Will Taylor Swift Please Get Permanent Laryngitis?

**kwame k** · 02-01-2010, 12:44 AM

We were talking about this early today.....when was the last time the Grammy's were even relevant?

Totally nailed it on the Swift analogy as to what is wrong with the Music Industry today.

All looks and no substance.

**FORD** · 02-01-2010, 01:01 AM

No question that Taylor Swift is ridiculously overrated. But at least she was singing in her own shitty voice. Others were using that AutoKey shit, and that should be banned from the Grammys or any other live performance.

If you can't sing, DON'T. Or at least be enough of a songwriter that nobody gives a shit whether you can sing or not. Look how well it works for Bob Dylan. Or even Tom Waits, for that matter.

**FORD** · 02-01-2010, 01:03 AM

And why the Hell was Beyonce singing the Alanis Morissette song?

Not that I don't prefer it to her own stupid overplayed goddamn annoying song about "putting a ring on it", and I could watch Beyonce sing just about anything without complaining, but it just seemed like an odd choice for her, especially following that 60 Minutes interview that said she was such a good Christian girl and all.....

**Hardrock69** · 02-01-2010, 01:19 AM

It is the same thing every year. When I DO remember to tune in to the Crummy Awards, it is not to actually watch it. I just use it as background noise...and occasionally I hear somebody say something that leads me to watch it, like the Les Paul thing with Jeff Beck.

Green Day got Best Rock Album. Well, I can't say they are totally undeserving of that.

Oh and one other thing that was probably the coolest thing of the entire night:

Honeyboy Edwards was on hand to get a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award!

David Honeyboy Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For those of you who do not know, he was a travelling and musician partner of Robert Johnson (King Of The Delta Blues), and he is STILL ALIVE (94 years old). He and pianist Pinetop Perkins are arguably the last two original Delta Blues musicians still touring.

I saw Pinetop perform at the King Biscuit Helen Blues Festival in October of 2005.
If Honeyboy performs near here again, I will certainly go see him.

Lastly but not leastly here are some COOL FUCKING AWARDS from this year:

Hard Rock Performance: AC/DC, "War Machine"

Metal Performance: Judas Priest, "Dissident Aggressor"

Rock Instrumental Performance: Jeff Beck, "A Day in the Life"

Fuckin Hell! JUDAS PRIEST! WOOHOO!

Yeah so the Crummy Awards are irrelevant...but it IS nice that Jeff, AC/DC and Priest got some recognition from the industry.

**Hardrock69** · 02-01-2010, 01:19 AM

It is the same thing every year. When I DO remember to tune in to the Crummy Awards, it is not to actually watch it. I just use it as background noise...and occasionally I hear somebody say something that leads me to watch it, like the Les Paul thing with Jeff Beck.

Green Day got Best Rock Album. Well, I can't say they are totally undeserving of that.

Oh and one other thing that was probably the coolest thing of the entire night:

Honeyboy Edwards was on hand to get a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award!

David Honeyboy Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For those of you who do not know, he was a travelling and musician partner of Robert Johnson (King Of The Delta Blues), and he is STILL ALIVE (94 years old). He and pianist Pinetop Perkins are arguably the last two original Delta Blues musicians still touring.

I saw Pinetop perform at the King Biscuit Helen Blues Festival in October of 2005.
If Honeyboy performs near here again, I will certainly go see him.

Lastly but not leastly here are some COOL FUCKING AWARDS from this year:

Hard Rock Performance: AC/DC, "War Machine"

Metal Performance: Judas Priest, "Dissident Aggressor"

Rock Instrumental Performance: Jeff Beck, "A Day in the Life"

Fuckin Hell! JUDAS PRIEST! WOOHOO!

Yeah so the Crummy Awards are irrelevant...but it IS nice that Jeff, AC/DC and Priest got some recognition from the industry.

**Sensible Shoes** · 02-01-2010, 01:23 AM

Taylor Swift is not really good looking. She has awful phrasing, and can't carry a tune. But how is she different from any other teen idol over that past 50 years? Album of the year is a farce, I agree.

As for Beyonce and that trash ass video? The good Christian girl refers to herself/women as "it", humps the air and slaps her own ass in barely there hot pants. Yes, it's high art.

And somebody PLEASE explain the Lady Gaga phenomenon to me. cause I sure as fuck don't get it.

**kwame k** · 02-01-2010, 01:24 AM

I think I lost any respect for the Grammy's after the Metallica-Jethro Tull controversy.

I can't wait to see the clip of Beck doing Les Paul.......and Beck's version of A Day In The Life is awesome......

Here's a version of it from awhile back....different band than he has today.....
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**kwame k** · 02-01-2010, 01:30 AM

Originally posted by Shoes, Sensible

And somebody PLEASE explain the Lady Gaga phenomenon to me. cause I sure as fuck don't get it.

I'd like to hear that explanation, too.

**Blackflag** · 02-01-2010, 01:45 AM

Originally posted by kwame k

All looks

?.... Take a few minutes and visit the "picture palooza."

**GreenBayLA** · 02-01-2010, 03:27 AM

I met her when her first CD came out, shes' a nice young lady.

**FORD** · 02-01-2010, 03:32 AM

I think it's time to forgive Kanye West for his little outburst at last year's MTV Awards. Kinda wish he had been at the Grammy's tonight, to interrupt one of that little twit's speeches.

**SilvioDante** · 02-01-2010, 07:26 AM

I am not going to try to explain Taylor Swift to people who aren't suppose to "get" here, WE aren't....

I have a 14 year old daughter who likes her, and I think she's great for that. Her song aren't about trying to get laid, they are sappy teen love songs. It isn't "ringtone rap", she can play the guitar and there are musicians playing on the CD. She writes her own songs, as awful as we think they are. My daughter like the whole ablum, not just the "one song she downloaded from iTunes 'cause the rest of it sucked".

I would much rather her listen to Taylor Swift than the Black Eyed Peas or Jamie Foxx or any of that other crap. Therefore Taylor is doing what she is suppose to do.

As far at the Scammy, I can not believe anyone with any brains at all watches that thing and gets mad. After Metallica/Tull, did you not figure out it is a joke?

**Mr Walker** · 02-01-2010, 07:47 AM

Jethro Tull > Metallica... always were, always will be.

**Coyote** · 02-01-2010, 08:57 AM

Originally posted by Shoes, Sensible

And somebody PLEASE explain the Lady Gaga phenomenon to me. cause I sure as fuck don't get it.

High Fashion Tabloid-pop...

A few months, and (s)he'll be gone...

Will Taylor Swift Please Get Permanent Laryngitis?

Will Taylor Swift Please Get Permanent Laryngitis?

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