<![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions) - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions) - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:27:47 EST Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:27:47 EST http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4163095 The Grammys have always been the least credible of the major awards (though, God, the Emmys are close, no?) because of the sheer volume they have to sift through...30,000 records instead of, say, 300 movies (I am making this number up) for the Oscars. And Oscar can immediately eliminate the Norbits of the world. Oh, wait.

Never mind.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:354864:c4163095 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:27:47 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4162919 I thought I was watching the BET/Rap music awards show.
And what happened to all of the other grammy recipients
like Justin Timberlake,Prince, Robert Plant&Allison Crause, Bruce Springsteen, and others? All the winners were deserving, but who picks which awards are to be aired and which aren't, becuase you suck at your job.



roler247

]]> 33:354864:c4162919 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:59:16 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4162295 @dan13l: I see it as similar to Scorsese's Oscar win for The Departed (it was an Oscar, right?) Sure it may not be his best work, but come on the dude deserves it. I don't really see the other nominees as being robbed either. Foo Fighters are reliable if nothing else, but the album didn't exactly blow my mind. Winehouse already got plenty of awards (and for me at least, Ronson was really the best thing she had going for her). I haven't really heard the other two nominees though, so I can't speak for them... maybe they were fantastic, I don't know.

It also, in some strange roundabout way, reminded me that I still need to check out Ornette Coleman's latest album.

Defenestrated

]]> 33:354864:c4162295 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:54:43 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4162154 First Things Grammys need to stop doing is.

Stop awarded people the Album of the Year award who don't deserve it. It should be based on the best possible work that year not on a lifetime of work.

dan13l

]]> 33:354864:c4162154 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:02:32 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4158847 Wait, so does nobody else see the Tina Turner nip slip?

jopari

]]> 33:354864:c4158847 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:58:26 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4157184 Hancock's win was the epitomy of new industry slapping old industry in the face. I'd bet dollars to donuts Clive Davis went to change his underwear after seeing a record marketed in (and by) Starbucks win album of the year. The significance of the win is profound and quite the harbinger of death for the old system.

ruleno9

]]> 33:354864:c4157184 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:08:57 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4156311 @rad_matter: -ed

rad_matter

]]> 33:354864:c4156311 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:24:38 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4156306 I should've watch my alma mater somehow beat Clemson instead.

rad_matter

]]> 33:354864:c4156306 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:24:27 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4154517 They still have the Grammys?

jmb112485

]]> 33:354864:c4154517 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:11:26 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4154252 Die, Grammys! Die!

FionaScrapple

]]> 33:354864:c4154252 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:59:43 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4153696 Other things that were wrong:
- I'm all for showcasing various facets of the industry, but what was the point of that giant gospel/contemporary Christian extravaganza in the middle of the show? I would've been fine with a 3.5-minute BeBe Winans/Aretha performance, instead of bringing in the Queen of Soul for eight lousy bars at the beginning and a couple of poorly mixed screams at the end of a really lousy medley.
- NARAS's weird infomercial-style segment starring the über-tanned Neil Portnow. I felt like he was either trying to get me to a) join the Church of Scientology, b) buy a time-share, c) sponsor a musician for less than the price of a daily cup of coffee, d) all of the above
- I love Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard to death, but that's what that performance reeked of last night. Death. Keep John Fogerty, and bring in Jack White or the Hold Steady to show the "passing of the torch". They did it much better with the Time and Rhianna.
- Less Alicia Keys. What warranted two Alicia Keys performances this year? The release of a subpar album that will be all over NEXT YEAR'S Grammys anyway? Is there really no limit to Clive Davis's power? Also, the Sinatra thing was creepy and pointless - couldn't they find a better song for the duet than the rather throwaway "Learnin' the Blues", or at least a performance where Frank doesn't suddenly change age and appearance between the opening speech and the song?

Thierry

]]> 33:354864:c4153696 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:41:39 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4153106 I think that the American public's cheeze-factor detectors are much more highly evolved than anyone would believe. Or, I'd like to think so, anyway. Seriously, how many other people REACHED FOR THE REMOTE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE when Alicia started "singing" with Sinatra? Who is the idiot (idiots?) who keeps rehashing this terrible, terrible idea over and over again? WORST.

But really, at the end of the day, isn't bemoaning the decline of the Grammys just sort of like bemoaning the decline of monoculture in general? It's just too late. No one cares anymore.

the rich girls are weeping

]]> 33:354864:c4153106 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:24:21 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4152688 Will.I.Am's rap right before the album of the year was about as cool as when your junior high principal put on a backwards baseball cap and "rapped" during school spirit week.

JudgeFudge

]]> 33:354864:c4152688 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:08:50 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4152381 The industry just does not know who their audience is, how to reach them, or what they want. Even worse, they don't know that they don't know these things. If they had glanced at some album or ticket sales info this year, it would have been an all-Nickleback-and-Hannah-Montana show. And yet there was a Chinese guy in an marching band jacket playing George Gershwin. I enjoyed that, personally, but come on. Seriously.

DavidWatts

]]> 33:354864:c4152381 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:58:32 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4152077 @unperson: The 2007 Grammys were held a month after Alice's death, so let's hope they had the sense to throw her visage in the dead person montage then. I wouldn't know; I didn't watch them last year. Or the year before that. Or the year before that.

baconfat

]]> 33:354864:c4152077 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:49:18 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4152024 The unfortunate thing for me is that they seem to be able to produce a much better show than their awards show competition, but then they squander that advantage by trying to include all aspects of the industry rather than focus on the movers and shakers.

blackmailismylife

]]> 33:354864:c4152024 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:47:34 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4151940 Just to chime in regarding the booking, NARAS includes much more than pop acts. While we think the pairings are snoozy, it's done to appease and recognize a huge chunk of their membership.

MTS

]]> 33:354864:c4151940 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:44:49 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4151926 Sorry, but why is everyone hating on Herbie Hancock? Because he plays jazz? The man is a legend, you rock snobs.

BlissSister

]]> 33:354864:c4151926 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:44:20 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4151886 Easily the least-entertaining Grammys of recent history. And that says quite a lot....

HONEYBFLY

]]> 33:354864:c4151886 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:43:20 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4151671 Good, I'm glad the ratings were down. Reflects the increase in irrelevance for the show and the traditional music industry. At least 4 of those performances could have been cut in favor of more awards being handed out. Frankly, I would have liked to have heard what Jack White or Mark Ronson had to say. And what was the purpose of Key/Sinatra? She's not a new artist, she stands very well on her own and she is familiar to both young people and older people who have heard "Fallin'" or whatever on Lite FM. Just another pointless technological "marvel."

And I don't think people would watch the show even if it was advertised better.

Varina

]]> 33:354864:c4151671 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:36:38 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4151285 Wait, is Beyonce wearing knee-highs?

Arthur2sheds

]]> 33:354864:c4151285 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:24:24 EST <![CDATA[The Top Five Problems With Last Night's Grammy Show (And A Few Possible Solutions)]]> http://idolator.com/354864/the-top-five-problems-with-last-nights-grammy-show-and-a-few-possible-solutions#c4151061 The dead-folks montage was the only part of the show I watched, and not only was Stockhausen missing (a huge omission, but not exactly surprising)...where was ALICE COLTRANE?

unperson

]]> 33:354864:c4151061 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:17:15 EST