mediocrity rules
Seriously, how are the Grammy Award relevant anymore? Maybe 10-15 years ago when everyone had the same outlet for music- the radio and buying physical cds at Sam Goody. I’m not playing the I-hate-all-music-that’s-popular thing here, but isn’t that who gets nominations? It is doubtful that those nominated are really the best out there. It’s just weird that they are still in existence. And nothing is ever daring, edgy, or god forbid- has some curse words in it. I think they also send nominee ballots to midwestern housewives and Grey’s Anatomy enthusiasts. Mary J. Blige with the most nominations? With all respect Mary, I doubt you even saw that coming.
Andrew does a fabulous job of analyzing the results like it’s the stock market, so he actually makes it exciting. Here’s his thoughts.
Thanks for posting this Robin! I loved your comments. Wait til the Brit Awards come out. They’re even more commercial than the Grammys (although I love the Best British Single category–sometimes they have 10 nominees instead of just 5).
Comment by ww_adh — December 9, 2006 @ 4:35 pm