I had a rant all written in my head (Oscars)

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I heard this morning that the man who couldn’t spell M&M had one an Oscar for writing the best original song. I was gonna wade in here and blast those who voted for him for offending the memory of the great composers who had won this prestigious award in the past.

Then I looked up the past winners.

I am no longer surprised he won.

What are these people thinking when they nominate let alone vote for entries in this catergory?

Here is a link to past winners

And here are some examples:

1988 The time of my Life (Dirty Dancing)
1984 What a Feeling (Flashdance)
1978 You Light up my Life (You Light up my Life)
1974 The way we were (The way we were)
1968 Talk to the Animals (Doctor Dolittle)
1967 Born Free (Born Free)
1963 Days of Wine and Roses (Days of Wine and Roses)
1960 High Hopes (A Hole in the Head)
1956 Love is a many Spendored Thing (Love is a many Spendored Thing)
1949 Buttons and Bows (The Paleface)

So I guess the punch line is.

M&M won the Oscar last night. :eek:

And he fits right in with past winners. :eek: :eek: :eek:

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Oh irony, you are a bitter mistress!

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Good point. But does anyone remember The Five Pennies? My Wishing Doll? The Eyes of Love? Didn’t think so.

(I will agree some well known songs did lose to those mentioned, too. Alfie, The Look of Love, Georgy Girl…Talk to the Animals* beat the Bear freakin’ Necessities, for crying out loud!)

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Eminem may not be as good as Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer (Days of Wine and Roses) but he without question deserved the Oscar. His was the best song by a long shot (Frida’s song was the only real contender) and kudos to the Academy for having the guts to give it to him when they could’ve easily opted for popular artists (Paul Simon, U2, Kander & Ebb) who wrote significantly lesser works.

All the OP demonstrates is that the Academy’s had questionable taste in the past. But last night they got it right.

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The absurdity of requiring the full slate of best song nominations, even when there are only one or two songs worthy of consideration has resulted in two of my personal favorite misnominations:

“Blazing Saddles”, from the (extremely good) movie of the same name. The song was bombastic and cliched – as a parody, it was supposed to be – and was in no way worthy of a nomination.

“Mean Green Momma from Outer Space” from the musical version of “Little Shop of Horrors”. The title alone is enough to shoot down the nomination.