JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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Seattle
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Posted on Feb 10 2008 10:37 PM
Alright, I'm watching the grammys on mute. I already know all the results of this horrendous evening as it is not live on the west coast.
1.) I hate it when people do choreography while performing unless it is in jest.
2.) Amy Winehouse is nothing more than a product of the industry.
3.) Does the legacy of the Beatles really need to get destroyed year in and year out?
4.) My favorites Wilco and Feist lost out to other non-worthy choices.
5.) Is Let it Be really an anti-war song? Is that Walt from Lost?
6.) Kudos to Feist for mixing it up and playing her song differently from the hit version. Equally as good, if not better. The mark of a true artist and somebody that will be around in more than 5 years unlike most of the nominees.
7.) I just spied an almost angry and baffled Jeff Tweedy of Wilco after the butchering of Let it Be.
8.) Christina Aguliera has huge breasts after her pregnancy, like really really big. This is not a sexual reference, just a jesus christ that must be uncomfortable observation.
9.) Remember when the Foo Fighters weren't a huge joke?
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wooza
Joined: Apr 24, 2006
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Ithaca, NY
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Posted on Feb 10 2008 10:41 PM
JakeDobner
1.) I hate it when people do choreography while performing unless it is in jest.
2.) Amy Winehouse is nothing more than a product of the industry.
3.) Does the legacy of the Beatles really need to get destroyed year in and year out?
4.) My favorites Wilco and Feist lost out to other non-worthy choices.
5.) Is Let it Be really an anti-war song? Is that Walt from Lost?
Does this surprise you?
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JakeDobner
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Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Feb 10 2008 10:44 PM
In a way yes and no. I'm so out of the loop with the mainstream music industry that I really don't know how popular or important some people are. So, in my head I build up all the artists I like thinking they are the most popular out there only to get my preconceptions pissed on by the abortion that is the grammys once a year.
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DennistheMenace
Joined: Dec 29, 2007
Posts: 714
Southeast, Florida
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Posted on Feb 10 2008 10:57 PM
Add to the first post:
I almost cried when they showed Jerry Lee Lewis. My God, it looked as though they pulled him out of a Nursing Home to do a "Whole Lot of Shakin."
And Little Richard looked like he was scared stiff when he went into his song, or at least the one camera angle, where he looked like he was terrified.
John Fogerty was good, but even with him, there were a couple of notes he was straining for.
And then there were a bunch of those (KIDS?) bragging about how "I was hoping to be on the Grammys before I hit 18, but I just missed that by a little bit."...........Oh, Ha Ha Ha.... I get it ... Ha Ha Ha.  Some of those people didn't even deserve to be there on that stage, but then again, look what's happened to the Grammys. I even felt bad for Tony Bennett. He came out, and tried to be polite, but you could almost see it in his face, where he was saying to himself, "What the Hell am I doing here?!?!?"
On a lighter note, I think I would of preferred to lose power in the house from a bad storm, a REAL BAD STORM............and then proceed to eat a
can of Spaghetti-O-s out of a "downed Satellite Dish." 
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JakeDobner
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Seattle
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Posted on Feb 10 2008 11:00 PM
DennistheMenace
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On a lighter note, I think I would of preferred to lose power in the house from a bad storm, a REAL BAD STORM............and then proceed to eat a
can of Spaghetti-O-s out of a "downed Satellite Dish."
Dennis, you and I both know we are going to do this again next year. The grammys are the ultimate trainwrech of awards shows, can't help but stare.
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Sonichris
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Posts: 1902
Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Feb 10 2008 11:33 PM
I'm pretty sure I could have sang that Amy Winehouse tune if I had the band that played on the disc - it's all the band, not her. Any girl that's smoked for the last 5 years could do it -
I forgot it was on, and watched Family Guy re-runs instead.
— "You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been"
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JakeDobner
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Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Feb 10 2008 11:41 PM
Chris, I'm coming to your house next year and I'm going to force you to watch the grammys. A Family Guy rerun is better than laughing at Kanye West in a LED jacket? I think not. Good lord I hate Kanye.
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Sonichris
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Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Feb 10 2008 11:50 PM
It was a funny one - Stewie plotted to kill Lois, and Peter made a racial slur and a fart noise, and Quagmeier said some rude stuff, and Brian the dog got drunk.
part of the problem with the Grammys is that seeing who's popular and winning grammys makes me feel like I'm not on top of it, or missing something. Like I'm not smart enough to see the pure genius of some of the bands that are winning. I just sit there and go "What the ?, isn't singing on key good anymore?"
— "You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been"
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RobbieReverb
Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 2366
San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 12:33 AM
The Grammy's? Totally irrelevant to me. If somebdoy wanted to
brutally torture me, the most effective method would be forcing
me to watch the Grammy's. Even when people I like win Grammy's,
it's like 25 years too late (Clapton, Santana), and it still pisses me off.
The few times that I started to watch it, I wanted to throw a brick
through my TV screen. Somehow I kept my cool, and turned it
off. The Grammy's are a joke!
That's the sugar-coated version.
Bob
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CaptainSpringfield
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 4387
Under the Sun
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 01:42 AM
Sonichris
It was a funny one - Stewie plotted to kill Lois, and Peter made a racial slur and a fart noise, and Quagmeier said some rude stuff, and Brian the dog got drunk.
That narrows it down to pretty much every single post-2nd cancellation episode.
-Warren
— That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.
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mom_surfing
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the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 07:04 AM
we played scrabble
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 08:10 AM
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JakeDobner
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Seattle
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 09:02 AM
I think the SG101 convention should be watching the grammys next year. Even if there is only .05% of cynicism in you it is the greatest day of the year.
Call of Duty 4? I need to pick it up as I've heard great things. I'm not a big online gamer though. I actually played my first online game since Starcraft was around in December. Halo... and I haven't played since.
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WillyT
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Jersey Shore
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 09:58 AM
I agree w/ what everyone else here said about last night. Farsical.
But the Grammy's occasionally offer a shining moment. (The Springsteen/Costello/Van Zandt/Grohl tribute to Joe Strummer of a few years back comes to mind.)
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DennistheMenace
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Posts: 714
Southeast, Florida
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 09:59 AM
I  the Grammys........
I also love curded milk, and sniffing my armpits 
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.....choose the 'rite stuff!
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Ruhar
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San Diego, CA
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 10:19 AM
I flipped to it for like 30 seconds during a 'Rock of Love' commercial. Has pop music ever been this generic and non-compelling? I don't know why it surprises me.
Brett Michaels on Rock of Love is so freaking ridiculous! Now that's entertainment!
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HBkahuna
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 10:20 AM
All in all, this show was a sad statement as to what the music business has become. I saw Don Henley in concert a few years back & even he commented calling the present day music "mostly crap." With that, The Eagles, minus Joe Walsh joined him on stages & reminded everyone what good music sounds like.
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ShaunNecro
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Posts: 524
Bay City (Michigan)
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 10:28 AM
Thankfully I was out pushing carts in -20 degree weather when the grammys were on.
I have never watched it, and I never plan to. Mostly because I hate almost anything that has to do with mainstream music. It's all about image anyways.
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surfer
Joined: Apr 12, 2007
Posts: 428
South Florida
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 10:39 AM
At least it wasn't the Hip Hop / Rap awards of the last couple of years. The intro tune with Frank was kinda cool, and at least the Foo's won. I just caught the first show of their tour, best live show I've been to in quite awhile.
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dp
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mojave desert, california
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Posted on Feb 11 2008 10:45 AM
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