I wasn’t even aware of Jon Batiste until last night. My bad, I guess
― ass time permits (morrisp), Monday, 4 April 2022 14:09 (two years ago) link
Chris Richards in Washington Post in pre-Grammys writeup--
“We Are” wants to be for everyone. Jon Batiste is a familiar face, a crowd-pleaser famous for jazzing up the “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” as well as one of the most prominent pianists in his field. Here, after performing protest concerts against police violence and voter suppression in 2020, he’s siphoned his politics through a big-tent sound that involves the New Orleans jazz he was raised playing, firm gusts of Stevie Wonder-ish melody, lots of hip-hop flash, a little marching band thunder and more. Lyrically and musically, “We Are” delivers its righteous, pro-justice ideals in energetic, frictionless ways. It is power-to-the-people music that the people can listen to at brunch.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 April 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
Power Up was good!
― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Monday, 4 April 2022 14:25 (two years ago) link
he is to Stevie what Bruno Mars is to Prince
dude can definitely play though
― frogbs, Monday, 4 April 2022 14:25 (two years ago) link
I do agree that "Making a Fire" is not terrible as these things go btw but "Waiting on a War" has negative value.
― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Monday, 4 April 2022 14:30 (two years ago) link
Bonnie Raitt "Just Like That" won song of the year. Bonnie was surprised.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 February 2023 13:58 (one year ago) link
Bad Bunny performance of “Despues De La Playa,” with its mambo/merenegue aspects was fun as he had plena percussionists, dancers, and a band too. 50th anniversary of hiphop performance (supposedly curated by Questlove who was on drums) had lots of participants and was also fun but there was no Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick, Nas or Snoop
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 February 2023 14:04 (one year ago) link
I am just catching up but I want to send a hopeful tacheon telegram back to the 1980s/90s, because Grammy winners included Bonnie Raitt, Ozzy Osbourne, Willie Nelson, and Aaron Neville.
Collaborations that were nominated or won included Edgar Winter, Nile Rogers, Stewart Copeland, ABBA, Diana Ross, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lyle Lovett, Mel Brooks, Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, Mary J. Blige, Reba McEntire, Steve Gadd, and Dolly Parton, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and Harold Faltermyer, Neil Young.
Pretty good night for the late 20th century, going by that (highly cherry-picked) list.
My teenage self wouldn't know what a doja cat is, or a bad bunny, but he knew most of those names and wouldn't be surprised to find they were active participants in the music scene of 2023.
― Auf Der Martini (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 6 February 2023 14:39 (one year ago) link
― curmudgeon
I didn't watch them, but when I saw a couple clips this morning I thought Harry Styles isn't good enough an actor to fake his astonishment.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 February 2023 14:45 (one year ago) link
Unless I missed it, there wasn't a single cutaway to Beyonce after she lost album of the year again. Brutal
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 6 February 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
Meaningless Grammy Awards
More here
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 February 2023 15:14 (one year ago) link
The Grateful Dead won their first ever Grammy in a competitive category (Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package)!If you count their 2007 Lifetime Achievement Grammy, they are now tied for Grammys with Wet Leg 🥰
― listened to "Mississippi" one take too long (morrisp), Monday, 6 February 2023 15:33 (one year ago) link
Beyoncé won best dance/electronic music album for RENAISSANCE during the 65th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday. The prize gave her 32 Grammys, the most of any artist in the awards' history.
― billstevejim, Monday, 6 February 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/fHNTW6h/FB-IMG-1675706746846.jpg
― sanguisug boggy bogg (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 February 2023 18:09 (one year ago) link
"unknown blues singer" - great find
― listened to "Mississippi" one take too long (morrisp), Monday, 6 February 2023 18:17 (one year ago) link
Hey, Raitt! I got a news complaint
― sanguisug boggy bogg (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 February 2023 18:19 (one year ago) link
I remember some believing that AOTY winner Nick of Time benefitted from the other nominees splitting their votes (the Traveling Wilburys album and Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever were favorites, and on top of that you have a Don Henley album that greatly benefitted from some of Petty's Heartbreakers). I guess the same thing happened this time around.
― birdistheword, Monday, 6 February 2023 18:41 (one year ago) link
(less similar this time around, but maybe they split the "younger" votes while the middle-aged and above became a rock solid voting bloc)
― birdistheword, Monday, 6 February 2023 18:42 (one year ago) link
I just think the 10 nominees thing now means the top winners are more of a crap shoot than ever before
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 6 February 2023 18:50 (one year ago) link
i noticed that gangsta boo didn't make the in memoriam, were there any other notable slights?
