Where Did Everyone Go?
Filed under: TV News
According to preliminary reports, last night's Grammy Awards telecast was the third least-watched ever in its history.
Last year 20 million people tuned in.
This year, only 17.5 million made the effort.
And the Recording Academy spent so much money to promote the cause since this year was its 50th Anniversary!
But, on the bright side, the Grammys did win the night…it beat out American Gladiators and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
They'll have to bring back Justin Timberlake next year!
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Dolly Injured!
Re: Not real at all!! –
I so agree with you!
BTW thanks for taking down your disrespectful post about herbie hancock, he is not deserving of gossipy bashing, like i said there before it was removed he got the votes, so he got the grammy. HOWEVER replacing it with an apology would have been in good taste. (to him as well as your fans) i truly value the trash you post, but that was your worst foot in mouth thus far. i hope you go out and buy all his work and start sucking up to legends with talent more often. hold yourself accountable.
Re: Bitch –
I dont like her either… and her reaction… Gezz, she looked soo F'ed up on that stage she couldnt even make a speech!! Crotch grabbing Crack Whore fix your damn teeth!
IT was the stupidest thing ever. It`s always soo boring anyway.
This is the first year I decided to watch it. In 5 minutes I changed the Channel.
wtf classical music? ew.
well they kept telling us the first 50 were just the begining… so we're waiting for 51
Re: C Ya – ¸
yahh fuckin wino. i thot she was finlly going to die.
unfortunatley, that wasn`t the case.
What kind of speech was that anyway? All I got out of it was:
`I-am-a-crack-whore-london-yuhhh-capo-blake-ya-crack-rehabnonono.“
Hip hop kills the music industry!!!
Too short notice for people to hea that it was actually taking place. It was quite uncertain to have the writers' permission or end of their strike.
I'll tell you why, because people have found this thing called the internet where they can find music they actually like because what is played on the radio isn't what people really want anymore. Nobody cares about Amy Whinehouse or Carrie Underwood anymore. Haven't we've seen them enough? When you can make better music in your own home that these people do in expensive studios and under the watchful eye of the lawyers who run the music business, yes lawyers run the music business and they decided what songs are good and which aren't and pretty much have control over who is a success and who isn't which doesn't surprise me that a crackhead/methhead/whino/man trapped in a woman's body won 5 grammy's lawyers always stick up for the scum of the earth.
THEY ARE ALL LUCIFERIAN TRASH.
If I want to watch a crackhead try to sing I live 20 minutes from Detroit. Just wait til next year even less people will watch it.
Re: corn –
Hah, well said.
Three words; HERBIE HAN-COCK!! Are you kidding me? It was like watching a show aimed at retirees!! HORRIBLE SHOW!! Boring like no one's business. They should now officially be called, "The Grannies"!!!!!
Well it sucked. If you were over 50 it was great, but WTF happened to music besides the 60s? I think Michael Jackson is a nut, but his Album Thriller was huge and no mention of it.
It was an old fart convention
The Grammys have been shit for the last 9 years. When you nominate no-talents like Amy Whorehouse and Kanye West, and have boring old Beyonce performing every damn year, you're going to lose viewers. Everyone's tired of that shit.
Sure, open the show with a dead man singing (It's already been done people). That's a Great hook! The SHOW was Very Poorly Directed, PoORly PRODUCED, TeRRibLY Written. Not much wonder I had to turn it OFF!
WTF!!! THESE ARE THE GRAMMY'S ! They should ROck! Instead they bombed BIG TIME!!!
Re: hotel283 – Actually, JT is more talented than Rihanna and Beyonce. Besides writing and producing also for others, he plays more than 2 instruments, don't insult. Also Herbie DID perform, he played the piano with an orchestra and another musician.
Re: Are We Surprised? – Just because today's music is different from the music of 20, 30 years ago doesn't mean you have to insult today's artists. They have talent too, but they sing different music.
THIS UGLY ASS NIGGA RUINED THE GRAMMYS!!!
THIS NIGGA WAS SO BORING THAT THE RATINGS WERE DOWN….JUST ONE MORE REASON ALL NIGGAS SHOULD BE SHOT!! GET BACK IN THE FIELDS ALL YOU DUMB ASS PORCH MONKEYS!!
I cant believe he's 68!! It's true, black don't crack!
I'LL SAY A BIG "NO, NO, NO" TO JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE!
