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   DanKaye to clg.5@nospam.virgin.net   
   Re: Grammy For Brian?   
   13 Oct 04 02:34:59   
   
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   From: dankaye@nowhere.info   
      
   On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:32:51 -0400, "Craiglg"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Any awards or praise heaped on this record is probably for it's history and   
   >Brian Wilsons history. Behind the hype and admiration coming at great   
   >speed it is a dated piece of work that just does not feel like it belongs   
   >in 2004. An original release back when it was intended probably would have   
   >put it high in the list of greats as a benchmark of it's time - but not   
   >now.   
   >Yes I've listened to it (had it on bootleg for years), seen the live show   
   >(fantastic) but I just think it's been hyped for so many years as the Holy   
   >Grail of music that a lot of people are just not going to admit that it   
   >isn't what they expected.   
   >   
   Sure, recognition - even from the Grammys - would be nice for Brian.   
   But really, the Grammys are so totally "Fixed" these days, and have   
   more to do with industry power-weilding than about the recognition of   
   quality. A Lifetime Achievement Award would be worth more, I think,   
   than a "Best Record".   
      
   When Joni Mitchell got her Grammy a few years ago, it was for one of   
   her WORST lp's ever! I thought, "What the hell??!" The Grammyu is just   
   such a sham of an award!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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