Re: Grammy's
Date: February 15, 2005 00:26
Better than ususal? Hmmm. That's really not saying much. I actually found it absolutely dreadful, as usual. Melissa can't even touch the genius of Janis and I wish she'd stop trying. Joss isn't in that league (who is?) either. It was painful to watch, frankly.
And, yeah the sentimentality is a real drag. Question: Would Ray have won if he were alive? Answer: No. He's had MUCH better albums - even in recent years - without even so much as a sniff from the Grammy's. Now, in death, he is suddenly discovered? pathetic.
The pop music industry is in complete shambles if you ask me based on what I saw/heard last nite. Alicia Keys was even quite bothersome with her over-the-top performance - and I wouldn't have believed someone could take a song so fine as Hoagy's Georgia and bludgeon it to death the way Alicia and what's-his-tattoo did last nite. Horrendous. And, OMG - Across the Universe done a la We Are the World - John's turning over in his grave somewhere. That almost gave me the hives.