Justin, Brit Brit, Christina and Madonna would have been nice oh and Michael J
alot of people have gotten pissed off with this, is there a show, will musicians cross the line, with the writers strike. It's gotten to we don't care about the b*llsh*t surrounding the show and the average american thinks the red carpet is stupid and self indulgent. Yes, it beat gladiators and extreme makeover, but gladiators was a repeat and makeover was a 2 hour show that is getting worn. Hollywood better look out. Yes, we complained about networks not having new shows, but then came more reality shows, games shows and all the cable networks that were previously ignored. I don't think the oscars are gonna do well either and don't blame jon stewart if it doesn't.
My next-door neighbor deals drugs and has more class than most of these people. Why should I care what little pieces of tin & bronze are being handed out to a bunch of cracked-out losers? Booo. Nothing good on MY radio lately.
The music industry is in the shitter thanks to fucks like the jonas brothers, winehouse, paramore, etc. Nobody cares for modern day music. Go listen to come classic rock.
Honestly, I have stopped watching TV since the WAG strike. There's been nothing but crappy games shows and reality TV. I actually forgot to ever turn the TV on last night. I was reading a book. The only things I do watch these days is the episodes of Rome I missed on HBO, L&O reruns and Rock of Love 2.
It was nice to see "really talented" people win last night; not just those that are on the popularity list. Unfortunately the public is tired of the same old crap that the grammy show has resorted to for the last 15 years. Same types of music—same old crap. Maybe now it will be about talent and not how much money or fame you can have. And by the way Ms Cole's comments about Amy Winehouse not deserving to win will probably haunt her in the future. Unfortunately some of the most talented people in the world write and compose their finest work when they have "issues". I don't think that by Amy winning it sends a negative signal….if it did have the hip hop music language that degrades women and and races would have sunk it years ago.
I usually don't watch award show. They are always out of touch with my tastes. And I always feel like some old FART is force feeding me a bag of shit.
I watched the grammy's this year ONLY, I repeat ONLY b/c I wanted to see AMY Winehouse. Everyone and everything else was comicial at best. And it confirmed my opinion even more.
oh, so now you like Herbie Hancock? Perez just created this post to make up for bashing Herbie"Fucking" Hancock this morning
The Grammys suck. They're a bunch of old men with fucking horrible taste in music. They'd rather award losers and crackheads instead of performers like Leslie Feist and Arcade Fire who have talent and class. They're also very biased AGAINST Canadian artists. I'm never watching them again. If you're a Feist fan, you can catch her performance at the Juno Awards on April 6. The Juno Awards are the Canadian music awards–not the Ellen Page movie.
By the way, go Ellen Go! Take that Oscar home girl!
The record companies have been shooting themselves in the foot for years. All they promote and all the radio plays is hip-hop or country. They killed pop music off. When the best song you can put out there is Crank that, you are in trouble. Why would anyone want to see these losers get awards? And seriously…all the old people..you feel like you're in a time machine watching these shows. How about someone new and young who makes catchy music that everyone likes?
Re: TIRED OF IT ALL –
I don't like Alicia either. And I actually BOUGHT her first album. This constant thing of seeing her everywhere is getting really getting old. She's at the Grammys every year. She's on Oprah and at the Superbowl. Alicia is the new Beyonce. And I got tired of Beyonce after she sang ALL the fucking songs at the Oscars. I got tired of that No One song after I heard it at the hair salon. STFU already Alicia!
Perez, do you even know who Herbie Hancock is?
It wouldn't kill you to listen to decent music and to gain and appreciation of an actual musician… For a change.
NO! why do you want to see him perform AGAIN..? LOL….. Justin Timberfake … It should of been JANET JACKSON Preforming! Period … the end…
there were to many fucking commercials. most of the music is old, play something new or that isn't on the radio every 15 minutes.
they need ther clothes ripping, snake carrying, madonna kissing legend miss britney spears
I stopped watching when Jethro Tull beat Metallica for Best Heavy Metal album. I'd never heard of a heavy metal flute player before!
Where was JT anyway?!!!
Re: GRAMMYS SUCK IN GENERAL – Rene!
Re: Feisty –
They should call them the Gram-pa Awards. I looked up their website. The Academy is made up of a bunch of old farts. Who cares what THEY like? I know what I like–and its not the same as those crackheads. They must be crackheads if they like a druggie like Wino.
because beyonce was there..no one wants to see her anymore..go away beyonce!
i dont think Herbie shouldve won best album of the year. I mean, I've never even heard of the guy, let alone anyof his songs. Personnaly, Kanye was my favoured guy to win, and honestly, not all of the performances were all that great. Aretha Franklin sounded like she was yelling giberish into the mike, THERE WERE NO ACTUAL WORDS!!!
