he has been just kicked in the teeth and just can’t seem to win anything. I would like to see George Strait win as entertainer of the year and I don’t feel that Carried Underwood should have won it at the ACM and I did vote for George and I vote for him every time he is nominated for an award because the man is just all around classy, a great performer and a great southern gentleman.
D-Man says:
They know what sells tickets and she is a ticket seller. The young audience is where the money is now and if they have her open then they can capitalize on her. Its simple, bring in the moneymaker!
Andrew says:
Y’all should be embarrassed by that show tonight. The best part was Joey + Rory and even that got screwed up when the word “ho” was censored.
I have to agree with the message that was on Joey’s guitar: “We miss country music.”
WhattheHey says:
That’s showbiz…money talks..I would love to be a fly on the wall’s of the true country performers right now:)
Melissa says:
This award show was a complete was of my time to watch! I love country music and feel like it was a slap in the face to have to add T-Pain to sing with Taylor, To have Sugarland sing LoveShack and to have Taylor sing with Def L. I dont get it?! I was Highly upset with this award show because normally I enjoy the CMT Awards more than any other! That being said I don’t feel you should have this “RAP” video on this “COUNTRY” site even though its suppose to be funny! I think if Taylor wants this image she should go pop and try and put videos out on MTV! Awards were just horrible im sorry… If you didnt watch yet dont waste your time.. If your a true country fan! If you like Taylor and her pop image then go for it! I feel bad and im not taking away from Brad, Toby, or even Darius. Im just ashamed as to what CMT is making of their awards!
stacey says:
Honestly… I think all of you need to calm down. This was a fun award show tonight, and the opening act was in good humor. If you noticed through the whole skit, Taylor was poking fun at herself, not individuals like most of the hosts do on the show. She is a very smart, market savvy girl, and knows how to promote her self to her audience. People are always looking for something exciting and different. That’s why Reba is as great as she is, because she is able to re-invent herself all the time. If you remember, Reba did broadway, movies, and wrote books. Why is so wrong that a young girl is branching out and trying new things? It just goes to show that she is multi-talented and gifted, and her team knows what there doing. Leave her alone, and get over yourself. There’s always going to be things that push buttons with people, and that’s what makes music and media industries thrive.
I LOVE TAYLOR!!! says:
and why does she sell tickets? OH YEAH because she can sing. obviously people are going to buy tickets to a show of an artist that they like and can sing and perform well live. Maybe if you came out of your little bubble and realized were not living in 1910 anymore you would realize that country music has opened itself to a wider range of fans from all ages and taylor swift has brought life back into country music
D-Man says:
She sells tickets bc all the young girls like her cause she is quote on quote “COOL” and the boys come bc she is a cute girl. Ill give her the respect she deserves cause she knows how to market herself. Props
I LOVE TAYLOR!!! says:
really? i’ve been to 3 of her shows, the first one back when she was only 17, and seen her live on good morning america where she was singing 20 feet away from my face. let me tell you, she sounds better than she does on her record which is pretty damn good.
Melissa says:
I dont feel like you can compare Carrie Underwood to Taylor Swift at all.. As i’ve read through the threads! Carrie Underwood would sing songs like “Stand By Your Man” and “Islands In The Stream” and sounded Country! She has that natural beauty in her voice.. Taylor is no where near that.. I dont get it. I dont think this award show should’ve focused on Taylor as much. Compared to other artists like Toby, or Martina who have just faded away in the eyes of these award shows. Oh well i guess we dont make a difference after all..
star says:
I agree 100% with stacey people just need to calm down! taylor is a very smart young woman she was making fun of herself your right who does that on tv yet to great job taylor just keep being and doing things to entertain us taylor fans!
Sara says:
About my last sentence, I meant the other singers were not lip syncing and the Big Machine artist was….
Cathy Flower says:
Taylor is amazing. She finds a way to always amaze us. Her singing voice is unique, her performances are spectacular. I love Sugarland, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Lady A, Rascal Flatts… The show had great moments that did not include Taylor. What is sad for me is that I live in the Rocky Mountains and we did not see the program until it was over. We did not get to vote. The program overall needed some production help.
Shelley says:
I don’t get how CMT, supposedly about music, can produce a music show with such bad sound. CMT has a high-definition music channel, so why can’t they get their act together?
I think all the performers have done a great job so far. The wacko assortment of presenters - so over it! Let country singers present awards at country music awards. And, I don’t want to hear commentary where there is a word bleeped out during every segment. I do always like the skit at the beginning of the show each year, and I think Taylor was great, and I think she is totally talented, along with AJ, BP, KU, and DB, and Lady A. Also, I enjoyed Blake Shelton’s twitter commentary as he watched from home….. :D
star says:
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE TIM AND FAITH HOST THE AWARDS NEXT YEAR OR EVEN THE CMA’S THAT WOULD BE GREAT! YOU GO TAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scott T says:
Leah……I have to say…..if my Daughter or Granddaughter were to sing like that….I probably would say something like this to her. I am all about people persuing their dreams. But if you cant sing….then why keep trying. All you people like Taylor cause shes young and new to all of this. She isnt COUNTRY!!!!! Shes POP….which is the reason you all like her. And since I am just a blunt person…..she needs alot of lessons!!!!
Deb Camp says:
This CMT 2009 show was NOT Country….. how dare you call it that. All music is good but we call it Country for a reason, all I heard was pop and rap……. there were a few glimmers of country but the whole show was so disappointing. My heart goes out to Trace, Alan, Brad, Toby to had been a part of this show…… what is happening? I sure won’t watch CMT again in the future. I have nothing against Taylor Swift but if she wants to sing country then it needs to be country or find another venue. Even your presenters weren’t Country performers, CMT needs to change their name to POP.
snl says:
I THOUGHT TAYLOR WAS FUNNY IN THE OPENING AND HER FERFORMANCE WAS REALLY GOOD, SHE ADDED A LITTLE LIFE TO THE SHOW! IT IS NORMALLY BORING IT WAS NOT TONIGHT IT WAS GREAT, THE SOUND SYSTEM WAS OFF WITH EVERYONE BUT THEY DID GREAT!!!!!!!!!
bkb says:
i’m getting tired of the saying that swift is smart. she might be smart but she is so untalented and and hogged the show. martina and allison, two of the most talented country singers, giving out rewards, they should have been performing but no swift was on the stage doing her teenage act. when will it end? i was so disappointed in the show, will not watch it again.
Corbin Hosler says:
“George Strait is practically a country music legend” yeah, practically. As in, almost. You know, might be someday.
Just wow…
People, it’s not a debate. Taylor is a bad singer. She is in no way “country.” These are facts. It has nothing to do with my taste in her music, I actually like it and own her CD’s, but it is NOT country. CMT, if you didn’t know, is owned by the same people as MTV. CMT has been going downhill for the last few years and is really starting to hit rock bottom. I didn’t bother to watch the show tonight, I decided to not waste my time instead. Fan voting is a joke.
Corbin Hosler says:
I find it pretty sad when I’m wishing for Carrie Underwood to represent country music. I might have watched if she was on there to sing “I Told You So,” or if the song’s writer, the incredible Randy Travis, had been there. Then again, his music hasn’t got any love from radio since 2003, and won’t again.
It’s also very sad that Keith Urban offers one of the most “country” performances. He is as pop as they come, sorry kids.
