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Grammy Ratings Fall From 2017 As Politics Dominate Music’s Biggest Night
Deadline: Hollywood ^

Posted on 01/29/2018 6:41:16 AM PST by Strac6

Back in New York City for the first time since George W. Bush’s first term and drenched in the politics of the Donald Trump era, last night’s Grammy Awards tanked in the all-important ratings, was rockin’ with multiple wins for a very non-political Bruno Mars and a very very political Kendrick Lamar.

The more than three-hour long CBS show also had an audio book audition cameo by Hillary Clinton a use or two of the censor button, a lot of U2 and Sting, a powerful Time’s Up speech by Janelle Monáe and an equally powerful performance by Kesha and a chorus of supporters.

There was a “Jay for President” shout out from Lamar for a Trump scrapping,

With a 12.7/21 in metered market ratings, the Recording Academy’s big hootenanny was way down from the early numbers for the LA-based February 13, 2017 59th annual show. By way down, I mean a just over 20% decline from last year to what looks to be an all-time low for the ceremony.

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TOPICS: Education; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: grammy; grammyawards; grammys; ratings; tvratings
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To: chris37

It’s a bunch of self absorbed lowlifes giving each other a pat on the ass. I heard the sellout Droop Dog followed Hillary like her puppy dog. He read a passage from the anti Trump book just like Hillary. He’s an embarrassment sucking up to a sleazy pig who thinks he’s a dirty negro. That pig wouldn’t piss on him or any black person if they were on fire.


41 posted on 01/29/2018 8:39:31 AM PST by Peeps47 (Democrats are as corrupt as they are incompetent)
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To: BBQToadRibs
Teenagers. They’re smart kids. Boo-ed the Hillary skit and caught on to what was being said. They knew what was going on.

Good for them!

Too many allow TV and the internet into their homes without understanding what it can do to impressionable minds.

42 posted on 01/29/2018 8:40:09 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Peeps47

Wait Poop Dogg can read!?


43 posted on 01/29/2018 8:44:20 AM PST by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: ilgipper

Saw Darkest Hour last night. It may be much to call Lord Halifax and Chamberlain cucks, especially after the toll of WWI, but France literally gave up, and English monied class was definitely ready to.

I contrast Churchill, and all it took Churchill to move his country to the point of WANTING to defend itself in contrast with guys like Cordon, who’s this limey, ambiguously gendered, bubble gum cherub and I find it hard to think that Cordon came from the same island.


44 posted on 01/29/2018 8:50:01 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: freedumb2003

They liked U2 - guy with colored glasses and earrings. Brought them on 3 times yet did not allow the women nominee to sing who won.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-2018-grammy-awards-was-a-tone-deaf-out-of-touch-mess


45 posted on 01/29/2018 10:54:29 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: WayneS

Would you take $2.5 mil, 20 minutes with Raquel Welch, and a 20oz Rib Eye dinner with all the trimmings at BOA Steakhouse on Sunset Blvd?


46 posted on 01/29/2018 11:24:13 AM PST by Strac6 ("Mrs. Strac, Pilatus, and Sig Sauer: All the fun things in my life are Swiss!")
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To: minnesota_bound

He may have some legitimate complaints but someone should paddle the little boy that wrote that article.

He sounds like a petulant 10 YO.


47 posted on 01/29/2018 11:34:31 AM PST by freedumb2003 (obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
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To: Strac6

Okay.


48 posted on 01/29/2018 11:38:13 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: minnesota_bound
Post #45...

GACK! BARF!

THREAD REJECTED! unread...

49 posted on 01/29/2018 12:00:26 PM PST by publius911 (Am I pissed? You have NO idea...)
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To: publius911

The link was a headline at Drudge today.


50 posted on 01/29/2018 12:49:45 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: WayneS

Would you take $5, 20 minutes with Raquel Welch, and a 20oz Rib Eye dinner with all the trimmings at BOA Steakhouse on Sunset Blvd?

:)


51 posted on 01/29/2018 2:43:05 PM PST by Strac6 ("Mrs. Strac, Pilatus, and Sig Sauer: All the fun things in my life are Swiss!")
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To: TMA62
The music today SUCKS. Sales are down and so are the ratings.

People love to say, “Your parents said the same thing about Elvis, and their parents said the same thing about Rudy Vallee!” No, man. I was 17 or 18 when music started to go sour. I could recognize it as the target audience. I’m older now, but mainstream music from country to rap is abject garbage. Is there good stuff out there? Yeah, if you search for it. But, I doubt if it was on that stage last night.
52 posted on 01/29/2018 2:52:51 PM PST by Rastus
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To: dfwgator
Did you know he wrote Just the Way You Are about Billy Joel’s ex-wife? I might be getting two stories mixed up.
53 posted on 01/29/2018 2:56:33 PM PST by Rastus
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