{"id":1317158,"date":"2019-12-07T11:02:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T18:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1815473"},"modified":"2019-12-07T11:02:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T18:02:23","slug":"cmt-hot-20-decade-drunk-on-a-plane-dierks-bentley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/cmt-hot-20-decade-drunk-on-a-plane-dierks-bentley\/","title":{"rendered":"CMT Hot 20 Decade: \u201cDrunk on a Plane,\u201d Dierks Bentley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:685833?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/cmtcomstaff\/\" title=\"Posts by CMT.com Staff\" rel=\"author\">CMT.com Staff<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n8m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/shows\/hot-20-countdown\">CMT Hot 20 Countdown<\/a> takes a look back on 10 years of incredible music with Decade, a weekly segment that features a modern country classic that made its greatest impact between 2010 and 2019. This week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/dierks-bentley\">Dierks Bentley<\/a> talks about his 2014 single, \u201cDrunk on a Plane.\u201d CMT Hot 20 Countdown airs at 9\/8c Saturday and Sunday mornings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CMT: Heading into the <em>Riser<\/em> album after having the success you\u2019ve already had, was there any pressure?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DB: Yeah, I think there was a lot of pressure leading into the <em>Riser<\/em> album. That was really the first album past my bluegrass record which I put out in 2010, an album called Home that I was really proud of. For <em>Riser<\/em>, I was working with a new producer, Ross Copperman, and my dad had just passed away and I really feel like I had a lot of dirt to dig into to make an album. The concept behind it was my dad passing away and my son being born, the circle of life, me becoming the riser now that my dad was gone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QrM39m22jH4?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QrM39m22jH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>And I had the song \u201cDrunk on a Plane.\u201d I just didn\u2019t know how it fit the album. And I didn\u2019t think it fit. I still don\u2019t think it really fits. I wasn\u2019t even gonna put it on the album because I\u2019m so into making albums over singles. \u2026 I\u2019d rather sacrifice a song to make sure the album is intact and has integrity. But I\u2019m really glad I listened to the people around me because we put \u201cDrunk on a Plane\u201d on there and it ended up being one of the biggest songs of my career and I love that song. <\/p>\n<p>So I think the important thing in my career is just listening to people, recognizing that when you\u2019re inside the hurricane, sometimes you can\u2019t really see what\u2019s going on around you. You need to have people who have the macro, the bigger perspective, and can be like, \u201cHey, trust me. This is a hit song. You wrote it, you should love it, it\u2019s gonna be a big part of your career.\u201d And I can\u2019t imagine my career without \u201cDrunk on a Plane.\u201d I can\u2019t imagine a show without that song in there. It\u2019s a huge part of the night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5KfgoMCp80?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5KfgoMCp80?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>From the crowd perspective, it\u2019s a huge hit. When you perform it, how is it from your perspective?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People come out to our shows, they know there\u2019s a lot of dress-up involved. There\u2019s the Hot Country Knights [Bentley\u2019s \u201890s covers band] that go on 7 and that\u2019s a whole wardrobe situation. And \u201cDrunk on a Plane\u201d probably started a lot of that because in the video I was dressed as a pilot \u2013 mustache and the whole thing. So that character carried over into the live show. I never would have thought in my life that I would dress up, put on a costume in my concert. But it became a thing. <\/p>\n<p>And people in the crowd dress up. Guys dressed like pilots, girls are dressed like pilots, guys and girls are dressed like flight attendants. A lot of times I bring people up on stage. So it became a really big moment in the show and actually that plane the fuselage that I came out on the stage in \u2014 an actual huge fuselage of an aircraft \u2014 is here at Seven Peaks [Bentey\u2019s music festival] on site and fans are climbing all over it, putting bumper stickers on it. So, \u201cDrunk on a Plane\u201d is bigger than just the song. It\u2019s a whole separate entity on its own in the live show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yF5SHOtN3do?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yF5SHOtN3do?