Ronnie Honored at the Grammy's

alitivity · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:12 am Post subject: Ronnie Honored at the Grammy's

So what if it was only a few seconds, so what if he was featured with Doug Fieger of the Knack, so what if they played My Sharona as the background music. The Grammy's still recognized Ronnie James Dio as one of the Greats that were lost last year. It made watching that horrible show worth it!
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stu · Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 50 Location: Scotland

Didn't see it, but it's an incredible achievement for an artist of any genre outside of the mainstream to get recognition. That's how good Ronnie was. His music will outlast so many of the big award winners. Look back at the award list this time next year and see how many of the pop/rap/R&B crowd still have a career when the record companies have dropped them to promote the latest "Idol" instead. The real stars are those who can sell millions of albums and fill arenas year after year with little or no airplay, don't matter if it's metal, reggae, punk, whatever. (What? Cynical? Me?!)

On the subject of R&B, can anyone tell me when that title was hijacked from rythm'n'blues and used to describe bland, sanitised, soulless rap-lite? That shit sure ain't the blues, and any rythm is usually provided by a computer-generated hand clap.

StargazerGeisha · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:34 am Post subject:

I missed that! I always blow off the Grammy's.

Very nice anyway!

Anita · Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 27 Location: Falcon, Colorado

Yeah I don't watch award shows anymore so I didn't see that either. Nice that he was recognized eventhough it was just for a second or so.

I really hate awards shows (esp the so called "major" ones). The Grammy's anymore for me seem to be all about just who's popular instead of someone who's talented and deserves the honor to be nominated and actually take the grammaphone home.

@stu I've told this to my boyfriend a few weeks ago. Just wait until Justin Bieber grows a beard and see how fast the girlys don't scream for him anymore. Heh.

Yep I'm a music cynic.
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Jeffrey · Killing The Dragon Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 324

[quote="stu"]His music will outlast so many of the big award winners. Look back at the award list this time next year and see how many of the pop/rap/R&B crowd still have a career when the record companies have dropped them to promote the latest "Idol" instead. The real stars are those who can sell millions of albums and fill arenas year after year with little or no airplay, don't matter if it's metal, reggae, punk, whatever. (What? Cynical? Me?!)

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Well said Stu. Yes, seeing the many faces showing up to Dio and Heaven and Hell shows up until he got sick, without the benefit of radio play, TV face time. So much for the artists who blame their lack of sales on the poor promotion by the record company. We will pay for good music. And we were loyal to Ronnie.

Jeffrey
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StargazerGeisha · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:01 am Post subject:

alitivity · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:22 am Post subject:

LindaJeanne · Joined: 06 Jun 2010 Posts: 186

Time acts as a great filter. The forgettable stuff gets forgotten, and the things that were built-to-last rise to the surface and become more prominent than they were at the time.

Ronnie took pride in making things that were built to last.

dioesque · Joined: 06 Aug 2010 Posts: 25 Location: Australia