Deacon Drawdy Tombstone AZ says:
http://www.outlawmusicconcert.com http://www.nextoutlawstar.com
I am sick by this dung that is called “Country Music”. MTV is doing everything they can to undermine the hallowed halls of the Grand Ole Opry. This is just a sign of the times a reflection of the mindless drones that are following the spin doctors straight to HELL.
Johnny and Waylon are rolling over in their graves. Shame on all the real country artists that won’t step up and take on the labels and tell them no more crap like tonight will be acceptable again. You want Rock, POP, RAP then go listen to it. Don’t hand me a hamburger and tell me its a chicken sandwich. COUNTRY IS COUNTRY leave it the f@#$ alone.
GOD BLESS JAMEY JOHNSON AND RAY SCOTT ! ! ! !
CMTV CONSIDER YOURSELF ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. WE WILL TAKE NO MORE. “YOU TELL ALL YOUR LITTLE FRIENDS I”M COMIN AND OUTLAW COUNTRY IS COMING WITH ME”
WE ARE HERE TO TAKE BACK THE COUNTRY….
Mark says:
I’ll be honest: I’m sick of Taylor Swift. I honestly can’t remember the last time I came to this site and didn’t see her face on the front page. CMT just had to make sure that this show was all about her tonight. I thought it was suspicious how they planned for Taylor to close the show AFTER the Video of the Year award was given. How convenient, come on up, get your award, and close the show out, even though you opened the show with your rap routine, AND already performed earlier in the show. And you can always tell who the Taylor fans are by the all caps and the horrible grammar and the throwing out of “everyone is jealous of taylor, she’s amazing!” She is not amazing, in fact, she is ruining country music. I, along with others on here, have professional music training, so when I say that Taylor is not good at singing live, it is not “sour grapes” as many of you Taylor fans like to throw out, it is a fact.
abc says:
I am from Reading PA and knew Taylor Swift’s family. She grew up on a small horse farm on Freemansville Road, not “Wyomissing, PA” like her bio insists. She moved to Wyomissing later on, right before she moved to Nashville. Trust me - there are NO horse farms in Wyomissing. It’s filled with big, expensive homes and mansions. Her house had an elevator in it, for christ’s sake. I’m sure they implied she lived in Wyomissing her whole life because it sounds more “country” (ala like “Wyoming”).
Taylor Swift has always had a luxurious and wealthy lifestyle… Her dad made his millions off being a stockbroker in NYC. Got her some sleazy junior “record deal” with Sony by the time she was 12, even though she had minimal songwriting experience, if any. A few years later she was getting huge endorsements by Taylor Guitars and appearing in Abercrombie and Fitch ads, years before she ever had a cd out, only being a tween at this time (ahem, daddy’s money). Her dad also at this time got her involved in the Britney Spears talent agency (you know, cause that’s so country). TRUST ME - SHE ONLY GOT ALL OF THIS BECAUSE HER FAMILY IS LOADED.
Ever wonder why she can’t sing for s— live? Here’s your answer. She is a joke around here (Berks County) to the people who truly knew her “abilities”. I’ve heard she is shunned around the musical Nashville scene as well. She attempted to get into acting before this too. Her family has sold her since the beginning. She also wasn’t really country off the bat. She was attempting to do more of a pop acoustic route until it was recommended by a friend to go country (I still have her lackluster demo cd laying on my shelf). She is Avril Lavigne in country boots….a man made product of the music industry.
STOP THINKING SHE IS A TALENTED SONGWRITER. She pays for it all people! This girl probably barely knows how to tune her guitar. “Co-writing” today is the equivalent of telling someone to write a song for you, footing the bill for it, and then slapping your name on it. This type of payola in the industry has been going on for years. It’s gotten so worse in recent years that I would compare it to the steroid scandal in the sports industry — all integrity has been lost. Don’t worry though, more and more people are realizing Taylor is a phony (her tone-deaf videos on youtube never lie) and more people are speaking out. I read an interview of her once where she stated when she was 11 her family drove down to Nashville and she walked down music row knocking on the doors of labels and handing out her cd, making it sound like she was a freaking cow girl. Puhhhh—-lease. Don’t EVER believe the hype.
country baby. says:
okay the CMT awards was not the best this year, but dadgum yall are bein harsh on taylor shes just doin what she loves who cares if shes young shes done a hell of alot more then most of the older ones. NOW what the heck no george strait or clay walker get outta here THEY ARE COUNTRY MUSIC. i dont understand that yall are crazy, and ot would of been funny if yall had the right host say LARRY THE CABLE GUYYY he would rock the country awards hes my hero <3 andd i loveee that uncle ted was on the show hes the best.
country baby. says:
PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPY IF THERE WAS MORE REALY COUNTRY. GEORGE STRAIT , CLAY WALKER, ALAN JACKSON ,SHINA TWAIN , CARRIE UNDERWOOD, JASON ALDEAN , GEORGE STRAIT , GEORGE STRAIT, CLAY WALKER , CLAY WALKER. COME ON CMT BRING BACK THE KIG’S OF COUNTRY!!!!!
TEDDY says:
I thought it was pretty funny and cool because she just experimented with it. and to all the haters shouldn’t be mad at just laugh and enjoy.
Abby says:
It was one of the BEST CMT award shows I’ve ever seen! It had a little bit of everything, just what we need to keep from getting bored. I don’t understand why you few haters and yes I mean few, insist on bashing Taylor. I come to these blogs and I know you guys are the same people that blow the same smoke on Taylor Swift NO MATTER what the topic is. Click on a blog without her name if you have nothing nice to say. You guys seem to thrive off who can find the most creative way to bash a 19 year old mega superstar who isn’t reading this anyway and is going to be around for so many many many years to come. Get over it, she’s almost ready to drop a third album. LOL
Thank you for one of the best CMT Awards shows to-date CMT!!!
Abby says:
abc I hope somebody sues your butt for slander!
Abby says:
I just copied and pasted your allegations to BMG to forward to Taylor and family. I hope they take you to the cleaners for deflamation of character.
CMT please clean up your post here.
CMT if you check abc’s ip address I can bet you it’s one of the two that your mods have been having to delete their post which have been repeatedly reported to cmt!!!!
sandy says:
CMT you can bet most but a few of these bashers are nothing but disgruntled carrie underwood fans.
Taylor is one awesome artist, she has the voice of an angel, so clean and pure. She is one talented young lady.
Thanks for the awesome CMT award show, my family really enjoyed it and has watched it twice already.. Please let us know how the ratings were. I bet they are out of this world just like Taylors musically literally.. I love it..
bella says:
OMG….you’ll accept T-Pain doing country with Taylor Swift but country music DJ’s are having trouble accepting “Seven Mile Breakdown” and Taylor Hicks (Alabama born and bred)as a country song.
Country music has become so twisted!
Ken says:
It made me turn the show off!!!
Candy says:
OMG!!!! this was so funny!! :) i loved it! Taylor is the BEST!!! some of you need to clam down, it was a joke! haa.
anyway i loved it :)
Curt says:
the CMT Awards show was the worst to date. If I want to watch Rap singers, I’ll turn on the grammy’s. On the up side, I got to sleep early after turning the show off.
Sherry says:
YUCK!!! Have we had enough of the tween scene? Let’s go back to real music. Congrats to Brad, Keith, Alan and the Flats.
Deb says:
Bring back CARRIE!!!!!
Sunny says:
I am shocked at the quality of the show. It was awful. That was not country. I will never watch again if that is what it will be. What is up with the rap, trying to put profanity on the show. CMT has never had that on anything.I was truly shocked.
TSharkie says:
Carrie started the down music downfall and look where its gone too now….
