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Grammy the Remote
Nominations for predictable awards show are, well, predictable
When I read the Yahoo News headline "Grammy Nominations Full of Surprises" yesterday, I actually expected some surprises. What a chump.
Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters, Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaaaah. Yahoo needs to get some new headline writers and the Grammys need some new judges — preferably a few under the age of 45.
As usual, the panel has found a few artists (whose names they recognize) that don't openly suck, and loaded them down with nominations. It's not a surprise that West has eight nominations, or that Amy Winehouse has six. What is surprising is that these genuinely talented artists (who put out some genuinely worthy material this year) managed to make it through the Recording Academy's gauntlet of mediocrity. The Foo Fighters (five nominations), who had a few flashes of brilliance in their mid-'90s heyday, are now being lauded like the second coming of John Lennon; Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace, record of the year? Really?
If there's any major music event more predictable than the Grammys, I'd like to see it.
Actually, I'd rather get pistol-whipped by Coolio.
Who are these nominating "industry" people? Do they ever get old and retire — or die? How is it that they keep being replaced with yet more "experts" who get their nomination information from memorizing the covers of Spin and The Source while waiting in line at Blockbuster? Have they ever heard of Pitchfork or Idolator? Have they ever purchased anything that wasn't Entertainment Weekly-approved? How do they sleep at night?
Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters, Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, blah, blah, blah, blaaaaaaah. Yahoo needs to get some new headline writers and the Grammys need some new judges — preferably a few under the age of 45.
As usual, the panel has found a few artists (whose names they recognize) that don't openly suck, and loaded them down with nominations. It's not a surprise that West has eight nominations, or that Amy Winehouse has six. What is surprising is that these genuinely talented artists (who put out some genuinely worthy material this year) managed to make it through the Recording Academy's gauntlet of mediocrity. The Foo Fighters (five nominations), who had a few flashes of brilliance in their mid-'90s heyday, are now being lauded like the second coming of John Lennon; Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace, record of the year? Really?
If there's any major music event more predictable than the Grammys, I'd like to see it.
Actually, I'd rather get pistol-whipped by Coolio.
Who are these nominating "industry" people? Do they ever get old and retire — or die? How is it that they keep being replaced with yet more "experts" who get their nomination information from memorizing the covers of Spin and The Source while waiting in line at Blockbuster? Have they ever heard of Pitchfork or Idolator? Have they ever purchased anything that wasn't Entertainment Weekly-approved? How do they sleep at night?
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