Did the CMA Awards just make a stand??? Did they BUCK the 'trend'? Let's find out.

[@Berliozioz]

You did this. You have the entire industry freaking out. This is how change happens. You are David and you are bringing Goliath to his knees.

[@augustsnowfall5189]

Great comment ✌🏼🇦🇺

[@LillyMarz777]

👍

[@dcallan812]

It would be nice to think so, but I have my doubts ANYTHING is going to change anytime soon. 👍

[@MotherOfSingers1001]

This analysis video turned my typical frown upside down!!

[@suzukibn1131]

Amen!

[@DiamondGirl-1234]

WAIT, WHAT Country music live??? This is marvelous. We need to support this decision and show our appreciation for the choice to perform live. Thanks Fil. This was very enlightening and fantastic to hear.

[@TheCastellowsLive]

This is why I love The Castellows concerts .. live, country, beautiful vocals 🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@veramilton833]

Wasn't that a breath of fresh air! 😊

[@veramilton833]

@@TheCastellowsLive Absolutely, I do also!

[@elizabethmiller7291]

Indeed! We need to encourage more behavior like this! This is how the tide turns...

[@CraftAero]

Country music awards ? There's only like what, 6 original songs. Do they all win every year ?

[@Melodymatters2me]

What a breath of fresh air for music!! Great to hear a great vocal and live country music!!! Way to go CMA's. 💖👍

[@DiamondGirl-1234]

I agree. It's so wonderful to hear, with all the emotions shining thru. ❤

[@glamgal7106]

I agree, definitely a breath of fresh air!

[@tinasjostrand2677]

It's a bit sad though that live music actually being live makes us so happy😊

[@geebee3100]

not sad - live music makes us happy, period 💗

[@glamgal7106]

There's this joke about C&W music: What happens when you turn a C&W backwards? You get back your wife, you get back your job, and you get back your job. From listening to this great, untouched performance, I'd say the joke is the music industry.

[@estried86]

Lainey also sang live during the halftime show of the Cowboys game on Thanksgiving, you could hear her breathing while singing and moving around on stage. I have huge respect for her, she spent years living in a RV in Nashville before getting a record deal.

[@Tubeoid121]

Well done to Lainey Wilson if she is digging her heels in to no auto-tune. If it's the producers, then congrats on giving us the real deal.

[@AmyCheverette]

Country music isn’t my taste in music, but it’s still nice to hear that the CMA’s had live vocals!

[@ThisGuyDude]

Completely agree. Would love to see this trueness in other genres.

[@Assimilator702]

I used to feel the same but my attitude towards Country music has changed when compared to the bulk of popular music in the past 5 or 6 years.

[@geebee3100]

unfortunately, you have fallen for a cliche... you gotta love country music - if you really start listening...

[@AIexOut-A-Magic-x6w]

Country is the greatest music the USA born artists make. And you don´t have to trust me, ask any famous blues, rock, pop, soul, rap, jazz, etc... artist or of any other styles and they will all tell you that country is the root and the basis of all USA made music. No exception.

[@stuffnuns]

I’m not a big country fan, but all my respect to the fine artists in that genre. They know their s***😎

[@tammydoolittle6054]

It's a rare treat to see a live performance where the singers voice is unedited. Thank you, Fil, for another amazing analysis! You're the best! Rock!

[@laurieharper1526]

If anyone can do it right without electronic trickery, country singers and musicians can. People who don't know any better tend to look down on country music (perhaps because many of the song structures and sentiments expressed are relatively simple and straightforward), but a lot of the musicianship is astonishing.

[@melissaculpepper7663]

Then one needs to educate oneself and listen to the vocal performances and harmonies of Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twittty, and Oh, so many, many others!!! They MAKE it sound “so simple”! Plus, they wrote and performed their own music. They are real artists! Just because today’s pop music “ain’t country don’t make it good or complex”!!!

[@swinetrek]

I would say most of Australia's pub bands can do it absolutely live. They'd get slaughtered otherwise. It's the pop "artists" and media suck ups who can't do it without help.

[@RockChick63174]

​@@melissaculpepper7663these are classics that cannot be compared to anything produced today.

[@LOL-Can]

Live vocal on an award program being broadcast ? Amazing in 2024. Thank you for presenting this and for the analysis Fil.

[@OldBenOne]

This makes Lainey Wilson a hero in my book.