Alex says:
Whoa…You all realize that the “Thug Story” video was a JOKE, right? It wasn’t a real collaboration between Taylor and T-Pain as we previously speculated. It was meant to be funny, and I thought it was!
Redmaz says:
I know these are mostly one hitters commenting on this blog, but even I’m shocked at the lack of musical knowledge here. For people to sit and complain about 10% of today’s country music, and not even know about the other 90% is appalling and disgusting. Remember when I said 90% of the people know only about 10% of today’s music? Taking in consideration this blog, it’s more like 99%. Today’s Country Music is just as good if not better than ever(mainly because it’s more accessible). Just because people here don’t know about it doesn’t mean it does not exist. EDUCATE YOURSELVES!
Gail Shires says:
I am so disgusted with the CMT Award Show last night. This is supposed to be a COUNTRY SHOW not rock, rap, & hip hop. You also better watch how much time you give to Taylor Swift. Why did she get the opening and closing? You are making other qualified singers feel like they are insignificant. Yes, she is talented but so are others. You are going to lose your CMT fan base real quick.
Michelle says:
What has happened to country music? The CMT awards was a pop and hip-hop concert. I enjoy all types of music but country should stick to being country. If you’d get back to the way it used to be maybe you wouldn’t have to try so hard to have a bigger fan base. Jamey Johnson is the best thing that’s happened to country music in decades. He’s brought the heart back to country…we need more people like him. Sorry CMT the awards were a huge let down!
trink says:
Hey all you Taylor haters she pulled it off I bet it was the most watched cmt award show ever WAY TO GO CMT on one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Keith Urban was the best.Brad Paisly was way off key I don’t hear anyone complaining about him.
Derrik says:
Ok, first of all you people need to get over the rap video because it was all a joke you were suppose to laugh at it. I know I did. Second of all you need to get off Taylor Swift’s back I am so sicking of everytime I read a blog you taylor haters have to ruin the blog with all your negative words. If you don’t like taylor Swift then don’t listen to her it is a simple as that. When Shania Twain came around in the 90s and most of her music sounded pop I don’t see you ripping a part her so give Taylor a break. I personally love Taylor, but I do think that they could have shown a little less of her last night. As for it being a fan voted award show you people need to stop complaing half the time the winners at the ACMs and the CMA’s should not have won because they are chosen by people who do n’t even listen to country music. So get off your butts and go vote next year. What Taylor Swift is doing to Country music I think is a good thing which is bringing a younger audience to country music. Yes they might not be listening to someone like George Strait, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline Etc… But at least they are listening to so sort of country music and that is all that matters.
Sue says:
What happened to the Country Video awards show that was supposed to be on CMT last night. I tuned in and there was some rap/rock crap on. And who on earth wrote the pathetic host banter. Whatever happened to closing a country show with all the winners singing something “hokey” like “Circle be unbroken”?? Country is all about carrying on the tradition
Dave says:
You put me to sleep last night. I guess that’s a Tuesday nite I will never get back……….
Valerie says:
My favorite part of the show was Toby Keith and Def Leopard which you could barely hear TS. They could have performed on their own. When she was singing it was annoying!
what!! says:
That was the stupidest award show I have seen in my life!!! It should be renamed the taylor swift award show!! But I guess when your daddy owns cmt you can do anything!!!
Kate says:
You want it to stop? So put your money where your mouth is and …..DON’T WATCH, DON’T BUY, DON’T LISTEN!
Josie says:
Bye CMT, you have lost yet another fan. Pretty soon you will start feeling the lasting effects.
sandy says:
great idea what!! But instead of renaming it the Taylor Swift award show, let’s rename the CMTs the Taylors!! I love it! Since Taylor is who brought me over to country in the first place I think it only fitting!
It has a great ring to it doesn’t it? The Taylors!
Awesome award show, I loved it CMT, keep up the good work!!!
I bet 90% of the complaints about the show on here are from disgruntled carrie underwood fans!!! Get off it already!!!
I can’t wait to hear how high the ratings were, I bet they were the best ever, just like the show!!! Remember now folks, the awards show is now being called ‘The Taylors’!!!
You go Taylor, we love you!!!
what!! says:
They are going to lose ALOT of fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CJ5 says:
OMG where was our country Music last night. I would love to see all the stars that did not show up. Do any of you think there might be a reason our really good stars were missing. Come on CMT have you lost your mind or in it for the dollar. I guess we know the answer. Worst show ever. I hope rap liked Taylor because country did not. She ran around like a little child.
Erika says:
JC the rap crap was a JOKE, lmbo…. and Alan Jackson was there laughing at it, unlike you pitiful cu fans….
wtg taylor!
Erika says:
Haha What!! you are so full of it, Taylors fan base has over 700 members and growing… cmt is gaining fans daily…
what!! says:
They are losing fans after last nite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jasmine says:
Great awards show last night CMT. Actually Taylor acts more grown up and sophisticated than most of you posting hateful remarks on here.
Taylor is far from spoiled she is a hard working dedicated artist.. Wtg Miss Swift, I really enjoyed the opening act. Pretty funny stuff. You had me laughing so hard I had to go back and re-watch the video a few times, you were great.. keep up the great work! ..
Jacks says:
It started with her drowning herself on stage. and then a Royal court. What the heck does any of that have to do with country. I felt like I was watching Hannah Montana or anyother of those shows. Give me country.
Jasmine says:
look who’s acting spoiled ;)
Paul says:
I understand why people are upset. They see the blue-jean wearing, tobacco chewing era of country being swept right from underneath them. The legendary eras of George Jones, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Conway Twitty, Patsy Cline all going the way of young pop stars who are more familiar with chasing boys and other childish ambitions. Sorry, music is going in another direction. Collaborations are happening more and more and you should have seen this coming with the introduction of stars like Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Shania Twain. Sorry, y’all brough this upon yourself. It’s a new day and age. Lil Wayne a rap superstar is coming out with a rock album. It’s a different time. Country music still has plenty of artists who represent the good old-fashioned values of country music. If you want to change the awards show process then start up your own network or boycott CMT. It’s not going away as much as you want it to. Taylor Swift is a smart and savvy media personality. Also, rap music is very similar to country music. It’s about making a better life for yourself and country music stars rhyme in their songs too. I don’t understand the hatred for rap. I’m a fan of country and hip-hop. Yes, my favorite country song of all-time is He Stopped Loving Her Today and You Never Even Called Me By Name.
Noah says:
Woah there folks. Haven’t any of you ever seen a comic skit before? Obviously not…. or you guys are just displaying pure jealousy.
Picture your favorite artist in Taylors place and I bet we would have a bunch of happy campers here…….
Isn’t jealousy funny?
Kirsten says:
this is stupid.. i’m not gonna lie..
snl says:
carrie was the one who started alot of this country pop after faith and shania were aliitle more out of the picture , so if people are going to rip on someone it shoule be her, yes I no she can sing but so can taylor her voice suits her and I think that is great! taylor was great last night! people who are cutting down taylor are just jealous of her and to bad cu was not htere she new she would not win I don’t care if it was her moms birthday or not sore loser!!!taylor you were so funny last night and put on a great show thats what it’s all about!!!!
Jacks says:
Worst Show Ever………………And yes I will not watch if they continue down this path. And whoever said Carrie started this nonsence has not listened to her voice and songs. For a young girl it appears Taylor dates way too much since all her songs are about breakups. Who would even want to have coffee with her? She would write a bad song if she did not get a second cup!!! Childish!!!!!1
Maggie says:
What a disappointment last nights show was. CMT should take a hard look at what they did last night and hope they can bring back the true country fans and not the cross over crowd.
