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Everyone’s still buzzing about Jessica Simpson’s first official country concert appearance over the weekend at Country Thunder in Wisconsin. Jessica always seems to get people very emotional on both sides of the fence. Some people love her and will defend anything she does. While some seem to hate her no matter what.
And me? I’m a fan, absolutely. I believe in what she does but she also does some things that bug the heck out of me. She’s a talented singer who goes too far sometimes. Despite winning over many country music DJ’s with her down-to-earth manner and charm, the fact remained that she did get booed over the weekend at Country Thunder. However, I don’t think those that booed were the majority of people. I think some people really wanted to hear her and some just plain don’t care either way. Most, I think, are fans of Jessica.
It’s interesting, though, the coverage this whole “booing” deal is getting. For example, Fox News went with the booing story, stating that most fans didn’t buy her new country act. CMT said they doubted that she got booed, but it was clear they also didn’t send anyone there to cover her story, either. If she was really the new thing in country, wouldn’t CMT have sent an actual reporter there to write up what happened?
CelebTV ran with a story that Jessica got booed, and then commented on her outfit. Check out her white shirt and daisy duke shorts:
Country Thunder producer Gil Cunningham said Jess did very well for her first country performance, adding that “singing for more than 25,000 fans is a big step.”
For sure. He also felt that the booing was because Jessica mentioned Tony Romo. I can see the logic of this. After all, Packer fans are in the midst of a brew-ha-ha with Brett Favre right now, and don’t want to be reminded of another quarterback.
I’ve caught a few videos of Jessica singing to applause and a couple with boos going on. Some of the hoots were because she was talking too much about herself on stage. She was very excited obviously, and wanted to connect with the crowd, so she chatted… a lot. That might have got the crowd in an uproar, too.
The Kenosha News (the local paper that first reported the booing) actually said the crowd gave Jessica mixed reviews. They added that she also sang a pop song, “With You.” And let’s face it, if you’re going to tell people you don’t want to make another pop album, then don’t sing a pop song during your first country performance.
All in all, the country crowd doesn’t care that Jessica’s been singing a long time. They want to hear her sing country and they might need time to get used to her. It doesn’t mean they won’t embrace her, but for now things still remain to be seen on whether she’ll take the country music biz by storm or whether she’ll give this up after an album or two and go on to do something else.
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I was at the concert and i was sitting backstage watching her. I did not hear any boos all i heard was cheers. There might have been some very drunk guys booing her but I did not here any boos and she did a great job at her first country music concert
Ritovskyta: Thanks for the analysis! I never looked at it that way, but I can see your point. I think I do have a softer side for Ashlee. I feel for her having to be in Jess’s shadow.
I am also a fan of Jessica’s too. I think she’s so talented, so when she does something that takes away from her talent, it makes me wonder why!
In many ways, I think it was a bad idea that she debut in Wisconsin. I’m from the area, and I know that first of all, people don’t understand a gal that would go to Cabo with her Pro Football boyfriend during a bye week. (People would have preferred that she wait until after the playoffs).
Also, with the Carrie Underwood thing, I think the timing was bad. Jessica loves to talk about being from Texas and dating Tony, and those are two things that fans in Wisconsin aren’t going to want to hear. So I blame Papa Joe for not preparing her. I feel for her, because it’s obvious she’s very nervous at being on stage and if Papa Joe had given her better prep, she might not have received the bad reactions at first.
I never thought of “With You” as country, but I can see your point that she could make it that way just by changing the way she sang it.
Thanks for your comments!
I think I have ggotten to understand you now. You like both sisters, but lloks like you have a softer side for ash. It’s ok. I like them both also, but my heart goes to Jess. And I act towards ash like you do with Jess. I love ( ash) to death, but she kind of annoys me and acts in ways it sometimes it’s hard for me to understand , therefore I tend to commment on her in a more imparcial side, sometimes even kind of hard, ’cause I want her to do good, but because I am not as ” in love” with her as I am with Jess I can see where the flaws ( in my opinion, of course) lay….
Anyhow, she DID chat a lot. And it was a festival with many other singers. They knew all the other singers. They didn’t knew Jess and neither of her country song. It’s not like they can sing along….
Anyway, I always look at ” with you” as a country song at heart. And I guess that’s how she always wanted to sing it. Like christina aguilera which completly remakes her pop songs from her first cd into whathever beat she’s in at the time, so can Jess turn country a lot of her old songs…
I tought it was very brave of her to stand up in that stage, 3 years after her own concert and face an audience se KNEW was gonna be reluctant to support her. And booed or not, she stood in that stage, did her thing, sang live and was not thrown out of it! =p