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Grammy Awards 2010

Gwreck Jan 31 2010 09:46 PM

Anyone else watch? [u:2m8zkzai]The good:[/u:2m8zkzai] Dave Matthews Band. Didn't think they had the best song choice but I appreciate that they performed one song, in its entirety. Beyonce for her musicianship. Although the dropping of part of "You Oughta Know" into the middle of a good song was kinda bizarre. Pink's performance was interesting, although maybe more memorable for the visual aspect. [u:2m8zkzai]The bad:[/u:2m8zkzai] Bon Jovi. Just choose one song (preferably your nominated song) and just play it. Little clips of 3 different songs isn't effective. The Michael Jackson tribute. How about singing one of his good songs instead? [u:2m8zkzai]The ugly:[/u:2m8zkzai] The Lil' Wayne/Eminem rap performance. Um, fellas -- if you know CBS is gonna be bleeping you out, maybe you can avoid using the f-word? Just a thought. (Also -- fuck the FCC generally for causing CBS to use 5-second drop-outs). Quentin Tarantino's introduction was stupid to boot. Taylor Swift singing "Rhiannon" with Stevie Nicks. Ouch. The Broadway-show version of Green Day's "21 Guns." Seriously? Who thought this was a good idea?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 31 2010 10:29 PM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

Was watching a bit while I put together a crib and made some sweet potatoes. Missed the Beyonce bit. That Taylor Swift bit was terrible... and I could have sworn I saw Stevie give her a little "Bitch, you can't EVEN sing this" look for a split-second. Dave Matthews generally makes me drowsy or, if I'm forced to pay attention, a little angry. Jamie Foxx was strange and totally phony as a musical performance, but weirdly engaging... although it could have used TI, Bobby Brown, Fergie, Ron Wood, Ron Howard, Sylvester Stallone in Barbara Streisand drag, a pop-and-locking Anjelica Huston, a troop of little people in Civil War regalia and-- maybe-- 5000 pounds of suspended Hotel Bar butter exploding into the crowd at the end. Also, maybe more bass. [quote="Gwreck"]The Broadway-show version of Green Day's "21 Guns." Seriously? Who thought this was a good idea?

Someone with a lot of money who thinks Midwesterners, New Jerseyans and Japanese will shell out $75 a seat, apparently.

At the Grammy Awards on Sunday night (January 31), Green Day gave the world a preview of the musical based on their 2004 album American Idiot. Singing along with the cast of the show coming soon to Broadway, Billie Joe Armstrong and the band busted out "21 Guns," a cut off 21st Century Breakdown, which won the Best Rock Album Grammy. Directed by Tony-winning "Spring Awakening" helmer Michael Mayer, the show began a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in September 2009. Telling a story of love, loss and war, the musical integrates songs from American Idiot as well as 21st Century Breakdown and a never-released tune called "When It's Time." The production is set to begin previews at Manhattan's St. James Theatre in March 24 and then officially open on April 20. "Michael Mayer is great; the cast is great," Armstrong told MTV News last year. "They're really passionate as artists. They put everything they possibly can into it. They're not trying to make it big and Hollywood. They're artists, and that's the most inspiring thing."

Fman99 Feb 01 2010 06:29 AM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

[quote="Gwreck"]The Broadway-show version of Green Day's "21 Guns." Seriously? Who thought this was a good idea?

Edgy DC Feb 01 2010 06:58 AM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

Watching the Grammys makes me dislike music.

metirish Feb 01 2010 07:01 AM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

We didn't tune in at all, watched "Gone Baby Gone" instead.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 01 2010 07:07 AM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

[quote="metirish":nnr8gqky]We didn't tune in at all, watched "Gone Baby Gone" instead.[/quote:nnr8gqky] I think you made the less depressing viewing choice. By far.

Frayed Knot Feb 01 2010 07:20 AM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

Anyone else watch? For about 10 minutes -- and at the risk of sounding like an old fogey: Is it ever about the music anymore?!? I mean, I know that fashion, presentation, image, etc., have always, and will always, be part of things ... but come on! Is it possible to actually sign a song without 97 dancers on stage behind you and enough pyrotechnics to celebrate a bicentennial? Or without the singer being suspended from a trapeze, or undergoing multiple costume changes per concert? I blame Madonna.