Muzik says:
The CMT Awards show was the worst ever!! I WANT MY COUNTRY MUSIC BACK!!
sad-ed/: says:
Although I’m a taylor fan,
I too agree that cmt has too much taylor.
I mean, come on, its not like only teens watch it!
and its not like cmt awards is a teen thing.
CMT is all about country music and singers like george strait, shania twain, Sugarland, Keith Urban.
and not only about taylor.
I mean, that’s what cmt is all about.
Maybe they are thinking that taylor will promote and
take country music to a whole new level or something.
Or maybe they think that taylor can promote country music to teens.
I don’t know.
But hey!
Taylor is awesome too!
Its like have you come across most teens her age nowadays loving country music and
even producing them?
Or maybe teen pop stars that adore country music like her?
I don’t think so.
So I think that she deserves to be on the awards
and a little limelight since she is one of the youngest country singers these days and you ought to give her credit for that.
except maybe she should not be featured so many times.
Shell says:
What a terrible show! Who ever put it together must work for MTV! What gets me is, since when is Kellie Pickler called America’s Sweetheart? There is only one and that’s Carrie..our all American girl! Kellie and Taylor are a joke! Thank goodness Keith and Brad were there.
TxAGG says:
I’m just not digging the whole “thug” lifestyle as if this is something to be proud of. There is nothing positive about being a “thug.” Country music has lost all it’s confidence in it’s ability to stand alone and stand well. We DO NOT have to have diversity in our music. Rap is what it is, and therefore so is country. Leave it be.
nameless says:
hello.
Cmt is a division of MTV networks.
alimae says:
This is suppose to be Country NOT MTV…. WHAT????????
I have never seen a worse show.
Toby God Love ya!
what!! says:
Taylor belongs on mtv!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alimae says:
It’ was T00-PAIN FUL to watch!
Duke says:
To Noah…the whole thing was bad bad joke. I don’t care who thought they were being funny, there was only, maybe, 10% country music on that show. The rest was smothered in bubble gum pop, sorry excuse for hip-hop and just plain stupid. There is nothing wrong with “crossing over”, mixing musical genres and making something unique. It is fine to experiment. But the whole show was a total train wreck. Country Music is Country Music! It’s stories about joy and heartache, family and life in the country. Not Thug Life, Metal Mania and or bubble gum pop.
Every morning I wake up and turn on CMT. I watch the top 20 and see the same videos. There are ton of traditional artists out there making some great music. Great COUNTRY music. Last night was not country music. It was indeed a huge joke that was not even remotely funny!!
Julie Walker says:
I am a country music artist myself, although not famous. I sing at jamborees here in Kentucky. I have to say that I am ashamed of what I saw last night. I love all kinds of music excluding rap. But, when I watch a country music show and a rapper and Def Leppard are performing, I’m thinking where’s Merle Haggard and George Jones? My God, what has happened to country music? I know what’s happened, it’s NOT country music anymore. I’m headed to Nashville this week because they need me desperately!
Julie Walker says:
Duke, I am with you 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hello! says:
Do we really want taylor swift as a role model for our kids after last nite? I think not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RTFan says:
Sandy if it makes you feel better you go right ahead and think it is only Carrie fans that think this show was awful and Carrie Fans are the only ones saying things about Taylor–That is just not true and you know it But think if you bring Carrie into it it will change what people are saying it won’t work. Who ever you are a fan of you know this was a awful awards show and was an embarassment to Country Music.
richal1223 says:
The show was bad very bad
Melissa says:
I thought it was hilarious! I absolutely loved it.
Walt says:
The 2009 CMT Award Show was a huge disappointment. I can not even imagine what the producer, director and head decision makers were thinking. I hope you all somehow manage to retain your jobs…frankly you presented the worst award show ever. Bad sound, horrible vocals from the much overpromoted 19 year old artist, the host was not the least bit humorous , way to many off color comments through out the broadcast and nothing country at all about this production! Poor, poor decisions. With so many wonderful female country artist nominated for female vocalist video..may I ask… why only Taylor Swift and Kellie Pickler were given the performance nods.
Julie says:
I thought the jokes were terrible, not even fuuny! I think they need a better host for next year. The Taylor Swift skit was hilarious. Probably the best part of the show. Very boring awards show. I am glad that we didn’t see Carrie and Kenny. I really am sick of hearing how amazing everything is-in a Carrie acceptance speech, very over done!
Ham says:
No Swift fan here, but c’mon - it was funny. A joke is a joke. Why so serious, people??
Kayko says:
Thanks for the number Julie Walker, now I can call CMT and tell them how much I enjoyed the show. Also now i can call and complain about the bashers to….wonderful.
Kayko says:
Oh and another thing I’ll clue them in on the people who use several usernames in order to bash. Again thanks Julie.
Kayko says:
Now that was mature Julie. How old are you again.
Review says:
I agree with Walt for the most part and with the others that believe this was a horrible awards show. Bill didn’t have his usual funny stuff and the scripts for the performance anouncements were very poorly written with too much insider stuff implied to reach most of the audience. I don’t know how it was in person, but the audio on TV was very bad and made most of the stars seem as if they couldn’t carry a tune. Also, for a “video” awards show there wasn’t much promotion of the actual videos. Just very very poor!!
country fan says:
Worse CMT ever it as an embarassment to country music. The production was awful. The girl singer’s couldn’t sing. It was more like a bar scene instead of an award show. CMT what has happened to you? First of all you don’t play music much anymore and now you don’t know how to produce a good awards show. I will stick to the ACMs and CMA’s. They are class acts.
thisissosilly says:
Jeez, people need to settle down. Change is not necessarily a bad thing. Some of you are so angry about something so silly, and all of the spouting off sounds a little ignorant. I understand that not everyone likes change, but I do agree that this particular change has been in the making for quite a while. A lot of the country artists have been merging into the pop genre for at least 10 years, you can’t blame it all on a young girl who just so happened to make it big. Like others have said - Shaniah, Faith, Carrie, Keith, and honestly, IMO - Rascal Flatts - have all contributed to the move, among others. I don’t think Taylor Swift is the most talented artist, but she does her own thing. As much as some people may hate it, she has brought a lot of positive things to the country music scene. If you don’t like where country music is headed, then stock up on copies of all of the artists that sound like traditional country, and leave the mainstream country artists to do their thing.
Switched Channels says:
Last night’s CMT Award Show was terrible. A country awards show and it opened with rap. I agree with Country Fan - worse CMT ever and it was an embarrassment to country music. Enough of Taylor and her head-swinging and cheap-tricks to get attention. Enough already.
