DJ Bobby Bones Cries Like Little Girl with a Skinned Knee After CMA Snub
Why doesn’t this asshat move on to hosting game shows already?
On Wednesday morning (9-3) the nominations for the 2014 CMA Awards were unveiled, including the nominees for the CMA’s National Broadcast Media Personality, of which apparently Bobby Bones though he was a shoe-in for. And when his name didn’t show up on the ballot, he took to Twitter to bitch like the spoiled, self-entitled, self-centered prick he is.
Of course he began by putting the onus on his fans, like he always does. “Everyone calm down. I dont have to win every award. Getting 1000, ‘how are you not up for CMA personality of the year’.” he said.
Bullshit. The only people paying attention to the broadcaster awards yesterday were broadcasters and media. The broadcast nominees were not published by any major media outlet. Bobby is trying to shield himself by using his fans. He was butt hurt when he wasn’t nominated, and proved this as time went on. Bobby Bones continued,
“its not an ‘injustice’. I simply don’t play the political games the format is known for. Also Jason Aldean got screwed too! Id like to thank the almost 500 radio stations Im on & you the listener for the millions of $$$ we’ve raised for charity this year,”
This charity card is another indolent, insulting, and misrepresenting card Bobby Bones overplays predictably. Just because you give to charity doesn’t absolve you of all your sins. Why doesn’t Bobby Bones set up a charity for the hundreds of local DJ’s he’s put out of work, or the thousands of people laid off by Clear Channel in the most historic and sweeping homogenization and nationalization of a cultural institution since the dawn of American media? Give all the money to charity you want. It will never make up for the damage of poisoning people with the cultural filth broadcast on the Bobby Bones Show to millions every morning.
Bobby Bones continues, “going to need a lot of old people in this industry to retire or die before the Nashville “guard” lets something new get recognized.” And then he caps off what appears to be a threat. “Im going to find out who you are. Don’t worry.“
On this final thread, Bobby Bones does have a point. The CMA oligarchy is a cloistered and inbred bunch who is generally non-conducive to letting outsiders in. But in the case of Bobby Bones, they’re just trying to protect their own. The reason the CMA is not showering Bobby Bones with accolades is because he’s put so many of their own out of work, and out of business. The reason the CMA is seen as the most important governing body in country music is because it is tied deeply to radio, not just labels, making it the widest representation of the country music body. If Clear Channel and Bobby Bones had their way, there would be no other country music morning DJ in the entire nation other than Bobby Bones, and this dream is quickly becoming a reality as more local DJ’s who have very personal relationships with their communities and do many great charitable services for their locales are being lost to national syndication.
“I somewhat expected it,” Bones told The Tennessean. “But I have to voice my displeasure. We’re the biggest morning show in the country, killing the other stations in Nashville.” That’s right, “killing” is the optimum word there. There’s no competition when it comes to Bobby Bones. Bobby Bones has no respect for the cultural institutions of country music, including its legendary stations and DJ’s. They’re all just a bunch of old farts that need to get out of his way because he’s so awesome. And that’s the reason he wasn’t nominated, and shouldn’t have been nominated.
And then Bobby Bones really showed his ass by saying, “Awards in the end aren’t anything but dust collectors.”
But wait a second. If they’re just “dust collectors,” why all the hubub? Why even address the situation? Why does it even matter? Why did Bobby Bones make such a huge deal about winning the Academy of Country Music Country Music On-Air Personality of the Year in April? In fact, Bobby Bones shoved his ACM trophy in Saving Country Music’s face in April. If you have so little respect for the CMA’s distinction to call it a “dust collector,” why would the CMA ever consider bestowing it to you?
Bobby Bones is the single-most driver of cultural homogenization in America, and is the scourge of the airwaves. Hats off to the CMA for recognizing this, and not giving him a distinction he doesn’t deserve, and admittedly, doesn’t respect. A CMA Award is supposed to be about quality, not quantity. And that’s something Bobby Bones, and Clear Channel don’t get.
the pistolero
September 4, 2014 @ 9:55 am
Why doesn”™t Bobby Bones set up a charity for the hundreds of local DJ”™s he”™s put out of work
SO. MUCH. WIN.
