re the Grammies. I miss Arcade Fire. is some of this stuff....music?

[NRaleighLiberal]

What is on now is indescribable (as in indescribably bad!)

[justiceischeap]

1. Are you talking about this priest woman?

I went out for a smoke, so maybe I'm missing some context to her performance.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

2. I gave up on pop music a LOOONG time ago.

Specifically, when The Police broke up after their last tour, in 1983.
I saw them on the Synchronicity tour.

There is nobody in pop music now that I think is any good except Lady Gaga. Some metalhead girl laughed at me when I said that Lady Gaga was quite talented.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. Arcade Fire, The National, Fleet Foxes, Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead -

I am a mid 50 something and find those amongst very good/listenable music. We stream Radio Paradise and hear lots of good stuff.

Sadly, didn't hear anything remotely close tonight!

[JI7]

17. most stations don't play from most of those bands, even Arcade Fire which won last year

surprisingly . it seems like they only played 1 song from them after they won. but they have so many others and even that one song i don't hear anymore.

it's always the same rihanna song, katy perry, avril lavigne .

[NRaleighLiberal]

18. just stream radioparadise.com - it is amazing...and free!

they play really creative mixes - many of them themed - great website....

[geardaddy]

26. Or listen to The Current

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/streams.shtml

[OriginalGeek]

8. I'm a metalhead guy

and i agree with you. Gaga has chops.

[OriginalGeek]

3. nikki minaj?

I was just about to ask if this was typical of her and, if so, why does anyone know her name?

[one_voice]

10. Yes...

out there..shock value is typical of her.

[OriginalGeek]

13. I am a big fan of shock value

but I need something behind it. Talent. A message. Gimme SOMEthing.

[one_voice]

4. Nicki Minaj...

I don't get it either..

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. pretty much utterly out of tune...and tone!

[one_voice]

7. She's way out there...

but people like her...she's making some kind of statement...not sure what though..

This is how she showed up:

[OriginalGeek]

11. Is she British?

or was that some kind of terrible put-on accent?

Maybe she's a better rapper than she is a singer. She'd damn near have to be if she can rhyme two words with any kind of meter. But I saw no evidence if either tonight.

There has been some terrific performances tonight though - Jennifer Hudson, Adele, Foo Fighters - all were very good.

I don't normally care for Taylor Swift (I've seen her sing off key so many times I wondered if she was all studio and little talent) but I thought she was pretty great tonight.

[marmar]

15. It's a put-on accent.

And you really thought Taylor Swift was great? .... Good gawd she sucks.

[OriginalGeek]

16. compared to her usual performance

I meant great pretty great for her. I was wondering what she was doing with a banjo though - maybe I just enjoyed her backup band more than her actually...

[kaiden]

22. Love "MEAN" by Taylor Swift. It can apply to so many situations:

boyfriends gone bad, fathers gone bad, bosses gone bad . . .

[OriginalGeek]

28. I guess Adele isn't the only one

to write about crappy dudes in her life?

Although, for some reason,. I hear more pain in Adele's songs than in Taylor Swift's...I'm sure there are a lot of reasons for that..including my personal preference for Adele over TS....but at least they both write songs - that's more than we can say for some of these pop stars...

[pipi_k]

25. Glad I'm not the only one

who thinks Taylor Swift sucks.

[one_voice]

19. Yes it's a fake accent...

my opinion, she is a better rapper.

I agree with everyone but Taylor Swift.

[GReedDiamond]

14. She's doing her version of Little Red Ridinghood...

...the Pope is the Big Bad Wolf.

[one_voice]

20. Is it a statement about the church..

or religion? Seems strange to pick the Pope if it isn't...

[GReedDiamond]

21. I do not really know...

...sure looks like a Pope-ish figure, and the other costume?...Lil Red Ridin-hoodie to my eye.

Not really sure of the artist's political/religious views, since I'm not a follower.

[NYC_SKP]

9. Nicki Minaj? Has a song called "Stupid Hoe"...

I watched a couple of her youtubes just now.

Silly lyrics, but interesting looks and makeup, a play on Barbie dolls...

Not my cup of tea, musically...

[one_voice]

12. I watched it the...

other day. Her makeup and and stuff is always interesting.

The big thing a while ago was whether her butt was real or or not.

[bigwillq]

32. Play on Barbie dolls

Lil Kim did that 15 years ago.

Get a new gimmick, Nicki Garbaj.

[stevebreeze]

23. If you didn't stay to the end to watch the jam with McCartney and Joe Walsh you missed out

[NRaleighLiberal]

30. yes, I did see that - really good....made up for some really nasty bits!

[pipi_k]

24. I changed the channel when

the Foo Fighters came on.

Sometimes I wonder if it's me getting old and grumpy, or if the music from the last +/- 15 years just sucks big time.

Maybe a little of both. I mean, there are some artists I like. Never heard Bruno Mars before seeing him last night but really enjoyed his act. I like Adele. Maybe a few others.

But mostly the music stinks. Not even melodic. Just a jangle of noise and shitty singers.

As far as I'm concerned, most of the good stuff died somewhere mid 1990s.

[geardaddy]

27. I never watch the Grammies, but I did last night.

I'm glad Bon Iver won and I'm glad Adele won.

[Iggo]

29. I don't usually watch it, either.

I wanted to see what they'd say about Whitney Houston, then I got sucked in.

Never heard of or seen this Bruno Mars kid before, but DAMN was that a performance! Made the girlfriend-beater look like warmed over shit.

Also seeing a big girl with a cockney accent and an actual singing voice take over the show in the current pop music climate was refreshing to say the least.

I turned it off in the middle of Chris Brown's thing. Can't stand watching that dude. But I did hit record. I'll skim through the rest of the show later. (Three and a half hours? Yikes!) First time in a long time I haven't completely hated pop music. A really long time.

[pipi_k]

31. He was fantastic...

Bruno Mars, I mean.

Like James Brown, Michael Jackson, and Jackie Wilson all rolled into one.

[Arugula Latte]

33. Yeah, that guy oozes talent.

He's electrifying -- you can't take your eyes off of him.

He's got a bit of Smokey Robinson in him, too.

Love this:

[nolabear]

34. Am I the only person who enjoys hearing unusual stuff?

I am not a fan of many of the people who performed but thousands of people are and I'm always up for hearing what excites people. I don't care for Chris Brown's music or persona but he did what he's paid to do and did it well. I thought Nikki Minaj was hysterical and sure as hell doubled down on Madonna's call out of the Catholic church...and I'll bet she's not thrilled that Whitney scooped her shock value. I don't know who on earth Deadmau5 is but, damn. It turned my head around. I love things that do that. Adele was a delight with her "Fank you! Fank you!" When she won I turned to my friend who was watching with me and said "Take THAT, skinny bitches!" and had a good laugh. I adored seeing the Beach Boys and everyone who took the stage with them and loved, loved, LOVED the finale. Glenn Campbell was creepy and heartbreaking all at once. How could that not be fascinating?

Music is magic. I can fall in love with it in almost any form and I don't for a minute believe that anyone with no talent was on that stage, even when they or their work isn't my cuppa, and I don't understand how anyone could feel that way.

[NRaleighLiberal]

35. What's great about the arts is that all opinions are valid - because the only

view that counts is each of our own...and we don't have to convince each other to see things differently. And it isn't about intrinsic "better or worse" - just about whether it resonates with us or not.

[nolabear]

36. Amen and amen! But I do wish the people who like things talked more.

But while we're enjoying:

ONE MORE TIME!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

37. Abbey Road lives forever!!