MFS62 Feb 01 2010 10:21 AM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

Tuned in during Bon Jovi's song. Who was that blond singing with him? She looked familliar, but I couldn't match the name with the face. Didn't watch it after that. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 01 2010 10:50 AM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

[quote="MFS62":fkvyb6wf]Tuned in during Bon Jovi's song. Who was that blond singing with him? She looked familliar, but I couldn't match the name with the face. Didn't watch it after that. Later[/quote:fkvyb6wf] Lady singer from country group Sugarland. She was on the country version of that "Can't Come Home" song he did last year. (When you're bored and home on a Sunday night, you will Google even things in which you have no interest.)

MFS62 Feb 01 2010 10:51 AM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

Thanks. Later

RealityChuck Feb 01 2010 02:06 PM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

People watch the Grammies? They haven't been relevant for fifty years now.

Farmer Ted Feb 01 2010 02:32 PM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

They still have the grammies? They still have the video music awards? They still have the pro bowl? Didn't watch the grammies. I think I was embedded in an HGTV weekend or something twice as interesting. Glad that Kings of Leon kicked ass, though.

Edgy DC Apr 28 2010 02:42 PM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

[quote="Frayed Knot"]For about 10 minutes -- and at the risk of sounding like an old fogey: Is it ever about the music anymore?!?

A CraigsList ad I found today, hardly a-typical.

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 28 2010 02:46 PM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

[quote="Edgy DC"][quote="Frayed Knot"]For about 10 minutes -- and at the risk of sounding like an old fogey: Is it ever about the music anymore?!?

A CraigsList ad I found today, hardly a-typical.

Indie Record Label & Recording Studio Auditioning (All Races) 4 Sexy Female w/Cute Face/Slim Waist 2B The Face,Body,Voice of The Label 'No Singing or Rapping Experience Required' Must B 'UNSIGNED & UNMANAGED (NO MANAGER) 100% Sexy/Hot/Bootilicious.18+years old w/pix ID send 3 Swimsuit pix/web links?/phone # Thank You

Do we have a "Thinly Veiled Rape Traps" thread?

Frayed Knot Apr 28 2010 03:01 PM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

Thing is, I expect this sort of stuff from the bottom rungs of the music industry. My problem with what we saw at the Grammys and other places is it's not a lot different at the top end. Ever notice, for instance, how often top artists have songs now where it's supposedly their song but the record is "featuring" another? Once in a while would be one thing but it's so often that it's virtually an admission that the artist doesn't have enough talent or variety to fill up an entire album on their own. I personally don't remember too many 'Beatles featuring Mick Jagger' songs back in the day.

RealityChuck Apr 28 2010 04:25 PM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

[quote="Frayed Knot"]Ever notice, for instance, how often top artists have songs now where it's supposedly their song but the record is "featuring" another? Once in a while would be one thing but it's so often that it's virtually an admission that the artist doesn't have enough talent or variety to fill up an entire album on their own. I personally don't remember too many 'Beatles featuring Mick Jagger' songs back in the day.

Yes. Eric Clapton would never play with the Beatles, for instance. Oh, wait . . .

Or take a look at the label of the single "Get Back."


I can remember many examples of top artists guesting on other albums. Ry Cooder with the Stones, Mick Jagger with Peter Tosh and Carly Simon, Rod Stewart with Python Lee Jackson . . .

Frayed Knot Apr 28 2010 05:12 PM Re: Grammy Awards 2010

I acknowledged that that stuff went on in the past. Nor do I claim that there's anything particularly wrong with it. My point is that it seems so common now and not just with some backing musician (hell, just about everyone uses backing musicians) but the trend I'm seeing is towards co-vocalists as if two artists/groups are making a co-record in some kind of mutual marketing campaign which seems like an admission that neither of them feels they can launch or fill a whole record on their own. The Beatles put out about a thousand records in a very short span and the only "featuring" I can remember is one with Tony Sheridan at the very beginning and Billy Preston at the very end.