[@jamesm6377]

I watched the original performance. following the link. Quite a few comments that talked about it being live with no pitch correction or autotune.. you have had a real impact!!! Keep up the good work.

[@sd7866]

Thanks CMA for keeping it Live! Thanks Fil Love ya work👍

[@universalassociates6857]

When a ‘live performance’ that includes an actual ‘live’ vocal is the exception, then the music industry is in big trouble.

[@don7294]

Didn't Lainey sound fantastic? Country music is not my thing, but you are so right about the quality of the musicians and vocalists. YES! Let the rest of the music industry take note and stop the fakery. By the way, Tayler Swift is in concert in my hometown tonight, and when I told a good friend she was miming her concert, she was shocked. I told her to check out your fantastic channel. Thanks, Fil.

[@MrBobDobaline]

I completely agree with you about country music being more genuine, and the same can be said for Bluegrass too.

[@Skibbidyboobop]

Bluegrass yes..Country is very much like pop..Same formulaic basic ideas and melodies. It used to be genuine. Some still is but not mainstream for the most part.

[@melissaculpepper7663]

YES! So many people are music snobs, concerning “Country Music”.

[@Skibbidyboobop]

@@melissaculpepper7663 It's not snobbery, but having a standard for the artform of music. Most of pop country is the opitome of cheap, formulaic lyrics and melodies. Non-mainstream country still has plenty of gems. Old country does too.

[@sharonammirati2042]

too bad for them😅

[@RockChick63174]

​@@melissaculpepper7663 why are you putting it in quotation marks?

[@peterzuehlke]

thanks for doing this! Lainey is the real thing. I know one of her utility backing musicians (violin and guitar) who is a fantastic musician herself. Going to send this to her.

[@danevans1850]

yes, tell Sav.

[@pensnut08]

You can tell IMMEDIATELY that it hasn't been processed. And she CRUSHES it!

[@colindaleboeuf]

❤❤❤AMEN!❤❤❤

[@Every_Day_islike_Sunday]

When it's real, no autotune or pitch correction, you can really feel the emotion in the song and singer. Beautiful! Thank you!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@melissaculpepper7663]

This is what our souls yearn for!

[@Every_Day_islike_Sunday]

@melissaculpepper7663 absolutely!

[@KarlHalliday-q6j]

Fil,it's wonderful to hear that we have some live vocals. No auto tune.

[@raythackston1960]

Fil...you should send her this and give her the great props she deserves. Or maybe just a thank you.

[@colindaleboeuf]

❤❤❤AMEN! Plz. do!!!❤❤❤

[@angelaboncore3132]

Well I'm be hogswallowed!! A real live vocal performance. Thank you who ever was behind the production of the CMA Awards to allow pure vocals with no pitch correction !!

[@dianagolubov5674]

Lainey Wilson is brilliant, I love her music so much, she made me a country music fan!

[@midnight-2021]

Another artist to listen to is this year's winner for top artist and top album of the year at the Americana Honor Awards, Sierra Ferrell.

[@Lilah1754]

Good music news! Applaud CMA Awards for being authentic 👏. Fil, congrats on 447k! More good news! Rock

[@meloniedropik3539]

I've recently seen the two remaining members of The Moody Blues and they are taking the absolute risks associated with performing live. Justin Hayward (76) and John Lodge (81) still are delighting us with their performances (separately) and I am so glad to know they have the integrity and honesty to do what they do. I don't understand why any fans would want to hear a processed performance rather than whatever the artist feels like delivering, both emotionally and physically on the night. I wonder if those of us here on Fil's channel are in the majority or minority when we say we want to hear the musicians perform without using technology to make the flaws in a performance disappear?

[@PenguinLeeSB]

Stevie Nicks singing Silver Springs (1997) A little crack in her voice when she gets emotional… I wanna feel it!

[@QziQza]

​@@PenguinLeeSBabsolutely!

[@ilangayouthdanceco.3621]

Absolutely support hearing the actual artists. Ella Fitzgerald performed to a very old age, and some of the most technically difficult jazz, and adjusted for her changing voice. No autotune or pitch control at the North Sea Jazz Festival. Just real vocals and instrumentals doing what comes naturally.

