2023 Grammys

tempo_n_groove

brianlux said:

It's fascinating to me to see that Beyonce broke the record for most Grammys ever yet I don't know any fans of hers and don't see any here (maybe there are?)

And there are a lot of music savvy people on these forums and quite a few with broad tastes in music, but few if any here seemed thrilled about Grammy record breaking Beyonce.

Don't get my wrong-  I don't hate her music, but I have never been drawn to it and don't care for it.

I just find the whole thing fascinating. If she is popular enough to win all those awards, who and where are all her fans?
I think one guy on another forum nailed it when he said, "I think the Grammys are just out of touch, like Brandi Carlile winning Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song over the likes of Idles or Turnstile, who both released fantastic records.  Aphex Twin got it right when he did bother showing up for the award he won in 2015."

 

Beyonce winning the Best dance song over esteemed DJ's is laughable.

Brandi Carlile shouldn't have been in a few of the categories like you mentioned.  It's nice that she is getting much deserved recognition though.

brianlux

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

It's fascinating to me to see that Beyonce broke the record for most Grammys ever yet I don't know any fans of hers and don't see any here (maybe there are?)

And there are a lot of music savvy people on these forums and quite a few with broad tastes in music, but few if any here seemed thrilled about Grammy record breaking Beyonce.

Don't get my wrong-  I don't hate her music, but I have never been drawn to it and don't care for it.

I just find the whole thing fascinating. If she is popular enough to win all those awards, who and where are all her fans?
I think one guy on another forum nailed it when he said, "I think the Grammys are just out of touch, like Brandi Carlile winning Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song over the likes of Idles or Turnstile, who both released fantastic records.  Aphex Twin got it right when he did bother showing up for the award he won in 2015."

 

Beyonce winning the Best dance song over esteemed DJ's is laughable.

Brandi Carlile shouldn't have been in a few of the categories like you mentioned.  It's nice that she is getting much deserved recognition though.

True, but the Grammy have a weird way of recognizing some artists.  Remember when they gave Jethro Tull the "best heavy metal" award for Crest of a Knave? 

igotid88

tempo_n_groove said:

igotid88 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

igotid88 said:

CROJAM95 said:

igotid88 said:

Pearl Jam 2 Wins 15 Nominations

Foo Fighters 15 wins 31 Nominations

That ain't right

all about access to the band...they know PJ most likely are no shows

Not even now when the Rock categories are done before the show? They don't even get a "they've been around long enough. Let's give them an award" 

Rock isn't inclusive enough to be in primetime.  All the other awards showing rock musicians had them paired up w someone opposite of them.

How is it not inclusive? 

How many diverse rock groups do you know of out there?

PJ, Coldplay, Foo, 21 Pilots, black keys, idles, turnstile , Beck, Ozzy.  Not a lot of diversity in them.  

Doesn't mean they can't or shouldn't be shown on national tv

igotid88

I'm also seeing people still don't know who Bonnie Raitt is? This was like when her Nick of time album won a lot of Grammys and no one knew who she was then either

tempo_n_groove

igotid88 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

igotid88 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

igotid88 said:

CROJAM95 said:

igotid88 said:

Pearl Jam 2 Wins 15 Nominations

Foo Fighters 15 wins 31 Nominations

That ain't right

all about access to the band...they know PJ most likely are no shows

Not even now when the Rock categories are done before the show? They don't even get a "they've been around long enough. Let's give them an award" 

Rock isn't inclusive enough to be in primetime.  All the other awards showing rock musicians had them paired up w someone opposite of them.

How is it not inclusive? 

How many diverse rock groups do you know of out there?

PJ, Coldplay, Foo, 21 Pilots, black keys, idles, turnstile , Beck, Ozzy.  Not a lot of diversity in them.  

Doesn't mean they can't or shouldn't be shown on national tv

I'm not disagreeing but rock has also lost it's mojo.  You have more Spanish stations than rock stations which I find odd but when you have bands with a DIY background there is no money in it for big time record labels.

tempo_n_groove

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

It's fascinating to me to see that Beyonce broke the record for most Grammys ever yet I don't know any fans of hers and don't see any here (maybe there are?)

And there are a lot of music savvy people on these forums and quite a few with broad tastes in music, but few if any here seemed thrilled about Grammy record breaking Beyonce.

Don't get my wrong-  I don't hate her music, but I have never been drawn to it and don't care for it.

I just find the whole thing fascinating. If she is popular enough to win all those awards, who and where are all her fans?
I think one guy on another forum nailed it when he said, "I think the Grammys are just out of touch, like Brandi Carlile winning Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song over the likes of Idles or Turnstile, who both released fantastic records.  Aphex Twin got it right when he did bother showing up for the award he won in 2015."

 

Beyonce winning the Best dance song over esteemed DJ's is laughable.

Brandi Carlile shouldn't have been in a few of the categories like you mentioned.  It's nice that she is getting much deserved recognition though.

True, but the Grammy have a weird way of recognizing some artists.  Remember when they gave Jethro Tull the "best heavy metal" award for Crest of a Knave? 

That was when they beat out Metallica but then they won it the following year.  That was a great year actually when Metallica played the long version of One.  THAT was a cool moment.

tempo_n_groove

igotid88 said:

I'm also seeing people still don't know who Bonnie Raitt is? This was like when her Nick of time album won a lot of Grammys and no one knew who she was then either

That is a damn shame, one of the best voices in country music.

brianlux

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

It's fascinating to me to see that Beyonce broke the record for most Grammys ever yet I don't know any fans of hers and don't see any here (maybe there are?)

And there are a lot of music savvy people on these forums and quite a few with broad tastes in music, but few if any here seemed thrilled about Grammy record breaking Beyonce.

Don't get my wrong-  I don't hate her music, but I have never been drawn to it and don't care for it.

I just find the whole thing fascinating. If she is popular enough to win all those awards, who and where are all her fans?
I think one guy on another forum nailed it when he said, "I think the Grammys are just out of touch, like Brandi Carlile winning Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song over the likes of Idles or Turnstile, who both released fantastic records.  Aphex Twin got it right when he did bother showing up for the award he won in 2015."

 

Beyonce winning the Best dance song over esteemed DJ's is laughable.

Brandi Carlile shouldn't have been in a few of the categories like you mentioned.  It's nice that she is getting much deserved recognition though.

True, but the Grammy have a weird way of recognizing some artists.  Remember when they gave Jethro Tull the "best heavy metal" award for Crest of a Knave? 

That was when they beat out Metallica but then they won it the following year.  That was a great year actually when Metallica played the long version of One.  THAT was a cool moment.

Yeah, for sure!

Funny thing here- I was looking for my post on this thread and they were GONE!  Then I notice there are two 2023 Grammy threads.

Merge-o-matic time, Mods!