JENNY says:
The 2009 cmt awards last night rocked taylor swift was amazing iam so happy she won last night she works hard she is and amazing singer song writer and she can rap to that shows that taylor can do it all she is the best superstar ever i dont care if people put her down thats them we the swift fans love taylor swift she is amazing i know there is more to come taylor swift rocks!!!
cindy says:
Keep it country…I do believe Taylor is more pop than
she is country. And that thing with T-Pain, it was meant
to be funny but i don’t know it just didn’t suit..She’s
more geared towards the younger audience. Now Alan Jackson,
Allison Krauss, Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, they’re real both
old and new country. You can hear it and see it in them.. Taylor is talented in her own right, not particularly my taste.
chzbykr says:
Taylor Swift SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Susan Williams says:
Last night show was a joke. Rap and Rock should not be allowed on CMT Award Shows. Taylor is okay — but she should not be the whole show. I believe CMT stands for Country Music Television — please bring back the music.
bkb says:
trink,taylor didn’t pull off nothing. a bunch of teenagers doing cheerleading and taylor acting like a spoiled little brat.why didn’t they give allison or martina a spot to perform, they were both up for awards but had to be in the background so taylor could perform three times. this crap has to go.
jake says:
Well taylor swift is always winning the awards.We hoped kelliepickler wouldwin cmt femalevideo of the year but it went to taylors.But cmt is going overboard with this taylorswift wit a rapper t pain stuff.We dont see country artist going tothe rap or rock awards.Thank you everyone who voted for kelliepickler for the cmt awards.Thankyou to everyone who vote for kelliepickler and carrieunderwood on the top 20.Thank you to evryone who vote forkelliepickler and carrieunderwood on cmtpowerpicks.Now we have nothing against taylor swift but it would be nice to see kelliepickler and carrieunderwoodwinon everyawards.Kelliep and carrieu and taylor are best friends.kelliepickler and carrieunderwood love you all.take care.Have a great day.Also thank you to everyone who votedfor the bradpaisley and keithurban video.have a great day all!Thank you cmt for showing kelliepickler and carrieunderwood and keithurban and bradpaisley videos.
Krissy &+ Abby says:
OMG WE LOOOOOOOOVE THIS RAP!!!!! y’all haters shouldn’t even bother leaving comments…. if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all!!! tayy swift keep up the good work (yo!). WE ARE YOUR BIGGEST FANS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gayle says:
Let’s keep it country! why end a country music show with Def Leopard???????
Cut out the jokes and let the music artists and others just present!!!!!
New artists need a chance to perform so country music fans can see thier performances!!
Taylor’s peole know how to promote her, outsells other artists - must be doing something right!!!!!
Shell says:
jake now? KP spammer is back using yet another name..lol.
Quick scan of the net - mtv video music awards « Planning our past says:
[...] http://blog.cmt.com/2009-06-16/taylor-swift-and-t-pain-unveil-thug-story-at-the-cmt-music-awards/That being said I don’t feel you should have this “RAP” video on this “COUNTRY” site even though its suppose to be funny! I think if Taylor wants this image she should go pop and try and put videos out on MTV! Awards were just horrible … [...]
linda says:
ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WAS THE WORST AWARDS SHOW EVER! THEY MIGHT AS WELL CALLED IT THE TAYLOR SWIFT SHOW! MY 12 YEAR OLD SON COME INTO THE ROOM AS TAYLOR WAS SINGING. HE SAID, “MAMA, THAT’S AWFUL. TURN IT.” I HAVE TO ADMIT, IT WAS AWFUL SO OUT OF TUNE, SOUR NOTES, JUST A MESS. I KNOW YOUNG GIRLS LOVE TAYLOR, BUT I’LL BE GLAD WHEN SHE DIES DOWN. SHE IS RUINING COUNTRY MUSIC!
boby joe says:
what up with that. she country. no sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chris says:
The video to me was a bit cheesy. Yes its funny, ahaha but its not country nor does it belong on CMT much less an award show. O and please never invite Kid rock back. He did not even know his lables name and was drunk of his rocker, and by the way southern rock is not country. O and please next time you host an award show don’t have lines every time someone comes up on stage. I was upset with the whole show, I was pumped for a great country night, but was let down by a MTV country.
Lisa says:
Taylor swift has more class than most of the people on this message board. The T-pain skit was meant to be funny which it was. Did we all forget when Tim Mcgraw produced a song with rapper Nelly? that was played all over radio stations and was a hit. And taylor is in no way a spoiled little brat. She gives back to her fans 20 times more than anyone else in the business. She’s always staying for hours after shows signing autographs saying thank you whenever she can to her fans. She’s winning everything because she’s extremely talented us fans love her and will continue to put her on top because of everything she has done for us. Get over it people, taylor swift is not going anywhere!!!
Nanny says:
What I saw on CMT was a Disney performance, a rock concert
with a 60’s GO-Go Girl bobbing for apples as she jumped around on stage and a little bit of good country music.
What were you thinking CMT? Last time I’ll watch.
Jacks says:
The song Tim did with Nelly was no where near the disaster that went on last night! And change is fine. Heck I used to listen to rock stations, but then rap took over. I dealt with the change and lucky for me there was country and I switched. So why does rap now have to be dragged into country music. They have their own awards shows stay off the country show!! And why are they promoting Taylor so much??? Martina and Alison are far better singers and don’t need to toss their hair around to put on a good show, or dump water on themselves or tear off clothes! This is getting ridiclous!
Sarah says:
Ok so my last comment didn’t go through?
Basically I said that Taylor has much more maturity & class than the rest of you. Everytime a blog even mentions Taylor a little bit, the same people post negative comments. How old are you? & if you don’t like her that much, why are you taking the time to read & comment on a blog about her?
The CMT music awards are supposed to be for fun. They’re not as important as the ACM awards & CMA awards so chill & relax a little.
Jordyn says:
Is it just me? Every time I hear Taylor Swift sing live she is AWFUL! I think she is a talented song-writer, but a terrible singer. She has all the “teeny-boppers” voting for her (and I’m 17), and she’s not really country. She’s more “pop” than country. I was AMAZED that “Love Story” won video of the year after CMT Countdown named “Just A Dream” as the top video of 2008. In my opinion, Carrie Underwood has more talent in her pinky than Taylor has in her skinny body! I’m on Taylor Swift overload and I’m feeling ill…
Julie M says:
I had to turn the channel- young children can’t watch that junk
“Mom, why does Taylor sound so bad?” Because she can’t sing honey.
And when did she start dancing like a stripper??
Bad
SMJ says:
Everyone has said that the rap skit was “a joke.” I agree. The entire show was a Taylor Swift “JOKE!” I just called CMT and told them how disappointed, as a parent, I was in their show…how inappropriate some of the language and performances were. It was disgusting. You know, I wonder if Ms. Swift would have even made it past the first round of American Idol w/Simon!!! Would love to know what he thinks. Compare Carrie in her yellow (”So Small”) or burgundy (”I Told You So”) gowns to that mini-skirt Ms. Swift wore. No class…no class at all, I say. She’s making money on America’s youth and tone-deaf adults.
Charlotte says:
I am so glad I did not watch.No offense to rap or any other music but this is about country music.Plain to see cmt has done the very opposite.T-pain is not country and having Taylor perform 3 separate times is so wrong.There are way too many talented country artist out there that should have been included in the shows performances.I said talented Taylor does not fit that picture.This girl can not sing or perform.Cmt you are loosing a huge number of fans because you are becoming mtv .I truely miss the real cmt of the older days when country music was being played by true country artist.Taylor you need to go bye bye and stay gone.Your style of music is a joke to country music.
SMJ says:
If you really want CMT to return to COUNTRY music, call them and let them know. Call their sponsors and let them know that you will no longer support them unless they change. “Money makes the world go ’round” and if CMT won’t listen to their viewers…maybe they will listen to their sponsors! I miss the days when I could turn CMT on and actually watch videos. Now, I watch reality shows and movies…what the heck?
kayefun says:
I didn’t watch the CMT Award show at all last night. I sometimes give Taylor Swift stuff a hard time, mostly because there seems to be SO MUCH of it all, but I watched this video as the old lady I am and I really enjoyed it, much to my own amazement. Taylor could ‘rap’ pretty dang good as far as I know, she was dynamite on the character and the interaction between the two was pretty good also. I thought the whole bleep gag was really good and believable!
