The Grammys-songs I will never listen to (Page 1 of 2)

The RiverCat^-^ wrote:

I took a look at the Grammy nominated records of the year tonight.

After taking a listen to each song, I have never remembered seeing a more pathetic list of songs ever nominated.  Mumford and Sons, Bruno Mars, Bon Iver.

Firework with Katy Perry and that song has 269,047,031 views.  Her singing is so grating I can't even listen to the whole song.  Can you be more out of tune.  Well yes, you could be Rhianna.

Who in the music business would vote for this kind of crap with all the songs out there?
These musicians names should be listed and why they vote for this as the best.  I can't even phantom a reason these would even be on a list.

These should actually be more of the worst songs for 2011.  Stupid lyrics and god awful singers rule the airwaves now as evidence by this list of the best?

You have Raphael Saadiq "Good Man" nominated for best R and B song.  That song puts your stupid Records of the Year to shame, shame,  shame, with the genius the way the man writes, sings, plays and greatly produced song.  You can't nominate that song for song of the year.  Also some of the best background vocals EVER arranged and recorded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeKaHBMKows&ob=av2e

With this batch, every song in the 60's and 70s should have been nominated for Record of the Year!

I've got that song and a number of others by Raphael.  Imo he's one of R&B's brighter stars, but I've read a number of reviews where he's been ripped for being too old school.  Todays young listeners, for better or worse (it's all worse), don't seem to be too concerned with substance.  Its all become image first, second and third.  The Grammys used to have some relevance, but nowadays is just a tool for the powers that be that tell us what to listen to.  Saw yesterday where Jesse Jackson's complaining too......must be time to flush the toilet.

gary wrote:

Grammys,just a commercial for the "music"biz ie major labels.Its always been that way.Back in the good ol days they had better music being made.Music taste change with each generation.Its too bad that so much of what's put out there by the "biz" is catchy enough to draw in the younger generation.One might wonder if music will ever be back to having great musicians or bands popular again.
  I'm not a fan of hip hop,but there have been some critically acclaimed cds put out over the years.Dr Dre's the Cronic,Public Enemy,Beastie Boys ect.I don't even see that now adays.It the whole American Idol. Let's make a star.Find a super attractive person,hire some catchy beat doctors to make a catchy song and away you go.
  I think the real music can be found being made by bands playing your local venues.Some good some not.That's a longer road to hoe to make it as a musician.Joe is an example of that.
  It amazes me that blues and blues rock,which has less than a hiccup mentioned in the Grammys,has such a quantity of never ending great artists/bands.This forum has mention of what seems to be a never endind supply of great music.My question is that the blues and blues rock music seems to be supported mostly by an somewhat older audience.Is or will there be enough of a younger audience to support this music in the future 20 years from now?

Good question there at the end.  I don't think interest in the blues will end anytime soon, but (imo) its heyday has come and gone.  It's like Big Band/Swing music was for my parents - it's still around in 2012, but now it's more of a novelty rather than a thriving genre.  The Blues will be that way in 20 years (unfortunately) with the passing of my generation.

Hi Rivercat,

Just in case you didn't read this Katy Perry info I posted under radio...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/01/ … fect-game.

This just gave me an idea, I think I'm going to start putting a $1.00 bill in a jar every time I think of my father-in-law's famous line, if it doesn't make sense money is behind it!!! This will be a solid savings plan with all the wild & crazy spending going on...and my father-in-law will be laughing his a$$ off from above.

gary-about teenage music and the blues~I know what you mean, but it is very interesting how the Black Keys have captured that youth market! And relative to my own kids in the 19-23 year old range, the middle kid has really gotten into the whole soul, funk genre (expanding his taste). I was pleasantly surprised to find a very cool compilation he made in my car CD player from the Christmas break. I have to tell you, I don't know who the artists are, but some of the new music I hear the 2 younger ones listening to have a real dance groove going on.

ummmm, once again a thread that blows off anything a bit different by putting all into the one basket. I make no apology for having a different opinion of one of those named: Mumford and sons, - brilliant band who have crossed over from a folk background into some sort of mainstream acceptance, - and for the only reason that they have become popular they then get slatted for winning awards.... A band who write their own songs based on traditional music, - a band who work hard touring....a band who play well live:

(warning f-bomb lyrics)

http://youtu.be/jJkSmErWc20

Folk based music is as far off the radar as blues these days (well it is over here in the UK), - it may well not be to everyone's taste but if something like this can get recognition then there is hope for Joe. - Well that is how I see it.

Ian916 wrote:

ummmm, once again a thread that blows off anything a bit different by putting all into the one basket. I make no apology for having a different opinion of one of those named: Mumford and sons, - brilliant band who have crossed over from a folk background into some sort of mainstream acceptance, - and for the only reason that they have become popular they then get slatted for winning awards.... A band who write their own songs based on traditional music, - a band who work hard touring....a band who play well live:

(warning f-bomb lyrics)

http://youtu.be/jJkSmErWc20

Folk based music is as far off the radar as blues these days (well it is over here in the UK), - it may well not be to everyone's taste but if something like this can get recognition then there is hope for Joe. - Well that is how I see it.

You didn't read my thread correctly.  It was nothing about anything about blowing off something that is a bit different.  It was about the quality of songs that are nominated for Best Song of the Year. 

I don't care what Genre they are from as long as they are great songs.  Put a classical song in there, if it's memorable, give it to me.

I wasn't talking about Mumford and Sons as a whole, I was talking about that particular song.
And out of all the songs out there, that one is average at best.  No where near great.  The vocals, I agree with their line, "Tie me to a post and block my ears"

Give me this instead, "I'll take Care of You" by Joe and Beth or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoL5xLC4ymQ o

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG87i4yPgKY

and countless others that are out there that is better then what is nominated.