Taylor Swift Disses Country Radio
What, you thought I was kidding when I said Taylor Swift was now #1 in my crosshairs, didn’t you? DIDN’T YOU? And them some criticized me when I wrote about how the Kanye/Taylor MTV Incident might have been staged, because the issue was “so yesterday.” And others worried that Saving Country Music was going to become some Kentucky-fried version of TMZ and stop focusing on the music. Please.
I will never bump a story about a REAL country music artist for a little pop country bashing, and sorry, but I don’t keep up with the attention deficit-addled winds of pop culture. I said I would be on Taylor like a duck on a June bug, and I meant it.
That is why I want to bring your attention to a story by Nashville Gab. Taylor Swift is NOT COUNTRY, and possibly she and her management behind closed doors feel the same way, because while she has been granting live interviews with local pop radio stations, she has been sending the country stations pre-canned audio tracks they are supposed to use to STAGE live interviews. Check this out from the Gab:
“I got an email today from a DJ who wanted to remain anonymous (probably a smart move) but was more than a little angry. It was a pretty long email, but the gist was that this DJ’s country station was being offered a prerecorded interview with Taylor, while the local pop station is getting a live interview with the teen star. Now prerecorded doesn’t sound real bad unless you consider the fact that the DJ(s) wouldn’t actually get to talk with Taylor, her peeps would send Taylor answering questions and the DJs would pretend they were talking to Taylor.
This is part of the email Nashville Gab was sent by the DJ:
“The local POP STATION Has been promoting their BIG TAYLOR SWIFT INTERVIEW FOR A FULL 36 hours–thats right POP station. WE –THE COUNTRY STATION are being sent a RECORDED INTERVIEW we can make our own–Ya know we ask the questions and play her recorded responses. ALL THE WHILE THE POP STATION GETS HER LIVE.”,
See a pattern here? And like Nashville Gab points out, Taylor was just nominated for four CMA’s (where Taylor was STAGED in a video watching the announcements), and unlike the MTV awards and such, the CMA was actually formed to help promote and support local country radio stations, and country radio is an integral part of that organization, and helps pick the nominees.
That is while I will not stop until the world knows:
September 30, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
So she shits were she eats…thats nice. This goes to show she dont care about her “country fans”. All those “fans” are brain washed anyways. Its just a job to these kind of people.
September 30, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
Talyor Swift is a prick. That is pretty stupid how they would do such a stunt to screw with so called “Country Music”…this in my own words is bull shit. I agree with Nick… she shits where she eats. Damn I hate pop country!
SGB
September 30, 2009 @ 5:29 pm
What a wonderful article Triggerman. I just love to finally hear a pop country DJ finally bad talk a huge pop country musician.
I hate to listen to country stations on the radio. It’s sort of like the whole Wal Mart issue. You absolutely hate to listen to the radio station, but you can’t help it because that is all that’s on the radio. I have called and emailed country DJ’s in my neck of the woods trying to talk some sense into these people, but of course it won’t do any good. To hear that this DJ has been stood up by his own music makes me giddy. I love it!
The fight is getting more and more public everyday! HAHA country music will be ours!! Keep those crosshairs on those pop stars Triggerman!
September 30, 2009 @ 5:36 pm
That reminds me of the comedians who come on the late night talk shows to do scripted interviews so they can just tell jokes for 10 minutes and not actually have to think. Except this is ten times worse. Keep up the good work.
September 30, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
DJ’s are one of the biggest unsung casualties of the current trend in music. They are being replaced with prefab radio shows beamed to stations through satellite, and then all they do is voice the blank space between the breaks (similar to how the Swift interview worked), and they put a whole radio show together in 20 minutes. REAL DJ’s playing REAL music, meaning guys who sit there all day picking out records to play and taking requests, are nearly extinct. And the ones that are left and are willing to stand up to the system need our support.
September 30, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
You’re right Trailer, you’ll see them on one show giving an interview, and then the next night they’re on a different show saying the same exact thing.
September 30, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
Taylor Swift need a good ass poundin!!
October 1, 2009 @ 5:54 am
Triggerman … you’re dead right about the “Real DJ’s”. If you find one they’re at a college station or a tiny station in the sticks with a tiny transmitter. As a former DJ on a 100k watt station, I know the pain of the playlist.
I really don’t care if she dissed pop country radio or not. For all that pop country has done to country music, they deserve it. One point not discussed is the ratings of the country station versus the pop station where Taylor was interviewing. It’s about $$$, and maybe the pop station has 5x the listeners.
October 1, 2009 @ 10:14 am
I don’t know that I care for the country radio industry, though I do feel that there are a few DJ’s out there with mouths to feed that have to vomit from self pity after every shift.
October 1, 2009 @ 2:10 pm
It doesn’t matter to me either way. I hate Taylor Swift and country radio.
February 17, 2010 @ 7:17 pm
I remember a quote from an hardcore country artist. I want to say Waylon Jennings, but I could be wrong who said: “I’m country, so therefore I can sing anything.” While he may be right, and more than likely he is, I really don’t think he was envisioning country going pop and catchy, I’m sooo in love with you, will you be my boyfriend, I wanna kiss a girl playing on mainstream radio.