The Grammys Will Never Be As Good As The Academy Awards

When it comes to awards shows, I’ll be the first to tell you I don’t mind watching to get inspired, and to watch people be rewarded for all their hard work--but I’ve finally had enough of The Grammys. I tuned in for a portion of this year’s awards and after seeing the selection of nominees for the particular awards that I know most about, (Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative) I decided I’d never watch The Grammys again.

Nickelback? Really?

That’s the only band I’m going to single out because I’ve singled them out many other times on this site, but I’ve seen the same 8-10 bands on the list of nominees for Grammys year after year and I haven’t seen anything really different out of the majority of those groups for years--not that I’m doubting Linkin Park, or Bon Jovi’s greatness, but there doesn’t seem to be much different coming out of either of those two camps.

The Academy Awards seem to find the best films year after year and 9/10 I agree with every decision they make as to who should win what award--they find independent films, the best documentaries, and performances year after year. The Grammys give you Lady GaGa, Dave Matthews, Bon Jovi, (Who’s basically a country artist now) sub-standard U2, Coldplay, Linkin Park, and Megadeth!

I’ll never give a shit or watch the Grammys again, and I would go on a standard Assault.it 2,000+ word rant, but this time I’ll just pop in a video which basically summarizes my thoughts.

Even for some of the artists that I think made great albums this year, I think that on the scale of their previous work you’ll find that their newest albums don’t match up to their older work--that’s something I’ll stand by.

Congrats to Kings of Leon. Couldn’t agree more with that choice band though. If there was one bright spot in the awards that was it--that and Pink’s performance. I thought she was gonna fall on her head.

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