I watched the American Music Awards last night. I use the word “music” very lightly. Of all the artists that performed, I’m not sure how many I would consider musical.
This has to be my age talking…..but when you listen to a three minute song and can’t understand one word, isn’t something wrong?
It really seemed more like a dance competition. There were girls dancing around poles, hip hoppers hopping and when Gwen Stafani sang, she probably had 30 or more dancers on stage dancing to some intricate choreography. The song she sang was just strange. It was called “Wind Up” and I think the main message was asking if your boyfriend could wind you up. Not sure, those were about the only three words I understood.
Of course the Dixie Chicks sang and did a fairly decent job. I could understand their words, but after they finished singing they barely smiled…..just glared at the audience like they were saying “we sang, and yes, we are still mad at Country Radio and Country Fans.”
I think next year they should just call it the Awards Show. Unless they really want to feature some music! That might be a novel idea.
ps. totally off the subject, but I just had to tell you that I wrote a song yesterday that was so fun to write. I started the idea Monday night and couldn’t wait to finish it yesterday. I kept it minimized on my screen at work all day and would write lines to it, or erase lines and add new ones. It still needs some tweaking…but I can already hear it in my head. This is where I would love to be part of a band. I could call them to come over, we could set up the instruments in my basement (need one of those, too) and I could sing out the melody and my band would be so good that they would just start playing along with me as I sang! They might even help tweak the song a little bit, because that’s what I imagine a good band does. We would love the song so much that we would sing it over and over until someone said it was getting late and they just had to leave and go home. When I get really talented at this blog thing, I’ll record some of these songs I’m writing and attach it so you can hear it.