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Monday, 6 February 2023 23:06 (one year ago) link
According toRS:
it felt particularly egregious to overlook Three 6 Mafia’s Gangsta Boo and Low singer/drummer Mimi Parker — two hugely important, dearly beloved artists who apparently didn’t merit a mention. If that wasn’t bad enough, they also left out Aaron Carter, Procul Harum’s Gary Brooker, Sixties folk singer/songwriter Bobby Neuwirth, singer Lucy Simon, Nazareth frontman Dan McCafferty, and drummer Alan White, who played in both Yes and John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band. The guy played on friggin’ “Imagine.” Like everyone else listed here, he deserved a special Grammy moment.
― listened to "Mississippi" one take too long (morrisp), Monday, 6 February 2023 23:08 (one year ago) link
(I recall Mimi Parker was included in the RRHOF Induction Ceremony's "In Memoriam" segment... so the Grammys apparently didn't even think to at least reference that as a starting point.)
― listened to "Mississippi" one take too long (morrisp), Monday, 6 February 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link
(or, even worse, decided she didn't make the cut)
― listened to "Mississippi" one take too long (morrisp), Monday, 6 February 2023 23:13 (one year ago) link
Anyone pregaming(?)Most of my favorites are being shut out in the early awards… though I will note that Grammys have gone to ILM faves “Padam Padam”; Tyla (“Water”); and Wet Leg (for remixing a Depeche Mode song)
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Sunday, 4 February 2024 22:40 (two months ago) link
Ugh, boygenius won Best Rock Song…
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Sunday, 4 February 2024 22:43 (two months ago) link
Dry Cleaning won best recording package for Stumpwork
― jaymc, Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:06 (two months ago) link
Boo, Louis Cole lost his bid in alternative jazz
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:10 (two months ago) link
xxpost Oh no, girls stealing awards from real rock groups like Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:11 (two months ago) link
I was rooting for Olivia, but go off. “Not Strong Enuff” is barely a rock song, by any measure
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:12 (two months ago) link
also it sucks
I fondly remember the days when ILM rightly didn't give a shit about this nonsense
― imago, Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:13 (two months ago) link
When was that, exactly?Whose over-the-top Grammy performance will make the least sense this year?So, the Grammy nominations...I know you are all too damn cool for the 2005 Grammy Awards; but don't you think they deserve a little thread action anyway?
― jaymc, Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:24 (two months ago) link
I joined in 2006. Don't remember much Grammy chat before the late 10s.
But idk I'm the Grinch, enjoy your silly awards show
― imago, Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:26 (two months ago) link
lol Dry Cleaning what?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:30 (two months ago) link
yeah wait are the Grammies good now lol
― imago, Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:34 (two months ago) link
the Academy doesn't like good music but they love pubes
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 4 February 2024 23:52 (two months ago) link
Molly Tuttle rightfully won best bluegrass album in a year with a lot of great bluegrass albums.
She might front the best band on the planet right now.
― alpine static, Monday, 5 February 2024 00:09 (two months ago) link
Tracy Chapman looks/sounds great playing “Fast Car” w Luke Combs
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Monday, 5 February 2024 01:22 (two months ago) link
Kill Bill performance was pretty cool, but I’ve never gotten into the song
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Monday, 5 February 2024 01:41 (two months ago) link
Awesome “Vampire”!
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Monday, 5 February 2024 02:21 (two months ago) link
that Tracy Chapman / Luke Combs performance was terrific.
― alpine static, Monday, 5 February 2024 02:26 (two months ago) link
Midnights… godammit
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Monday, 5 February 2024 02:30 (two months ago) link
― alpine static, Sunday, February 4, 2024 9:26 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
they sounded very nice together
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 February 2024 02:31 (two months ago) link
new Taylor Swift album in April called The Tortured Poets Department
Reaction shots of Olivia Rodrigo and Ed Sheehan suggest they're not amused.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 February 2024 02:31 (two months ago) link
guessing it's another Antonoff/Dessner-produced album based on that lol title
― Murgatroid, Monday, 5 February 2024 02:34 (two months ago) link
I'm not watching, but apparently Killer Mike just got arrested and escorted out of the Grammy's for something unrelated to the awards ceremony.
― birdistheword, Monday, 5 February 2024 02:35 (two months ago) link
Cool to hear "Makeba" by Jain in a commercial. Hell yeah!
― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Monday, 5 February 2024 02:37 (two months ago) link
Whoa -- Annie Lennox singing "Nothing Compares 2 U."
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 February 2024 02:44 (two months ago) link
Reaction shots of Olivia Rodrigo and Ed Sheehan suggest they're not amused.Honestly, Miley too… maybe I’m projecting, but I feel like they were all “wtf is this shit” with her big “announcement”
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Monday, 5 February 2024 02:45 (two months ago) link
With Wendy and Lisa
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 February 2024 02:45 (two months ago) link