Sly Stone to appear at the Grammys

[BashCoder]

Boy Sly looked like hell last night. He sure took a beating with all those drugs.

I TiVo'd the show, so I just saw it last night. Dude was a TRIP.

As to the show, I think that was the best-produced awards show I've ever seen. The visuals were great and the sound was good, all things considered (it's an engineer's NIGHTMARE to try to do a show like that). Except for the medlies during the supergroup tribute pieces (which I could do without), all the songs were full length performances. The Gorillaz intro thing worked very well.

[Andy]

In general I am not a Rap fan, but I must admit that it is art (at least some). If you look at where it came from ... kids with a desire to be musical but no means, writing poetry about what speaks to them and rapping about it over a jam box playing music they know. Is it really that different than some of JP's licks? Tupac's music speaks to me, but not because I can relate to it but exactly the opposite, some of it is very well written despite the parental warnings.

I hate the control that deregulation has given the broadcast/music industry over what becomes popular. The grammy's have become a bit of an extention of this. The whole idea of a bunch of entertainment/music people picking who is noteable is fine but when it becomes contrived... it becomes one more layer of control. I have to wonder if Sly just realized that the tribute had very little to do with him?

What is missing? the chance to become famous in your local area by getting real airtime on local stations, followed by wider recognition. That's how music gets a chance to be heard! Why do we need satellite radio when you can already hear the same exact playlists in nearly every city?



-Andy

[Sportsterguy]

I saw Sly in 73. He was late, and coked out to the max. Still put on a pretty good show! Opening bands were REO Speed Wagon, followed by Blue Oyster Cult. I think that the concert cost a max of $5! Damn I'm old!