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| From | Bill Silvers <wsilvers@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Grammy thoughts |
| Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:44:44 -0600 |
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Brian Curtis replied:
> > Real....snoozy? Tepid? Languorous? Not that Ms. Jones isn't OK or anything,
> > but sheesh.
> >
> > b.s.
>
>Real as in someone that actually plays an instrument (in real time, not
>computer-corrected) and can actually sing without histrionic shrieking
>(another anomaly in most of today's current female vocalists). I haven't
>heard the rest of the album, but compared to the crap I HAVE heard, she's
>the most "real."
>
>Of course, Lennon said it best years ago...nothing is real...including me
>having to clarify my original message. Don't think I was gushing, as the
>majority of what passed for Grammy Award worthy music last night is
>snooze-inducing to me, and at least Norah Jones seemed like someone with a
>talent that could sustain a long-term career as opposed to having to be
>shaped & molded to fit the latest trend.
I was just being a smartass and sneaking in through the teensy opening you
gave me to talk about the rip-roaring ball of entertainment excitement that
is Ms. Jones. It's not meant as a "backlash," just the same yawn and a
shrug I gave her music last spring when I first heard it. She does seem
like a nice gal, and she is a refreshing contrast to some of the
award-winning personalities present at the event. I wish her no ill, but I
won't be joining the post-grammy buyers or bashers, because for me there's
just nothing interesting enough about what she does to care a whole lot one
way or the other.
b.s. who doesn't listen to his Madeline Peyroux or Cassandra Wilson or
(fill in the bland, er, blank) records anymore either...it's not that they
aren't talented, but they just don't move me
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