Carrie Underwood – Good Girl – Late Show with David Letterman (VIDEO)

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Watch Carrie Underwood perform her country hit “Good Girl” from her brand new album, Blown Away on Tuesday night’s  The Late Show with David Letterman.

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  • Anonymous

    Wow she sounded fantastic here.. like 2 million times better than she did at the ACMS..

    Don’t know what she changed but it worked….

  • Anonymous

    I think she’s focused more on the vocals than moving around.  She sounds great.  I’m hoping “Blown Away” will be her next single — love that song.

  • shuey

    OMG her vocal was GREAT! & a killer tune, daves funny “Good Gig guys” !

  • Valentin432

     That song seems so hard to sing but she killed it here, great performance.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    I don’t follow Carrie, but I enjoyed that performance. Is it just me, or is that song not very “country”? Dave cracks me up.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Li-Wright/100001622678180 Li Wright

    She’s edging closer to “rock” than country IMO.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Li-Wright/100001622678180 Li Wright

    That’s what I was thinking….very “rockish”….I think her peeps are moving her over the line to pop and Rock.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/GEE7ION6BPL2BYNNHADS6AVCJM wutwut

    Thanks for posting! I still love this song :) 

    Was lucky to get tickets for the Letterman webcast after this show. So good! Lots of hits and some of the new ones! Happy Blown Away day everyone!

  • Tess

    Well, obviously country music has morphed over the years and it isn’t just about southern twang mixed with some rock a billy beat sung by a 3 piece band on home made instruments.  Just like most every other genre it isn’t easily defined in six words or less and covers a wide spectrum of sounds and beats. Carrie is a prime example that country is influenced by lots of other genres, just like Shania did in her day.

    I’ve not always been on the Carrie bandwagon but the woman has been slowly getting under my skin as she matures as both a singer and a performer.  I’m looking forward to this era and I do hope she can knock little Miss Swift off her tween built pedestal.  It would be nice to have someone who can really “sing” sitting back atop that “country blond” throne (and I mean that in the best way).  

  • Mateja Praznik

    Tour dates are up on Carrie’s website. Sept. 14th – Dec. 22nd.

    http://www.carrieunderwoodofficial.com/us/home

  • http://www.facebook.com/amirabdulrahim Amir Hazwan Abdul Rahim

    Tess that’s the nicest thing you’ve said about Carrie! LOL

    Her vocal is flawless here. Can’t wait for GMA videos, mj! ;) 

    Happy Blown Away Day! 

  • fuzzywuzzy

    The point isn’t that country music has morphed and expanded over time and shows a lot of diversity, but that Carrie’s own music (and image) has morphed from when she first came to attention with very country-ish songs like JTTW.  I think that perhaps her new single and album is intended as a tep to help her reach a more international audience.  As for Taylor Swift, I have no issue with her success, she’s a talented composer and performer, and Carrie is doing just fine without any of her fans resenting Taylor’s success.

  • http://twitter.com/leilamaurizia2 leilamaurizia

    Tour dates:

    Sep 14 Verizon Wireless Arena Manchester, NH
    Sep 15 Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT
    Sep 17 Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, RI
    Sep 19 DCU Center Worcester, MA
    Sep 20 Sovereign Center Reading, PA
    Sep 22 KFC YUM! CENTER Louisville, KY
    Sep 23 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN
    Sep 26 Resch Center Green Bay, WI
    Sep 27 Target Center Minneapolis, MN
    Sep 29 Fargodome Fargo, ND

    Oct 01 Credit Union Centre Saskatoon, Canada
    Oct 02 Scotiabank Saddledome Calgary, Canada
    Oct 04 Rogers Arena Vancouver, Canada
    Oct 06 Key Arena Seattle, WA
    Oct 07 Rose Garden Portland, OR
    Oct 10 Maverik Center West Valley City, UT
    Oct 12 Reno Events Center Reno, NV
    Oct 13 Power Balance Pavilion Sacramento, CA
    Oct 14 HP Pavilion At San Jose San Jose, CA
    Oct 16 STAPLES Center Los Angeles, CA
    Oct 18 Rabobank Arena Bakersfield, CA
    Oct 20 Valley View Casino Center San Diego, CA
    Oct 21 Jobing.com Arena Glendale, AZ
    Oct 24 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX
    Oct 25 Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
    Oct 27 INTRUST Bank Arena Wichita, KS
    Oct 28 JQH Arena Springfield, MO

    Nov 03 Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, NC
    Nov 04 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
    Nov 07 1st Mariner Arena Baltimore, MD
    Nov 09 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ
    Nov 10 XL Center Hartford, CT
    Nov 13 Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
    Nov 15 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, MI
    Nov 16 i-Wireless Center Moline, IL
    Nov 20 Scottrade Center St Louis, MO
    Nov 21 BOK Center Tulsa, OK
    Nov 24 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
    Nov 25 The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI
    Nov 27 CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh, PA
    Nov 28 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA
    Nov 30 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY

