I've gotten over my enjoyment of these awards ceremonies, Oscar, Tony, VMA etc. for the following reason: They are giving awards out to people who write crappy songs. Granted they've been doing this for a while, but you could usually experience at least one surprise, Doubly so the years Guns N Roses won: "I'd like to thank the fucking.. oh shit, i said fuck.." To paraphrase Slash.
It might just be a byproduct of the rise of the neo-con reich, or this year, it could just be a fear of a Janet Jackson like furor. But U2 winning a grammy for their worst album over Franz Ferdinand, Green Day (who finally put out an album I liked), or the Killers just reeks of medeocrity given flesh.
And the Janis tribute.. Who the hell was that honey voiced bitch that ruined bye bye baby? Does she have a career? Does she know her musical heritage, or is Janis just a hippy with a so-co bottle to her? Janis, Louie, Lady Day, These are singers who should never be covered by singers with a smooth voice filled with technical ability and devoid of emotion. Fortunately in this case the hoarse scream of a bald Melissa Etheridge came in to at least make the performance tolerable.
On a bright note for my commentary the Tsunami victim performance was good. A bit off at times.. but made all the better because of it. Ah well, Maybe next year our national musicians can put out more than three or four albums That I actually want to own.
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A series of random misc. observations of diverse topics. Some meant to inform, some to entertain, some because I enjoy alcohol. Posts are usually written in a modified stream of consciousness, with little to no editing. So if I don't catch it when I'm typing... it stays.
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The honey voiced bitch was Joss Stone.
Yeah. It sucked.
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