Grammy Predictions

Howard the Duck · 02-14-2012, 09:58 AM

be my guest

Helplessness Blues is just as good as the debut, if not better - it's just the hype machine has died

Paedantic Basterd · 02-14-2012, 10:01 AM

I've got nothing against Fleet Foxes. I liked their debut, and Blue Ridge Mountains is an excellent song.

But the amount of disrespect for Bon Iver saddens me. There are few artists I will outright slander, and most of them so obvious it's pointless to do it.

Howard the Duck · 02-14-2012, 10:03 AM

i hate him with a passion

because i am passionate about music

MoonlitSunshine · 02-14-2012, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

i am not saying that he's only just not as good as the Fleet Foxes

i'm saying he's not good on any kind of level

there are no tunes as such, and when I put "For Emma" on, I want to throw my speakers at the wall

That's kinda my point. Were you simply saying that he isn't as good as Fleet Foxes I'd agree :P Music doesn't need a melody or a tune in order to be music, and I respect the fact that you might simply not like it, but the fact that you don't like it doesn't instantly make it atrocious.

To be honest, the simple fact that he has achieved an award despite "looking like someone who would do my accounts" as someone so gracefully put it on that "who is bon iver" tumblr, speaks of a certain amount of talent. Neither does he seem to use any "gimmicks" in order to further his music in non-musical ways. If it were the kind of music that only a hipster could like, then it wouldn't have made it to the grammies because no self-respecting hipster would want their music soiled by publicity. It only leaves one option, which is that people actually like it for the music.

Paedantic Basterd · 02-14-2012, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

i hate him with a passion

because i am passionate about music

I'd say just about all of us here are.

CanwllCorfe · 02-14-2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

But the amount of disrespect for Bon Iver saddens me. There are few artists I will outright slander, and most of them so obvious it's pointless to do it.

Same for me. I don't enjoy Bon Iver's music personally. I don't have any of it anymore actually, but I can completely understand its appeal. I could never say anything bad about them just because I don't personally like the music.

starrynight · 02-14-2012, 11:47 AM

I don't hate him, he just makes music. It's other people who hyped him up. And some of his fans are those fanboy kind of people.

Howard the Duck · 02-14-2012, 08:27 PM

i just find him annoying, s'all

sopsych · 02-15-2012, 12:29 PM

I've heard only one Bon Iver song, and it's extremely boring. He falls into the category of "Weirdos loved by hipsters and music elitists."

TheBig3 · 02-16-2012, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by FreakOut

I predict Adele takes home the top two

Is she even putting an album out this year?

02-14-2012, 11:47 AM	#87 (permalink)
starrynight Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 937	I don't hate him, he just makes music. It's other people who hyped him up. And some of his fans are those fanboy kind of people. __________________ non-cliquey member of every music forum I participate on

02-14-2012, 10:01 AM	#82 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I've got nothing against Fleet Foxes. I liked their debut, and Blue Ridge Mountains is an excellent song. But the amount of disrespect for Bon Iver saddens me. There are few artists I will outright slander, and most of them so obvious it's pointless to do it.

02-15-2012, 12:29 PM	#89 (permalink)
sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	I've heard only one Bon Iver song, and it's extremely boring. He falls into the category of "Weirdos loved by hipsters and music elitists."