    Dec 01 Prudential Center Newark, NJ
    Dec 04 Times Union Center Albany, NY
    Dec 06 John Labatt Centre London, Canada
    Dec 08 Scotiabank Place Kanata, Canada
    Dec 11 Value City Arena at Schottenstein Ctr Columbus, OH
    Dec 12 United Center Chicago, IL
    Dec 14 Iowa Events Center Des Moines, IA
    Dec 15 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
    Dec 18 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN
    Dec 19 The Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, GA
    Dec 21 Amway Center Orlando, FL
    Dec 22 BankAtlantic Center Sunrise, FL

  • iani

    That song seems so hard to sing but she killed it here

    My thought the same, this song is so hard to sing it, even watching the performance and listening to it, I feel like I’ve burned 100 calories myself in 4 minutes and I think many other Carrie-songs are hard to sing them. I’m pretty sure she will be amazing at The Royal Albert Hall concert with a DVD in “you must have it” category (there should be one). I think country music today is very lucky having Carrie as one of the best artist in US.

  • Tess

    Many music listeners are still of the assumption that country music is shit-kickin twang and don’t give the genre credit for embracing many other sounds and incorporating them under its umbrella.  I could name a dozen current country stars that, like Carrie, are enjoying expanding their repertoire but I could also list a parcel of historic country artists that have been doing this for years.  

    Carrie has understands/understood her audience since day one and she is ever expanding to move beyond that core fan base into a more non-genre specific fanbase.  Personally I think “country” music is gaining wider and wider acceptance and is becoming more popular on an international level as the quality of “pop” continues to diminish with all the treacle that is out there.

    And as far as Taylor is concerned…I’m not overly thrilled that someone with a less than average voice is swaying the masses only because she is the chosen one of the tweenie set.  I don’t “resent” her success…no skin off my nose…I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that mediocrity is continually awarded.  I would much rather that someone who has great talent (and apparently (per reviews) their own song-writing skills) be given the industry kudos she so richly deserves.

  • AllenTX

    I’m still meh at the song, but she sounds fantastic. I like this one much better than the one on that awards show. That’s a big band she has there.

  • windmills

    fuzzywuzzy: I don’t follow Carrie, but I enjoyed that performance. Is it just me, or is that song not very “country”? Dave cracks me up.

    It’s definitely not just you. Good Girl is at most 5% country, it’s far more rock than country.

    That having been said, Blown Away the album has plenty of country. It’s dominated by country/pop a la Do You Think About Me, Nobody Ever Told You, Good In Goodbye, Thank God For Hometowns, Forever Changed, while I’d say Cupid’s Got A Shotgun (which she performed on GMA this morning) is the redneckiest country song she’s ever done and Wine After Whiskey is a pretty traditional country song. Leave Love Alone is the most rootsy country song she’s ever done. 

    The way I’d put it is the non-country songs on Blown Away are non-countrier than any previous not very country songs in her repertoire and the country songs on Blown Away are countrier than her previous country songs. The title track of the album and Two Black Cadillacs are wild cards in that the lyrics and the way Carrie sings them are pretty country but the production isn’t.

    That Letterman performance is excellent – Good Girl is a tough song to sing but she nailed it and I enjoyed the performance. This is how she needs to sing the song. None of the ACM moves, and much better sound than the ACMs too. Thanks for the video MJ!

  • fuzzywuzzy

    Thanks, windmills.  :)  I haven’t listened to Carrie’s entire album, and it’s interesting that she’s expanding her musical range in both directions, having both more country and barely country songs.  

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “Many music listeners are still of the assumption that country music is
    shit-kickin twang and don’t give the genre credit for embracing many
    other sounds and incorporating them under its umbrella.”

    Yet that kind of music is still a part of the genre.

    “I could name a
    dozen current country stars that, like Carrie, are enjoying expanding
    their repertoire but I could also list a parcel of historic country
    artists that have been doing this for years. ”

    Of course, and at no time did I say or imply that Carrie was the ONLY country artist who is, was or had been “expanding their repertoire”, but I just commented on what I perceived as her expanding in at least the pop/rock direction with GG.

    “I would much rather that someone who has great talent (and apparently
    (per reviews) their own song-writing skills) be given the industry kudos
    she so richly deserves.”

    Carrie has been awarded the “Entertainer of the Year” for at least 2 years and assembled tons of other major awards (including multiple Grammys), and although I don’t follow her closely it appears to me that she’s been acknowledged and is treated as a top tier star and performer in country music (from hosting and performing on the award shows that I’ve seen).  I guess that I don’t get that Carrie is underappreciated by the industry and hasn’t been given “the industry kudos she so richly deserves”.  What is the evidence that she has not been acknowledged by the industry commensurate with her talent and song-writing skills?

  • Anonymous

    windmills: Wine After Whiskey is a pretty traditional country song. Leave Love Alone is the most rootsy country song she’s ever done.

    Which probably explains why those are my two favorite songs from her new album. Heh. ;) Forever Changed is also a very sweet and sad song.

