What The Fuck Is Wrong With The Grammys??!?!?!?
Ok, fair warning, this is going to take a while...
Top 6 Cool Things That Happened At The Grammys (no order)
1. Maroon 5 and Los Lonely Boys won Grammys, and rightfully so.
2. Stevie Wonder tried to read the winners envelope
3. After beating Green Day for a Grammy, Bono acknowledged the fact that he was surprised he won because it was "Green Day's year."
4. 'Across the Universe' was played by Guns n Ros...I mean, Velvet Revolver, Brian Wilson, Billie Joe, and Scott Weiland.
5. Green Day played live and were fuckin perfect.
6. BEST ROCK ALBUM. BEST ROCK ALBUM. BEST ROCK ALBUM.
Top 4 Shitty Things At The Grammys (No Order)
1. No offense to a great band, but U2 shouldn'tve been nominated for their new record, let alone won anything.
2. James Brown. Would it kill him to sing a different song instead of the same one he sings every live appearance he makes. If he looked like he did in his mugshot, then maybe i'd let it go.
3. For it being the 50th birthday of rock and roll, it sure seemed more like the Ray Charles dedication night. Oh, my bad, they briefly touched on Lynard Skynard. Fuckin lame.
4. How in the blue balls of hell did Ray Charles win album of the year?
Ok, here's my understanding. When an artist wins best album of the year, it is just that. The year's best album. When an album is the best of the year, people actually hear it. I've asked a dozen people, and not one has heard 1 track off of Ray Charles "album of the year." I'm not discrediting Ray Charles at all. He is a revolutionary figure in music. However, saying Ray Charles' record was better than a Green Day, Kanye West, or Alicia Keys record (Usher was nominated too but he was fucked from the beginning) is assinine. First off, I'll lobby for Green Day since they're my all time favorites. Every magazine, news paper, television show, etc... picked green day to sweet all 7 of their nominations. How many did they win? 1. I got to see my favorite band on stage with an award 1 time. Not to mention, Green Day destroyed Ray Charles on the Billboard charts. Green Day has consistently been in the top 4 since their record came out back in September. Ray Charles has peaked at 16, and that's solely based on his slew of unjust Grammy awards. If the Grammys are supposed to be arout the top artists of the year, then Ray Charles shouldntve come close to Green Day, by those stats alone. Secondly, there's Kanye West. This individual is doing great things for music. Not only has be produced damn near every popular non-rock song in the country, but he's from Chicago. Therefore, he's cool by nationalism alone. I don't know much about him so I'm not even gonna go there. Point is, if the Grammys celebrate the best album, they shouldnt go with the safe choice. They should award the award to a deserving candidate, and in my mind, that's either Green Day, Kanye West, or maybe even Alicia Keys.
I'll be honest, I'm not nearly as pissed off as I was when I started writing this. So I'll say that the Grammy's are bullshit, but now I can say my favorite band is Grammy Award Winning Green Day.
Top 6 Cool Things That Happened At The Grammys (no order)
1. Maroon 5 and Los Lonely Boys won Grammys, and rightfully so.
2. Stevie Wonder tried to read the winners envelope
3. After beating Green Day for a Grammy, Bono acknowledged the fact that he was surprised he won because it was "Green Day's year."
4. 'Across the Universe' was played by Guns n Ros...I mean, Velvet Revolver, Brian Wilson, Billie Joe, and Scott Weiland.
5. Green Day played live and were fuckin perfect.
6. BEST ROCK ALBUM. BEST ROCK ALBUM. BEST ROCK ALBUM.
Top 4 Shitty Things At The Grammys (No Order)
1. No offense to a great band, but U2 shouldn'tve been nominated for their new record, let alone won anything.
2. James Brown. Would it kill him to sing a different song instead of the same one he sings every live appearance he makes. If he looked like he did in his mugshot, then maybe i'd let it go.
3. For it being the 50th birthday of rock and roll, it sure seemed more like the Ray Charles dedication night. Oh, my bad, they briefly touched on Lynard Skynard. Fuckin lame.
4. How in the blue balls of hell did Ray Charles win album of the year?
Ok, here's my understanding. When an artist wins best album of the year, it is just that. The year's best album. When an album is the best of the year, people actually hear it. I've asked a dozen people, and not one has heard 1 track off of Ray Charles "album of the year." I'm not discrediting Ray Charles at all. He is a revolutionary figure in music. However, saying Ray Charles' record was better than a Green Day, Kanye West, or Alicia Keys record (Usher was nominated too but he was fucked from the beginning) is assinine. First off, I'll lobby for Green Day since they're my all time favorites. Every magazine, news paper, television show, etc... picked green day to sweet all 7 of their nominations. How many did they win? 1. I got to see my favorite band on stage with an award 1 time. Not to mention, Green Day destroyed Ray Charles on the Billboard charts. Green Day has consistently been in the top 4 since their record came out back in September. Ray Charles has peaked at 16, and that's solely based on his slew of unjust Grammy awards. If the Grammys are supposed to be arout the top artists of the year, then Ray Charles shouldntve come close to Green Day, by those stats alone. Secondly, there's Kanye West. This individual is doing great things for music. Not only has be produced damn near every popular non-rock song in the country, but he's from Chicago. Therefore, he's cool by nationalism alone. I don't know much about him so I'm not even gonna go there. Point is, if the Grammys celebrate the best album, they shouldnt go with the safe choice. They should award the award to a deserving candidate, and in my mind, that's either Green Day, Kanye West, or maybe even Alicia Keys.
I'll be honest, I'm not nearly as pissed off as I was when I started writing this. So I'll say that the Grammy's are bullshit, but now I can say my favorite band is Grammy Award Winning Green Day.