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On the other hand, I was truly impressed with Herbie Hancock's win. River his best work, IMO, in ages, and a lovely album in its entirety.

I watch it because I get to see some stuff I like, some stuff I don't care about, but otherwise will now know about, I get to see when the 'community' is in touch with what I like and when they're not. As musical tastes and genres have whizzed off, not unlike my favorite of the fireworks which reminds me of curly-q after curly-q... I digress...

As musical tastes and genres continue spreading out into new areas, awards like the Grammys will become increasingly irrelevant, particularly to a group as diverse as we are. That said, I do think that a majority of Americans listen to one thing or another, pop culture as it were, and that just because we don't listen to pop or whatever's hot at the moment, doesn't mean it's not relevant, at least to a big portion of music listeners.

In other words, I really don't give a rat's a$$.

I listen to what I wanna, and I know that artists are going to be there to help me achieve my ear candy goals.