So the Grammys were on Sunday, and you know what? No one was watching, not even me. And it's pretty simple why: the Grammys are ridiculous. There's 110 categories, endless hit-or-miss performances, and a crazy eligibility calendar (October 1st of the previous year to September 30th of the current year, yet they will wait til well into the new year to give out awards). And what's more, they continue to honor artists that used to be great, but now simply aren't putting out the quality of music they used to. Get your act together, Grammys. Trim down the performance run time, hand out fewer awards, book better performances, and give stuff to albums people have actually at least heard of.
Worst Choices This Decade:
2008
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters over Kanye West's Graduation
2007
BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL: The Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" over Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You into the Dark"
2006
BEST COUNTRY SONG: Rascal Flatts' "Bless the Broken Road" over Brad Paisley's "Alcohol"
2005
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Ray Charles' "Genius Loves Company" over Green Day's American Idiot
2004
BEST NEW ARTIST: Evanescence over Fountains of Wayne (They also nominated Evanescence for ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!)
2003
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE: B.B. King's "Auld Lang Syne" over Moby's "18"
2002
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack over U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind
2001
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Steely Dan's Two Against Nature over Beck's Midnite Vultures
2000
BEST ROCK ALBUM: Santana's Supernatural over Red Hot Chili Pepper's Californication
These were just the top choices, out of many possible ones. Oy.
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