[@meloniedropik3539]

@@ilangayouthdanceco.3621 Ella had one of the best voices ever. She was so smooooooth and effortless in her delivery. And she had integrity. I remember seeing her on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (a legendary host and a legendary singer back in the 70s or early 80s). She was delightful during her interview while Johnny was enthralled. He knew she was a lady from the top of her head to the tips of her toes, and his interview demonstrated that side of her to the audience.

[@justintime42000]

John Lodge is singing live but he’s using some type of electronic vocal enhancements to make his voice sound a lot fuller than it is naturally. Nothing wrong with that. Justin’s voice live (except for on NIWS where it is more fattened and more reverb is used) is generally very natural sounding. I’m a bit sad to hear Justin is not letting people take live videos anymore, but it’s his gig to control. Justin is 78.

[@naomisusanisaacs3810]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! FIL!!! I hope your enthusiasm for and admiration of the unadulterated sound and expression of the natural voice gradually (or even suddenlly 😍) becomes contageous! Keep up the good fight ❣

[@glamgal7106]

I don't know if it was just me, but it looked like Fil was smiling like a child at Christmas while he was listening to Lainie's live unedited vocals. I can't say that I blame him because I was smiling too.

[@naomisusanisaacs3810]

@@glamgal7106 Yup! Me too 😍

[@thetraveller1246]

What a refreshing change. Thanks Fil!

[@colleenmurphy7812]

Refreshing it was!!!

[@lieslwindjulie3230]

Woo-hoo! ✨ A live vocal ✨ Kudos to the CMA and Lainey Wilson! Great analysis, Fil! Thanks 🖤 🤘🏽

[@Elaine_Parhamovich]

She was on Yellowstone for a couple of seasons. She played a country singer, but had a different name for her character. I hadn't heard of her until then and I still don't like "new" country music, but I liked her singing and acting both.

[@garyhalmbacher6875]

As first commenter says, I think it is you, Fil, that are causing this change in the industry. In a world of lies, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell

[@markkinnish1196]

Great update as always Fil

[@swimbikerundotph]

Imagine having 10 or more Wings of Pegasus channels waiting to pounce on every "live" performance. Live performances would be truly awesome to watch again.

[@melissaculpepper7663]

Oh, yes! Please! Bring live music back with REAL talent!

[@norbertlauret8119]

Well, while I agree with you, I have the feeling that a lot of live performances would not be truly awesome to hear... 😆 But that would definitively be a good thing !!

[@BeckVMH]

Producer: “We have your soundtrack pulled up if you want to work on the lip sync.” Artist: “Are you nuts!!! Fil will call me out before I leave the building!”

[@toric6185]

Thank you Fil. At 66, I'm beginning to appreciate country in a way I hadn't many years ago. I've always loved the stories, but growing up with truly "live" voices most of my life, THIS sounds like real music to my ears.

[@MostlyBuicks]

I am not a fan of Country music either. But I do like the Roseanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell style. And I do like the classic Nashville sound from the 1960s and early 70s. And I have always liked Johnny Horton and Patsy Cline. And more recent artists like Steve Earl, Dwight Yoakam, Lyle Lovett, Shelby Lynn, Allison Moorer as examples. But most of the stuff heard on the radio now, all have these fake accents and it is nothing more than twangy pop.

[@veramilton833]

Thank you, Fil! I am absolutely thrilled to have you feature Lainey Wilson! I just had to know if country music is still keeping it real! Well done, Fil! Excellent analysis video! It would be wonderful if country music were to gain a big following in the UK! 💜🎸

[@faithg9766]

Wonderful to have a performance that makes Fil smile. Great stuff Lainey.

[@xerezjg52]

Yahoo!🤠Lainey is awesome ❤ thank you!!

[@AlanTov]

Great stuff. Love to hear true professional musicians.

[@andreamiller3578]

This is great! So good to see. One of my favorite live performances on an awards show is Chris Stapleon and his wife Morgane singing "Tennessee Whiskey" and "Drink You Away" with Justin Timberlake and his awesome band The Tennessee Kids. Just an awesome mashup and performance by everyone.

[@jmit3491]

So, you don't like the country version of Tennessee Whiskey? Stapleton trashed Tennessee Whiskey with a NON-COUNTRY version. George Jones and David Allen Coe are the country versions of Tennessee Whiskey.

