Originally Posted by Booray

No, his quote was:

"Evanescence now owns two Grammies. That is two more than the Beach Boys, Curtis Mayfield, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, and Bob Marley"

His point is that, if legendary artists that have recorded some of the most time-honored albums in music history have been deprived of Grammies, then the Grammies are not representative of what constitutes good music. So Evanescence winning a Best New Artist Grammy is not an indication that they perform good music. I'd have to say I agree with him.

What's sad is that I would imagine that the majority of the people he's talking to have no idea who Curtis Mayfield is and will probably never take the time to check out some of his music to see if it's something they would enjoy. They'll continue to be spoon-fed whatever flavor-of-the-week crap the corporations deem worthy of dropping enough cash on to promote to radio stations and to film cool looking videos and a large portion of the public will continue buying it up because they won't take the time to actually search out music for themselves.

Originally Posted by quadro2000

It's true. You just have to know where to look. (note: those are obviously tied to my taste in music.)

Originally Posted by Tophat665

I understand those of you who really dislike it when people trash other's taste in music. If someone wants to listen to Justin Timberlake, well, that's their business, I suppose. What really burns my biscuits, though, is that once something like Timberlake or Nickleback or Limp Bizkit (a band that does, in my opinion have some talent, even if I don't like all their music or personnel) gains a following, they tend to dominate public airwaves to the exlcusion of other, potentially more worthwhile artists.

So protesting crappy music (what one feels is crappy music) is not merely about a desire that it would go away, but also about trying to alert people to their options. By accusing people of bad taste in music, he may or may not be correct, but he certainly causes some of them to examine their musical taste, quite likely to their ultimate benefit.

And, besides, it's amusing to watch.