From: Michael@Hotmail.com   
      
   "xxx"  wrote in message   
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   > "Matthew."  wrote in message   
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   > > Holy Shit..can he get Album Of The Year?   
   >   
   > He can and very well might.  The critical acclaim for Smile is way ahead   
   of   
   > any other CD released this year which is mostly over.  The history is of   
   > course unique and immense.  This morning CNN's Jeff Greenfield, political   
   > analyst and Yankee fan, was explaining to Don Imus on MSNBC that he wasn't   
   > going to the ballgame tonight because he had tickets for Smile in Carnegie   
   > Hall.  They then played part of the new GV as the transition music on the   
   > Imus show which they have done several times.  The whole phenomenon is way   
   > out ahead of any reasonable expectation, it is actually doing, I think,   
   WAY   
   > MUCH BETTER NOW commercially than it would have done back in the day.   
   Irony   
   > of ironies in the story of the most ironic musical work of all time... so   
   > far;-).<   
      
   I hope he receives *some* sort of accolade for Smile. However, it's true -   
   the Grammys have nothing what-so-ever to do with musical achievement   
   anymore. If Flavor-Flav and their ilk keep winning the awards, it's   
   obviously a marketing stronghold for record companies to promote 'product'.   
   Doesn't matter - the real music *is* out there, but the onus is on the buyer   
   to find the good stuff. Cream, Zeppelin, The Stones, etc never won Grammy   
   awards....who cares? The Beatles only won one for the poorest album of their   
   catalog - Let It Be. So, IMO - awards like these are simply industry   
   'pats-on-the-back' for making money. There are too many awards already - the   
   Grammy used to have prestige. Like an Emmy. Both are now delivered by   
   dumptrucks to anyone that is a money-maker. Kinda' sad really. The Oscar,   
   still has that so-called prestige - but I wonder for how long.   
      
   In fact, a Grammy would almost cheapen a Meisterwork like Smile - I like the   
   Lifetime Achievement Award idea. Man, talk about a guy that deserves it -   
   look no further than B. Wilson.   
      
   Mike T.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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