great songs at the Oscars went out the window when 3-6 Mafia won the
award for "it's a hard life for a pimp"
At 01:47 PM 2/23/2009, Toochis Morin wrote:
I agree with your comments. I wish Peter Gabriel got to perform his song.
toochis
From: Jeff Potokar <jpotok...@ca.rr.com>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:31:47 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] OSCARS---WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GREAT SONGS?
i agree, rick--add to that that 2 of the 3 of the nominated songs
were from SLUMDOG.
and could the composer/songwriter from SLUMDOG have been any less
ungrateful (or at least sounding and appearing so)? gimme a break with that.
Springsteen's song should have at least been in the running.
on a side note-- i also really missed showing a brief clip of the
nominees-- usually giving just a taste of the performance they have
been nominated for. the rather boring 5 panel salutes of being
talked down to from the stage by past winners?? OK, the first time
was unique--i had NO idea that was going to be the theme. and i
think Michael Douglas had about 3 lines to say about Frank Langella??
man o man...
jeff
On Feb 23, 2009, at 10:53 AM,
<mailto:rixpost...@aol.com>rixpost...@aol.com wrote:
Over the past few years, I've noticed that the level of
songwriting in the "Best Song" Academy Award category has
diminished to the point of pure mediocrity. Not only are only
THREE songs nominated (didn't it always used to be 5?), but the
songs that ARE nominated won't be remembered 3 or 4 years from
now---songs like "As Time Goes By" will never be forgotten. Hey,
I'm not a big fan of "Moon River", but it seems like Mozart next
to the inferior "songs" that are nominated these days. When "It's
Hard To Be A Pimp" won a couple of years ago, I thought we'd nit
an all-time low (maybe we had, come to think about it...)
Why wasn't Bruce Springsteen's closing song from "The Wrestler"
nominated? When I saw that film, the whole audience stayed in
their seats to listen to that song, which captured the essence of
the movie perfectly. Isn't that what "Best Song Of The Year"
should do? It was BY FAR the best song of the year. Whether
you're a fan of Springsteen or not, I think you'll agree with me
if you watch "The Wrestler" and listen to it over the closing
credits. It seems like the art of writing a great, enduring song
is a thing of the past when it comes to The Oscars....
Rick
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