Re: Grammys, music, and what it's come DOWN to...

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>]

Dan Billings wrote:

>I tuned in Showtime last night to watch the Tyson "fight" and the Jay-Z
>concert was running long.  Now I knew who Jay-Z was from a profile on 60
>Minutes, but after ten minutes of his "music,"  I found myself saying "they
>pay that guy to do that."
>
>But, I'm not as old as Dave, I've played No Doubt on the radio.  Though, I
>have to admit that I do prefer the Dixie Chicks.  As for Sweet Baby
>ames  -- hasn't all his stuff sounded the same since about 1975?  I've
>always attributed the downturn in his career to get off the drugs.  <<FLAME
>AWAY>>

I always thought JT's pre-1975 stuff all sounded alike too.  The appeal of 
the Dixie Chicks escapes me completely (though to be honest, I have a very 
low threshold of pain when it comes to country music anyway and yodeling 
exceeds that limit immediately if not sooner).

I tend to avoid awards shows like the Grammys anyway.  The awards seem to 
be more political than merit based, and winners seem to feel the need to 
use their acceptance speeches as a (often obscenity laden) soapbox for 
their political views/causes.