Comments on: They’re just like Oscars http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/02/23/theyre-just-like-oscars/ I'm feeling pretty good about myself right about now. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:23:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Eugenia http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/02/23/theyre-just-like-oscars/#comment-486 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:56:34 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/02/23/theyre-just-like-oscars/#comment-486 Well, that's a different matter. You just don't agree that this album was better than Fionna Apple's. But who wrote the songs is completely beside the point. I insist on that. An album for such a prize category must be evaluated without even know who the artist is. Let alone know who wrote it. Well, that’s a different matter. You just don’t agree that this album was better than Fionna Apple’s. But who wrote the songs is completely beside the point. I insist on that. An album for such a prize category must be evaluated without even know who the artist is. Let alone know who wrote it.

]]> by: Administrator http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/02/23/theyre-just-like-oscars/#comment-483 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:47:14 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/02/23/theyre-just-like-oscars/#comment-483 <i>Well, if the prize category was for the “best pop vocal album”, it doesn’t matter who writes what and who sings it. It is about the best album, not about the best artist.</i> The meaning of the individual songs, and their combined value, is what makes an album either good or ungood. A song gets intrinsically more value and meaning if the person who sings it is actually the one who wrote it. It gives the song an extra layer of depth and comitment. The Grammy committee have simply chosen the most successful of the albums-- not the best. There is no way in hell that any sane music-loving person would choose Kelly Clarskon (who needed a cheesy TV show to break through) over heavyweights like Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, and Fiona Apple. It's like comparing McDonald's to a fancy crittically acclaimed restaurant; of course McDonald's taste good from time to time, but that does not make it the better restaurant. Well, if the prize category was for the “best pop vocal album”, it doesn’t matter who writes what and who sings it. It is about the best album, not about the best artist.

The meaning of the individual songs, and their combined value, is what makes an album either good or ungood. A song gets intrinsically more value and meaning if the person who sings it is actually the one who wrote it. It gives the song an extra layer of depth and comitment.

The Grammy committee have simply chosen the most successful of the albums– not the best. There is no way in hell that any sane music-loving person would choose Kelly Clarskon (who needed a cheesy TV show to break through) over heavyweights like Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, and Fiona Apple. It’s like comparing McDonald’s to a fancy crittically acclaimed restaurant; of course McDonald’s taste good from time to time, but that does not make it the better restaurant.

]]> by: Eugenia http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/02/23/theyre-just-like-oscars/#comment-482 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:07:35 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/02/23/theyre-just-like-oscars/#comment-482 Well, if the prize category was for the "best pop vocal album", it doesn't matter who writes what and who sings it. It is about the best album, not about the best artist. Well, if the prize category was for the “best pop vocal album”, it doesn’t matter who writes what and who sings it. It is about the best album, not about the best artist.

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