[@andreamiller3578]

@jmit3491 I have heard it but I do like Stapleton's version better. I know it's more r-n-b-influenced because he said he borrowed from Etta James than it is country. I do like real OG country music, but Stapleton's version just hits the spot for me.

[@torunnowe8835]

Thanks Fil, I really needed this. To see there is still someone out there that sings without all the °fake° stuff. I so needed a real live song now so thank you ❣️

[@andyharpist2938]

Thanks Phil. After your instruction even I know its live rightaway! Andy Harpist.

[@redcloudsliu3335]

Pil just discovered another rare gem 🎉! Hopefully, there are more out there 🤗.

[@ProbablyTooLoud]

Typical old school live audio. Good for country artists keeping it real.

[@diannelovejoy5514]

Country music prides itself on being real. ❤

[@boffo63]

Well...

[@RockChick63174]

Seriously?😅

[@boydallen2305]

What I love about Phil is you can turn the volume off and just wait and watch his joyous smile or troubled stare and know what he’s saying about the performance.

[@ConstantiaVerted]

Great vid as always, thanks.

[@geebee3100]

love this analysis - great to see you so happy about a fabulous live performance 💗💗💗

[@dougtribble2589]

Really appreciate you Fil. Yur doing a great job. Thanks again Fil.

[@tammydoolittle6054]

Thanks!

[@wingsofpegasus]

Thank you!

[@ginnyvogel7754]

So happy to see this!

[@TheCastellowsLive]

I've seen the new country band The Castellows play 10 times this year - live music, high energy .. the lead singer forgot a couple words only once in one song in Fort Worth but her sister filled in 😊 So it is all live vocals for sure ❤.. the way it should be 🎉🎉🎉

[@jfrancis6191]

They’re great!

[@tnmoppylaura5476]

Excellent!! Thanks Fil!

[@pwi9161]

Country music is all about telling a story, real life experiences, and from the heart, this coming from an 80's Hard Rock fanatic, been a fan of Country music for decades❤

[@steveblakey1723]

Thanks for your detailed explanations. Keep up the great work!

[@Nikalette100]

I enjoy classical music, choral music, country music and older music. Most of those are fairly natural.

[@jbs256]

Can I say yay! ❤ On the initial start it looked natural then she got so accurate I got worried. Great voice FTW. Can I say, Lainey earned her Wings? 😊

[@horseygirl645]

Thank you Fil for your analysis of country music and particularly Lainey Wilson’s vocals. I enjoy different types of music and country music is one of a few at the top of my list.

[@dcallan812]

This is going back 20 years 🤣 Fantastic to hear a singer sing. More please, let the voice shine through.

[@atreb56]

Thanks for this. Great to hear live vocals.

[@mimi-3212]

An important, televised performance can be live after all! Glad to see it, and hopefully others will bring us their true voices as well.

[@midcon077]

So great to you really enjoying yourself on this video. Kudus to you for keeping us informed and seeing that your persistence on edited performances is starting to have an impact. Thanks from a grateful subscriber.

[@KarenMatthews-o7r]

Love her as an artist. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@stuffnuns]

Hearing that woman sing, and hitting those notes and phrases with such precision, and killing it, was so pleasurable. I could hear it was a real performance. Imagine not hearing all that expression if auto-toon was used?

[@QziQza]

you really can feel.. a natural.. unedited vocal, when they hit a perfect note it resonates inside you, like a flutter in your chest, but it really is dependant on natural expression, and it always seems to me, that perfect note that catches in your chest, precedes a roll through slight flat/sharp, into a slight sharp/flat, that gives it an emotional honesty.. amazing!

[@roboparks]

Her southern Draw is not real she's originally from LA

[@Dave-wy6xx]

@@roboparks All accents are learned.

[@scottkaczor2065]

Another great annallisis Phil!

[@lydiabentley3413]

Very refreshing and a beautiful voice & song. I really like country music and thanks for a very interesting analysis Fil.

[@riogorgos]

Love country and always admired the ability of the singers and the artistry of the musicians. Great to have this confirmed. Thanks Fil.

[@scalzmoney]

I think Fil's point is "just sing live". We will appreciate and accept the expression that brings with it imperfections. He may be saying this woman is good, but he's also saying to everybody else, you can be seen good, too. JUST SING LIVE!

[@TR__3]

This reminded me of what it's like to feel an artist's performance. Pretty rare these days.

