Grammys/Sly

[MJD]

Toto won 7 Grammys in 1983.

Check out this all-star line-up!

http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1983/grammys.htm

At a dinner party last night and there were three people there that were still "basking in the glow" of a Toto concert from Saturday.

[Mennisco]

I've never watched "American Idol", but their impact on modern music would seem to be about nil.

What if the Academy Awards devoted a large portion of their telecast to "actors" from "Survivor" or "The Real World"?

When you pander to the lowest common denominator of American musical taste, it's amazing guys like McCartney bother to show up, and guys like me bother to watch.

Word.

The real survivors are those who refuse to listen to the 3 note, 1 key, 1 chord, 2 word, repeat-a-beat-to-death garbage, that renders too many children brain dead by the age of 14. Or watch Survivor, that's potentially more dangerous:

[MJD]

Sly still has it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6dPTl85QI74

[wamego relays champ]

Sly still has it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6dPTl85QI74

A bit of a goose-bump moment; and a bit of sadness at the ravages of time (and whatever else he did for 19 years).

But that infectious smile is great to see again.

[bad hammy]

Sly still has it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6dPTl85QI74

Uh, not to be too uncharitable, but no, he doesn't. Whatever he had, he has lost most of it. I saw Sly live a few weeks ago in San Jose, CA. Prior to his set they had video of Sly back in the day. He was one wildly active and engaging entertainer. He is a shell of that now. Kind of like watching the thorazine-loaded (or whatever) Brian Wilson on stage these days. More sad than anything . . .

This shows a ton more life in Sly (from 1970), and this is just rehersals: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nMO37phmVyI

Edit: there is a lot of old Sly on YouTube. Check it out: http://youtube.com/results?search_query ... mily+stone