CMT awards/as seen on TV

CMT awards/as seen on TV

Posted on 21. Jun, 2009 by annie in Notebook

We played the CMT awards on Tuesday. For those of you who missed it, we covered the B-52’s hit “Love Shack” with (surprise!) the B-52’s. It was so hard for me to keep this a secret. You don’t even know. I didn’t even tell my mom until the day before. I was sitting in hair and makeup at the CMA/fanfair show last Sunday and Bridget, the sweet stylist, was like, “The B-52’s were here last night hanging out. How crazy is that? I wonder what they’re up to?” I started convulsing I wanted to tell her so badly. Instead I was like, “Weird! Hey, what kind of flat-iron is that?” and tried to change the subject.

The rehearsals were awesome. The B-52’s gang showed up and were so sweet. It was like watching your kooky aunts and uncles walk out onto a brightly lit catwalk and at first be a little overwhelmed and then start rockin’ it. Fred Sneider, the guy who says “Hop in my Chrysler, it’s as big as whale!” talks in normal life a lot like he talks on his records and it was cracking me up. I loved listening to him say things like, “Well I don’t know Jennifer? Should I shout that line? I don’t want to come across like I’m shouting at everyone.” Freaking Hysterical.

Can I just say here that I used to dance to “Love Shack” with my mom when we went to Jazzercise back in the day and never once did I imagine that I’d be performing it onstage with the actual B-52’s. Mind blown.

After rehearsals, the gang was walking off stage and our production manager asked them if they needed anything; water, cokes, etc… Fred told him that all he needed was Kelly Pickler’s autograph. So awesome! Then it was time to get ready for the show. Getting ready for these TV shows is one of the joys of my life. There are professional hair and makeup stylists on hand to help you get your glam on. I wanted to go with a retro bump in the back, complete with a side ponytail. And when you need a bump in the back, there’s really only one tool to be considered for the job. The Bump-it!

Let’s talk about the Bump-it. For starters, like everything I buy off of TV, it doesn’t work. That never stops me though. However, after getting burned on shipping costs (which is how people who sell things for only $9.99 make their money) I’ve wised up and started buying things I see on TV off of eBay instead. So instead of buying the original Bump-it, I ended up buying a version of the Bump-it made for people in Asia called the “Cele-up.” I couldn’t resist the packaging.

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“Do you want to be a hot girl?” You know I do! Which is why I bought this product. I was sitting next to Darius Rucker in the hair and makeup room when I presented it to the stylists. They were both fascinated and repulsed. We decided to give it a shot. After several minutes of wrangling, teasing and cheering from the other stylists it became clear that the Cele-up hair tool wasn’t going to cut it. At least not on my head. The stylist asked if she could hold on to one of them for other clients and I happily obliged. Who knows? Next time you see a star on TV, they could be wearing my Asian Bump-it!

Here’s an awesome pic of my professionally done hair and makeup from the CMT award stylists.

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And here’s what I actually look like; (pictured eating Andy’s birthday cake when everyone had had their fill.)

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Magic! All in all, the night was a great success and I was proud to share the stage with those B-52’s. What a wacky, crazy life!

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7 Responses to “CMT awards/as seen on TV”

  1. Anonymous

    21. Jun, 2009

    Very cool. And funny too. LOL!!!!

  2. Anonymous

    21. Jun, 2009

    oh dear, thanks for sharing the asian “bump-it”…cannot stop laughing!! Who doesn’t want to be a hot girl? Awesome. And YAY for playing with The B-52’s, was so good!!

    -Emily

  3. tempt_thy_angel

    22. Jun, 2009

    You looked fab and it was a great performance!

  4. Anonymous

    22. Jun, 2009

    Awesomeness

    I’ve always wanted to try the Bump-It! (not like I really need to jack up my incredibly big curly hair any more that it is) Did you know they sell a lot of the “as seen on tv” stuff at Target?!?!? My little sister is obsessed with checking that display every time we go in there. All she wanted for her birthday was those Strap Perfect things.

    You guys looked amazing on the show! And it looked like y’all had some fun too ;)

    My friend’s parents didn’t let her listen to Love Shack because it was too sexual for a 2nd or 3rd grader to listen to but the summer after 2nd grade we spent countless hours listening to it on a little toy cassette player and secretly choreographing a dance/lip sync to it. At the age of 7 we had no idea what the love shack was, but it sure sounded like a fun place. I laugh every time I hear that song now….

    See you in a few weeks!

  5. Anonymous

    22. Jun, 2009

    Hysterical!

    Um, the asian bump it is probably the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while! LOL! I’m glad they were still able to create a bump with out it! I missed the CMTs but will have to find the performance on YouTube. I’m sure it was great! ~Lindsay

  6. missopinion

    01. Jul, 2009

    Can’t wait for Denver!

    I came across your LJ while trying to see how much money the Common Thread tour raised. Imagine my suprise when I came across this LJ!!! I have some insanely hot photos of you from past concerts, I’ll have to post them so you can see!

    If you need a tour guide, or even just a suggestion of where to go, what to do, where to eat, WHATEVER, when you guys are in Denver on the 15th, I’m your girl! Seriously, if you need anything while you’re here, I’d be more than happy to help! My hubby is home from Iraq on R&R, and leaves to go back before the concert, so the concert is going to be my “pick me up” after having to say goodbye! Nothing better to put a smile on your face than a SL concert, right?

  7. missopinion

    14. Jul, 2009

    Re: Can’t wait for Denver!

    So I’m pumping myself up for the Denver show on Wednesday and watching the performance on Sound Stage, and during the first song, Love, there’s a frame about 10 seconds or so that’s shot over your shoulder. I wish I knew how to take a screen shot off the damn thing because you look sexy.as.hell! If you can find someone to get it paused without being blurry like mine is I think you’d love it!

    Going to try to freeze it and go in slow motion to see if that helps…if I get it I’m bringing it to you on Wednesday! I’ll be the crazy fan waiting outside the tour bus that you laugh about.

    There’s another one during “It Happens” when Jenn is like “Ladies and Gentlemen, Annie Clements!!!” and you’re rocking out….two words: fucking hot!!! The two of you have some amazing chemistry, you are so lucky and I am so envious of you!!!!

    (BTW, as I was trying to take a pic of the tv to play around with the pics and my 8 year old son declared that you were prettier than Jenn. :) Then he asked how old you were. I thought that was cute!!!!)

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