Steve, I had the exact same reaction, and in fact could not keep watching after Taylor Swift came on. She has jumped the shark IMO.
Part of the problem is that "mainstream pop" has been defined down to a certain kind of production sound. Music that doesn't sound that way is labeled "alternative" or "indie", and has a different (although overlapping) audience.
I would like to think the door is wide open in pop music for someone with real talent who writes and performs real songs that do not sound like everything else out there. My daughter is working on it. :-)
Indeed. It seems there is pressure, either from the record labels or the artists' entourages that tells singer/songrwiters to comply with the crap movement (no pun intended).
It seems that Taylor Swift is much like Jewel, Nelly Furtado, and yes, Robin Thicke; all successful singer/songwriters who were convinced or decided on their own that their images had to change who they were as artists sell sex with funky beats and hoardes of dancers in order to please the masses.
Sam Smith gives me hope that there's still some room for exceptional singers.
IIRC you posted nearly this same thing last time this "awards" show was on. Glutton for the punishment or just hoping somehow the music industry would have turned around?
Didn't watch but read that the Best New Rock Artist "Lorde" was even shocked she won. She didn't even think she belonged in that category. LOL!
The show is so bad they are just trying to manufacture drama so people will watch.
You are correct, sir. I am fairly passionate about music, and just don't 'get' what's going on today. We don't want to hear good music or musicianship, we want to dance and be shocked by edgy lyrics that you have to look up online to understand.
I was that the Tower Bistro at the Embassy Suites Saturday Night. Executive Chef Clay Purcell (husband of myfolsom's own 'amethyst organizing') has an outstanding menu, patio setting is beautiful, with a view of the Tower Bridge, and they had a truly professional jazz trio playing. There were only 4 tables full.
Too bad they don't rap or where thongs while serving. The place would be packed.
it seems like most pop music today is produced by producers, not artists. everyone is scrambling to make a buck and they just need to look good, act outrageously, dress provocatively and get their face in the news. with autotune, they don't even need to carry a tune. I will say that Beyoncé and Taylor have actually written some good songs and, I think, better than Madonna's.
This is true. There's a handful of producers who are responsible for most of the crap we hear, and artists clamor for their attention.
I'm old. I remember when MYV played Rock n Roll.
MTV oops
I asked my daughter what MTV stood for and she didn't know.