The Grammy Awards

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An Enormous BB Fan
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The Grammy Awards

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What passes for well-written and Grammy-worth songs these days is appalling! I can only imagine what Burt thinks when he hears these mounds of mediocrity! Your thoughts?
Blair N. Cummings
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Re: The Grammy Awards

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None of us should be paying even casual attention to nonsense like this
blueonblue
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Rap music with a capital "C"

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Blair N. Cummings
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Re: The Grammy Awards

Post by Blair N. Cummings »

In my view, it`s not a particular genre that grates (after all, rap has been with us since the mid-70s for godsake) but the awards culture itself. I looked at the jaw-dropping number of categories and could make no sense of it. I`d be happy if there could somehow be a cessation to assigning numbers and doling out statuettes based on nothing more than sales figures and media hype.
Do I like contemporary pop? No. That`s why I don`t pay any attention to it. Just tune it out and listen to what you do like.
Djalma Junior
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Re: The Grammy Awards

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Are There talented young composers? Yes, there are.
Unfortunately they are not indicated for The Grammy Awards.
So not worth wasting time to see this mediocrity.
grooverider
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Awards shows are promotional tools at their core, ie. "artist X has a spike in sales after winning X award".
Bill Minnick
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Post by Bill Minnick »

The Grammy salute to Stevie Wonder was first-rate. There's another composer whose prime period material has held up extremely well (IMO).
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