Charlie
September 4, 2014 @ 10:06 am
“Manhood is the defeat of childhood narcissism.” ”“David Gilmore
Windmills Country
September 4, 2014 @ 10:15 am
Little boys also cry after getting skinned knees, do they not? 😉
This is especially rich after Bones tried to wave his ACM in Trigger’s face earlier this year, as if that was somehow supposed to change anybody’s mind about him:
link to tweet
Trigger
September 4, 2014 @ 10:27 am
Ha! I’d totally forgotten about that.
Yes, once again Bobby Bones wants it both ways.
Hunter Morrow
September 6, 2014 @ 1:00 pm
Yeah, he does like to go both ways, doesn’t he?
Katie
September 4, 2014 @ 10:21 am
I listened to Bobby Bones interview Garth Brooks and I was appalled at the outright misinformation and lack of history that Bones displayed during the interview. Garth was nice enough, but had to correct him a few times.
If you aren’t prepared when you are conducting interviews, you don’t deserve to win any awards for your show. And I’ve never heard a radio interviewer quite as unprepared as Bobby Bones was during that interview.
Cornpop
April 14, 2023 @ 9:09 pm
They are close friends and Bobby even opened for him in Nashville. This is hilarious.
Hank
September 4, 2014 @ 11:37 am
Bobby Bones is like that kid in high school who somehow starts hanging out with the cool kids and must make sure everybody knows that he is, indeed, now hanging out with the cool kids. Of course, it’s not until later on in life that he realizes those kids weren’t actually as cool as they seemed.
Noah Eaton
September 4, 2014 @ 11:45 am
It still baffles me why so many prominent recording artists feel the need not solely to suck up to him (Jake Owen and Brad Paisley, I’m looking at you)…………but enthusiastically so like he’s the Dan Sullivan of this generation.
Another impression I get is that Bones thinks of himself as a trailblazer of this listening generation in his aggressive efforts to debut remixes of commercial country songs in particular and being a place where brand new singles are often debuted. Still, his efforts haven’t exactly taken the format by storm. The country re-mix of “Hey Brother” petered out pretty fast. The remix of “River Bank” went mostly unnoticed. If anything, he seems to be best-known for not leaving Kacey Musgraves alone.
To everyone their own I suppose, but the appeal of Bones is beyond me. He’s hardly likeable and doesn’t even try to be. He’s not exciting unless you count inflammatory Tweets about Musgraves and Chris Young’s weight as exciting. Nothing seems to stand out in his program, at least as far as features are concerned, for more than five minutes afterward in the memory. And I’m no fan of Limbaugh, but I can at least acknowledge Limbaugh knows his audience and is undeniably a masterful communicator. Bones just got lucky to me and I hardly see those same traits in him.
the pistolero
September 4, 2014 @ 11:47 am
It still baffles me why so many prominent recording artists feel the need not solely to suck up to him (Jake Owen and Brad Paisley, I”™m looking at you)
Well, judging from Brad Paisley’s recent commentary to the Associated Press, he and Bones are two peas in a pod…
Trigger
September 4, 2014 @ 2:00 pm
Bobby Bones is like the Big Mac of broadcasting. Not healthy, not even particularly tasty. But it’s there and available, so people consume it. And just like if you eat Big Macs every day, eventually you’ll crave them.
And yes, the allure of the remix seems to be wearing off in country. Everybody tried to replicate the success of the “Cruise” remix, but so far the public has been unimpressed. “Cruise” was an iconic song in the first place (whether we like that fact or not), so it worked. But you can’t do that with every garbage single.
Steve Isaacs
September 4, 2014 @ 12:26 pm
I’ve only been frequenting this site for a couple months now, and I don’t have enough knowledge of all this to disagree, and I agree he’s whining like a baby in this instance. But, I have listened to his morning show quite a bit and I don’t remember hearing anything I would consider…”the damage of poisoning people with the cultural filth”. Am I missing something or is there some hyperbole here?
Trigger
September 4, 2014 @ 1:56 pm
Maybe a little bit of hyperbole, but have you heard Jason Aldean’s “Burnin’ It Down”? Tyler Farr’s “Redneck Crazy”? Or dozens of other songs of cultural filth that he plays? Bobby Bones is the country music equivalent of a big corporation closing their American factory and moving it to China to spit out an inferior product. Hundreds of DJ’s who were like family to their listeners have lost their local jobs because of Bobby Bones syndication.
