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dyls said:
Holy shit the onsite reporter for CBS in LA just blew it in spectacular fashion. After about the fourth word, it becomes completely incomprehensible.

The longest seven seconds of her life.
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Wow, hahaha. I was watching that newscast but that must have happened when I went to go take a leak.

Glad to see Arcade Fire win. I saw them at the Troubadour back in 2005 I think and they're right up there as one of the best live bands I've ever seen.
 
dyls said:
Holy shit the onsite reporter for CBS in LA just blew it in spectacular fashion. After about the fourth word, it becomes completely incomprehensible.

The longest seven seconds of her life.
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I'm still in tears... from comments of another video of the same thing:

"well a very very heavy uh heavy du-birtation tonight, we had a VERY darest darison by - lets go heh taris tasen lushko pet behind the pet"
 
Korey said:
hahaha...wtf??
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It's amazing that you can't even really make out what she was going for. But after the third fuckup or so you see the look of total fear and she tries to throw it the video package, but even that maneuver is doomed.
 
Nappuccino said:
The main thing I don't get about Arcade Fire is how they have so many damn people on stage but they don't sound any different than your average 4-5 piece band.
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cause accordians, hurdy gurdys, and multiple violin parts are so common (or are often performed by backing tracks?)
 
I would bet she is having a neurological event, such as a stroke or seizure. (Seizure more likely given her age)
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Oh don't say that. Now I feel bad. The idea crossed my mind as well but I think it was just total mixup between brain and muscles.

I hope :(
 
jstevenson said:
cause accordians, hurdy gurdys, and multiple violin parts are so common (or are often performed by backing tracks?)
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The sound mix at the grammys was terrible though and you can't hear much more than guitars, singing and drums so you can't really blame him for that comment.
 
Monocle said:
It's still a little funny.
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This.
And I don't know if that's what happened. To me: she does the look off-camera after she slightly flubs "heavy" and then tries to recover, can't, and just has a nervous breakdown.
No matter what, it's hilarious.
 
Nappuccino said:
The main thing I don't get about Arcade Fire is how they have so many damn people on stage but they don't sound any different than your average 4-5 piece band.
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I think you're making the mistake of judging them based upon what you've seen tonight. Their material is really diverse. Month of May is a pretty basic stoner rock-ish tune and not at all representative of their overall sound. Try listening to Tunnels, Wake Up, No Cars Go and Sprawl II if you're interested in hearing more dense compositions.
 
Really glad Arcade Fire won the award tonight but I still find the whole idea of the Grammy's ridiculous. They nominate Eric Clapton and Willie Nelson like every other year and the idea of Eminem and Lady Gaga being nominated for album of the year is a joke. Who the hell is on the judging panel?
 
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Been thinking about it I still can't believe they won. All today I will listen to them. I even think I have the Suburbs already in the cd drive in the my car. Funny that they won though I been telling friends about them for a few years now. Hopefully they will now listen to them.


polyh3dron said:
lol twitter is going nuts with people pissed off because they don't know who Arcade Fire is.

http://whoisarcadefire.tumblr.com/
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Not enough :lols for this.
 
It's sad that even with me being a musician, I can't watch the Grammys. I just don't have any interest in the vast majority of mainstream music like when I grew up. Most of the artists I either only know a few of their songs (and not from listening to it on the radio as much as other friends and family forcing me to hear it), or know nothing about them. Arcade Fire I have only heard of the name, and only in the context of these awards. So I didn't pay any mind to these awards.

Then I hear that Christopher Tin won for Baba Yetu, and Esperanza Spalding won for Best New Artist, and now I'm ecstatic! She is such a great musician that even if you don't particularly like her stuff, you can understand why she won. Instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and jazz aficionado, she is at least three times the musician that Bieber or Drake is.

I only wish Cee Lo would've won in the best Record or Song category that he was nominated in.
 
StopMakingSense said:
I would bet she is having some neurological event, such as a stroke or seizure. (Seizure more likely given her age)
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I remember a few years ago a local newsreader started doing stuff like this. Turns out she had a brain tumour and died not long after :(
 
Dabanton said:
It's hysterically sad and Esperanza Spalding is also getting shit on Twitter as well.

Seriously some people are such asses.
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Her Wikipedia was vandalized by bitter Bieber fans about an hour ago. And Twitter is all "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?" and "HAVE 20+ MILLION FANS, 3 ALBUMS, A MOVIE, blah blah blah IN ONE YEAR THEN TALK TO ME"

like, seriously? that's all music is anymore? selling a bunch of albums?
 
ZephyrFate said:
Her Wikipedia was vandalized by bitter Bieber fans about an hour ago. And Twitter is all "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?" and "HAVE 20+ MILLION FANS, 3 ALBUMS, A MOVIE, blah blah blah IN ONE YEAR THEN TALK TO ME"

like, seriously? that's all music is anymore? selling a bunch of albums?
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yep, vanilla ice and mc hammer are the best rappers of all time

creed, nickelback and linkin park, the best rock bands
 
jstevenson said:
cause accordians, hurdy gurdys, and multiple violin parts are so common (or are often performed by backing tracks?)
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Some bands, sound much more full with way less people. Its all about how the music is arranged not how many people are out there playing loud guitars or beating the same drum patterns. Right now all the different parts just collide into one bit of sound making the music seem like they might as well just have 1 guy playing that same thing 3 people are playing. Granted, string instruments need more than one person to play a chord but they only have what, 2 of them in that clip?