That's because it should have been on BET. Everything blacks touch turn to sh*t..
Did you call any of that music last night? Beyonce needs to totally get over helfself. She tries to model herself after Diana Ross and Tina Turner….but NOT!!
They advertised there were supposed to present a tribute to thriller 25th anniversary. When I realized Michael Jackson wasn't there and they would not do anything special about it I stopped watching. Talk about false advertisement . They suck big time
Re: Feisty – well considering most of you dont know who herbie hancock is you prolly dont know who joni mitchell is(the jazz album he won for) was inspired by her work, a great CANADIAN legend.. i know you meant well …but do your homework!
Cyndi Lauper looks AMAZING
this was the most entertaining show in years…kanye made me tear up…the Time definitely took me back….without all the black artists it would go back to being the same old boring grammy's it was after michael and janet were big
maybe they should show more awards than performances.
THIS WAS THE BEST SHOW EVER! Personally, I think everybody gave up watching over the past years as everyone got tired of rap and hip hop music. I know plenty of people who voiced the same thing. So they just stopped watching! But this year it was great! If u get the chance,,, see it on repeat on VH1! At least I hope they show it again, IM gonna record it ! It was unbelievable, so much talent and not so much rap crap and no BLAH BLAH BLAH!
I realize that most of you have no idea who Herbie Hancock, but 200 years from now he will likely retain a legacy much like that of Mozart or Beethoven. He is one of the most important jazz musicians and composers of our time. People like Herbie have helped shape what we know as "popular" music today (like the music of Kanye and Amy, for example).
Instead of listening to only what is played on pop stations or in the clubs, I encourage all of you to listen to Herbie. If he won this grammy, he obviously is worth checking out.
His album is not original!! It is not an original composition!! For anyone to call Herbie Hancock, a ripper and shredder of techno and classics, an original…well that is a joke!! What happened to Fergie? What happened to Evan's Blue, what happened to all the All American Rejects, 30 Seconds to Mars, Fall Out Boy….any white rock bands?!?! Did they get shot by the crackheads backstage?!?! Seriously, why was the show jam packed with rap & soul singers of black descent? Where were the white people? Is it me or was this entire show the most racist show ever?!?! If it were the opposite, you know the NAACP would be boycotting and banning up a storm!!
Re: Not real at all!! – WOW!! It is so true! I turned off the VMA's for the same reason. It is one thing to break through color barriers, but to totally shut out young white rockers and pop artists altogether.well, it is just sad…
We don't watch the show anymore because we don't care about most of the music or artists represented there. It's usually one long, BET soul/rap concert sprinkled with a few non-noteworthy appearances and performances by artists from other genres that nobody cares about. It's just one big overhyped, overrated, juvenile snoozefest. Nothing about the way that show is put together and presented represents that which is truly great about music. The GRAMMY award is supposed to be about excellence and innovation in music but instead it's just a ridiculously embarrassing showcase of uneducated arrogance, ignorance, and small-mindededness. It's like attending a high school basketball game wherein all of the alleged "cool" kids walk back and forth between their seats and the concession stand just because they crave being seen. Blech. It's time to completely overhaul the entire premise of the show.
SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE DID NOT SHOW UP FOR THE GRAMMYS!!!! MORE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE WATCHED IF HE WAS THERE!!!!!!
Awards shows went out of style a long time ago. Justin Timberlake doesn't deserve a Grammy invite. He's not talented enough.
Maybe I would have watched if I wouldn't have been subjected to the torture that is Amy Winehouse…
This was the first Grammy awards I have sat all the way through…I enjoyed the music and the production of it. My fav part was Tina and Beyonce performing together…awesome!!
WHO the fuk listens to Herbie Hancock anymore?
Record of the year?!!!!!!!!!!! In what world and in what year? 1974?
The writer's strike did not help matters.
The Grammy time blocks were TBA early on during the day, so people might have check and thought there was nothing to watch.
Justin can keep his sorry ass home, after the shit he pulled last year. He could not show his face this year because he knew his songs were still: ALL ABOUT BRITNEY SPEARS !
Who cares??? Why am I surprised? Prolly cause I did not even know the Grammys were on Sunday night. They aren't worth watching anyway - it's just a bunch of stupid, misogynistic rappers and twangy country singer hicks. In other words, GARBAGE.
The only awards show I enjoyed was the one during the writer's strike and lasted, what an hour??? We didn't have to sit through hours of boring thank yous from boring people. Even that hour was so boring I don't even remember which awards show it was!
