An example ?

"Best New Artist":

Zac Brown Band

 

are y'all fuckin kidding me ?

They are fuckin boring and no way better than Mgmt,Silversun Pickups and The Ting Tings and Keri Hilson!

oi! take it easy on the grammys!! lady gaga has feelings you know! tranvestites are people too you know!

^^ No shit, Sherlock. :dozey:

^ :laugh4:

The Grammys have gone to the dogs.

 

 

American music is absolute shit.

 

We all know it.

^ For the most part, I agree with the above statement.

The Grammys, like all entertainment awards, are about politics and mutual backslapping, not about whether somebody deserves to get one or not.

Maybe, but it seems to be worse in the Grammys than anywhere else. At least, it does to me.

American music is perfectly fine, the Grammys are just a big illusion.

I can see many similarities between the Grammy's and this thread.

The Grammys, like all entertainment awards, are about politics and mutual backslapping, not about whether somebody deserves to get one or not.

This.

 

Maybe, but it seems to be worse in the Grammys than anywhere else. At least, it does to me.

You haven't seen the 'french grammys'. It's worst :dozey:

Do all the awards go to Francis Cabrel?:P

 

This.

 

 

You haven't seen the 'french grammys'. It's worst :dozey:

Do all the awards go to Francis Cabrel?:P

:laugh3: no to some obscure and crappy artists OR big selling shit. and he's not nominated (no new record this year) so...

:laugh3: no to some obscure and crappy artists OR big selling shit. and he's not nominated (no new record this year) so...

 

Not even for an "Outstanding Contribution To Music" award?:rolleyes:

i've never been a fan of the grammys... honestly last year was the first year i ever watched them, because last year seemed like an actual good year... this one on the other hand...

i've never been a fan of the grammys... honestly last year was the first year i ever watched them, because last year seemed like an actual good year... this one on the other hand...

 

Any "awards" that can even nominate Lady Gargoyle can't be taken seriously in any shape or form whatsoever.:dozey:

Lady Gargoyle. That's a new one. I like it. :nice:

Were all the new artist nominees actually new? :thinking:

 

That's all I'm wondering.

Lady Gargoyle. That's a new one. I like it. :nice:

 

"It" meaning the name, or "it" meaning the performer?:P

Any "awards" that can even nominate Lady Gargoyle can't be taken seriously in any shape or form whatsoever.:dozey:

 

Lady Gargoyle :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

So i gotta be the one who comes in and defends the grammys? Ugh, it's so difficult.

 

It's very flawed, especially this past decade when most of the awards when to older folks who should have won when they were younger but didn't. It's like social security, the good albums of the youngsters pay their dues and when their old and washed up they reward them with grammys they didn't earn. Radiohead will win soon enough.

 

In years like this year, the year outkast won etc. the picks make more sense to me. Pop is an undeniable aspect of music, and representative of the common perspective of music for that year. When i think of music for 2009, i think of muse and doves. The majority of the country thinks about taylor swift and lady gaga. That's why taylor swift won. and i can't argue that.

 

and before you bash zac brown band give them a listen. Don't just dismiss country as i initially did, because they impressed me.

you make some good points.

 

Of course the album and song of the year are going to go to the more popular artists because it only makes sense. At the same time there will always be artists that show up being nominated (U2, Allison Krauss, etc).

 

Although it makes sense that we will go to those artists it also is obvious why I won't watch them because I'm not so much into listening to them.

 

If they had more of a grammy show that focused more on alternative/indie artist i'd be more inclined to watch them.

what i dont understand is that the panel who nominate the artists are meant to be some of the best musical minds in the US, they are most respected and most significant names in the industry. if those people believe that the best music of the year was written by the likes of Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas and Taylor Swift, what hope does our art have?

 

the influence of the major labels on the awards is just as disturbing but thats just the way the world works.

Your mom is a joke!

 

It's very flawed, especially this past decade when most of the awards when to older folks who should have won when they were younger but didn't. It's like social security, the good albums of the youngsters pay their dues and when their old and washed up they reward them with grammys they didn't earn. Radiohead will win soon enough.

 

 

The fact that Neil Young won his first ever Grammy this year makes me wonder how long Radiohead will have to wait for a Grammy.

Lady Gaga write pretty damned good songs. I wouldn't normally like her kind of music but she's damned good at what she does. I wouldn't consider myself a fan but she's good at what she does. So all power to her.