Ah, Yes ... the Grammies! I love them. They help me to understand what is happening in our culture in all the musical genres. Chris and I watched most of them ... up to Amy Winehouse's performance ... it was 10:30 and I needed to get back to rehab before curfew.Here are some thoughts on the night (at least the parts I saw):
Amy has great style ... feels like I have been teleported back to the 60's every time I hear her songs. A new version of the old seems to have been the theme this year. It always amazed me how we are so infatuated by the "bad boys" (in this case, the bad girls) in our society. The audience really seemed to resonnate with her.
Kanye West as a performer .. pretty good.
Kanye West as a performer .. pretty good.Kanye as an award recipient (imagine "please wrap it up" music starting now) ... probably needs some work on the humility side and brevity side.
Kanye as a vocalist ... Kanye's Stronger lyrics really sum up my thoughts:
"N-n-now th-that that don't kill me can only make me stronger .."
(And BTW, what's Daft Punk doin' rippin off his hook?)
(And BTW, what's Daft Punk doin' rippin off his hook?)
I am SO glad we did the The Beatles for Christmas this year. The Beatles are on every one's radar (yet again) ... Check out Let It Be ... Christmas at Wired Churches. I recently saw the Circue du Soliel "Love" show in Las Vegas. It was an amazing experience. The Grammy performance was helpful but didn't do the large show justice. It's a must see.
Carrie Underwood meets "STOMP" .... pretty cool. We have had a lot of success whenever we do something related to stomp/rythym. We need to do that again.
I always love the Foo Fighters ... I was cheering that someone over 40 was still making cutting edge music ... then my wife said Dave Grohl was in his 30's ... I of course argued with her only to find out he just turned 39. Bummer. I hope they have a great album next year when he's 40. Forty-something misery loves Forty-something company.
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I really like Amy Winehouse's voice, too, but I think she had a little too much "wine" in her "house" last night . . . all in all a great show with lots of programming inspiration! I especially liked Beyonce's intro for Tina. Cody and I missed the first half and want to find a way to go back and watch it. Hopefully someone DVR'd it.
PS. Loved the Foofighters performance but was a little ticked he sang with gum in his mouth . . . maybe it was nicorette, that would be my only link to sympathy
Daft Punk ripping off HIS song?
Kanye actually ripped the hook off from a Daft Punk song called "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
Howdy, Joshua. The Daft Punk was my painfully bad attempt at sarcasm.
My first run in with sampling came when Tone Lok ripped the opening riff from Van Halen's "Jami's Cryin'" for the song "Wild Thing" ... as a devout Van Halen fan I was shocked. But hey, what can ya do?
heh, i see now ;-)
i'm a tad slow, sorry ;-)
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