Looking Grim at the Grammys

Newsweek ^ | 3/3/02 (for edition of 3/11/02) | Lorraine Ali and David Gates

[GeneD]

At last week

[Tennessee_Bob]

Hey - our hometown boy and kid down the street did good. Edgar Meyer, got two Grammys that night.

[FreedominJesusChrist]

I watched the Grammys and was quite pleased with the Alicia Keyes wins. I have her CD and love it. She wrote all the songs, played the piano, sang beautifully, and produced the album herself; that is what I call talent, especially in these days. Actually, for once Britney Spears looked dressed quite modestly that night.

[linn37]

I bought the Brother where art thou CD over a year ago as a present for my husband. It is a very good CD put on by people who sing just for the pure pleasure of music.

[VMI70]

Just my opinion, and it is colored somewhat by Bonehead's antics in NY prior to the Olympic show, but U2 is way over-rated. But then again, I think Hemingway is way over-rated.

[pocat]

I bought the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack for my wife at Christmas. It is now one of our favorite CD's. You can tell the music comes from the heart of the perfomers, instead of the mind of a record company bigwig only intersested in hitting the "top 40".

[1stMarylandRegiment]

I saw Ralph Stanley sing Oh, Death at the Grand Ole Opry last fall.

Yes, as Ricky Skaggs said when I saw him in January, "Bluegrass is hotter than a $2 pistol on Saturday night, right now," but in a year or two Kalifornica will have moved on and we'll still be strummin' and pickin.'

[elwoodp]

I'm so pleased to read your comment about hemingway. to me, he has always been one of those mediocre talents liberals declare "great" and then expect the rest of us to swoon over. In DC, there is a comic named Mark Russell, who shares the same distinction. He makes the most inane and unamusing remark one can imagine, the libs guffaw, and then the rest of us are required to nod in agreement. Geesh, I hate liberals.

[VMI70]

Funny, I saw Mark Russell live at the Shoreham on New Years Eve about 20 years ago. He was funny, I thought.

[daviddennis]

It's interesting to note that LA's Clear Channel station has as its most popular section the "Noontime Disco Workout" and "Disco Saturday Night", which are exactly what you might predict.

Even the nightly dance-themed "Boogie Nights" starts with an hour of disco thanks to what is apparently overwhelming listener demand.

I find the old disco music has a feeling of fun and vitality that we appear to have lost in our more modern stuff. I'm not saying it's the greatest music ever played, but it certainly has the ability to put smiles on faces and keeping people moving. All Britney Spears does to me is make me feel vaguely nauseated by that terrible voice. (Naturally, being a single guy I like the way she dresses - but that doesn't help on the radio, does it?)

Now if they would only play more than 25-odd disco songs ...

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""Naturally, being a single guy I like the way she dresses - but that doesn't help on the radio, does it?)""

Nope! Hard to LISTEN to a cute dress.....

[Paleo Conservative]

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Do you plan on watching the 2003 Grammy Awards on Sunday?

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So far, 28% have voted for Yes
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So far, 9% have voted for Not sure
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