Well, I didn\u2019t see them, thank goodness. What a waste of time that would have been.<\/p>\n
After reading a few online articles about last night\u2019s ceremony, I think it safe to say that there was nothing in last night\u2019s award show that I could have possibly been interested in.<\/p>\n
Is this what it\u2019s like to get older, or it just the usual theme of there being nobody up on stage that I can really relate to?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s likely both, I guess. I am<\/i> getting older, so of course I wouldn\u2019t relate to a youth-oriented show as much as a younger person, but wow, would it kill them to throw me some table scraps in these broadcasts? The recaps of this year\u2019s Grammys make it seem like a night of boring, soulless regime propaganda.<\/p>\n
The highlights seemed to be the victories of Sam Smith, an English singer who as of last week I\u2019ve never heard of outside of gossip blogs and the occasional tweet. I heard half of one of his songs a few days ago out of curiosity, but that was all I could bear. He isn\u2019t my taste. Beyonce was featured prominently in the entertainment news today, because she\u2019s always featured prominently in the entertainment news. Nobody knows why. AC\/DC, an aging, toothless rock band, was permitted to perform, but only early on; that way their presence would be forgotten in time for lectures about how \u201cblack lives matter\u201d, i.e., about how white men are evil because they try to arrest violent black criminals. Taylor was there in a pretty blue dress. Paramore won best Rock Song for one of their pop songs. Kanye apparently screamed something incomprehensible at Beck. Obama, the most incompetent and unpopular President in our country\u2019s history, gave a speech that was no doubt received with rapturous applause by the audience. Katy Perry performed with A Message.<\/p>\n
Oy. I want this era to end. It\u2019s becoming so, so tiresome. I mean\u2026 Beck was there, in the headlines? Winning Grammys? BECK? I remember the last time I watched the Grammys, hoping to see Beck. It was 1995, and Beck\u2019s \u201cLoser\u201d was on the radio, and I was excited because I got to stay up late on Sunday because I was watching the Grammys FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.<\/p>\n
That was twenty years ago! Did anyone even know that Beck had an album out this year? I mean besides the people in the auditorium yesterday?<\/p>\n
Things aren\u2019t changing enough in Hollywood. <\/p>\n
Pop stars today just don\u2019t leave. They never, ever do. The system doesn\u2019t cycle through them in the way that it used to, which is really the big problem in everything, everywhere in the US these days. It used to be that people would gracefully bow out of the spotlight once their time was up and they ceased to be relevant. The US was made great with this, the reliance on \u201cOut with the old, in with the new\u201d. The constant political, economic, and cultural changes in the US made it flexible and adaptable.<\/p>\n
Not, today, though! Those with power refuse to share it. Those with money don\u2019t do anything but hoard it. So nothing ever changes.<\/p>\n
That being the case, why should I watch the Grammys? Next year I\u2019ll get to see the exact same program! Only then, it will be a gay black American winning record of the year, instead of a gay Englishman. Wow, what a shocker! That will mean EVERYTHINGS DIFFERENT NOW!!!!!1<\/p>\n
I saw that this year\u2019s Grammys took a massive hit in the ratings compared to other recent years. It\u2019s easy to see why. At least, it is for those outside of the auditorium yesterday.<\/p>\n
So last night I did my laundry. It was a night well spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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