The Josh Innes Show - Who Actually Watches The Grammy's? Me and Jilly...

Episode Date: February 3, 2025

Jilly and I like to watch awards shows and mock them. It's something we've been doing for years. Why stop now? First off, it's kind of gross that Trevor Noah is on TV asking average Joe's for money. I mean, you're in a room with gazillions of dollars... Lady Gaga has an amazing ability to be super hot or super not hot. Beyonce's country album has gotten a lot of hype and it's really not great. My dad made a Facebook post about Beyonce and I'm worried. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All righty, friends. Last night I was watching. Well, I was going back and forth between a couple of things. I was watching the Grizzlies game. I do watch the NBA. I shouldn't say I watch the NBA. I gamble on the NBA, and then on occasion we'll watch the games I gamble on. And I do like watching the Memphis Grizzlies because they're my squad,

so I do watch them. We'll talk some Luka and NBA stuff here maybe in a different episode we did mention we did do it live when it happened on Saturday night so if you want to check that out uh that pod's up here too but um last night we're going back and forth between like basketball and some other shit and the Grammys because me and Jilly like to make fun of shitty award shows and the shitty award shows have actually gotten like clearly like worse than they used to be like they used to be fun to make fun of but now in the era of like post-2016 Trump election and like COVID and wildfires and all the other shit mostly Trump

though that the world has completely changed since 2016 The award shows have gotten more insufferable, more funny to ridicule, or more fun to ridicule. So self-important. Like, it's fantastic. So I know that a lot of people would say, how would I even waste my time watching that shit? And that's very fair. It is a waste of time, by and large, unless you are drinking vodka and waters like I was last night, because I'm trying to avoid beer for a while, trying to prevent a gout flare up, although all alcohol can cause a gout flare up. And I made a brisket this weekend. So let's be

real. I can't quit all the things that cause the gout. So I'm trying to like minimize it or mitigate it as much as possible. So I'm drinking vodka, a lemon vodka, water, and a little bit of seltzer water. And that's what I've had the last couple of weekends feel a little bit thinner. I don't feel as bloated. So that's good. But that's what I was drinking last night watching the Grammys. And we used to do this all the time. Like we'd get together with some of the people from Houston. When we lived in Houston, we would go to bars and have them turn the Grammys on. Like usually we'd go to bars and have them turn the Grammys on. Usually we'd go to our favorite bar, McElroy's, the original McElroy's, and usually there wouldn't

be a huge crowd of people there. But you can go to the patio or one of these other rooms in McElroy's and say, hey, can you flip on the TV? We want to watch the Grammys. And they'd say, sure. So we'd turn on the Grammys with the sound. We watch it we'd make fun of it we'd play drinking games whatever and that was before it was completely insufferable now Hollywood celebrities have gotten to the level that like they are the least relatable humans not that they ever were super relatable but they are definitely far less relatable now than they were then and they don't even try to be relatable part of what made you appealing back in the day was you'd find a celebrity that you'd look at and go hey I feel like I could have a beer with that person I feel like we might be buddies I feel like we might find some common ground me in this celebrity or that this celebrity wouldn't just find me repulsive if they met me

and celebrities would do their best to make it seem like they didn't think you were repulsive now celebrities have no qualms with letting you didn't think you were repulsive. Now celebrities have no qualms with letting you know they think you're repulsive and terrible and that's what makes them unlikable and that's what makes them people that I have no interest in. But it was the Grammys last night. By the way, speaking of that, who even knew the Grammys were last night? Like who knew? These award shows just pop up out of nowhere. You like, you don't even realize they're happening. Like, Oh, the Oscars are on. I had no idea they were on at all. Or Hey, the CMA awards are on like, cool. I had no idea they were coming up, but now

boom, they just beat you over the head with it. Like, Hey, here's the CMAs. Hey, here's the Grammys. Or was it the, the, they were the Emmys on not too long ago? Or the Golden Globes on not too long ago? And it's like, don't even know what was happening. And then boom, there it is, you know? But people used to watch these award shows and say, boy, that's the kind of, I'd like to live in that kind of glamour. I'd like to be this type of celebrity. Or boy, look, there's this person.

