I think the standing ovation has lost at least some of its meaning. I believe it's Jerry Springer's fault. His audience gives Jerry a standing O every time he walks in the room. With every thrown chair, there's a standing O.
Then... Okay, I'm not a huge country fan... but I live in Nashville. So some love of the genre has seeped in. On this year’s CMAs (or was it ACMAs?) Gretchen Wilson received a standing O. Now I'm not much of a fan of Gretchen... Actually I want to exhume Minnie Pearl so she can slap Gretchen across the mouth every time she sings her hit "Hell Yeah" but never the less... I thought, “wow, that actually was a really good performance. She deserved that ovation, and as a new artist that has to make her feel like a million bucks. Well, I guess it was cheapened by the fact that just about every artist that followed that night got a standing O.
It does say ramblings of Eric Coomer. I think it should say the Random Ramblings. But then I'd really sound like I love country music.
