Anybody watch the Grammys tonight?

audiozen - Thanks you. A lot of accurate responses here, and the Grammy's is a sore subject with me, as are most all of these award shows. Tv in general. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame being a complete joke also, as garebear alluded to. "These "Hip pops"....made me laugh but so true and more sad than funny to be honest. 
Glad to hear that you don't watch these shows, and that you are aware that the dumbing down that we are witnessing, and have been experiencing for years, is very real and tangible. Not that I ever doubted you. If someone wants proof, just watch  The tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. If you thought Leno set the bar low, this Fallon character has no shame at all. Talk about trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator... this is dumbing down the likes of which mankind has never before witnessed. Unwatchable, frat boy humor, drinking games, cracking raw eggs over the guests heads, and a human laugh track audience programmed to laugh hysterically at every lame word that comes out of this suck asses mouth. Low brow, light weight guests who will never challenge him, and a complete inability to conduct an interview. Johnny Carson must be spinning in his grave. Yeah, I know... who's Johnny Carson?
Thanks for the history lesson - very interesting. Gore Vidal had a remarkable mind, and I always enjoyed listening to him being interviewed. His views were too honest for many people to process, and It doesn't surprise me that High Schools shunned his works. 
You are so right about these shows having become political arenas for these opportunistic moron's, most of whom I have never heard of, and couldn't care less what they think about any subject.
 Let's see... our show is horrible already, but we can make it even worse so why don't we have these little lip synching barbie dolls sashay their bad selves out there and stand up for the cause, because their music sure as hell ain't doin' this country no damn good, but maybe their spoken words can make all these suckers forget about Martin Luther King. Get em' all motivated to listen to computer generated "music" with no real singing or instruments. All fake, just the way they like it!
 ESPN got political and viewers are leaving in droves. We can only hope that the Grammy's suffer the same fate, God willing.

Bruno Mars "Alblum of the Year" "Song of the Year" ! Who is he??? Are we near the end of Civilization!!! Maybe I'm too old for this cr*p!

That’s kind of what they said about Elvis Presley. 

I get a kick out of the posters who claim they didn't watch the show and then follow up with a detailed critique of the show, including performances.  The Grammy's is best PVR'd, you can then watch the entire telecast is less than 30 minutes.  The music celebrated does not suit my taste, but that's okay, as most Millennial's and iGen's don't like my music either.

garebear
"Jaz J and Beyonce - really. The talentless street walker was said to be wearing ; $6.8 worth of jewelry."

Curious what your basis is for calling Beyonce a street walker? That's a pretty heavy charge.

Here is what I can gather about her from news sources. She was raised with much love in a middle class or better family in Houston, TX. Her mother was a hairdresser who owned a salon. Her father was a sales manager for Xerox. She and her parents are registered Republicans. She attended fine arts magnet schools in Houston. She was raised as a devout Methodist, and regularly attends church. She has never been arrested. She has only been married once, and that faithfully (on her part), to all reports, for a decade to Jay Z. When Kanye West rudely interrupted Taylor Swift on stage when receiving a MTV award, Beyonce graciously gave up some her time on stage to let Taylor receive her award promptly. As far as I can see, she has even treated her husband Jay Z with grace and mercy, when you look at the big picture, when he has cheated on her.

Reads like a person of good character to me. Difficult to see any history of or motivation for taking money or other favors for sex.

She does dress scantily sometimes but not more so than many other music and film industry stars of this and past eras.

Now taste in music is personal. You could say Beyonce's music sucks. But facts do place some limits on taste. To call Beyonce talentless does not gibe with her critical acclaim, tremendous record sales, and influence on music. An individual may not like the music of Elvis or the Beatles or the Rolling Stones but how could these musicians be completely talentless given their outsize influence on contemporary pop and rock?

I encourage you to take a listen to Lemonade, Beyonce's latest album. It is a creative tour de force that includes songs that span styles from country to rock to soul.  She sings with great honesty and discipline, which is difficult to do at the same time, about a very personal wound- her hurt about her husband's betrayal. (By the way, I am not a fan of rap, and do find a lot of it tasteless and uncivilized. Although like in most any form of music, there are a handful who make interesting songs that use new sounds and rhythms.)

Jay Z was a thug in the past. He appears to live in a much more civilized way now but can't say I know enough to claim that label no longer applies. His cheating on Beyonce, although that's unfortunately a common behavior on the part of men, does not help.

G