The culture of American Mediocrity continues as they announced this year's Grammy Nominees recently. And As usual, we find a plethora of tasteless, mediocre, boring and unoriginal acts on the long list.
Diarrhoea
DiarrhoeaFrom cbcnews.ca:
"Lil Wayne — the most prolific, ubiquitous and successful performer on today's music scene — was the most rewarded by the Recording Academy on Wednesday, receiving eight Grammy nominations, including album of the year for Tha Carter III."
"the most prolific, ubiquitous and successful performer on today's music scene"???? Is this a joke? Maybe in the tarnished world of hip hop, but don't tell me this guy is prolific. Guys like John Zorn, Elvis Costello, David Bowie are prolific artists, constantly composing and breaking new ground.
Ne-Yo admits it:
Like Disney started doing in the mid 90s, these capitalists are trying to broaden their market cores. Ne-Yo was probably restricted to the girl between the age of 12 to 20 market. Needing to please their shareholders, his label encouraged him to try to make material that will attract guys and girl from the ages of 12 to 30, thus increasing sales and making shareholders happy.
On another note, Rufus Wainwright was nominated for a best Traditional Pop Album.... What the hell is Traditional Pop and how is Rufus traditional in any way???
Every time the Grammys come around, I get angry. All they do is reward capitalism in music, instead of encouraging art, we encourage big business. Those with the most sales, those who are able to please to the largest demographic and the shareholders of their label's parent companies are nominated.
At least Radiohead is nominated at a few occasions, representing musicians who are constantly pushing the limits and evolving.
Ne-Yo admits it:
"When I was putting it together, I was trying to do something that everybody could get into, as opposed to just my pop and R&B core group,"
On another note, Rufus Wainwright was nominated for a best Traditional Pop Album.... What the hell is Traditional Pop and how is Rufus traditional in any way???
Every time the Grammys come around, I get angry. All they do is reward capitalism in music, instead of encouraging art, we encourage big business. Those with the most sales, those who are able to please to the largest demographic and the shareholders of their label's parent companies are nominated.
At least Radiohead is nominated at a few occasions, representing musicians who are constantly pushing the limits and evolving.
"The Grammy Awards are scheduled for live broadcast on CBS on Feb 8. Last year's show drew 17.2 million viewers, making it one of the least-watched Grammys and continuing the trend of shrinking awards-show audiences."At least people are starting to pay less attention to this. Perhaps changes are slowly evolving out of the ashes of this reviled industry. I will sure as hell not be watching this February. I don't even have a TV! :D
When will the mainstream celebrate art and creativity instead of mediocrity??
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