Yes I know the Grammys were on last night.
No I didn’t watch them. I watched Sherlock Holmes instead.
I’ve never really been into “Pop Music”.
I’ve always been more into genres that the Grammys only look at in passing.
A few years ago Esperanza Spalding and Arcade Fire won when they weren’t the designated by the hype industry favorites.
So the Grammys changed the rules. Made it pretty much impossible for anyone other than the hype industry’s designated winner to win.
I have a confession.
I don’t like pop music. I find the way most female pop music artist present themselves to be more degrading than the performances strippers give in the “Gentlemen’s Clubs” that line Northwest Highway on the section that runs east from Irving. At least the strippers are honest about their role in the sex industry.
On the other hand women pop artist these days pretend their singing prowess is why people watch them while they present themselves like the women working in those “Gentlemen’s Clubs.”
Perhaps it is time to bring back a relic of second wave feminism, stickers that read: “This is insulting to and degrades women.”
As I said I listen to genre music including folk, alternative rock and country, jazz. The artists I like best can often be seen in small venues and cubs here in Dallas and Austin with tickets even us old folks on a limited budget can afford.
All and all the Country Music Awards tend to present women in a far less degrading manner and as much hype as Nashville pumps out there still seems to be much more emphasis on actual talent than one sees at the Grammys.
My musical tastes have never seemed to match those considered to be part of LGBT culture. When others in the Lesbian Community were listening to “Women’s Music” that consisted of artist recording on Olivia and a couple of other approved labels I was listening to Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Laura Nyro, Carole King, Emmy Lou Harris, who were more my idea of women artists.
But my feelings towards pop music are more those of apathy than antipathy and yes I can enjoy some of the artists and their music, often in spite of the hype surrounding them than because of it.
Last night my totally ignoring the Grammys was a combination of hype fatigue and simply having other things to do like reading a book I’m engrossed in and watching a show that is fill with a nerdy, snarky dry wit that I find rather amusing.
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