So I blogged on the CMT reality Program Gone Country hosted by John Rich (of Big & Rich fame)Â without seeing one episode and trashed it (see Gone Stupid.)Â Well I sat down this weekend and watched three epoides in a row and have to say, It’s not as bad as I suspected it might be.
The participants, Carnie Wilson, Maureen “Marcia Brady†McCormick, Twisted Sister front man Dee Snider , Sisqo of “Thong Song†fame, Julio Iglesias Jr., “American Idol†runner-up Diana DeGarmo and Boston bad boy Bobby Brown, seem genuinely sincere in wanting to succeed in writing a decent country song and living a country lifestyle. That is if living includes wearing high-dollar be-spangled Manual suits, wearing huge fur coats (as John Rich does) and living in a swanky “rustic” Nashville nation. The other thing I was struck by is the absence of viciousness that runs through most reality programs, Except for Bobby Browns hygiene the show plays it pretty clean.
I still think John Rich is a tool that writes schlock meanwhile laughing all the way to the bank., but the man understands the mechanics of Nashville like few do and he seems to be the right PT Barnum for this circus.
IÂ just can’t wait for Dee Snider to kick all their butts with a gem of a tune.