In general, most people don't watch the Grammys anymore. Most (myself included, admittedly) chose to not watch it and instead Google the awards results and resolved to watch YouTube videos later. What does that say about our generation now then? Personally, I don't have cable so I didn't watch it. I mean, I could probably have found a stream somewhere but I wouldn't do that because it's illegal I'm lazy.
But that's an entirely different discussion.
Let's first talk about the highlights:
Daft Punk!
I don't care how tired out or overplayed you think "Get Lucky" is, that song is still fire. It has all the recipes of a great dance hit without sounding like a cookie-cutter EDM track that honestly saturates the genre today. I could gripe all day about EDM but I won't belabor you with that.
At least not now.
If you did not see nor hear about Daft Punk's, Pharrell's and Stevie Wonder's performance (how big is the rock you're living under?) it was definitely the best performance of the show. And although Pharrell's singing was by no means virtuosic (quite the opposite really, good lord) everyone was into it.
Why?
Because the song is great and the performance was energetic. I mean, when do you ever get to see Stevie Wonder and Daft Punk share the same stage?
Also, on the note of "Get Lucky", the amount of times you ever hear a song should not dictate how good you think it is. Many people I know ended up hating the song because they "heard it too much." To that I usually said, "Well turn off the radio and put on something else!" Don't let the radio kill the music you like!
Now about the negatives:
Much can be said about who was awarded what awards, what got televised and any other type of complaints about what is wrong with these awards today.
I was personally outraged (yes, outraged) that Macklemore won all the awards he did. Macklemore has his merit: he's accessible and he has a good amount of socially conscious songs (see "Same Love").
But let's be real now.
Was The Heist a better album than good kid, m.A.A.d. City? Or even Yeezus.
I think not.
Much has been said that Kendrick was robbed at the Grammys. I wholeheartedly agree. His album, in my eyes (or ears you could say *slaps knee*) was definitely rap album of the year. From the nominees of best new artist, Kendrick has definitely had the biggest shaking up of the industry this year.
In a year when it looked like rap was on its way out, to be replaced by EDM, Kendrick Lamar reminded everybody why they liked hip hop in the first place.
Now why did Macklemore win? Is it because he's white? Are those in charge of choosing who wins the awards out of touch? Are there ulterior motives?
These kind of questions tend to cross the mind when such an obviously inferior act wins. If you want to read up more on the injustice of Macklemore's and Ryan Lewis's awards, check out this entry on the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-dodd/while-i-will-never-want-macklemore_b_4674792.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
That only cracks the surface about what can be said about the Grammys this year, but it's what stood out to me.
One more thing:
John Legend's "Love in the Future" should have won best R&B album over Alicia Keys's "Girl on Fire."
Just sayin'
