Grammy Ceremony Postponed

COVID-19 has forced organizers of the Grammy awards to postpone the planned event for later this month. Now organizers are hoping the show can happen in March. The current pandemic situation in California - where the show is held and broadcast on live television - is in full crisis mode. Things are so bad in the southern part of the state that EMTs are being told to not even bring patients to area hospitals if they will not survive. This applies to every medical issue, not just COVID.

I no longer watch the Grammy awards anyway, but I always check online to see the winners in the rock and metal categories. Then I usually shake my head.

The Grammys will no longer be held this month, with organizers now hoping to stage the event in March https://t.co/xuWVADhmPv pic.twitter.com/mzjKcXForN

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 5, 2021

Comments

[Jeff]

Should be postponed indefinitely until the powers that be acknowledge more than just mainstream music

[Bryon]

The Grammys have become such a non-event for me. I'm not a fan of pop, and rock is so far out of the mainstream that there's really nothing there that I care about. I usually pay a bit of attention to who wins the metal award, mostly because it stirs up a bit of fun/controversy for a few days.

On that topic, I hope Code Orange wins the metal award. They are one of the most innovative, heaviest bands to come out in years and their album (Underneath) was my favorite new release of 2020. It will probably go to Powertrip, though, because of Riley Gale's death, and that's cool too.

[Him]

The Grandmas, like the RaRHoF, have little to no relevance when it comes to musical tastes, regardless of genre. Yes, people like the music that wins. But it is all a packaged and poncy catwalk of calculation.

And. even if a band that deserves to win does win (and what does that mean really?), to what end that glory? Who benefits? And the losers? Who cries in pain at the indignity of being overlooked, only to post a shot of themselves on Instagram sitting next to their infinity pool, sadly drinking kombucha? Cry for me, West Covina.

Thing is, now as ever, these shows take what fans like and then shoot them out into the ether in a feeble attempt to trend-start a new 'craze' . . . after said craze was already rolling or because no buzz was there to begin with. Is there a thing called post-emptive? No band's legacy rose or fell on the back of an awards show. But you gotta' make the sausage, so the artists jump into the grinder. Well, some do.