Grammys: Busting the Police
By Frank De Blase on Feb. 12th, 2007 at 9:39am 1 Comment
Rochester had two Atlanta connections to last night's Grammy Awards. Big up to Eastman alum Christopher Theofanidis, who won a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category for his The Here and Now, performed by Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
But, 
alas the Atlanta-based Mastodon lost out to Slayer in The Best Metal Performance category. I gotta admit, that new Slayer video is riveting and I'm positive this wasn't Mastodon's last nomination. See why this Wednesday at Water Street Music Hall.
The rest of the Grammy's just bored me. I love the Police --- they were my first big concert way back in 1982 --- and the hype was huge for their Grammy-opening appearance. And there will undoubtedly be a frenzied stampede for tickets for the inevitable reunion tour, but "Roxanne" came off rather ho-hum. Maybe Sting should've put in the red light. But they looked great --- Sting in particular. To quote my editor, "That man knows how to moisturize.
The Rascal Flatts tribute to The Eagles was wretched; Mary J. Blige is overrated; Beyonce oversings; The Red Hot Chili Peppers' new record kinda falls short; and I don't like Ludacris' new haircut. However, some may be surprised to hear I like Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man."
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jerryg on February 14th, 2007
Didn't watch the Grammys, can't be bothered with the overhyped popularity contest, and anyway music is suupposed to be art (although pop music has more to do with commerce than art) and how can one say which song is "the best"?? Maybe they should change the concept to "my favorite", but we can just tally up the sales numbers and figure that out
Anyway, The Police were "rather ho-hum"?!? Who would have thought that the kick-off of a 30th anniversary tour that is really just another money-grab would find these geezers just going through the motions? 30th anniversary? Don't you have to actually be together for 30 years to celebrate a 30th anniversary? You can already smell the scam brewing.
Another big bucks reunion tour. They must have snorted or somehow wasted all the money they made in the Police days-but then agian, you never really DO have enough, do you? Hell, Mr. Rainforest-Sting-has had to stoop so low as to pimping his music out to sell gas-guzzlers to make ends meet. So much for the environment when there's a check involved, I guess.
Oh well, like Lou Reed once said, "the only guy who's pure is the guy singing in the shower-all the rest are wh