ALSO, I did catch Taylor as a main character in the CSI show…the one in Las Vegas this past few months and she was excellent as an actress in that one.
So this one gets the old THUMBS UP from me!
goldie says:
smj, you think that carrie has more classy clothes on stage are you kidding me she’s always waering those thigh hooker boots with the really short skirts and shorts!!! taylor at least is wearing dresses like a young lady should not giving the people in the front rows a show!! taylor is a classy pretty, talented young lady, if you don’t like her why are you on here!!! it’s clear that you are another artist fan so go back to that blog if you can find anything to talk about besides taylor over there!!! cu board is always saying stuff about taylor no I DON’T COMMENT ON THERE BECAUSE I DON’T CARE FOR HER ATTITUDE (CU) JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE SAYING NOW I NO AND I WON’T GO BACK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WON’T GET THAT LOW AND TALK LIKE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! TAYLOR FOR EVER!!!!
SMJ says:
So, “goldie,” your fixated on clothing…what about talent? Taylor = ZERO. And I’ll post whereever I’d like to post, but thanks for your permission to go elsewhere (like I need it.)
Ty says:
Taylor Swift does not appeal to me at all (I am her age). My buddies and I think she is spoiled and overrated. And yes we went to see her and Keith in concert and stayed only because we wanted to see keith. One thing for sure she sounds better on her album than she does in live concert. We had a sporting event to attend so we did’nt watch the show last night—and glad we did’nt if all these posts are true. Cmt must have been overexposing her again. Cmt why don’t you find a cute girl who can actually sing and promote her???????
Ty says:
Forgot to say—not Kellie Pickler–she can’t sing very well either and her ditzy fake act turns us off.
BrokeDown says:
bella says:
Posted: June 17th, 2009 at 5:00 am
OMG….you’ll accept T-Pain doing country with Taylor Swift but country music DJ’s are having trouble accepting “Seven Mile Breakdown” and Taylor Hicks (Alabama born and bred)as a country song.
Country music has become so twisted!
What she said. I really don’t get this. His song is great and he can sing, unlike Miss Swift.
goldie says:
smj you were the one bringing up the way she was dressed and I was commenting on what you brought up!!! as for talent taylor is a great songwriter, performer on stage and in videos and a great little actress!!!!! love taylor just keep being true to yourself don’t listen to bashers!!!!
JP says:
to goldie, you call carrie’s outfits hooker? That black leather number Kellie wore last year, all she needed was a whip!!! Then on the Idol show she wears a hooker dress and hooker heels to flirt with Simon.
Carrie always performs with class and looks elegant, no matter what she wears.
I agree with TY, tired of the fake ditzy act too!
Melissa says:
CMT - the show was great! Don’t worry about the haters! The show rocked, the Taylor and T-Pain thing was hilarious! Although the majority of Bill Engvall’s jokes weren’t good….I heard a lot of crickets chirping….
But the rest of the show ROCKED!!!! :)
Florida Boy says:
So the show ROCKED! I thought it was supposed to be COUNTRY…just sayin’
Felyshia says:
So i think that people who watched really dont have a clue that they were trying to be funny! and it was FUNNY! it was soooo funny i put it on my myspace… if you didnt like the show then why did you keep watching. and yes there was a lot of taylor swift but thats because the show is fan based! is that not obvious? it was to me!
for those of you who are saying that taylor swifts dad bought her career.. im damn sure you are wrong! she was discovered on myspace! so what if her family was already wealthy! maybe if you did something with your life you would be too! people are such haters and its annoying!
i dont think that vier voter rights should be revoked!! i voted for taylor swift as a matter of fact i sent OVER 400 TXT MESSAGES!!!!!!!!!! that girl deserves to win!!!! she has come sooo far in her career and even if her voice is better on her album.. i think EVERY singer sounds better on their albums!! get over it.. if you could do it better then why dont you?? because you are scum that likes to put others down! get over yourselves and if you dont want to see or hear taylor swifts beautiful face or beautiful gifted voice.. CHANGE THE CHANNEL!!! its really not that hard!
i love you taylor i am your biggest fan!
dont let these losers get you down
you are a beautiful person with a big heart and an awesome voice!
keep doin what youre doin!
sam says:
Lets face it—this was the worst show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY DIDN’T YOU GUYS JUST CALL IT THE TAYLOR SWIFT SPECIAL?I felt sorry for all the other artist. If I wanted to watch a high school musical , I would of rented Disney’s.
abc says:
to abbey:
someone is going to sue me for slander? LOL. ok go ahead, i’m right here!! i don’t have anything they can take, so thanks for the laugh…i guess ignorance is bliss, as they say.
you go keep on living in your bubble, thinking taylor swift is some legitimate, authentic musician. more and more people who know her history, like myself, are speaking out. i’m sure it will only be a matter of time until more details about the man-made manufacturing of taylor’s career will be more well known — unless we all get black bags over our heads by taylor’s mafia! i like how you threatened me by sending a message to bmg about my message…considering i didn’t make up any lies about her, the truth is the truth abbey, and it’s called “Freedom of speech” here in america. if you don’t like it you can go move to somalia and listen to taylor there.
to everyone else: read my above post from this blog (under my name “abc”) which describes how i live in reading pa and knew from the very start how taylor swift was a phony before she got big. her whole show is a big push of money from her father’s part. why do you think she can’t sing? come on abbey, get with it. you think anyone with a tone-deaf voice like that could get anywhere, from scratch, in the music industry without money? she would have gotten the door shut right in her face. youtube videos do not lie. you’d even think just chance by now, all the live performances she’s done in the past 3 years, her voice would be better — but it’s still horrible. it just goes to show you how little (aka NON-EXISTANT) proper training she had before this.
i just saw that video of her performing with def leppard. god, how horrible. it even sounds like the engineers turned her mic down so they wouldn’t have to have their ears bleed as much.
HELLO! says:
Thank you abc!! As we say in the south its all going to come out in the wash! And if you dont know what that means, figure it out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Florida Boy says:
Thanks, abc. Truth hurts. And I think it’s funny that Taylor fans think they are the only ones who can post on this blog. It is freedom of speech - it’s AMERICA!
A Niley Story Episode 10 [Season One] - Tied Together With A Smile | We All Love Miley Cyrus says:
[...] Taylor Swift and T-Pain Unveil “Thug Story†Music Video at the CMT … [...]
CU LOVER!!!! says:
THAT WAS THE WORST AWARD SHOW I’VE EVER WATCHED IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE WERE WAS THE COUNTRY MUSIC! I LIKE TAYLOR BUT I DO NOT WANNA SEE HER RAP OR ROCK!!!!!!!!! MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE GAC AWARDS INSTEAD OF CMT AWARDS!!!!!
Julie Walker says:
Censorship is alive and well. I see my post was removed (I suppose by CMT) because I listed their phone number for all those who would like to call them and voice their opinion of the horrible country music display last night. Once again, that number is (615) 335-8400! Have fun and thanks CMT!
trufanofcountry says:
to abc. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I have been telling the Taylor fans on her message board about Daddy’s money for years, and yet I am the “bad guy who doesn’t know what he is talking about”. You should spread some of your wisdom there.
Mike in TX says:
I called them today, Julie, and let them know how disappointed I was in last night’s show. Not necessarily the winners…but how FAR the show went in several areas. I could tell they were getting tired of hearing complaints like mine…
Big Al says:
I didn’t watch. CMT left country along time ago.
