Posted on 11/28/2017 7:39:49 AM PST by RightGeek
Full title: Grammy Awards Shocker for CBS as Top Pop Stars Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga Snubbed, No Country Acts in Main Cateogories
The Grammys in New York took a weird turn this morning as the nominations were a shocker: Ed Sheerans best selling Divide did not get an Album of the Year nod, neither did albums by Lady Gaga or Kesha. Instead, the Grammys went mostly for R&B and rap: Jay Z, Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino, who is really the actor Donald Glover. CBS must be plotzing. (Im thrilled because I love the Childish Gambino album.)
Indeed, all the acts they want on the show the white pop acts have been relegated to the Pop Vocal category. Thats Gaga, Sheeran, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Kesha.
How the Grammys became the R&B/Hip Hop Awards will be the subject of much discussion at Black Rock today. Their traditional country nominee is absent, which for CBS is a disaster. The only pop singer who scored an Album of the Year nod was Lorde, the 20 year New Zealand singer whose Melodrama album not much of a hit compared to her previous outing.
Kendrick Lamar, Glover, Bruno Mars and Jay Z also took up most of the Record and Song of the Year categories even though almost none of that music is not what is typically thought of for those categories. Ill bet a lot of pop, rock and R&B stars are in shock right now. Ed Sheeran and his team must be having Xanax omelettes.
Again, for older skewing CBS and producer Ken Erlich, this will be a challenge. This is not the show they want. Having no country nominees in the main categories is heart-attack inducing.
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You're not THAT Vinnie, are you? :-)
-PJ
I disagree, they know what “truth” is, but they use such terms as weapons.
Those that have an agenda understand the power of HANDS UP DON’T SHOOT. It fits the narrative they are creating that the police are killing innocent blacks. After years of the War on Poverty (and you may say war on education) you have generations of blacks worse off today then they were prior to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
Blacks can become rich and famous in politics, and entertainment and sports as long as they support the progressive agenda. Those that stand up to the left are demonized as “acting white” or called “uncle tom”.
Up to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s there was a thriving black middle class. Out of wedlock births were lower than whites. Education was the ticket to a better future.
The Great Society destroyed black society in this nation almost as if it was planned. The KKK could not have done as much damage as the Democrat party has done.
So speaking “truth to power” is just a slogan to separate blacks from white culture.
Really..who cares? They can give meaningless awards and heap accolades all year long. It’s all crap.
Is the NFL the only paying sponsor left?
No
Thats because white kids will listen to rap, white pop, anything. Whereas black kids generally will not listen to white music.
Whenever I see ‘Donald Glover,’ I think it’s
‘Danny Glover,’ and think, “Why isn’t he dead, already?”
Who cares?
Has there ever been an industry more determined to commit suicide than the music industry?
One commercial that has me talking back to the TV, is the one that says, “Addiction is a disease,” and, “Addiction is not your fault,” and “You can’t stop without our help.”
“and eliminates a lot of monitor speakers scattered around the stage”
I didn’t know what those things were but I think you’ve told me. They’re speakers pointed at the performers, correct? I can see them being a feedback causer. Why are they needed?
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