From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
      
   In article <18CdnRI565MO-_HcRVn-iw@look.ca>, Michael   
    wrote:   
      
   > "xxx"  wrote in message   
   > news:zQWad.8309$gI6.8038@trndny09...   
   > > "Matthew."  wrote in message   
   > > news:1097585725.VDuMoGqp54gXXREfXgiKpw@bubbanews...   
   > > > 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.   
   >   
      
   Great news about the plug on Imus. For a Yankee fan to miss a playoff   
   game (aren't they playing the Red Sox?) for a concert is pretty heady.   
   Greenfield tends to do stories on media and society, so who knows,   
   maybe he'll even end up doing something on Brian or the album.   
      
   I noticed that, for a while anyway, today CNN had a link to a story on   
   SMiLE on their home page.  Also the headline was pretty cool, something   
   about a "Masterwork finally seeing the Sunshine".   
      
   Regarding the Grammies, keep in mind that Bruce Johnston has one (for a   
   song about Brian, no less) and Brian doesn't (except for maybe a   
   lifetime achievement award or something). As many of you know i'm fond   
   of pointing out that Good Vibrations  lost out to Winchester Cathedral   
   in 1967, but it gets worse:  One of Elvis's big hits lost out to   
   "Volare".   
      
   Derek   
      
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