Monday, September 18, 2023

O, The Devastation

   I can't decide which was the greater disaster, seeing the mess in Troy, with ruptured water lines undermining the city, or watching the ACM awards honoring the award winners., and annihilating what is left of the genre of country music. 

    In truth, I missed the opening part of the show, but settled in front of the tv for the bulk of the performances. I sat through what could have been the worst song ever sung, "The Shirt."  When I was a young child, I was brought to tears whenever I heard the song, "Old Shep." Of course, that was a maudlin enough tale, of most likely fictional origin. But at least it was about a man's love for an animal, his boyhood companion. But how desperate must one be to fall in love with a shirt, recount its history, and have listeners believe it is still being worn, even after a litter of kittens was born in it, with one even dying. I tend to save things, but I would have disposed of the shirt right there and then. 

  Then there was a song called "80's Ladies" with  a youngish singer recounting a lookback at all the fun and adventures the girls experienced, from the viewpoint of being "All grown up."  No kidding.

 Nelly, renowned country star, sang something. I don't know what. Following was The War and Treaty, another famed country duo who sang--I've already forgotten, or else couldn't understand. I was hoping for maybe a more traditional closing act. That was some newcomer Barbie-inspired  cutie dressed all in pink and mouthing the words to some tuneless number. Country Music has been buried on the lone prairie.

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