CMT - New Music Videos : Strait Ahead And Carrie On
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Posted: August 8th, 2008 at 6:32 pm | By: Chet Flippo
Three fresh new music videos awaited the CMT music video evaluation team as they scampered into the big viewing suite high atop downtown Nashville this week. New George Strait! New Carrie Underwood! And, after an absence, new John Michael Montgomery. Let the videos roll on.
Artist: Carrie Underwood:
Video: “Just A Dream”
Director: Roman White
Carrie Underwood’s latest is a short dramatic epic, high on arresting visuals and obvious emotions. A sad, sad story: the female narrator marries her true love just after she turns 18. He’s soon off to war in his shiny new uniform, never to return. The wedding and the funeral service are depicted with grace and sensitivity. Comments: After a stunned silence: “Hot shot!” “Wow!” “Great!” “Was that the Korean War or Vietnam?” “Looking at the cars, I would guess ‘50s or ‘60s.” “It begins with Eddy Arnold’s ‘Make The World Go Away’ on the car radio. That was ‘60s [1965], so Vietnam.” “Very effective use of black and white.”Artist: George Strait
Video: “Troubadour”
Director: Trey Fanjoy
He’s back in the saddle again! That’s obviously where George Strait looks and feels most at home. And here he is, riding smartly across his pasture and posting handsomely by a fence post to sing. And as he does so, archived video clips and still photos reprise highlights from his many years as a troubadour.
Panelists’ comments: One person was whistling the song. “It’s great seeing George on a horse again, because that’s what he does.” “This is such a great day to love country music!” “On man, that was good!” “The use of photos gives it a real 3-D feel.”
Artist: John Michael Montgomery
Video: “If You Ever Went Away”
Director: Jason Epperson
A very fit-looking John Michael Montgomery returns from hiatus with a strong new video. He’s in a bar, where he ponders what might be and what might have been with his lady love.
Comments: “He can still sing!” “It’s been a long time. He still has a good voice.” “This is on his own label, right?” “Mmmm mmm mmm, all right!” “Is this one of the Jamey Johnson songs on John Michael’s new album?” “No. I think this is a Randy Houser co-write.”
Consensus: Strait and Underwood will both go straight to hot shot rotation, where their fans are waiting. JMM will go on hold for the time being. A video-in-waiting, Lee Ann Womack’s “Last Call,” comes from hold to enter the playlist in heavy rotation.
http://blog.cmt.com/2008-08-08/new-m...and-carrie-on/
her videos keep getting better and better! no idea where they (eonline) is coming from :/