Scotty J
September 4, 2014 @ 12:43 pm
Hey Trigger, did you see that Ed Sheeran’s ‘Don’t” debuted at #59 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart this week just based on plays from the Bobby Bones Show? If that doesn’t sum up the problem with these types of national shows then I don’t know what does.
This song is in no way country or remotely close but for some reason this assclown plays it a few dozen times and, voila, it’s a charting ‘country’ hit.
Trigger
September 4, 2014 @ 1:50 pm
Interesting…
mystery stu
September 5, 2014 @ 7:06 am
I outta start my own radio show and I’ll play Sturgill Simpson so much that he’ll go all the way to #1 on the country chart!
Lotek307
September 4, 2014 @ 3:29 pm
Bobby Bones is twat. Plain and simple. If these clowns want to (and are) change the country music landscape so bad, why don’t they just start their own genre. Leave country music to the dinosaurs and start anew. That’d be the real evolution, same as when metal started, punk started, when every other genre started.
Scott
September 4, 2014 @ 3:43 pm
Maybe I’ve been on Willie’s Roadhouse and Outlaw Country too long but who is this ass tool???
Trigger
September 4, 2014 @ 4:37 pm
He is the biggest country music DJ in the history of the format 20x over, and he’s only been on the air for 18 months. He’s basically taken over every major country music station in every major market. And soon he will become one of the biggest host personalities in American culture, unless he’s stopped. Think of Dick Clark, but if he was country, not pop, and was an arrogant unapologetic prick.
Clint
September 5, 2014 @ 8:07 am
Trigger, why did you edit my comment? You seriously need to post some rules man. One day, you’re going on profane, cussing tyrades about someone, the next day, you delete me calling Bobby Bones a weeping, little vagina. Seriously man, please explain this to me. Please!
Trigger
September 5, 2014 @ 9:52 am
Clint,
At one point there were specific comment rules posted, but it was located on the message board that was a casualty to the numerous hacks the site was getting hit with a couple of years ago. We’re hoping to salvage the message board and other stuff in a redesign set for the future. If that doesn’t happen, maybe I will post the set of rules somewhere else.
The main issue is this gender stuff dealing with “vagina” and other such derogatory comments. I have made such comments in the past as well, and I know this can even be inferred by me here by comparing Bobby Bones with a “little girl.” But I think we have to be very careful as a community to make sure we are not offending people with such comments. The implication is that females are inferior. I know that may have not been how you meant it, but that is how some people can take it. Many the comment was fine, but when in doubt, I am going to use caution. I do need to be more clear on the rules, and I will work on that.
Clint
September 5, 2014 @ 10:02 am
I really hate to see you go the political correctness route, but thank you for the explanation. I sincerely appreciate it. By the way, a few comments above this one, Lotek307 called Bobby Bones a “twat”, and you didn’t edit it. Why?
Matt
September 5, 2014 @ 10:59 am
He picks and chooses who’s comments he wants to post based on his personal feelings of that person. I’m living proof of that.
Preaching about how much you are against censorship doesn’t mean shit when you don’t follow through.
Trigger
September 5, 2014 @ 12:09 pm
Please. It is an extremely difficult task to try and cultivate a comment environment that everyone feels welcomed in, yet is still open for spirited debate and expression. You will never see me claim that I do a perfect job, and you also have to appreciate that I do it while trying to write new articles, keep an eye on news feeds for new stories, fields an incredible volume of emails, respond to comments, and God forbid, try to live a normal life. Nobody is shown favoritism or singled out, though some repeat offenders may be dealt with differently. I do the best job I can, and anyone who claims that Saving Country Music censors dissent will simply be refuted by a simple perusal of the comments section.
Cornpop
April 14, 2023 @ 9:13 pm
This aged well. 😂😂
Powderfinger
September 4, 2014 @ 4:53 pm
“Bobby Bones: Programming for the Country Metrosexual”
Scott
September 4, 2014 @ 5:21 pm
Ah…thanks Kyle. It doesn’t sound as though I have missed much over the last 10 years. DJ’s like him are the reason I switched to satellite radio from FM years ago. The ability to pick and choose the music I want to listen to without having to hear clowns like this, along with commercials, is money well spent as far as I am concerned.