PEREZ DID YOU KNOW THAT EXACTLY 9:22PM THERE WAS A MAJOR OUTAGE FOR CABLEVISION SUBSCRIBERS in Bronx, New York. THE CABLE WAS RESTORED THE NEXT DAY AT 3PM. SO IN THIS AREA THERE OF THE BRONX THERE ARE AT LEAST 20,000 PEOPLE WHO LOST SERVICE. I WAS WATCHING WHEN IT WENT BLACK. What a shame I missed Amy's performance.
haha my friend is obsessed with american gladiators
and the grammys were boring this year…they need to bring JT back =)
Please, no one gives a fuck about Justin Timberlake. Glad he wasn't there. Can't wait for Usher to come back so y'all can shut the fuck up about that shit ball JT.
The Grammys were on?
Hope the Oscars bomb too.
Re: musician24 – IT WAS A COVER ALBUM!! AN LBUM OF DUETS….NOT ONE SONG WAS COMPOSED BY HIM, OR SUNG FOR THAT MATTER!! HE PLAYED AND PRODUCED MOST OF THE REMAKES, BUT THE SONGS HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE…..THEREFORE IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AWARDED THIS PARTICULAR AWARD…DUETS, JAZZ COMP…MAYBE BUT DEF NOT ALBUM OF THE YEAR!! WHAT A JOKE!!
Re: musician24 – IT WAS A COVER ALBUM!! AN ALBUM OF DUETS….NOT ONE SONG WAS COMPOSED BY HIM, OR SUNG FOR THAT MATTER!! HE PLAYED AND PRODUCED MOST OF THE REMAKES, BUT THE SONGS HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE…..THEREFORE IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AWARDED THIS PARTICULAR AWARD…DUETS, JAZZ COMP…MAYBE BUT DEF NOT ALBUM OF THE YEAR!! WHAT A JOKE!!
the show was crap…i tried flipping back and forth every once in awhile…but but somehow kept going back to CSI reruns…alicia and frank=crap; beyonce and tina = crap; kid rock and old bitch = crap; and as always the KING of crap kanye west…maybe they should try doing more of the actual awards at the awards show and leave the overdone performances for another time.
First!!! Finally, I'm First!!!
The show sucked. I would have actually like to have seen some awards handed out instead of the runnig line under the crap that they did show saying what awards were handed out. It should have been a night to celebrate the winners instead of Alicia Keys' night. She didn't even win any thing did she? She must be blowing someone in charge beause she is every friggin where. I imagine that for a musician, it is the biggest thrill to win a grammy and only 4 or 5 actully got to have it televised on television. What a joke, they definately new a new producer next year.
The reason people have stopped watching is because the Grammys does not regard the REAL singer/songwriters. The bands that actually write their own lyrics and work their assess off singing in tiny, dirty clubs…not these pop princesses who get a song handed to them, already written and mixed (Rihanna, I'm talkin about you girl). How do you win an award for something that you really didn't do?!?!? I DON'T GET IT?!??! The Alternative Music award wasn't televised (go White Stripes), yet the Alt. Music scene is talentful and loved by critics and the bands' fans.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!! QUIT BUYING POP RECORDS AND ACTUAL REGARD ALT/INDIE MUSIC BANDS WHO WORK TEN TIMES HARDER!!!
Actually don't, because you'll totally destroy that music scene, the way you do everything else. Forget I said anything.
Re: Feisty – Hey good for you! I'm not a fan of Feist's music, but I like her and I regard her as a real musician.
I'm going to the Junos!!!!!! Now I'll get to see real musicians…Feist, Tegan & Sara, Arcade Fire, Tokyo Police Club, New Pornographers, Alexisonfire…list goes on and on. Real musicians making headlines and favored by critics all over the world. Go Canada! Fuck Americans!
If you haven't heard of Herbie Hancock then you've been living under
a rock. He's a legend and knows real talent like Christina Aguilera. He
had her sing on one of his albums. I only watched 30 minutes of the grammys
and it was too boring. Bring back Christina Aguilera , know she has real
talent. Last year she blew the grammys. I like to watch her performance
over and over. Twenty years from know we'll see who has real talent, no
lip syncing.
The Grammys are a joke - they lost me when they gave the Dixie Chicks an award for being disrespectful bitches
Award shows sorta blow especially when what has been coming out in the last year or so is so lack luster. I'm not to impressed with the music and movies coming out these days.
snoozer grammies
When the Grammy's stop picking crap over good artists, maybe I'll watch.
1980
Pink Floyd vs. Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross won
'nuf said