[Dixielandjazz] Grammys - getting their due?

[Mort Weintraub]

Was it Mencken who said, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste
or intelligence of the American public".

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Rob McCallum
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:28 PM
To: Vaxtrpts at aol.com; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Grammys - getting their due?

I agree, for the most part.  Pop music has deteriorated to the point in 
which murderers (Snoop Doggy Dogg) and wannabe gang bangers and their inane 
ramblings have become the base of the pop music world.  Add to that watching

mediocre singers like Britney Spears flaunt their MTV-approved sexuality for

megabucks offends my musical sensibilities.  With few exceptions, all the 
wrong people get those awards.  It's a big joke and there are a lot of 
people laughing all the way to the bank.  For people like Snoop and the 
other jackasses who romanticize ghetto violence to make millions selling 
that crap to the kids, they actually make more money in the music business 
than when they sold crack.

Along that line, I would like someone to explain the appeal of Paris Hilton.

  She has got to be one of the most ignorant human beings ever born.  I 
suppose her "reality" show gets the same viewers who slow down to see a car 
accident.  She doesn't even pretend to have any talent.  Jessica Simpson is 
as dumb as a post too, but at least she can sing, and I give her and her 
husband some credit for trying to bring back the TV variety show.

All the best,
Rob McCallum







>From: Vaxtrpts at aol.com
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Grammys - getting their due?
>Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:33:22 EST
>
>In a message dated 2/15/2005 12:00:35 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:
>#2 BAD NEWS
>
>February 15, 2005 - NY TIMES - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 7:58 a.m. EST
>
>Grammy Awards Get Lowest Rating Since '95
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>Why is this bad news???? The grammys have become the epitome of bad taste 
>and
>even worse "music," if you can call much of what they present, music.  
>Could
>it be that the American public is getting tired of that crap?  I guess 
>though,
>it could also mean that lots of teeny boppers, who the grammys really aim 
>at,
>may have been watching some stupid reality show, instead.
>They don't even show any presentations of "good music" awards on the TV 
>show,
>they just announce before commercials about "previously awarded 
>categories."
>Yes, Ray Charles may have gotten some posthumous awards, but the still 
>wasn't
>enough to make me watch.  Some years I have looked in at times while 
>watching
>something else, but this year I didn't even look once.
>Mike Vax
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