I'm glad they "won" for something. It looks good in the overall history of the band. However these "awards" shows have been rigged for many years now. Ever since Jethro Tull won a grammy for best heavy metal act, I've smelled a rat. ('member that one, kiddies?)
A clearly non-country album garnering all kinds of undue attention. Not knocking the talent involved. But c'mon, man! It ain't country. At best it's pop.
To be fair, there really hasn't been much in the way of real country/western music in the mainstream since pop usurped that genre. But here we are.
The over-proliferation of awards shows that happened throughout the late 80's and onward has soured the milk altogether. With each award, the overall distinction carries less and less weight. It got to be that every music channel and every music-based magazine had its own awards show, televised or not.
Heck, my covers band won an award for best cover band in 2004 from a small local magazine called Rock City News. I remember that night, too, as we were invited because we were told in advance that we'd won in our category (sound rigged yet?) But it was a memorable night because at the table next to ours were Spencer Davis, Keith Emerson, and Steve Priest, all very nice and personable, all up for multiple awards as part of a local supergroup called Heaven And Earth featuring Stuart Smith, whose brush with fame is playing in a latter-day American version of Sweet. Also a very nice guy. Learnt to play at the feet of his mentor Ritchie Blackmore. Enough of the name-dropping...
Moving onto film awards...the whole field is full of mostly bogus awards. Every so often a winner emerges that happened to have something worthwhile. Godzilla Minus One, for example. But tainting the whole film awards season is the ridiculous Golden Globes. This is widely known to be less meritorious and more of an awards auction. Any studio that ponies enough money, and wines & dines the members of the voting body the most, well, they win the award. This has been going on since its inception through today. Yes, folks,....you CAN buy a Golden Globe. But it's altogether a meaningless award anyway. As for the Oscars, the Academy has been bending over backwards to yield to the demands of those who insist on DIE (diversity, inclusion, and equity.) There's nothing wrong with that if the film is award-worthy. But when it's not, we see right through it. It becomes reminiscent of the whole failed affirmative action thing. I am against programs which force people to be "fair" at the expense of pretty much everyone else. I am not against those deserving of accolades. I am against the current machinations which tend to favor the less-deserving in order to look good or save face. Unfortunately, this is all we have to protect those who are discriminated against. Maybe in a few hundred years, if humanity survives, we'll be more about celebrating our differences rather than sh*tting on them.
When it comes to Now And Then....I'm OK with the song. It's not their best work. It's more of a weapy nostalgia trip. It did not deserve an award. And it certainly isn't rock. Pop maybe. Maybe. I find it to be more of a tribute to the past. But there's not a yet a category for that.
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The Beatles Won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance
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Re: The Beatles Won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance
I heard Ringo won a Grammy?
Affirmative Action [DEI], I question
Merit for good album, song, etc
& Diddy in Jail...things are crazy
I've not seen or heard Ringo's Country album, yet
Hope he get a Grammy for it next year
Jethro Tull's best song 'Bungle in the Jungle' lol
Affirmative Action [DEI], I question
Merit for good album, song, etc
& Diddy in Jail...things are crazy
I've not seen or heard Ringo's Country album, yet
Hope he get a Grammy for it next year
Jethro Tull's best song 'Bungle in the Jungle' lol
Re: The Beatles Won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance
Re: The Beatles Won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance
I haven't been much of a fan of the produced version, though I have heard someone else's live rendition that sounded quite nice. Still, I am happy for their recognition, especially considering how long they were snubbed before R&R became truly accepted within the grammy community. The Beatles were the first to break that barrier.
"So long, and thanks for all the fish!"