Yeah, I say the same thing about all the heavy metal artists I love. Lamb of God, Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold, but of course not enough people love them in order for them to win a grammy.
" Just look at this video every one was leaving when Arcade Fire was still preforming there that bad. Eminem would have got every one to stay for an encore. http://www.twitvid.com/S9EC1 "
" @brandoncooper17: Before they played they said to leave during the song. The Arcade Fire are amazing "
This. The Suburbs isn't as good as Funeral (proving to me that popularity is important to the Grammy voters), but it was better than every other nominee this year.
Eminem's album shouldn't even have been nominated. Grammy's nominate all of his albums because they don't know shit about hiphop and don't intend to learn. Fact is if you listen to hiphip regularly there are glaring ommisions on the Grammy list this year. And if you don't, you go "hey I liked Eminem's single from 5 years ago with the crazy fan gotta support white rap haters gonna hate I think for myself". Grammys is all about familiar names. Eagle Seagull basically made a better Arcade Fire album last year than Arcade Fire but that's not a name people throw around. Grammys hasn't entered the 21st century yet, they still listen to the radio to get an idea of what the kids like. And if your music doesn't make it on the radio it might as well not exist as far as the Grammy committee is concerned. They're not like the Oscars, they don't go "we awarded a big movie last year, lets give everything to some British period piece nobody will ever see".
Who cares? It's just a gold, gramophone-shaped pat on the back. I don't understand why some people only enjoy things if they can somehow validate their opinion via condescension and references to critical or popular acclaim.
" Who cares? It's just a gold, gramophone-shaped pat on the back. I don't understand why some people only enjoy things if they can somehow validate their opinion via condescension and references to critical or popular acclaim. "
" Arcade Fire won best overall album, but it didn't win in it's genre category... What? Supposedly a great album, though. "
That happens a lot. Its like "best screenplay" at the Oscars, you throw a bone to something else even though it doesn't make any sense for the winner of best picture to not win best screenplay. And Black Keys got popular enough this year for the Grammys to give a damn about them, so they threw a bone.
" I'm sorry, but Recovery is NOT a better album than The Suburbs. In fact, it's not a better album than My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which WASN'T EVEN NOMINATED. What the hell happened this year, Grammys? "
" Who cares? It's just a gold, gramophone-shaped pat on the back. I don't understand why some people only enjoy things if they can somehow validate their opinion via condescension and references to critical or popular acclaim. "
You don't understand the purpose of awards? "
I do and I don't. I understand people like to congratulate other people for doing something noteworthy, and that's why they give out awards. But awards are not definitive, so I don't understand why people get upset when their favorite artist doesn't win or isn't nominated. A Grammy is just the collective opinion of some people at NARAS, and I don't see the need to get so worked up over someone else's opinion.
I could not care less about an award ceremony that thinks Single Ladies was the best song made last year and thinks Poker Face is a runner up. I'm sorry, i just don't.
Arcade Fire deserve it. For an album which has that many songs on it and for so many of them to be great, not to mention the fact that it's such a massive improvement from their previous album, is a great achievement for them.
If you were talking about The Slim Shady LP, The Marshal Mathers LP or The Eminem Show then I would totally back you up because they are all excellent. But I can't back up Recovery, it's just okay and that's about it.
I'm a big fan of Eminem, but I'm not sure what he was robbed from? Was there some kind of award show in the states or something I missed?
Award shows never mean much to me, if you're a big fan of them, keep buying their music. It probably means more than whether or not they win some trophy or not.
" Arcade Fire won best overall album, but it didn't win in it's genre category... What? Supposedly a great album, though. "
That happens a lot. Its like "best screenplay" at the Oscars, you throw a bone to something else even though it doesn't make any sense for the winner of best picture to not win best screenplay. And Black Keys got popular enough this year for the Grammys to give a damn about them, so they threw a bone. "
Not really the same. Best Picture doesn't necessarily have the best script.
I see your point about throwing a bone, but it kind of defeats the purpose of the categories. If you make the best music out of ALL categories, you should make the best music in your category. If not, it's not really the overall best, is it?
" Arcade Fire won best overall album, but it didn't win in it's genre category... What? Supposedly a great album, though. "
That happens a lot. Its like "best screenplay" at the Oscars, you throw a bone to something else even though it doesn't make any sense for the winner of best picture to not win best screenplay. And Black Keys got popular enough this year for the Grammys to give a damn about them, so they threw a bone. "
Not really the same. Best Picture doesn't necessarily have the best script. I see your point about throwing a bone, but it kind of defeats the purpose of the categories. If you make the best music out of ALL categories, you should make the best music in your category. If not, it's not really the overall best, is it? "
You're giving this more thought than you ought to be. Its just politics. The real problem with the Grammys is there's not really a more legitimate contemporary to it. Golden Globes are a joke, and by being such a joke they legitimize the Oscars a bit more. Music could use something like the Radio 3 Bucky Awards, but not region specific. I'd be fine with there being like 5 legitimate music award shows divided by genre line. For people who like country music, for example, the CMAs are way more legitimate than the Grammys. Not every genre has that though.
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