grammys

[helpmate]

jj420: As much as I admire Vinnie, I'm sure neither he nor ANY drummer would make such claims ('perfect expression', 'seeking truth', 'never a wasted stroke', etc.) about their own playing. It's music, man, not geometry.

Wish I coulda seen VC's performance, but I've no stomach for anything Hollywood. Call me a stick-in-the-mud... : )

[FuseU1]

I didnt catch the Grammaws [of All Hype]...
1st of all, i didnt even know they were on [didnt they just air 1...3...10 of these recently?! Seems like every time u turn around about every month or two theyre showin yet ANOTHER in the ENDLESS barrage of so-called "music" or "Hollywhacked" 'awards' show of some type...ho hum...]
...2ndly [& like you, helpmate]; i grow weary of all these
"dog-&-pony; 'celebrity'-schmelebrity; mass-marketed to the sheep/cows/goats/; 'hey lookit me, don't u wish u were me;
popularity contest; look at all the soap opera 'stars;' trendy-li'l-flavor-of-the day/mo/yr, bubble-gum" type shows...
Hey, i thought i ALREADY graduated junior/high school[?!]...

They should instead give out the:
- "watch this or that 'star' get more smoke & rainbows blown up their arse than Jerry Garcia" Award;
[notice: 'STARRR' is 'RRRATS' spelled backwards]...
- "who's regurgitating the same old mass-produced, schlock-BS, bandwagon-crap Award;"...
- "who can strike the most absolutely fabulous'es'es poser-pose" award...
- "who can look & act more 'cool'/'hip'/gangsterlike/sleazier/thuggish/crass than the next hood ornament" Award...
- or "dont believe all this BS hype, stop wasting your time & turn your channel to something much more constructive for your own life" Award...
[oh yeah - talk about'cher issues! [img]wink.gif[/img] ]...

I think the kick-some-serious-mule rock band Living Colour [Will Calhoun!] said it best with their tunes "Glamour Boyz" [& "Glamour-Girlie-girls" too, for the Pol Corr crowd], & "Cult of Personality"...

Pocket - aft re-reading your last paragraph in your last post here, i'm still trying to figure out exactly what u were trying to say about the Norah thing -

- "What out Nora Jones for the Grammy hoax! Most big winners go nowhere after such a plunge. I feel she will most past this with the market she is hitting and her style of soulish music..."

- what?! Even I [w/ my sometimes extreme abbreviatory syntax] am scratchin my head on this 1... 1 too many Propel/flavored super-waters, maybe? hmmm? [img]wink.gif[/img] ...

I dig whatcher tryin to say JJ...even tho it came across as a little on the "mystic/wax-romantic/cosmic-guru" side of things [index finger-in-mouth/against tongue]... dont let those other "obviously 'unrefined neanderathals'" get your goat...u r obviously showing your "more sensitive" masculine side [img]wink.gif[/img] ...
OKAY, u guys - JUST KIDDIN around, here...[li'l taunt there]...LOL...

Derek...i can def relate...for 3 yrs i had to look at this girl singer's backside the size of a Mercury Grand Marquis [each cheek]...i coulda set a drink, sandwich, order of hot-wings, & mallots/brushes up on there, if she hadnt shaken it around so much [sometimes the drums/stands/riser would wobble on the crappier stages that one might encounter in various clubs from time-to-time]...& her brother's glute was like a smaller girl's - better'n hers!! [e-gadds!]...& the bass-players' hair was a cross between her-&- his arses...talk aboutcher nightly mind-ffffffry...ah, yes, memories...that was "back in the day" [I was a coupla inches less in the waste myself!!]...

AFA Sheryl Crow - wouldja believe i got to stand 3 ft from her in Billings, Montana, '01?! The band i was in got to open 4 her @ the state fair...she's cute; a rather petite, small woman IMO, but had that "backstage, 'bummed-out,' incognito" appearance at the time [shades, hair pulled back, baseball cap, sweats, & a T-shirt]...those lights, makeup, camera angles, & filters really do even more wonders than are already...

...ANYWAYs, i hope it was indeed a good union payday for 1 of our fav skins-ticklers, Vinnie...

[...i myself am a long-winded Cro-Magnon... at least i'm not an unrefined NEANDERATHAL.... [img]wink.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 12, 2003 01:54 AM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>

[PocketPlayer]

Yo Fuse
Sorry...needed to edit post. My thot: Many artists that experience Grammay favor quickly fade out...as tho it was a jinx, not hoax (my bad)

[dr-funkenstein]

i dont think anyone has mentioned steve jordan @ the grammeez. we dont get to see himi much anymore. for me this was the hi-lite . . . vinnie w/ faith was great, but what about STEVE!!!! he was killin. great camera time to. well lit - righht behind sheryl crow (whenever she was on tv sj was right there too) and behind sheryl crowe is a place i would like to sit and earn a bunch of money. his snare sounded outstanding and in general his mix was much freindlier than VCs . . . in my humble drummers opinion.