And also back then, you didn't get as much access to these celebrities, right? So back then, like let's say even 15 years ago, there weren't a lot of people on Twitter or Facebook or whatever. Those things existed, but it wasn't beating you over the head with it constantly. Now on Instagram, you can see Taylor Swift all fucking day and you can see Rihanna all fucking day and you can see Lizzo all fucking day and you can see these celebrities nonstop to the point that you get sick of them. It's the same concept as why the baseball all-star game doesn't mean anything to anybody anymore

for an older generation of people the baseball all-star game was the only opportunity like if you lived in a national league city let's say you lived in st louis the only opportunity you were going to get to see an american league baseball player a lot of times was going to be in the all-star game right like you might see a national game of the Week and see the Yankees, but the All-Star game mattered because you'd only see National League teams come to your town and then boom, there's an American League guy like, holy shit, this is cool. Back, you know, even 15, 20 years ago, it was still a big deal to see a celebrity on a red carpet because you'd go, well, I don't see them everywhere every day. Well, now you see them everywhere every day because they're nonstop on social media, Twitter, YouTube, wherever. Let me play a couple of commercials and we'll talk a

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It's a joke. Ha ha. I'm not taking it super serious. But the thing is, these people do take this shit serious because they're fucking morons. But anyway, so last night, one of the big talking points, obviously, was the wildfires going on in L.A. Now, a lot of bad shit happens in a lot of places, but when a lot of bad shit happens around rich people, it becomes a story for an extended period of time. And these wildfires continue to be a story every day, right? We still keep hearing

about wildfires. And look, I understand that there are some real people that lost houses and I feel bad for those people. Like I'm not rooting for it. I'm not saying, well, serves you right, liberal scum. I'm not one of these liberal people who anytime something bad happens in the Carolinas, they're like, well, you shouldn't have voted for Trump, should you? You son of a bitch, mega fuck. I'm not one of those type of people, right? That's not what I do. But like, so I'm not going to root for these people's demise. I'm not even going to root for the celebrities' demises, right? Like, look, it sucks. You lost your house. You invested millions of dollars. Even the most common house that probably got just taken out by fire was

probably super expensive and costs a lot of money because it's in California. And outside of the beautiful weather, California is a cesspool. So it's going to cost you a shit ton to live there anyway. So what are you going to do? But that's the big story on the Grammys. Like I like how the Grammys made it sound like we didn't even know if we wanted to do this, but well, we are going to fucking do it because why not? So they're all there and they're talking about that and they get this group of people to sing I love LA okay cool whatever but opening the show Trevor Noah lets you know that there's a QR code at the bottom of the screen and on this QR code if you put up your phone take a photo of the QR code that QR code will send you to a link that you can help pay for all of these people whose houses were

burned and like the rescue efforts and blah blah blah blah blah I'm thinking to myself you know Trevor and all these people basically everybody who's anybody in music who is rich is at this event tonight Jay-Z Beyonce Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Cardi B, all the big time music producers, all the moguls, all the singers, all the rappers in that building on the floor where all the celebrities are sitting at tables. Those people are probably worth like trillions of dollars combined, right? Like Taylor Swift's worth like half a bill on her own. Jay-Z is probably worth half a bill on his own, right? So we're talking about super fucking rich people. It's really off-putting to me that when you're in a room full of people who, if they gave away $5 million tomorrow, wouldn't even notice, it'd be like a drop in the bucket. Like you're worth 500 million. If you're like a room full of people who if they gave away five million dollars tomorrow wouldn't even notice it'd be like a drop in the bucket like you're worth 500 million if you're like here's

10 million go build a new house be like yeah it's I mean you'd notice but is it really that big of a deal when you've got like 490 million left like is it really that big of a deal right so like you're in this room and this room has everybody who's anybody who's anybody who's anybody. And I'm sure some of them have already donated money to this shit. I'm not dismissing that. It's weird to me that you put up on the screen this QR code, and you ask for people across America, like people who probably don't have anything close to what Taylor Swift has, people that, and I'm not just singling out Taylor Swift, but everybody in the room,

and you're like, hey, can you donate money to this? I know that you're in Kansas and it doesn't impact you at all and you're hoping that your farm makes it. You're out of work, you're hoping to find a job, but would you find it in your heart to donate money for these people in California whose homes were burned? Can you donate that?

