The Grammy Awards

[An Enormous BB Fan]

What passes for well-written and Grammy-worth songs these days is appalling! I can only imagine what Burt thinks when he hears these mounds of mediocrity! Your thoughts?

[Blair N. Cummings]

None of us should be paying even casual attention to nonsense like this

[blueonblue]

Rap music with a capital "C"

"blue"

[Blair N. Cummings]

In my view, it`s not a particular genre that grates (after all, rap has been with us since the mid-70s for godsake) but the awards culture itself. I looked at the jaw-dropping number of categories and could make no sense of it. I`d be happy if there could somehow be a cessation to assigning numbers and doling out statuettes based on nothing more than sales figures and media hype.
Do I like contemporary pop? No. That`s why I don`t pay any attention to it. Just tune it out and listen to what you do like.

[Djalma Junior]

Are There talented young composers? Yes, there are.
Unfortunately they are not indicated for The Grammy Awards.
So not worth wasting time to see this mediocrity.

[grooverider]

Awards shows are promotional tools at their core, ie. "artist X has a spike in sales after winning X award".

[Bill Minnick]

The Grammy salute to Stevie Wonder was first-rate. There's another composer whose prime period material has held up extremely well (IMO).