Agree with Scott and Rich on this.
Rich, these delusions about the younger generation you are now
experiencing will only grow greater as age gets up there.
At 55, while I still thought the best of three songs won (and what the
hell has Dolly done to herself, apart from re-writing 9-5 with different
lyrics?) I kept thinking, these kids have great voices, but why are they
singing this crap... and then I caught myself and realised that most of
them would run screaming from the room if I played an Ornette Coleman
album so it's just different tastes.
Phil
Scott Burns wrote:
JR Wrote:
And don't even get me started about giving a cleaned-up gangsta rap
song the Award for Best Song of the Year.
Best song of the year? Yo' momma...!
I think it's time for the Academy to eliminate the Best Song category.
They could only come up with 3 nominees this year--and none, IMHO,
were worthy of being called "best." Talk about a stretch to fill 3
slots...
Throwing a song over the end credits of a movie just for the sake of
future soundtrack sales (or an Oscar nomination) seems ridiculous.
In the case of "Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica," the producers
went to Dolly Parton A WHOLE MONTH before the movie was released.
Wow...that song was really important to the film wasn't it? It made
the end credits so much more enjoyable (pardon my sarcasm).
I haven't seen "Hustle & Flow." Was "Pimp" actually played within the
film? Just from the title it sounds like it was more plot oriented
than most Academy-nominated songs. No matter, I still didn't think it
was anything special in a field of 3 not-so-special songs. Doesn't say
much for this category does it?
Scott
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