Dewar Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Kendrick and the Imagine Dragons together was pretty awesome. Almost as awesome as Daft Punk's outfits and Pharell's hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Almost as awesome as Daft Punk's outfits and Pharell's hat. Arby's @Arbys20h Hey @Pharrell, can we have our hat back? #GRAMMYs Pharrell Williams @Pharrell12h Y'all tryna start a roast beef? "@Arbys: Hey @Pharrell, can we have our hat back? #GRAMMYs” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I never watch award shows of any kind, but caught the Get Lucky performance on the youtubes and liked it a lot. Too bad they almost ruined with shots of the crowd dancing, at first it was nice seeing that big crowd getting down like that but then it just became spot-a-celebrity-dancing-awkwardly-for-attention. EDIT: Dat Hat doe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I did love Jay Z rocking out to Willie Nelson's performance. He knows how fucking gangsta the man is... there's a reason it's called "outlaw country." Also dug the history with Metallica performing "One" 25 years after they blew everyone out of the theater with the same song and got hosed out of the Grammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Pete Seeger dead at 94: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/28/showbiz/pete-seeger-death/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I don't understand why people watch the Grammys. Beyonce. Other than that, fucked if I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I don't understand why people watch the Grammys. Beyonce. Other than that, fucked if I know. That will get me to watch just about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Paul and Ringo... although I haven't watched that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Shame the two cool Beatles went first. The Beatles Anthology documentary makes Paul come across as a major airhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Shame the two cool Beatles went first. The Beatles Anthology documentary makes Paul come across as a major airhead. Screw that noise. Ringo is way cooler than anyone will give him credit for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 For a while, Ringo had an entire music course at UW-Madison focused on his counter-intuitive drumming techniques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Ringo is a good drummer who doesn't get enough credit. But come on, Harrison is way cooler. Lennon > Ringo. Ringo > Paul. George Martin > Paul. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Sir Paul is the coolest. I used to be a Lennon guy, but slowly sort of switched sides over the last few years. Paul's Bonnaroo headlining set sealed the deal for me last year, though. Not only did he sound like he owns a time machine, but he also spent about 30 minutes telling cool stories and talking about random shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Only one former Beatle released All Things Must Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Never really liked Paul's solo work. To be fair, he has way more and that yields way more Junk (haha haha, I'm sorry) but Wings were pretty good. Then there was that weird music video with MJ, that was weird before MJ became the Wacko Jacko we all knew and feared and then mourned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Fuck you all. All 4 of them are cooler than everybody else ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Fuck you all. All 4 of them are cooler than everybody else ever. Anyways, just interrupting Caring About Grandpas to shout out the new record from Carla Bozulich (Evangelista/Geraldine Fibbers/Ethyl Meatplow). It's called "Boy" and it's fucking fantastic and out very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Between the parenting stories and alleged abuse, Lennon was probably an ass. It would be interesting to see the Beatles in this current media world with all their non-music issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Yup, cooler than him too. By a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimWresPowr Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I only follow country music so maybe this phenomenon is limited to that genre but I'm worried about the future of the US music industry as it seems the "little guy" is being squeezed out more & more. It seems that unless you are a big megastar that gets tons of mainstream exposure & airplay, you are doomed to be marginalized into complete irrelevance. It seems the airwaves are increasingly becoming overtaken by just a few dozen artists that have "the machine" behind them. Lower level acts and artists whose primes were 10 years ago seem to be increasingly dropped by labels and taking to kickstarter/PledgeMusic/"D.I.Y" type sites to fund gettting albums produced and released. And you know there will be zero airplay or promotion for these projects if they have to scrape by to even get product out there. It's just a sad state of affiars as I fear that more & more artists are being marginalized out of the venues needed for people to even hear them & discover their music if they are being squeezed out by the big corporations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 I mostly listen to rock music and I don't think that is the case there. You see bands that aren't on the Black Keys/Kings of Leon/Arcade Fire level all the time on the late night shows like SNL, Fallon, Kimmel, Colbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I only follow country music so maybe this phenomenon is limited to that genre but I'm worried about the future of the US music industry as it seems the "little guy" is being squeezed out more & more. It seems that unless you are a big megastar that gets tons of mainstream exposure & airplay, you are doomed to be marginalized into complete irrelevance. It seems the airwaves are increasingly becoming overtaken by just a few dozen artists that have "the machine" behind them. Lower level acts and artists whose primes were 10 years ago seem to be increasingly dropped by labels and taking to kickstarter/PledgeMusic/"D.I.Y" type sites to fund gettting albums produced and released. And you know there will be zero airplay or promotion for these projects if they have to scrape by to even get product out there. It's just a sad state of affiars as I fear that more & more artists are being marginalized out of the venues needed for people to even hear them & discover their music if they are being squeezed out by the big corporations. You, and most people really, are looking at this the wrong way. I'd say that the mainstream megastar idea is just about dead, and artists ability to make money off of their music is easier than ever. I'd say that the fact that artists no longer have to sign exploitative contracts with major labels, only to get a ridiculous advance that will leave them in debt to the record label is probably a good thing. With Spotify, Itunes, Youtube and all the different festivals, artists can profit from their work easier than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 It's this strange thing where that is both true and untrue. Radio is, unquestionably, becoming less accessible to smaller artists. Blame media consolidation, or just blame the death of the music industry reducing it down to only playing the most popular stuff. On the other hand, it has never been easier to find music by smaller, more obscure acts than right now. The internet puts everything at our fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Artists get paid so little from Spotify that there are major acts speaking out against it on a regular basis. They may be able to get their music heard more easily, but that doesn't translate to profit directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Merch and tour dates are the only way to makemoney in music and that's not easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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