ZephyrFate said:
like, seriously? that's all music is anymore? selling a bunch of albums?
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In regards to the Grammy's, usually.
 
ZephyrFate said:
Her Wikipedia was vandalized by bitter Bieber fans about an hour ago. And Twitter is all "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?" and "HAVE 20+ MILLION FANS, 3 ALBUMS, A MOVIE, blah blah blah IN ONE YEAR THEN TALK TO ME"

like, seriously? that's all music is anymore? selling a bunch of albums?
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Sadly. This true. But these comments are win. Bitter tears from these fans. People should branch out and stop listening to what is just playing on the top 40 stations.

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Nappuccino said:
Some bands, sound much more full with way less people. Its all about how the music is arranged not how many people are out there playing loud guitars or beating the same drum patterns. Right now all the different parts just collide into one bit of sound making the music seem like they might as well just have 1 guy playing that same thing 3 people are playing. Granted, string instruments need more than one person to play a chord but they only have what, 2 of them in that clip?



In regards to the Grammy's, usually.
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Which is why I am so ecstatic that jazz was even recognized in an awards show that trips hand over foot to suck the cock of teen pop or hiphop.
 
ZephyrFate said:
Her Wikipedia was vandalized by bitter Bieber fans about an hour ago. And Twitter is all "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?" and "HAVE 20+ MILLION FANS, 3 ALBUMS, A MOVIE, blah blah blah IN ONE YEAR THEN TALK TO ME"

like, seriously? that's all music is anymore? selling a bunch of albums?
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It's sad but you can't blame the general public. The academy has been awarding pieces of shit for a while now. Most mainstream radio isn't helping either. I don't think there's a modern rock radio station in my city anymore. It's top 40 pop/rock (no rap) and top 40 urban. Then there's the 30 somethings that will only listen to shit like the Gin Blossom's or the Goo Goo Dolls.

EDIT: I don't think Arcade Fire has ever had a radio single. Even bands like Vampire Weekend and Spoon have had multiple songs get airplay. When's the last time you heard a Radiohead song on a non college radio station? I don't even hate top 40 songs in all cases...I just hate the radio.
 
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri said:
I think you're making the mistake of judging them based upon what you've seen tonight. Their material is really diverse. Month of May is a pretty basic stoner rock-ish tune and not at all representative of their overall sound. Try listening to Tunnels, Wake Up, No Cars Go and Sprawl II if you're interested in hearing more dense compositions.
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I have all their albums. Most of the songs were written to be performed by 4-6 people and then they just keep piling more musicians into their show to do things like beat a cymbal with a motor cycle helmet or strum the same chord everyone else is doing. Its kind of silly and unnecessary
 
see5harp said:
It's sad but you can't blame the general public. The academy has been awarding pieces of shit for a while now. Most mainstream radio isn't helping either. I don't think there's a modern rock radio station in my city anymore. It's top 40 pop/rock (no rap) and top 40 urban. Then there's the 30 somethings that will only listen to shit like the Gin Blossom's or the Goo Goo Dolls.

EDIT: I don't think Arcade Fire has ever had a radio single. Even bands like Vampire Weekend and Spoon have had multiple songs get airplay. When's the last time you heard a Radiohead song on a non college radio station? I don't even hate top 40 songs in all cases...I just hate the radio.
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I don't watch the Grammys much but because of this win I became aware of Esperanza Spalding and how *awesome* she is. So... I guess I can thank them for having taste.
 
ZephyrFate said:
I don't watch the Grammys much but because of this win I became aware of Esperanza Spalding and how *awesome* she is. So... I guess I can thank them for having taste.
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Getting a few things right doesn't excuse them never ever.
 
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri said:
It's cause you're not man enough to listen to real Rockstars like Nickleback, without whom we'd never be granted the opportunity to ponder life's grandest mysteries, like what the hell is on Joey's head.
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(i was (partially) quoting a linkin park song)
 
ZephyrFate said:
Justin Bieber fans are going insane on Twitter. I love it.
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lol

Typically doesn't the winner of the "best new artist" award tend to crash and burn shortly afterward? Seems like Bieber should have won it considering Spawlding is supremely talented and will be around for awhile; although to be fair, she is far from "new" considering she released an album like 4 years ago
 
So people are disappointed that the Arcade Fire won because they haven't heard of them? That makes sense. We should award album of the year to whatever is the most recognizable.
 
Watching the Eminem performances. Laughably bad. I can't think of the last time I saw him not lip sync. I Need a Doctor is simply a bad song, and follows the exact same progression as the other Alex da Kid pop rap songs (Love The Way You Lie, Coming Home, Words I Never Said, Castle Walls etc).
 
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