Members pbognar Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 officially have no idea what is going on in the world of popular music. Nor does anything really interest me. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Herbie Hancock got a nod for the Joni Letters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Herbie Hancock got a nod for the Joni Letters Yeah, I saw that, and well-deserved it was. But yeah, I have officially removed myself from giving a crap about any type of popular music. Not in a bad, curmudgeonly, "everything sucks" way, but just in the "I'm not finding anything here to identify with so I'm going to rely on the fact that there's been a ton of other music done over the past 400 years that I enjoy" way. Some new artist could come along that I really like, and I'm totally receptive to that happening. I just doubt that they'll be getting honors from the RIAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pbognar Posted December 6, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Yeah, I saw that, and well-deserved it was.But yeah, I have officially removed myself from giving a crap about any type of popular music. Not in a bad, curmudgeonly, "everything sucks" way, but just in the "I'm not finding anything here to identify with so I'm going to rely on the fact that there's been a ton of other music done over the past 400 years that I enjoy" way. Some new artist could come along that I really like, and I'm totally receptive to that happening. I just doubt that they'll be getting honors from the RIAA. re: Herbie Hancock - I only discovered this when I was at Target last night. You'd never hear this on any radio station... Jeff - I agree with you. Occasionally someone I respect will have a personal recommendation, and I'll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted December 6, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 There are a whole lot of categories of un-popular music too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 re: Herbie Hancock - I only discovered this when I was at Target last night. You'd never hear this on any radio station... Jeff - I agree with you. Occasionally someone I respect will have a personal recommendation, and I'll check it out. Yes, yes and yes. Herbie deserves the accolades for this particular work. A lot of times established artists get a nod as a kind of unofficial "lifetime achievement" award. What's happening in commercial pop is so overdone that I can't get past the machinery and in to whatever depth the music may have. I like pop music, but I hear a lot more pop music that is appealing from sources other than major media. I can't listen to commercial radio for more than one song - if I happen to like what's playing when I turn it on. As soon as the announcer starts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eightyeightkeys Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 officially have no idea what is going on in the world of popular music. Nor does anything really interest me. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough... Me neither. I love internet radio though. iTunes, and, right at the moment, Morow. www.morow.com Yeah baby... HVY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 I dunno...As I've stated here before:I like a lot of today's pop music.Things change.Styles and tastes move on.It would be a boring worldif that weren't the case.... Amy Winehouse : Cool ... I like her album and Rehab is a great tune..She's also a "bad girl" which is always appealing.... Kanye West:I like his stuff... Graduation is a good album..Particularly like the latest single "Stronger". Foo Fighters: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace is a good album.Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners (with Kaki King) is a cool track. Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds : Like it....Especially "What Goes Around..." a very clever song... I like just about anything Timbaland does...He's involved with the new Duran Duran album although most of the trackswere produced by his right hand man Danja. I even like Rihannas Umbrella .... there's a great version of itby The Plain White T's on Youtube:[YOUTUBE]PA21NzdTB_Y[/YOUTUBE] Speaking of which: their tune "Hey There Delilah" is a classic... Fallout BoyPanic at The DiscoThe Killers What's not to like with all this new stuff?It's just pop music, reflecting popular culture.Same as it ever was IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 And the Record of the Year....is: You can stand under my Umbrella ella ella a a aunder my Umbrella ella ella a a a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 And the Record of the Year....is: Umbrella "...topped the charts all over the world, remaining at number-one in the United States for seven weeks and in the United Kingdom for ten weeks..." (From the Wikipedia article on the tune.) So quite a few people out there in the "real world" actually liked the tune enough to buy it.... The kind of success most of us dream about..... It's a clever song. Written by Jay-Z and some other guys. Check out the article and how the tune "...was actually offered to Mary J. Blige and Britney Spears, before being picked up by Rihanna...." These guys know their market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 How could they ignore Tay???? [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 So quite a few people out there in the "real world" actually liked the tuneenough to buy it....The kind of success most of us dream about.....It's a clever song.Written by Jay-Z and some other guys. Honestly, the first time I heard it I found it more interesting than the rest of the stuff on the radio. The second time I was still intrigued with it. By the third time I was getting bored and frustrated with it. They have something interesting going on with the song, but I swear, they squeezed the life out of it. The singer sounds like a robot. There's no sonic depth to it, what you hear the first time is pretty much all there is. But I knew when I heard it, with a hook like that, it was going to end up getting an award for