I know we're sitting in a room where the cumulative dollar amount and net worth of these people is like the GDP of like a hundred countries I get all that but like can you just find it in your heart to maybe spare some extra change to to help us help these people and I'm like look I'm sorry that your house is burned down but no I got two more severance checks coming friend the last thing I'm concerned about is boy I hope Billy Crystal's able to build his house again like like I'm sorry that Billy Crystal lost his house I'm sorry that a lot of people lost their houses it's a shitty

sad story I'm not dismissing that but like talk about just like a tone deaf vibe or tone deaf vibe which is hey we're in a room full of billionaires. Hey, you in fucking state college Pennsylvania, could you find it in your heart to spare $20 so we can help somebody in the efforts to have their house rebuilt in fucking California or help in the efforts to find? No, I'm not going to fucking do that. I'm sorry. I suck. I'm a shitty human you're right the fucking uh fucking SZA is a better human than me you're right I don't feel like giving my money to help you I'm sorry I have my own problems thank you so that was kind of the tone on that and apparently they raised like seven eight nine million dollars from people so there's like nine million dollars worth of dopes

out there watching the Grammys that are like sure why not here you go I feel horrible about myself look they sang I love LA I'm feeling emotional here so that happened and then of course you get these people to go up and make these rambling unent like Lady Gaga intrigues me because there are times that like I don't know if there's a human on the planet that can look super hot and then look just super vile as often as Lady Gaga does. Like if you see Lady Gaga when she looks normal, like in A Star is Born, you're like, wow, she's really pretty. Like she's got a very pretty quality about her, right? And vile isn't a fair word.

Like I don't think she looks vile but like you watch and you're like wow Star is Born or even in like the Joker movie you're like oh like she she looks pretty like she's a pretty person and then last night she just looks like gross the whole look was gross I'm like I don't know that there's another human on the planet that pulls that off that can achieve that which is looks just like a beautiful person and then just and it's amazing it's like a jekyll and hyde type of thing but like she gets up there on stage and it's like trans people are not invisible like no shit we see them like i enjoy when celebrities just try to latch on to anything because they're like that'll help she's got an

album coming out so of course she's got to walk up there by the way that no one's going to listen to this shitty album by the way i'm not saying that it's just a hater for political reasons because one of my favorite albums of all time is lady gaga born this way fucking incredible album but like lady gaga goes up there and like oh my god trans visibility like ma'am it's over like fine like what do you it's like this is not a hot button issue right now like you know trans visibility is not like top of the fucking food chain or food pyramid in terms of what people are talking about but here we are oh my god trans visibility it's kind of like when taylor finally tried to get political so she wrote a song and like her songs were so obviously trying

to become gay anthems that there's no way they could become gay anthems. Like in the middle of a song, you get shade never made anyone less gay. And I'm like, Taylor, like, was this written for Sesame Street? Like, what the fuck is this? And like, here's the thing about anthems. And I know I'm kind of all over the place rambling on about the Grammys. But the thing about anthems, anthems that are like co-opted by a group of people have to come about naturally. Like, like, I don't believe that Gloria Gaynor

performed I Will Survive in the thoughts that, boy, a bunch of gay folks are going to use this as like their national anthem. Like, I don't think that was an anticipation. I don't think when Cher was Cher early on, she was like, I'm going to wear these weird bondage looking outfits and gay dudes are going to love me. Gay dudes just gravitated towards Cher. She didn't go out seeking that. Now, I think some of them do that now because they realize that's where their bread is buttered. Like, I don't think that Lady Gaga set out doing, you know, bad romance and shit. And she was like, I'm going to be a gay icon.

