[Dixielandjazz] Grammys - getting their due?
Mark Bauer
jazz_trombone at axint.net
Tue Feb 15 13:35:00 PST 2005
I couldn't agree with you more rob. But in all fairness, these "artists"
and I use that term lightly, are providing a demand for the public. This
is what the public wants. The public wants more sex, more violence more
nastiness in their movies, tv and music. Sad but true.
MB
Rob McCallum wrote:
> 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.
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