The whoe idea of fans voting on line means that the buble gum chewing pop fans will vote people my age don’t text or twitter. We like country music thats why we don’t watch CMT
Stephanie says:
Gosh what the heck happened to CMT? I don’t even watch CMT all that much anymore is trying to be like MTV. You know that pop scene that died with Brittany and Christina well the dumb pop is back but they putting it in Country so sad……you Taylor and Carrie fans don’t even realize it come on Brittany sold a lot too does that mean she was like the best artist that you fans claim Carrie and Taylor are sure they nice voices they all a product of the mainstream and pop come on and wake up they pop and shouldn’t be confused with good quality country. We all miss country ) :
lauren says:
All I have to say about Taylor’s dancing while performing with Def Leopard is…….. WOW! WHAT was she doing? I couldn’t even look it was so bad. People say shes a good role model but I don’t even know what to call the way she was moving last night!
Bill says:
I had to turn my tv over to another channel, it was horrible.
Matt S K Austin tx says:
you know all this world as been doing is tlkg about sex or drugs or drinking and now everyone that wnts to B*t*h about the little harmless things are taylor swift and t-pain kicked A*s in This Video I was at work during the show and it came on and the whole store stopped and watched it and everyone laugh so people b*t*h about something else when this was jus a haha kind of thing i seen more and heard more on deadlist catch so who cares about the word A*s being on the chain our kids listen to rap songs about sex or tapping a b*t*hs a*s and country about drinking so everything tlks about stuff grow up its life and those who dont like it or what i say kiss my A*s
TXRob says:
Ok, obviously some of you hate taylor, because she is not country. i totally agree that she is not, but guess what? I Decide not to listen to her!!! We may not like it, but she is this years big thing for “country music”. As for T-pain… I think that he is great, and that they decided to to put him in the CMT’s is AWESOME!!! I listen to country, and have for the last 28 years, but those of you who are “disappointed” fail to realize that things like this go to show that music is a language that removes all boundaries. Just because you are afraid of listening outside of one genre of music, it doesn’t make you right, and really just shows your inability and ignorance to accept change. I’m willing to bet that if George Straight decided to have Jay-z go country for the hip hop awards on BET, you would be all over it thinking that it was the best thing since sliced bread, I just think that it’s funny that if things don’t go your way, it’s the end of the world. Just accept that it is what it is, and get on with your life!!!
CMT 4 Ever says:
OMG! you people have like no sense of humor. Taylor Swift did this as a JOKE.
Do you idiots know what a JOKE is?
She was making fun of herself and is one of the only singers who actually do that. It wasn’t mean to be taken seriously and as for you people saying others are tone deaf for listening to her, have you ever thought that they may like diffrent music to you or are you some selfish pig that thinks everyone has to like the same stuff as you.
Anyway I think Taylor Swift ROCKS!! and do do all my friends and clearly quite a few million other people but all you haters i don’t see you doing anything intresting with your lives apart from hate people you have never met.
Big Al says:
I didn’t watch the awrds out of protest but i did watch the video on here. Wow!!!!! So this is what CMT thinks of Country Musib. Fact is she is a better rapper then country singer.
Murder on Music Row
phil says:
I look forward every year to the awards show. I barely made it thru the first hour. Can’t we just get an emcee to emcee? The jokes and comments from Bill Engvall were not funny and to me just wasted time. Is it now time for rap crap country? Give me a break. Absolute stupidity to have Toby Keith come on stage with that rapper. What’s going on? It’s garbage. If this is where cmt is going with the award show, I’m not watching any of it.
IlikewhatIlike says:
You have a couple of posters who hate everything Taylor Swift does. You have a couple of posters(and one blogger) who loves everthing Taylor Swift does. Both groups seem equally delusional and crazy to me. The question is, what do those in the middle think? I’m not a fan of the girl and I hate that she is a part of country music. I think she is nothing more than a marketing plan. But she has a lot of young fans she makes happy. Just wish she would do that in a different genre. I think the overexposure is starting to work against her, at least from the rumbling I’ve heard. And with so many bad vocal performances, her fans can no longer claim nerves. The girl is just not much of a vocalist. The cmt awards were awful on many levels. But for those of us who believe that Taylor really wants to be a pop star and has no loyalty to country, the starting with rap, finishing with rock just wasn’t endearing in the least. Coundn’t even take anymore of the dancing with DL at the end. Disgusting.
mcdonnell says:
I don’t hate Taylor but she makes a fool of herself trying to hard to impress on stage, she’s very awkward. Someone here said she was the best thing since Shania Twain, oh please how can you compare her to someone with great vocals. Taylor stop trying to be a bigger star than anyone else.
a-smith says:
I was never much of a fan of “old timey, twangy” country music, though the last 10-12 years country music has been great, but, I am definitely not a fan of “rap crap”. To include that on the CMT program was not good. That was probably my last CMT program. Taylor Swift wasn’t so swift on the CMT and who the hell is T-Swizzle 9sounds like what you would expect from the rap-crap noise which is not music). Anyway, thanks for the great shows of the past.
steve says:
Jezz people, like Taylor or not like Taylor, it’s about the fact that she is showing the music industry how to sell records…people are taking notice of that fact, people of the industry anyway. Give her a break, country music now a days is nothing like it was even 20 years ago or even 20 years before that. And Elvis, do you look at him as country? Country music works with the story, Swift is 19, she is still growing up here, seems like allot of negative people out their, people that don’t really hold the country spirit, what country people are all about.
This is Funny says:
Country music sucks. It’s the chick flick of the music industry. All the songs are the same. “My dog/wife/husband/boyfriend/hamster died/is sick/is dying/got run over by a reindeer/left me”. Maybe I just haven’t listened to enough of it, but it seems like the greatest champions for country music are completely closed off to everything else anyway. So, yeah, there seems to be a lot of baggage with country music.
But, this sort of thing gives me a little faith that maybe country music will come around. Maybe Taylor Swift will be able to open the ears of the country music enclave that watches CMT. Judging by the above comments, I don’t think CMT fans know how to take a joke. They want the same stuff forever by different people. Maybe they should spend some time “ON A BOAT” without bass fishing…
lea says:
Well it looks like the people that just come back to country music will be leaving again. What an embarassment to country music! Why do they need to put that rap stuff on a country music award show?
Where were the country stars that can sing? Some were there but didn’t perform why?
Next thet will have strippers on and suggestive dancing.
solongsowrong says:
Congratulations folks. I think you might have set a new record, for stupidity in a single blog. Keep up the good work… and your reward for continuing to complain without taking any action to find Country music more to your liking…..even more Taylor Swift in the immediate future. Let the good times roll!
nikkis120 says:
Good God CMT what are you trying to do to us, your true loyal country music fans, those who have loved Merle, Hank, Waylon, give us a break, hey I adored Brad & Keith, Kellie was terriffic, but please you have an artist who can sing the phonebook AJ sitting there and you start off with rap and end with rock, what the heck is happening to our music, if you want just your kiddies who have to be in bed by 9pm okay cause thats surely who did the voting. In my opo this was the worst show ever, I can’t believe what your trying to pass off. Give us AJ, Wy, Tim,Faith, Carrie those who can sing and do it well and they are real country artists who have paid their dues, oh God I do hope George Jones wasn’t watching, he surely would think he somehow left Nashville and wound up in LA at the Mtv awards it was awful, I feel sorry for whoever decided to go with this insane program. Your loosing your true blue fans cmt be careful! These kids change their minds like they change their cell phones!
solongsowrong says:
nikkis120: You can still enjoy George Jones, Merle, and even Waylon. Mainstream radio and shows like this have ignored them for years, but their NEW music (yes, even some from Waylon) is played on Americana radio. Americana is a genre that respects the legends, respects the Roots and Traditions of Country music, and welcomes any artist who understands that music is art, not just an enterprise for making money.
