Allright, I never watch award shows of any kind, but especially not music awards. After getting my Empeg, I simply don't listen to the radio anymore, and what I have heard I don't care for very much. In the end, if I watch award shows I get bent out of shape for no good reason, so it's not worth it. But I do have a question for you guys . . .

Why shouldn't awards be based on album sales, other than that would make the shows totally predictable? Art is a subjective form, and with regards to pop music, we aren't evaluating how the artist utilized Sonata form or was able to create a beautiful melody from a seemingly nonsensical grouping of notes. What I mean by this is that "Art Music" at least has some mathematical rules (almost scientific) with which you can judge the capabilities of the artist, but pop music really has no such science. In the end, who can say something is superior to something else? I will probably go to my grave thinking that Rush is the most brilliant band I've ever heard, and I'll bet most people out there disagree with me. So should I be upset that they don't win anything? I'm not, because the criteria isn't judged based on what I listen for in music. I'd say all these people giving awards can really do is figure out what most people value, and give that an award. It's sort of artificial, but what else are you going to do?

I also may regret this, but I didn't think "How You Remind Me" was a bad song. I only heard it a few times right before I got my Empeg, and I understand that they played it to death on the radio (again, I wouldn't know). It seemed to me to be a decent song, though. I haven't bought the album or anything, but what's so wrong with it that you guys detest it so much?