something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 How could they ignore Tay???? Bill... see my post "Any tips on how to use the YouTube button?" Where Gus and Boosh were very helpful in explaining what to do. Basically you only use the letter/number combination after the = sign in the URL. For the Youtube vid you wanted to show it's:EwTZ2xpQwpA So you would type EwTZ2xpQwpA and then select it and then click the red Youtube button.... And it would show this: [YOUTUBE]EwTZ2xpQwpA[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Iamtheblues Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 I dunno, I'm 40 and play in a band that tends to draw a younger (21-35) crowd so it's important to us to keep up with the latest music. I'm not saying that I prefer a lot of it (although there are some cool new artists/tunes out there), but it is a lot more fun than banging through the same old tired "Classic Rawk/Blooze" tunes. Plus, who am I to argue with the hot 25 year old chickies grinding all over each other??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Thanks Fretwizz. Other boards I've used use the full url to embed YouTube. OTOH, now everyone gets to see that video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pbognar Posted December 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 I dunno, I'm 40 and play in a band that tends to draw a younger (21-35) crowd so it's important to us to keep up with the latest music. I'm not saying that I prefer a lot of it (although there are some cool new artists/tunes out there), but it is a lot more fun than banging through the same old tired "Classic Rawk/Blooze" tunes. Plus, who am I to argue with the hot 25 year old chickies grinding all over each other??? I was in the same type of band situation. We were playing R/B - Funk - Soul from the '70's onward, but a couple of the guys in the band were up on what the younger crowd wanted and we injected those tunes into our setlist. It IS definitely more gratifying to play for a receptive audience - but I need someone to filter through heaps of crap to find the decent stuff - I just don't have the time or the stomach for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meccajay Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 officially have no idea what is going on in the world of popular music. Yeah it's a different crop than in years past, but like fretwizz mentiones, a lot of the pop votees make sense... Winehouse, Timberlake, The Killers, Kanye etc. Nothing out of line here if you think about it from an ipod wearin', multi-format listening, tune downloading, 17-26 year old's persective. Alsol, you kinda knew Kanye would be the star of this years noms, what with previous snubs at various awards, this year doing his best album to date, and the personal tragedy he's recently gone thru... Voters gave it up for him. I'm really not a fan, but I have no problem with the nominations, it actually is a very good album. Rihanna-Umbrella, well that song is a song that you need to hate, want to hate, then try very very hard to hate, after all, were legit musicians right?! True, but dammit, that hook grabs you by the balls and pulls you in!! Not only that, you'll absolutely never ever ever in 100 years get it out of you head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 OK, New artist nominations: Amy Winehouse, Feist, Ledisi, Paramore, Taylor Swift I don't know about those others, but Feist released her second album this year. Is that really a new artist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 All music is good. It's just that some is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2007 OK, New artist nominations:but Feist released her second album this year. Is that really a new artist? Feist! Well... she's Canadian so she's new to us Americans! Anyway, I gotta say I dig her arrangements. It's good to hear fun orchestral pop. The songs are almost really good too. I'll give her a 10 for direction and execution. A 7 for content. I want her to get even better. Sort of a Laura Nyro for the new century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2007 Best Traditional Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) * Dirt Farmer Levon Helm [Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records] This is a really cool album. Though it's equal part rock in the way only Levon can rock, not just folk. This might be a "mature" album but it's not an old guy album. Levon still has his thing, better than ever. And his drumming does rock, even on folk stuff... like another Band he was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2007 Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) * Pilgrimage Michael Brecker [Heads Up International] His last album before passing. This is such a cool and challenging album. It doesn't sound like music from a very sick man, but rather music from someone inspired. Very inspired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2007 Best Rock Song(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.) * Icky Thump Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes) Track from: Icky Thump [Third Man/Warner Bros.; Publisher: Peppermint Stripe Music] The guy does understand ROCK. And he manages to coax those cool harmonic overtones out of his little old amp riffige like Page did once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2007 Album Of The Year(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.) * Back To Black Amy Winehouse Mark Ronson & Salaamremi, producers Girlfriend does have her issues, and I hate to think what I first heard when listening to the song Back To Black was real pain, it might've been. Best pop album I've heard in a long time. Real pain translates I guess. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 His last album before passing. This is such a cool and challenging album. It doesn't sound like music from a very sick man, but rather music from someone inspired. Very inspired. A tremendous recording, even without knowing what Brecker was going through at the time. That there was a STATEMENT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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