If you call yourself a true loyal Country music fan, you owe it to yourself to check out the Americana genre.
Redmaz says:
“People who complain about country music, don’t know about country music”.
FerrrrDaddy says:
To everyone who is trashing this video because “it is in bad taste,” grow up. I think stunts like this is what shows everybody that we create this divide in society that is completely unnecessary. The video was made in good fun, and the fact that there is even a discussion about whether CMT went too far is shocking to me. People are saying that this video portrays Taylor Swift as a rapping bimbo. If you open your eyes you would realize that this video is a comical slap at the rap industry if anything. T-Pain is wearing a necklace with a pendant that reads “BIG ASS CHAIN.” As if any more proof was necessary to show this is more a slap at rap music than at country music. I applaud both T-Pain and Taylor Swift for having a good enough sense of humor to make fun of themselves. If this music video truly bothered you, then you can do one of two thing: 1. find a sense of humor 2. Turn off the channel, they do not need you watching anyway.
JoeyMathis says:
Sounds like FerrrrDaddy is Taylor’s Daddy.
STAR says:
I THIK TAYLOR WAS JUST HAVING FUN WHEN SHE WAS SINGING WITH DEF LEPPORD, THIS AWARD SHOW YOU CAN LET YOUR HAIR DOWN AND HAVE A LIITLE MORE FUN THEN THE OTHER AWARD SHOW”S!!!! PEOPLE ARE JUST PISSED THAT THERE FAV. ARTIST DIDN’T GET ATTENTION, CAN’T HELP IT IF THEY MEANING CMT WANTED TAYLOR ON 3 TIMES I THOUGHT SHE WAS GREAT SHE WAS HAVING FUN GET OVER IT PEOPLE!!! TAYLOR WILL BE AROUND FOR A LONG LONG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
goldie says:
jp, when I saw cu the one and only time I will see her, she was dressed with hooker boots and really really short shorts(they almost look like under wear)and if you don’t believe me you can go on wncy.com and look it up!!! taylor has much more class she always wears dresses and looks like a very classy young lady and she only get better when she’s older!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jen says:
It was terrible! CMT over-pimped Taylor for 3 performances, and blew off Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, and Miranda Lambert, all of whom were nominated for various awards. The whole thing was a joke! I am sorry I wasted 2 hours of my life on this nightmare of a show.
DEAR CMT: Do you really need to show Taylor 3 separate times on one show? Isn’t it enough to suffer through her horrid singing voice for one performance a night? She was so arrogant, yet her singing was as horrid and pitchy as always. Unbelievable how much CMT over-pimps that girl. wow.
SickofSwift says:
Taylor can’t sing her way out of a paper bag, and yet we had to hear her three times? What an outrage! I would rather eat dirt then suffer through that again. Someone needs to sit her down and tell her the truth: She CANNOT SING! Is it so hard to be honest with the girl? she is not a child, but an over-bearing, cocky 19 year old who thinks she is the best thing since Shania Twain. Get real. She is not fit to wipe Shania’s boots, or even Carrie Underwood’s, who sings circles around her.
College Girl says:
OMG yall are a bunch of haters. Give Taylor her props. She’s not the best, but she’s also not the worst. Half of the people saying that video was crap b/c there was rapping, sound like racist haters. T sweezy(Taylor Swift) and T pain were doin’ this for fun. She made fun of her ownself. Don’t hate b/c you can’t rap like that. JK. No really DON’T HATE.
C geezy in this peace.
Eddie says:
Okay, first of all, let’s get something clear. Country music died in 1996. It was then replaced by the beginning stages of Southern pop. That phenomenon has grown into the giant corporate Southern pop industry (see Kid Rock). The last “country” album I bought was Scarecrow, and I haven’t missed it at all. It’s okay if you like the music, but don’t pretend it’s something that it isn’t. Secondly, people don’t make it in the industry without talent. Everyone who says Taylor has no talent is completely off base. Third, if you people hated the awards show so much, just change the channel. It’s not hard. It’s called a remote control. Personally, I didn’t even know CMT had an awards show. Last, but not least, just because something is different, doesn’t make it bad. Just because you didn’t enjoy the rap video, doesn’t mean someone (like me) didn’t think it was hilarious. T-Pain happens to be one of the most talented vocalists around. Just remember that narrow-minded people are the reason why the world is in the shape it is today.
Thank you.
T-Swizzel says:
So gooooood, i would actually listen to her if all her songs were like this.
All you haters get lost and get a life says:
ok heres the fact if taylor goes then probably half the youth that actually bothers to listen to country music now will go too she brought more people to country. Trust me here in england country especially american country is not well know but if you came up to somebody of the street and asked them to name an american country singer they probably would either say i don’t know or taylor swift.
She is awsome anyway i can relate to her songs and so can millions of other teenage girls. Id like to see all you haters try to do what she is doing.
Robin says:
hey!!! taylor is just bringing something new to the table. she is fantastic. it takes guts to do that. and, she has them. who else would have brought the country and rap music worlds together besides her? carrie? brooks & duhn? trace? i don’t think so. how about big and rich? they are amazing and have a differnet counrty style, with cowboy troy and all. and, how about tim mcgraw and nelly? yeah, just chew on that for awhile.
sam says:
ok.i hate country. its annoying. its the worst type of music iv ever heard. im happy she made a rap song. and personally i love this.
avidfan says:
it was meant to be a joke. something that fans from every genre could laugh at. music is meant to do more than just entertain- it should reach all different types of people. country is meant to be ONLY for “kid approved family audiences” and some rap IS kid approved and family friendly. shame on everyone for feeding into stereotypes. it’s great to see artists having FUN and enjoying what they do.
avidfan says:
*country [isn't] meant to be ONLY…
LtColDaddy says:
I’m all for creativity, and crossing generes, but she colaberated with a dirt bag who sings about drugs, strippers, violence. WOW, were disappointed. AND IT’S NOT A RACIST THING, I’ve posted elsewhere about this. I’ve served with some of the finest black men our nation has to offer, and guys like this are an insult to them.
We still love her though, if she veers off course we will only hope and pray she pulls out. I’m a single dad with a 17 year old daughter, Taylor’s been a blessing to have as a role model to share with my kid. She has no responsibility to us per say, but she does to herself and her own family. She actually seems to have a real down to earth normal family, and that’s awsome!
Michelle says:
omg. wow some of u people need to relax. Taylor was just trying to get people to laugh a little. By making fun of herself and most artist wouldnt b able to even to that. I think it was great and funny what taylor did and i give her props. I think the people who are getting mad at this little show need to relax. Thats why america has different genes of music because not everyone has to like the same thing!!!!! I thought the performance was great.
teghan says:
I LOVE you taylor swift$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
teghan says:
you rock socks LOL
teghan says:
ilove your songs
Chad says:
Oh come on people! This was supposed to be a joke, and it was pulled off brilliantly! I about fell off my couch laughing when I saw this. I HATE Hip-Hop with a passion, and I’m not even a fan of Taylor Swift…….But funny is funny, and THIS is funny!!
chelsea says:
love this song i could play it 24/7