Monday, February 11, 2008
BRILLIANT BUT TROUBLED ARTIST
Last night was the first time I totally passed on watching the Grammys. Not even a minute. I just didn’t care.I do know that all of the buzz was about Amy Winehouse (left), AKA “Brilliant But Troubled Artist.”
A pop/rock star with a drug problem? Really?
Hey, Generation X, Y, whatever they call you...come up with something better than Jim Morrison being found like a beached whale in a bathtub in Paris…Janis Joplin (right) drugging and drinking herself to death in Beverly Hills…Jimi Hendrix choking to death on his own vomit in London (which may or may not be true)…or Mama Cass choking to death on a ham sandwich (definitely not true, but a great story).
Then get back to me.
Posted at 5:17 PM by Gerry
6 Comments:
I get the troubled part, a little confused about the brilliant.
I'm with you Gerry, just don't care about the awards any more. I don't even know who 90 percent of these "artists" are. Must be a sign of maturing..........
KM, I just have to trust the opinion of the younger ones who claim to know.
And on that subject Anon, I have to admit that my lack of interest is surely a function of age. Although "maturity" certainly sounds better, doesn't it?
Hi Gerry - I just watched an excellent DVD called Across the Universe which tells a story from the 60's accompanied by Beatles music. It's not really a "musical" per say, but an excellent commentary about those days - well written, directed and photographed. It brought back a lot of memories - good and bad about that time of our world history and music history. Today's music artists don't even come close to those days. I too, had no interest in watching the Grammys, even though it was the 50th anniversary. Based on the poor ratings it got, I think a lot of people - young and old - had no desire to watch it. Today's music is too manufactured and doesn't come from an artist's heart and soul, but from their pocketbook.
Linda
Thanks for the tip, Linda.
Those of us "Boomers" lived in a Great time musically.
the 60's and early 70's was a great melding of music.
We had Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, The Supremes(before Diana Ross was added) and the list goes on and on.
These days we have a lot of rehashing of old songs from the new generation. "Candy Man" is nothing more then "Boggie Woogie Bugle boy of Company B" from the 40's
Very little music creativity in my opinion.
Ok I am stepping off my well worh soap box
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