Is the irrelevance of the Grammys a good thing?

Alex · 02-14-2008, 10:21 AM

Well, I obviously can't speak to the music part of it but I do have an opinion on the movie part.

I think there's room for both. There are plenty of people out there trying to make whatever movie speaks to them and if awards follow then great. But on the other hand, I'm glad that there is this awards infrastructure that drives studios to put some large budgets into less commercial films. While the academy award winning films are rarely what I would consider the absolute best of the year (though for me this may be a year of confluence if No Country wins big) they are rarely actually bad movies (though that happens too, cf Chicago and Tom Jones).

I think one difference between the movie awards and the music awards (as perceived by someone so far outside the music scene that Sri Lankan rice pricing policy is probably more relevant to my daily life) is that it seems that in the music awards pure commercial fluff is much more likely to be given the big awards. Whereas in the movie industry, no matter how commercially successful it is Ironman has no chance at winning Best Picture next year.

MouseWife · 02-14-2008, 10:31 AM

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I think one difference between the movie awards and the music awards (as perceived by someone so far outside the music scene that Sri Lankan rice pricing policy is probably more relevant to my daily life) is that it seems that in the music awards pure commercial fluff is much more likely to be given the big awards. Whereas in the movie industry, no matter how commercially successful it is Ironman has no chance at winning Best Picture next year.

Ah, yeah. I don't listen to all types of music and can not get the hype surrounding some of it. This does, to me, devalue the importance of winning a Grammy. That some of it, which to me is pure BS, win awards. And, the people who have had spaz attacks when they haven't won?

I didn't watch the whole show {I do enjoy most of the entertainment they put on, a little variety show, to speak} but I saw that when they were giving an award to the song writers, the song 'Umbrella' had a list of writers. WTF? Was the song that difficult to write? I am not commenting on the song, but, out of all of the songs, it had the most writers.

SacTown Chronic · 02-14-2008, 10:33 AM

1989:

-Jethro Tull over Metallica for Best Hard rock/Metal performance.

-DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince over Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back".

Yeah, the Grammys have been irrelevant - dead to me even - for almost 20 years. Best twenty years of my life.

mousepod · 02-14-2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

1989:

-Jethro Tull over Metallica for Best Hard rock/Metal performance.

-DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince over Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back".

Yeah, the Grammys have been irrelevant - dead to me even - for almost 20 years. Best twenty years of my life.

1985 - Lionel Richie's "Can't Slow Down" beats Cyndi Lauper's "She's So Unusual," Tina Turner's "Private Dancer," Springsteen's "Born In The USA" and Prince's "Purple Rain" for Album of the Year.

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Originally Posted by Peter Griffin

Oh God, Lionel. You have been hurt...you have been hurt by somebody...that much is clear. Who hurt you? Who hurt you? Who hurt you?

SacTown Chronic · 02-14-2008, 11:09 AM

Whoa! I forgot about that mousepod. Maybe Richie's wife kicked a little Grammy voter ass?

And mojo for the Family Guy line.

02-14-2008, 10:21 AM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, I obviously can't speak to the music part of it but I do have an opinion on the movie part. I think there's room for both. There are plenty of people out there trying to make whatever movie speaks to them and if awards follow then great. But on the other hand, I'm glad that there is this awards infrastructure that drives studios to put some large budgets into less commercial films. While the academy award winning films are rarely what I would consider the absolute best of the year (though for me this may be a year of confluence if No Country wins big) they are rarely actually bad movies (though that happens too, cf Chicago and Tom Jones). I think one difference between the movie awards and the music awards (as perceived by someone so far outside the music scene that Sri Lankan rice pricing policy is probably more relevant to my daily life) is that it seems that in the music awards pure commercial fluff is much more likely to be given the big awards. Whereas in the movie industry, no matter how commercially successful it is Ironman has no chance at winning Best Picture next year.
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	1989: -Jethro Tull over Metallica for Best Hard rock/Metal performance. -DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince over Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back". Yeah, the Grammys have been irrelevant - dead to me even - for almost 20 years. Best twenty years of my life. __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Whoa! I forgot about that mousepod. Maybe Richie's wife kicked a little Grammy voter ass? And mojo for the Family Guy line. __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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