That fraction of a penny in royalties they talked about last night sure won't go far with dividing it up and paying all these people.
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That fraction of a penny in royalties they talked about last night sure won't go far with dividing it up and paying all these people.
Not at all, that turned me off completely; I don't need to see someone posing and flashing rings. It's one reason that I dislike rap; I don't have much use for music that has no melody unless I'm at a performance of Stomp (I've seen it, mega-cool) And the gangsta/thug thing repulses me. If they want to play to that audience, it's their choice.
The other aspect of it is that I can't make out a single word the rappers are saying. Kendrick Lamar's performance made less sense to me than listening to a wheel bearing click on my car. At least the click tells me there's a wheel bearing going out. I guess the guys in the jail cells next to him were full of meaning and social comment, but it doesn't convey much if the whole thing is incomprehensible.
The 12-year-old is fantastic. I saw a nice feature on him recently either on CBS Sunday Morning (recommended viewing to all) or on 60 Minutes. I think it was the AM show. We'll be hearing that kid for a long, long time...he's something special.
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Another interesting difference of perception! I thought the video opening of that segment projected on her face was incredibly cool.
Joey Alexander is exceptional and only 12 years old. Imagine what he will be like in 10 more years.
Joey Alexander's ability is simply astounding. I could listen to that all day. And then some.
She normally performs superlatively and puts in incredibly impressive emotional and technical performances on the biggest occasions.
She had a bad night, nothing more.
My wife and I saw them live last spring and they were great. Sound & Color is a step forward, I think they're successfully shedding the revivalist tag. But Don't Wanna Fight No More is a pretty repetitive song; as my wife (who loves them) said, this isn't a song that really showcases their abilities.
I really dislike rap but I have to say that when the kids were young they would sit in the back of the car and when these types of songs came on with the machine gun lyrics flying at you they knew every....single.....word!
Good on ya! I saw that, and I saw him on Colbert not too long ago. I'm digesting his previous album, Good kid maad city, now. I think he's one of the most exciting artists to hit the mainstream in quite a while.
I just watched the Kendrick Lamar performance. Musically, it was really happening. But the rapping, costumes and dancers... I don't even know what that was. He's out there with Kanye.
I confess that back in the 60's, I never knew half the lyrics to the rock songs that were being played either. Perhaps it's just not one of my strengths. I can hear the lyrics from bands like the Eagles, Moody Blues, Steve Miller...that kind of thing. But not machine-gun fast, and never unless the gain is managed well between vocals and music.
I was a little surprised his dad let him pull that. O'Shea Jr. has zero experience with "thug life", but O'Shea Sr. has been displaced from it so long, I guess it doesn't matter to him any more.
It shouldn't bother me, but it did. As far as Ice goes, I much prefer Ice T.
I'm happy for the guys who got out of that life and are doing well. That doesn't mean I have to enjoy their rap.
I think this list is so long partly because rappers like Kendrick have swung the pendulum so far the other way from the 1980s in terms of crediting samples. (Granted, case law is one big reason for that.) So samples that aren't even used for an entire section (verse or chorus or whatever) sometimes get songwriting credits--that's why you see all the Isley brothers, James Brown, George Clinton, Sufjan Stevens, etc. on the list.
Also, there's so much going on in his music that there's bound to be a lot of credits, although I'm sure he writes the vast majority of the lyrics. I'm gonna start calling it prog rap.
Yeah, the mics for the solo performances were scratchy sounding.The sound guy sucks. Whoever it is has screwed the pooch on the vocals all night it seems.
I am not a takes.
Yeah, I thought she did a good job with it. I would have preferred if they'd focused on just, say, three of his songs and performed bigger pieces of them rather than a breathless medley, but she did well.
Good point. I'm not that familiar with him. The music sounds pretty deep. I'm just not that interested in what's going on on top of it.