Clint
September 5, 2014 @ 1:05 am
The whole show is a meaningless fraud anyway. There’s nothing Country about the CMA. So why does it matter who they nominate. The local DJ’s that lost their jobs, and the ones that were nominated for this award are all pop-“country” homers just like Bones is, so who freakin cares?
The new meaning of CMA is: Country My Ass.
Bear
September 5, 2014 @ 2:49 am
I do not understand why more people don’t convene en masse and take to the streets over shit like this. I mean, OK it’s not some government crap, but hell we don’t even take to the street over THEIR wrongdoings.
BTW Trigger have you ever considered doing radio? I know it isn’t the best place to be right now but I’d love to hear your disdain over the airwaves. I’m also surprised his fans haven’t risen up en masse to send you h8 mail because you are a h8r. Ugh I don’t even really know of him but he REEKS of immaturity and privilege. He’s no Rea; Don Steele that’s for sure. Apologies to Mr. Steele for mentioning him in the same comment as this talentless hack.
Cobra
September 5, 2014 @ 4:24 am
I hate this douchebag with the fiery passion of a thousand hells.
Phineas
September 5, 2014 @ 9:11 am
I’d like to see that billboard turn into stickers / posters which would then be plastered throughout Nashville, I’d definitely by a T-shirt of it! Did they ever figure out who exactly paid for it / put it up?
Trigger
September 5, 2014 @ 9:37 am
I’ve heard numerous theories of who paid for it, including that it was Clear Channel surreptitiously promoting the show. So far I’ve seen nothing definitive.
Dukes
September 6, 2014 @ 12:00 am
Trigger –
My own dislike of Bobby bones is well documented on my own timeline. I laughed when he actually responded to something I said, because he have me instant credibility in calling out his mindless pandering to the horseshit sounds of current pop-country music. “consumption is King” was his mantra. Simply put, if people buy it, that’s all that matters. To him, people are nothing but pocketbooks.
He’s a first-ballot Douchebag Hall-Of-Famer no doubt.
Yeahcomeon
JacobB
September 8, 2014 @ 10:01 am
How did things get this bad?
jdavid
September 9, 2014 @ 7:45 am
Just think of all the real country DJ’s… the one’s who knew the format, the one hit wonders of the 80’s & 90’s … the one’s who woke up each morning excited to play real country … the one’s who knew every face and voice that called them in the request line. The one’s who loved the slide of the steel guitar, fiddle and good lyrics and a song with substance. Now, sadly, the majority of those people have been let go with this freak. Knows nothing about real country, yet claims he’s the best. He couldn’t even make it through an interview with one of the biggest names in Country (Garth) without being corrected. He thinks he know’s it all, but he surely doesn’t. I’ve been preaching lately… why is it that people that know nothing about country music have to ruin it for those of us that do? … He must be stopped. I know no one that enjoys his show, not a single one.
NS
September 10, 2014 @ 8:50 am
He looks like a city boy who decided to DJ country because that’s where he could make the money
Troy Turner
October 23, 2014 @ 4:19 am
I know I’m late to the party here, but is this guy THAT bad?
Putting people out of work is never ever a good thing, but good grief…this dude sounds like people I used to associate with back in the day: a gigantic, whiny, bratty, amoral, übersensitive, narcissistic egomaniac. I’ve been told I can be a evil asshole at times, but he sounds like he’s a whole another level of douchebaggery.
Alex
November 5, 2014 @ 6:38 pm
He’s not that bad. I love the zhow, people just like to take everything out of proportion. They just don’t like him and the show because they are real. They don’t try to be fake for the show or for ratings. That’s been the best thing about the show from the start, they are just a bunch of friends on the radio.
David Fowler
July 2, 2019 @ 1:28 am
I agree with everything you said but don’t post the go away Bobby bones billboards because if you did your homework you’d know when his show was floundering in the verge of being cut he paid 13000 of his personal money to pay for the billboard campaign saying go away Bobby bones or whatever. Funny thing is it worked extremely well and the rest is history sad sad history. He got the idea from Brian bosworth sellingi hate the boz t shirts at away Games. Guy made a killing. Publicity is publicity. Death to the bones show