If one takes the band members word for it, God was largely responsible for Lady Antebellum doing so well at the Grammys. At least He got their repeated thanks.
I find this troubling. If this is the kind of trifling music God has playing in heaven, I sure as hell don’t want to spend eternity stuck in that elevator.
But something divine must be responsible for Mick Jagger.
As Ben Greenman put it at The New Yorker, “To say [Jagger] was energetic was an understatement, all sixty-seven years and sixty-seven pounds of him.”
I’d rather have Lady Antebellum playing than Hendrix, Joplin, et al.
Hendrix and Joplin play in heaven.
Lady Antebellum plays in Limbo.
Lady Antebellum’s tunes sound like elevator music with lyrics.
I obviously like Lady Antebellum’s music a LOT more than you do, NMK, but I do wish they (and everyone else) would simply give credit for their music to the actual songwriters, promoters, and performers and not to an imaginary friend.
Oh, it’s not that I dislike it. It’s just so “pop.” Nothing edgy, nothing challenging, nothing innovative. In other words, just like most Grammy winners through the years — from Christopher Cross to Alison Krauss and Robert Plant.
As I said during their performance last night, “It sounds like every other pop country song.”
Yes, but then Arcade Fire came completely out of left field to win Album of the Year! You must admit that they were hardly the safe choice. Their joy was fun to watch….Eminem wouldn’t have been so purely and obviously pleased, that’s for sure.
I think a lot of the “Godding” by Lady Antebellum comes from the fact that they are basically a country act that has crossed over. Country radio and country fans expect certain things from their award winners.