Grammys

[AUChizad]

Didn't watch. Probably should have. I think this was an abnormally good year in new music considering the trend of shittiness.

Fun., Alabama Shakes, Gotye, etc. in the new artists categories. New great albums from Black Keys, Mumford & Sons.

Just catching up on some of the performances. These two are awesome.

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/video-2013-grammys-the-black-keys-dr-john-and-preservation-hall-jazz-band-lonely-boy/

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/video-mavis-staples-mumford-sons-brittany-howard-elton-john-t-bone-burnett-and-zac-brown-the-weight/

[Snaggletiger]

All I got out of it was hoping Adele and Miranda Lambert were taking notes from Carrie Underpants.  Bitches....Rumor has it, Weight Watchers does work.

[CCTAU]

All I got out of it was hoping Adele and Miranda Lambert were taking notes from Carrie Underpants.  Bitches....Rumor has it, Weight Watchers does work.

They do seem to enjoying the pre-gout heavily!

[AU_Tiger_2000]

Didn't watch. Probably should have. I think this was an abnormally good year in new music considering the trend of shoottiness.

Fun., Alabama Shakes, Gotye, etc. in the new artists categories. New great albums from Black Keys, Mumford & Sons.

Just catching up on some of the performances. These two are awesome.

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/video-2013-grammys-the-black-keys-dr-john-and-preservation-hall-jazz-band-lonely-boy/

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/video-mavis-staples-mumford-sons-brittany-howard-elton-john-t-bone-burnett-and-zac-brown-the-weight/

Thanks for posting that.  Brittany Howard gave me chills, when she was telling about Chester to wait a minute Mavis Staples was smiling at her like, "Hell yeah, 40 years ago that was me."

[AUTiger1]

They have sucked so bad the past ten years or so I haven't watched.  Between the Zac Brown, Mumford and Sons, Elton, Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys and the Levon Helm tribute I am disappointed that I missed it.

[AUChizad]

Thanks for posting that.  Brittany Howard gave me chills, when she was telling about Chester to wait a minute Mavis Staples was smiling at her like, "Hell yeah, 40 years ago that was me."

I also literally got chills during Brittany's verse.

They have sucked so bad the past ten years or so I haven't watched.  Between the Zac Brown, Mumford and Sons, Elton, Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys and the Levon Helm tribute I am disappointed that I missed it.

I'm with you. I'm glad the pendulum seems to be swinging back to good music for a change. I've become that super jaded old guy that thinks for the most part music has sucked dick for the last 15 years or so.

I feel like I can listen to pop radio much more often these days without having to change the channel in disgust. That hasn't been the case in a long, long time.

Now the radio switches between Mumford & Sons, Mackelmore, Alabama Shakes, AWOLNation, The Lumineers, Fun., etc. and some shitty Ke$ha song or "Moves Like Jagger" rarely fucks up a good streak.

[dallaswareagle]

I also literally got chills during Brittany's verse.
I'm with you. I'm glad the pendulum seems to be swinging back to good music for a change. I've become that super jaded old guy that thinks for the most part music has sucked dick for the last 15 years or so.

I feel like I can listen to pop radio much more often these days without having to change the channel in disgust. That hasn't been the case in a long, long time.

Now the radio switches between Mumford & Sons, Mackelmore, Alabama Shakes, AWOLNation, The Lumineers, Fun., etc. and some shitty Ke$ha song or "Moves Like Jagger" rarely fucks up a good streak.

I don't think music has sucked that bad, It has some shitty talent in there, its just on shows like this (which I don't watch) I don't give a flat flying fuck what their thoughts are on whatever bullshit is going on in the world.

[Snaggletiger]

One good change I'm seeing with music in general, are bands going back to actually playing music as opposed to one or two people on some master control board generating or recreating the instrument sounds etc.  And it will never be soon enough that I hear my last voice box, tremolo whatever the hell it's called, that changes everyone's voice. I believe Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up is a prime example.  Just sing, bitch.

 

[Saniflush]

One good change I'm seeing with music in general, are bands going back to actually playing music as opposed to one or two people on some master control board generating or recreating the instrument sounds etc.  And it will never be soon enough that I hear my last voice box, tremolo whatever the hell it's called, that changes everyone's voice. I believe Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up is a prime example.  Just sing, bitch.

I blame Peter Frampton.

[WiregrassTiger]

I blame Peter Frampton.

What do the Beatles have to do with this argument?

[AUChizad]

In case you didn't already love Alabama Shakes, there's this.

http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2013/02/alabama-shakes-brittany-howard-im-an-auburn-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-1741222

Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard: ‘I’m an Auburn fan’
Written by Staff Arts / Culture Feb 25, 2013

After spying Zac Cockrell, the bass player for Alabama Shakes (maybe you’ve heard of them), representing one of Auburn’s quaint local moons during their recent performance at Austin City Limits, we were reminded of a bit of trivia that for a site like TWER has seemed less trivial with every new household that knows the band’s name.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2329194421/

So yes, belated kudos to Birmingham News rock ‘n’ roll reporter and undercover Auburn fan Jeremy Burgess, who during one of the band’s 2012 South By Southwest sets discovered the Shakes’ pigskin preference, or at least frontlady Brittany Howard’s.

Sometimes the ends justify the means, even if accidentally.

@Free_Burge
Despite my Auburn fandom, I yelled "Roll Tide" at the Alabama Shakes show to stir things up. Brittany Howard: "I'm an Auburn fan." #SXSW

“Despite my Auburn fandom, I yelled ‘Roll Tide’ at the Alabama Shakes to stir things up,” Burgess tweeted.

Howard’s response: “I’m an Auburn fan.”

[AUTiger1]

In case you didn't already love Alabama Shakes, there's this.

http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2013/02/alabama-shakes-brittany-howard-im-an-auburn-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-1741222

“Despite my Auburn fandom, I yelled ‘Roll Tide’ at the Alabama Shakes to stir things up,” Burgess tweeted.

Howard’s response: “I’m an Auburn fan.”

Hard to believe that just a few years back they were the kids from Athens that used to play at Maria Bonita's Cantina and now they are selling out shows all over.  The wife and I would grab some off the charts food, have a sangria margarita, shot of bourbon and listen to them play.