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>So, knowing that it kind of didn\u2019t fit the album, how were you able to reconcile that? When you\u2019re writing all this kind of heavy stuff but you had this song over here. How did that work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, it\u2019s funny. You know, the <em>Riser<\/em> album had the song \u201cRiser,\u201d a huge part of my show, and \u201cI Hold On,\u201d another big part of our show. \u2026 I\u2019m always trying to keep peeling the layers back and keep getting as pure as possible. Also you want to have commercial success with the album and have songs on the radio. But I think for me personally, I\u2019m making the albums for me, just like I make a festival based on what I like. And then I hope that the fans like it. That\u2019s one way I know how to do it. If you don\u2019t do it that way it feels like you\u2019re pandering or you\u2019re just trying too hard.<\/p>\n<p>So for me, I made the album for me. \u201cDrunk on a Plane\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s on there. Does it fit the album necessarily? Most people would say yes. It\u2019s an album where they love every song on the album and there\u2019s some fun songs on there. But for me personally, I don\u2019t know that it totally fits. But I will reconcile it because it\u2019s been a huge hit. So that made it reconcile just fine. Every time I go on stage and sing this song, or go to the mailbox and find the royalty check for it, I\u2019m like, \u201cYeah it fits the album pretty good, I\u2019m pretty happy with it.\u201d [Laughs]\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NgcQHNmAhCg?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NgcQHNmAhCg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The video is definitely one of the best of the decade. Not only do you get to exercise your sense of humor in the video, but also you\u2019re really a pilot. Tell me about the video. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, as a fan of country music I don\u2019t know that I\u2019d say the song is a top overall anything. But the video, I feel pretty confident saying, it\u2019s one of the best videos of all time out there. It\u2019s a great video, man. It\u2019s unbelievable. And for me, I enjoy having a few beverages and I\u2019m also a pilot. So the whole concept is so fun for me to be in the cockpit, flying a plane. Our drummer Tony is over there with these huge mutton chops on. He\u2019s just hilarious as it is. He has such great comedic timing. And we\u2019ve got our red Solo cups and our bass player Casey is dressed up as Sergei the flight attendant and some friends of mine were in the video as well. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>We spent about 12 hours inside this fake plane in Los Angeles. It was hot but it was a big party going on and [director Wes Edwards] got the whole shoot done in one day, which is hard to do. Jeff Dye, who was the lead actor from Funny or Die, I\u2019ve kept up with him and he\u2019s hilarious. Josh Hopper, who was the big guy, he\u2019s been in a couple videos now. He\u2019s also in \u201cSomewhere on a Beach.\u201d It\u2019s just everything came together. It was super fun for me to be the pilot as well as the passenger in the band. \u2026 The video took on a life of its own. It\u2019s obviously a fan favorite and one of my favorites for sure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sq5hHHjO1PQ?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sq5hHHjO1PQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The first time we heard it at CMT it was at Honky Tonk Central. We did a pop-up performance for <em>Hot 20<\/em> and we knew right away, \u201cOh, that\u2019s gonna be a hit.\u201d How did you feel when you wrote it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s so funny. See, I wrote that song and I played it for a few people. The first reaction I got was, \u201cMan, rednecks don\u2019t fly. No one\u2019s gonna get that song. Airplanes? Country music?\u201d It\u2019s like, really? I\u2019ve been on a lot of Southwest flights with a lot of rednecks and we\u2019ve all been pretty hammered. And the flying and drinking, you sure? Have you ever been on a flight down to Cancun? Um, OK. And then I played it for a crowd somewhere. I don\u2019t think I did a very good job setting it up and the response wasn\u2019t that great. So between the commentary about the song and the reaction I got from the show, I had some hesitation about it. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>So I played it at Honky Tonk Central with you guys when it first came out and saw the reaction in that bar. It was the first time I was like, \u201cWhoa, maybe we\u2019re on to something here.\u201d But that\u2019s what makes music great. There\u2019s no way to quantify it. You can\u2019t predict a hit. You can\u2019t use a computer to create an algorithm that [determines] this is gonna be a hit song. It\u2019s music, man. It goes back before all this stuff was here. Me communicating something to you and something about my voice, the tone of my voice, the subject matter, the melody, it just is an intangible concept. And so that\u2019s the whole game. And sometimes you win, sometimes you lose but with \u201cDrunk on a Plane,\u201d it was definitely a big win.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1815473\/cmt-hot-20-decade-drunk-on-a-plane-dierks-bentley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by CMT.com Staff 8m ago Editor\u2019s Note: CMT Hot 20 Countdown takes a look back on 10 years of incredible music with Decade, a weekly segment that features a modern country classic that made its greatest impact between 2010 and 2019. 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