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Re: (TV) Grammys



By the way I happen to live on the same street where Santana and Joplin lived.
Also, Patty Hearst was holed up with the Symbionese folks about a block away. A
very colorful neighborhood.

"Philip P. Obbard" wrote:

> That's funny, because I had the opposite reaction. Santana's album is fine, and
> the single is *great*, but it hardly seems like Grammy material. It's basically
> the same sound he had trademarked in 1971, but with a current popular favorite
> providing vocals. As many people have pointed out before me: it might as well
> be a Matchbox 20 song with Santana on guitar.
>
> My girlfriend always reminds me why the Grammies exist: they were created to
> honor 'real' music when rock 'n' roll was first getting big (1956), which is
> why you didn't see Elvis Presely or the Beatles or ABBA or REM winning many (or
> any) Grammies during their heydays (but, correct me if I'm wrong). The Grammies
> rarely honor the innovative; they tend to honor the established. Santana's
> comeback is well-deserved, but it's as if someone remade a great seventies film
> (e.g., "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Godfather", "The Sting",
> etc.) and stocked it with popular young actors and actress, sex scenes, and FM
> hits in order to bolster popular appeal, and it cleaned-up at Oscar time.
>
> And Phil Collins Tarzan tune beat Aimee Mann? Huh?
>
> I'm glad to see Santana getting recognized, but I can't accept that his new LP
> is in any way the equivalent of THRILLER (with which it tied), much less any of
> the more interesting albums released this year.
>
> --Philip
>
> --- maxbiz <maxbiz@email.msn.com> wrote:
> > Anyone watch the Grammys?
> > This is the first time I can remember "Album of the year"
> > being an album I actually enjoyed !
> > Congrats to Santana-well deserved
>
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