Are the Grammys still relevant?

[Iwreckinso]

Wait. they cancelled 60minutes what's this world coming to?

 

[packhowitzer]

I think they're pretty worthless. HOWEVER, if they wanted to give me one, I'd think they were very prestigious.

 

[Toptube]

H.E.R. performance is up on youtube

 

[jerry]

H.E.R. performance is up on youtube

I really dig her stuff....

 

[klejst]

Agreed. It's actually amusing when a group like the music or film elite, which includes some truly horrible people, become the self-appointed moral compass of the world.

The sad thing is there are a lot of people who buy into and idolize the Hollywood propaganda machine.

 

[pappabass]

I don't know who that Chris Sapleton is. Is he another guy that wears a cowboy hat indoors and sings about how good it was to hang out in the old days? I'm pretty sure Donald Glover would sell out any number of venues as fast as anything if he was panning for the almighty buck, and his This Is America wasn't "some rap song", it was a bit more substantial a collaborative artwork than most rap, and he spreads the credit. But you keep enjoying your big ticket seller whoever he is.

The Grammy's left out Reggie Lucas from the memorandum section and people aren't happy with that. When I saw Miles in 1972, it was Lucas that blew my mind. (Cosey being too weird to relate too...)

Ok

 

[NOVAX]

Um...okay your honor.
Judge much? What about the music?
I'm right and you're wrong-how does that feel? You're wrong for saying I'm wrong. You can disagree, but saying I'm wrong is a slap in the webface and just plain...well, wrong!

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[NOVAX]

You're wrong. Likes, memes and such is nothing more than exposure. Which has been prevalent in popular music for decades. The "leaked" stories about parties and destroyed hotel rooms, Madonna talking about her crotch or how many times your video was on MTV, all pretty much the same thing with different technology.

I asked for it!

 

[BassGH]

I'm not understanding all the animosity. Maybe I'm missing something...and I'm usually the "get off my lawn" guy! ;-) I watched the whole show (with a tall vodka, ok 2 of those) and appreciated that there are a bunch of talented artists, some that I like, some that I don't, and a couple of "new" ones I hadn't heard previously who I'm going to check out more of. Specifically, I thought H.E.R. was great and Brandi Carlile was awesome, and I didn't know of either of these two prior to last night.

Even though I personally wouldn't listen more to quite a few who performed last night, many are extremely talented and I'd give up one of my tall vodkas to have a fraction of that talent. I actually thought last night's Grammy Awards were the best I've seen in years. Oh, I should note that I don't pay any attention to the "award" part. ;-)

Yea, low talent sure wasn’t something I was thinking last night.

 

[blue4]

I asked for it!

Yeah, I should've left out the "you're wrong" sentence. That read like I was being sarcastic when I really was kidding around.

 

[zontar]

My take is that awards are nice & all, but not the be all & end all.
I'm in no way eligible to win one, but if I were it wouldn't be something I would sue to validate my music or career.
If I won one--cool.
If I didn't that's fine.

Awards are one person or group of people's choice at one point in time.
Change the people or person making the choice & change when they make the choice--they might make it differently.


Having fans who buy your music, go to your shows & enjoy your msuic--that's much more important than an award.

 

[Lesfunk]

What do you want? Good Grammy or good taste? .

Is that you Mr. Roachclip?

 

[GretschWretch]

Is that you Mr. Roachclip?

Nope.

"1.Winston tastes good like a cigarette should 2. You mean…as a cigarette should 3. What do you want good grammar or good taste? 4.I want you to buy some bar bells" Winston

 

[BassBrass]

Um...okay your honor.
Judge much? What about the music?
I'm right and you're wrong-how does that feel? You're wrong for saying I'm wrong. You can disagree, but saying I'm wrong is a slap in the webface and just plain...well, wrong!

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I know I know there is to be No Disagreements Displayed. What amazed me about the This Is America EVENT was that the music didn't drag the rest of the collaborators down, like, the dance itself was super top notch (that little troop of African kids wow) and the camera style, setting, etc etc, youve got Japanese AND African influences there, and Caribbean music in the intro and gospel sections. amazing. As someone who grew up in a music that didn't value songs much, Song Of The Year can be anything that's in the area of 3:30. From the industry's viewpoint, This Is America is an excellent choice. I could't tell you what it was last year or any year...

 

[Vooter]

H.E.R. performance is up on youtube

Nice song, nice performance. But why does it seem that every female vocalist for the last quarter-century has had to sing with that busy, warbly, overwrought Whitney Houston voice? It's irritating as hell. But just IMHO, of course...

 

[Lesfunk]

Nope.

"1.Winston tastes good like a cigarette should 2. You mean…as a cigarette should 3. What do you want good grammar or good taste? 4.I want you to buy some bar bells" Winston

I thought you may have been quoting Cheech and Chong’s “Ashley Roach clip “ character who said in a skit ... “ hey man, whatcha want now? Good grammar or good taste .”

At 1:57

 

[GretschWretch]

I thought you may have been quoting Cheech and Chong’s “Ashley Roach clip “ character who said in a skit ... “ hey man, whatcha want now? Good grammar or good taste .”

At 1:57

I would not be surprised if they copped it from the Winston cigarette ad campaigns, which were around long before the Marlboro man.

 

[lfmn16]

I never thought they were relevant. Kind of like any poll.

 

[PimasterPearson]

Garbage awards show for garbage music put on by garbage people. Self congratulating award ceremonies make me want to vomit.
It's all political. Music shouldn't be.

"Music shouldn't be political?" Care to elaborate on that?

 

[BassGH]

"Music shouldn't be political?" Care to elaborate on that?

Yea, why should we have to put up with the likes of Johnny Cash, Marvin Gaye, Janis Joplin, Steve Earle, Ted Nugent, The Cranberries, Megadeath, Depeche Mode, Metallica, Merle Haggard, Black Sabbath, John Lennon, the Von Trapp family, John Prine, Edwin Starr, Brandy Carlile, Bob Dylan, the Dead Kennedies, Billie Holiday, Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Sons of the Pioneers, U2, System of a Down, Pete Seeger and Leonard Cohen?