I was presently surprised how humble and down to earth Bobby was on the show. He got on really well with Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch) and Carnie Wilson (Moma's and the Poppa's) who took him under their wing. These 3 went on to start a new program that only lasted about 4 episodes..
The Professional Songwriters Behind CMT’s Celebrity Songwriting Competition Gone Country
We know who the celebrities are — the ones who are actually singing the songs for this Country Music competition hosted by John Rich.
But because I’m such a geek for songwriters and I have my “favorites” in the Country Music end of this industry, I’m more interested in the Nashville songwriters who are helping these celebs pen their songs than I am in the show itself.
For the record, the final episode of Gone Country airs this coming Friday on CMT. (Of course, then it will re-air about a million times after that — because all of the other 5 episodes have already re-aired time and time again!)
Below I’ve listed the songwriters, who they are paired with on the show, and the name of the song they wrote for the Gone Country competition.
And I just have to say right now, I should’ve known that Jeffrey Steele was behind Bobby Brown’s song. It’s got J.S. written all over it!
Songwriting Teams For Gone Country Include:
Jeffrey Steele and Vicky McGehee, writing for Bobby Brown
The song: “Man I’m Gonna Be”
Marv Green and Leslie Satcher, writing for Carnie Wilson
The song: “Everything Changed”
Marc Beeson and Shannon Lawson, writing for Dee Snider
The song: “30 (Rock Out With Your Rooster Out)”
Keith Stegall and Shanna Crooks, writing for Diana DeGarmo
The song: “Right Back Where We Ended”
James Slater and Tammy Hyler, writing for Julio Iglesias, Jr.
The song: “The Way I Want You”
Billy Lawson and Matt Ramsey, writing for Maureen McCormick
The song: “Being Me”
Tommy Lee James and Trevor Rosen, writing for Sisqo
The song: “The Way That I Love You”
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Here's a song I will post, you'll see Bobby Brown giving his message at the end...I totally agree. He may not be everyone's favorite, I may not be everyone's favorite, but we worked hard and don't deserve name-calling for achieving success. One of the first things I said at RealScam was, "Go get your own success because you're not taking mine away"...know why? It comes from hard work, from inside, someone said to me yesterday..."I gotta do what you did, hold a magnifying glass over one business until it catches fire." That's right, that's what I did, so simply stated. That's my new favorite statement now.
Here's Bobby Brown with My Prerogative: (lyrics below)
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Now why don't they just let me live?
I don't need permission
Make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
They say I'm crazy I really don't care
That's my prerogative
They say I'm nasty, but I don't give a damn
Gettin' girls is how I live
Some messy questions, why am I so real?
But they don't understand me
I really don't know the deal about no brothers
Trying hard to make it right
Not long ago, before I win this fight, sing
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live?
Tell me why I don't need permission
Make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
It's my prerogative
It's the way that I wanna live
I can do just what I feel
No one can tell me what to do
'Cause what I'm doing I'm doing for you
Don't get me wrong
I'm really not souped
Ego trips is not my thing
All these strange relationships
Really gets me down
I see nothing wrong in
Spreading myself around
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live?
Tell me why I don't need permission
Make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
It's my prerogative
I can do what I wanna do
I can live my life
And I'm doing it just for you
Tell me, tell me
Why can't I live my life?
Without all of the things
That people say
Yo, Teddy kick it like this
Oh no no I can do what I wanna do
Me and you together together
Together together together
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live?
I don't need permission
Make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live?
I don't need permission
Make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
It's my prerogative
I can't have money in my pocket
and people not talk about me?
I can do want I wanna do
I made this money, you didn't