Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow CMA 2013
Kacey Musgraves gets progressive ... and censored! The wider world still doesn't know what the Best New Artist winner was suggesting that people do — "or don't" do— since ABC cut her mic each time the chorus of "Follow Your Arrow" came around to the line "roll up a joint." When asked by Billboard after the show about the network's decision, Musgraves expressed she thought it was a bit ironic. "I guess for some reason people feel the need to censor that word, but they leave 'crack' in," she said.
So, in other words, ABC was cool with her singing, "But if you lose too much [weight], then you're on crack," but wasn't cool with the line, "Roll up a joint, or don't" … from the same song?
But the fact that an uplifting, life-affirming song with a blatantly pro-gay angle made it onto the CMAs marks some sort of milestone in a show that usually doesn’t go out of its way to poke at the conservative constituencies within country. When Musgraves later beat Florida Georgia Line for the newcomer honor, it was the evening's biggest upset, and a victory for both singer-songwriters and women in country, even if you'd think those battles were lost if you turn on the radio.
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/our-country/cma-highlights-king-george-princess-taylor-dave-grohl-055757591.html
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