    The title track of the album and Two Black Cadillacs are wild cards in
    that the lyrics and the way Carrie sings them are pretty country but the
    production isn’t.

    If I’m being totally honest, I do not like the production on either of those songs. Like, at all. To me they sound really over produced to the point that Carrie’s voice almost sounds autotuned (which … what? crazycakes), particularly on Blown Away. And BA is a great song! It’s just that the production kills it for me. :(

    Tess: Many music listeners are still of the assumption that country music is
    shit-kickin twang and don’t give the genre credit for embracing many
    other sounds and incorporating them under its umbrella.

    This is true. However. A lot of country is going pure pop and as a fan of country music I really don’t like it. I love rock and blues mixed in with the elements of country. Bluegrass? I’m all in. Red Dirt and Roadhouse? Bring it. And, let’s be honest here, nothing beats a good lick on the banjo, dobro, mandolin or steel. I don’t blame the artists who want to cross over and get more fans and make more money and get more radio play and all of that. It’s just that for me, for you, it’s killing what makes country music country music.

  • Taro

    I’m not a fan of Good Girl but Carrie sounded mind-blowingly awesome in this performance.

  • windmills

    Thirstier: Which probably explains why those are my two favorite songs from her new album. Heh. ;) Forever Changed is also a very sweet and sad song.

    The Leave Love Alone/Cupid’s Got A Shotgun/Wine After Whiskey block is my favorite on the album because it’s sooooo country. 

    I see what you mean about the production, especially on Blown Away the song. Carrie said in an interview Monday (on Z100) that she does not allow her producer to use autotune so I think it’s just vocal layering going on and maybe a special filter. I love how Carrie sounds on the verses of the song where her voice is untouched and you can hear the pain in her voice but I’m still not sure how I feel about the rest. All the layering definitely wouldn’t have been my top choice if I were producing but I still like the track. 

    Thirstier: This is true. However. A lot of country is going pure pop and as a fan of country music I really don’t like it. I love rock and blues mixed in with the elements of country. Bluegrass? I’m all in. Red Dirt and Roadhouse? Bring it. And, let’s be honest here, nothing beats a good lick on the banjo, dobro, mandolin or steel. I don’t blame the artists who want to cross over and get more fans and make more money and get more radio play and all of that. It’s just that for me, for you, it’s killing what makes country music country music. 

    Very well said. I’m not a purist but I worry about what makes country music country music slipping away. 

    I’m obviously a fan of Carrie’s so I’d add that IMO her motivation is based in her love of 80s music period and she wasn’t so much thinking about expanding her audience. I really think they wanted to experiment with a song like Blown Away and make it sound different. 

    After Good Girl came out I definitely had some concern about the kind of album Carrie was going to release: I was fearful of her going the Taylor/Lady A route of releasing a non country album with like 1 token country song. I’ve always thought Carrie had a much stronger country core than them but I was still a little concerned. From that point of view Blown Away as an album is a big relief: it’s obviously an exploration but IMO the country core of the album is still very clear. There isn’t a masquerade here IMO and I do really like the album and think it’s a great progression. That having been said, there won’t be many who’d be happier than me if Carrie were to record a whole album full of songs in the country style of Leave Love Alone/Cupid’s Got A Shotgun/Wine After Whiskey (and, to throw in some country/pop, Do You Think About Me).

  • Anonymous

    Very nice: scorching vocals from Carrie, kick-ass guitar riffs, and sledghammer drumming. Damn, that Steven Tyler is a bad influence. A couple of duets with Carrie and look what she’s turned into.

  • Anonymous

    windmills:The Leave Love Alone/Cupid’s Got A Shotgun/Wine After Whiskey block is my favorite on the album because it’s sooooo country

    I’m with you. The repeat button on my iPod has gotten a real workout on all three of these songs, and I am not ashamed. Also, her voice on Forever Changed is heartbreaking.

    Ah, vocal layering explains what I’m hearing. The verses are amazing and the song itself is simply a great story and song.  She sings Two Black Cadillacs pure country, but the arrangement is … I get what they’re going for — dark and dramatic and atmospheric. It will be really interesting to hear these songs live, without the vocal layering and with live arrangement.

    But whatever. Carrie can do whatever the heck she wants and I’ll still love her. :)  I don’t for one second begrudge her changing things up and trying new things. At the end of the day, at it’s heart, the album is country and not just a token nod to it. Overall, I do love the album.

    I will not speak of Taylor Swift, she who *strums* the banjo. Or Lady A or Kelly’s “country” version of MKIA.

    And I’ll stop there lest I go on a tangental rant about the state of country music and country radio. You’re welcome. ;)

  • revcat

    I am not into country as a genre, but do like some country, if that makes sense. The only song of Carrie’s on my iPod is Jesus Take the Wheel. Love that song: the lyrics (and I am not even a church girl), Carrie’s voice, the emotion, everything. Whether it is country pop, or “real country” makes no difference to me, don’t have the slightest clue.