And if, in that latter incarnation, the effort misses, it was still fun to watch. Once again for the last 20 years, the Grammys were more of a popularity contest than it was about the music. It honored a lot of people who didn't deserve to be nominated- let alone win.. It's a travesty that legends like Leonard Cohen and Loretta Young were given prestigious awards but wee not featured at all on the show. So here’s the scoop. It’s closing in on 4 pm in LA and, as promised to my teeming millions, I’m here, at the Grammys. I think the Grammys can shove it.
In a day and age where people can download albums, no one needs to defend themselves for trying to make money off their music in other ways like letting companies use their songs in commercials. There's so much more to make fun of at the Grammys, and really, that's the most important contribution any awards show can make to society.
Behind the scenes, it's been somewhat of a standoff between the CMAs and the Grammys, with each telecast vying for bragging rights to have Campbell perform. The implementation of Plan B came in the mid-1990s, but didn't get much attention. Nicki Minaj wore more of a costume than a gown to the Grammys. So here’s the scoop. It’s closing in on 4 pm in LA and, as promised to my teeming millions, I’m here, at the Grammys. As proven again Sunday, the Grammys aren’t really about shining a spotlight on artists who are making great art outside the industry marketing machine.
On ArjanWrites. A country music groups won 5 grammys, WOW!!. Nor is it to say that albums that sell a lot of copies are inherently lacking in artistic achievement. Yet the best performances on the Grammys barely had any gimmicks at all: Maxwell in a dark suit belting out a soul ballad or Jeff Beck working his guitar like the Les Paul disciple he is. On ArjanWrites. Anticipation over tributes such as Hudson's likely helped make the Grammys broadcast on CBS a huge audience draw.
Well, a Grammys voice-over did promise that Nicki Minaj's performance at the awards show on Sunday night would have everyone talking on Monday morning. Adele's performance promises to be among the night's highlights. Springsteen, 62, who performed with a string section, was the most energetic classic rocker on stage, but he was far from the only one. The implementation of Plan B came in the mid-1990s, but didn't get much attention. Taylor Swift shines on the red carpet at the 2012 Grammy Awards where she chats with Access' Shaun Robinson about her two wins at the Grammys pre-show.
Once again for the last 20 years, the Grammys were more of a popularity contest than it was about the music. It honored a lot of people who didn't deserve to be nominated- let alone win.. The Grammys purport to be about more than that. The academy has the power to expose artists who deserve our attention, who aren’t household names but should be, no matter how many recordings they’ve sold. The academy doesn’t have to bend over backward to make that happen. Again, you can take the Grammys for what they are – an awards ceremony that has for decades ignored deserving artists, which would be a boring and pedantic rant – or just go with the fact that, at its best, the Grammys is a night when colliding musical forces can sometimes come together to make magic.
And if, in that latter incarnation, the effort misses, it was still fun to watch. Heads down, hands clasped, lights dimmed: The Grammys opened in the only way it could. The news of once-reigning superstar Whitney Houston's death had hit only 24 hours earlier, and what else was to be done? After Bruce Springsteen's competent rendition of "We Take Care of Our Own," host LL Cool J acknowledged the burden he and all the room now shouldered—"There is no way around this: We had a death in our family"—and addressed it in the manner that deaths everywhere are. For all criticism of the Grammys, whatever it may be, they just gave The Civil Wars a national stage. Nicki Minaj wore more of a costume than a gown to the Grammys. The Grammys , like the weather, are beyond our control. There's little incentive.
OK, so the Grammys are about music and celebrating all the wonderful artists the industry has to offer. At the CMAs, Campbell beamed from the audience while Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and Vince Gill serenaded him with his biggest hits, but the Grammys will be a different story. Even if you're already a music fan--or a music snob when it comes to mainstream tastes--the Grammys might surprise you. Sure, the Grammys can, once in a while, surprise. So here’s the scoop. It’s closing in on 4 pm in LA and, as promised to my teeming millions, I’m here, at the Grammys. Well, a Grammys voice-over did promise that Nicki Minaj's performance at the awards show on Sunday night would have everyone talking on Monday morning. Which is important; because comedy is one of the smallest categories at the Grammys, with only 49 eligible submissions this year, compared to 760 for album of the year and 227 for rock album. OK, so the Grammys are about music and celebrating all the wonderful artists the industry has to offer. Nor is it to say that albums that sell a lot of copies are inherently lacking in artistic achievement. @27fearless : Taylor Will Rock On Grammys 2012 . Yet the best performances on the Grammys barely had any gimmicks at all: Maxwell in a dark suit belting out a soul ballad or Jeff Beck working his guitar like the Les Paul disciple he is. In this Aug. 28, 2011 file photo, singer Adele is shown at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
@27fearless : Taylor Will Rock On Grammys 2012 . As proven again Sunday, the Grammys aren’t really about shining a spotlight on artists who are making great art outside the industry marketing machine. The Foo Fighters and Brown also returned for another dance-themed performance, a first for the Grammys. I think the Grammys can shove it. The singer is scheduled to give her first public performance at the Grammys since undergoing treatment for vocal cord trauma five months ago.
Heads down, hands clasped, lights dimmed: The Grammys opened in the only way it could. The news of once-reigning superstar Whitney Houston's death had hit only 24 hours earlier, and what else was to be done? After Bruce Springsteen's competent rendition of "We Take Care of Our Own," host LL Cool J acknowledged the burden he and all the room now shouldered—"There is no way around this: We had a death in our family"—and addressed it in the manner that deaths everywhere are. The Grammys purport to be about more than that. The academy has the power to expose artists who deserve our attention, who aren’t household names but should be, no matter how many recordings they’ve sold. The academy doesn’t have to bend over backward to make that happen. Once again for the last 20 years, the Grammys were more of a popularity contest than it was about the music.
It honored a lot of people who didn't deserve to be nominated- let alone win.. Again, you can take the Grammys for what they are – an awards ceremony that has for decades ignored deserving artists, which would be a boring and pedantic rant – or just go with the fact that, at its best, the Grammys is a night when colliding musical forces can sometimes come together to make magic. And if, in that latter incarnation, the effort misses, it was still fun to watch.
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