[@Every_Day_islike_Sunday]

I'm glad you used the word 'feel". This is why autotune sucks so badly. We want to FEEL the singer and their words.❤

[@jporter504]

Outstanding analysis.

[@umarae27]

Right on!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@debrahartshorn3084]

Hats off to Lainey

[@NanaWilson-px9ij]

Fil, you made my day! Rock!

[@adolfkudlinski]

I wonder if the latest endeavour of Dua LIpa (live from royal albert hall) was autotuned and heavily corrected ?.. ..great analysis as always!

[@Johnny-re9kg]

Lainey is the real deal. Real Star Power. Total package songwriter, singer and entertainer.

[@randyc9517]

Love your videos! Auto-Tune has ruined great music so it's nice to know there's still real vocalists out there doing it right.

[@anssia3123]

Thank you Fil. There is still hope. Keep up the great work.

[@justjudijjb3455]

This makes me so happy. She’s a real one! Funny and humble too.

[@arneysrackangast7140]

I was relieved to see this analysis video substantiating live performances at the CMA. I had personally expressed doubt of past performances that they were. This brings back my faith and reinforces my love of country music, which has pretty much become the last bastion for commercial bands, harmonic vocals, live performances. Now as long as they don't go full pop, I'll be glad. Because pop music can't seem to get a clue and those artists end up gravitating to country as well.

[@Herschli]

Thanks for singing us some explanations, Fil (really well trained voice btw.)! Very illustrative!

[@gbaren]

LOVE this, agree completely, so tired of autotune!

[@frankparish4687]

Lainey Wilson did the music industry a big favor!! Actually singing!! Im sick of these lip sync creeps going thru the motions!! I don't think im alone!😊

[@Tuni319]

We are all excited to see and hear that there are still artists and shows that give us a live human voice with all of the beautiful originality and expression. Beautiful voice. ❤

[@meganwalker27]

I don't listen to country music but her voice was really nice and had the unedited soul! 🎉

[@anahills3836]

Glad to hear that there are still some live vocals out there!

[@augustsnowfall5189]

Thank you Fil, this bought a tear (of joy) to my eyes😅…I miss realism so much!

[@thomengel9720]

A lot of the country artists have definitely paid their dues in he Honkey Tonks, Bars and some of the greats came out of the various studios.

[@ilangayouthdanceco.3621]

There is hope yet! What a revelation. Thank you CMA, thank you FIL!

[@jeffreyflint6286]

Back to the good old days. I love it!!!!

[@paulmackenzie1850]

Her live singing and talent are absolutely MOST EXCELLENT...I thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to her amazing voice. Well done, Fil...Thank you...

[@gametime2473]

Gonna have to check out Lainey Wilson. Not a huge country fan these days but I do love Stapleton.

[@loriematthews6418]

Great seeing this! Appreciate the work you do! Thank you Fil!🌷

[@roryblake7311]

I agree!

[@markrice2821]

Next time I will request in all CAPS. Thanks Fil!

[@SophieDuncan]

That performance gave me goosebumps!

[@johnyuristy6137]

Another good discussion and example of what you do. Contemporary country is not to my liking, ever since about Garth Brooks, but then most all contemporary music is somewhat alien to me in melody, chords, and parsing. Nonetheless, there are artists, young ones, who are massively skilled, and are carrying on the good music. A lot of covers of earlier greats, often as good or better than their originals. Some may move on, and become songwriters as well. Good to see you also looking back in time, and analyzing and qualifying some of the greats from days gone by. Keep it up, love your work.

[@Clodhopping]

It's great that Lainey sang live and kudos to whomever chose not edit this post performance. I'm pianist and singer who doesn't have the technology so I no choice but to offer a live performance with all its blemishes.

[@julieCA58]

Trying to figure out how to spell the way I shouted YeeHa! Very happy to hear this.

[@frankowalker4662]

She has a great voice.

[@insulani]

This is why she’s a top notch artist. Great to shout out country music in general. Not even a massive fan of the genre but highly appreciating the musicianship.

[@nanemoon9968]

Wonderfull video, I'm not really into CM but I do appreciate good singers and natural voices. Learned some new names ans definitely will listen to their works.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Fil has always respected country musicians. Has he done a video on Jimmy Capps? He used to be in the backup band for decades, and most guitarists praise his rhythm guitar talents.