But then, like, she became a gay icon the problem is now people are just trying to be gay icons like Taylor was like shit I haven't done anything that really has a message so I'm gonna do a song and in the middle of the song I'm gonna yell shade never made anyone less gay and that's gonna become an anthem the problem is I think most gay folks at least the ones that aren't wackos on social media are like and by the way not just saying that gays are wackos I'm saying everybody that's on social media trying to get attention no matter what oppressed allegedly oppressed group you're part of or non-oppressed group you're part of you're kind of a wacko because you're looking for attention but the people that are just kind of normal hanging out gay dudes are like like I don't

give a shit that Taylor Swift finally decides to make a message and says shade never made anyone less gay. Like fuck off. Gay anthems have to come about naturally. That's how these things happen. But like now these people just try, I feel really bad. Like, cause like no one's going to listen to this shitty new, uh, Lady Gaga music. It just like no one listened to any shitty new Katy Perry music for the last decade, but she's going out on tour again. And look, if she's not shooting whipped cream out of her titties, I don't care. That's what I'm here for. That's the Katy Perry. Speaking of great albums, two people that are nobodies now, big picture, and I don't think anybody's going to listen to their music. Teenage Dream is one of the greatest albums I've ever heard. Katy Perry, bam, Teenage Dream, amazing album. Bam, Lady Gaga,

Born This Way, bam, great album. But don't give a shit about that anymore. So you get that at the Grammys. What the fuck else happened at this award show? Just a bunch of lame ass shit, you know, and everybody has to have a message and blah, blah, blah. And then, of course, Beyonce wins the album of the year for country. And then she wins the album of the year for a country album, which I have nothing against Beyonce. Beyonce is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. And musically, I've always really loved her until she started kind of shifting towards like, hey, I don't really give a shit if white people like my music.

And I'm like, OK, fine. I mean, I liked it better when you're doing a little love on top. That was more for me. This music isn't for me. You've let me know this music isn't for me. That's fine. I won't listen to it because her music to me hasn't been very good. Like a lot of these artists of the last 10 years, they make great fucking music and then

got caught up in whatever the moment we're in is and started making shitty music. And their fan base fucking loves it. Fine. I don't. I like, you know, Bootylicious Beyonce. I like Soulja, little fucking Destiny's Children. You know, that's what I'm into Beyonce-wise. I like Love on Top, right? I like Four. That's a great album. Countdown. Like there's a, best thing I never had. Like that's my type of shit.

One time I saw Beyonce at the fucking Radio Row. I think it was when we were in New Orleans, I saw her at Radio Row. And I go, Beyonce, Houston loves you. And she looked at me and waved. It was great. I like Beyonce. But the songs I listened to from this Cowboy Carter album fucking sucked. And it's not because she's a black chick trying to do fucking country. I don't care about that at all. All I know is that the songs I heard weren't very good. But it felt like one of those setups now where if it doesn't win, the whole world's fucking racist. So anybody that was up against her, it's like, yeah, Cowboy Carter's going to win because Beyonce has to win. Because a black chick did a country album. Although there have been other black chicks doing country albums that were legit country albums that no one cared about.

But like Mickey Guyton and people like that. But Beyonce does a country album. It's not very good. And it's like, eh, okay, fine, Beyonce wins the Grammy. Cool. Mickey Guyton and people like that. But Beyonce does a country album. It's not very good. And it's like, eh, okay, fine. Beyonce wins the Grammy. Cool. That's not something I got my dander up over. It's not something that my life is ruined by. Cause it's one of those things that if you bitch about it, then you're a racist, right? Like, and you don't want to do that. You don't want to bitch and say like, that's not real country. Well, what is real country?

Fucking Morgan Wallen, that shit blows dogs for quarters okay so like i this is a this is a statement about most current country most of it fucking sucks and i would throw beyonce shitty album in there i would throw that horrible fucking shibuzi song in there too the fucking a bar song throw that shit in there too it's fucking terrible and morgan wallen is fucking terrible and i really hate that laneey will like there's a bunch of the shit I hate some of it I like like I think Luke Combs is fantastic some of it I like some of it I'm like this is fucking terrible

I don't think the Beyonce album was that great but it was one of those things where black artist makes country goes into a genre they're not supposed to be in we overhype it as some sort of glass ceiling breaking fucking moment and then they win a Grammy for it. Cool. Whatever. Good for you, Beyonce. Then Scott Ennis starts fucking

posting about it on his Facebook. And I'm like, I want to call him and be like, dad, take this down. There's no winning. But then I realized the people that are on his Facebook page and they all agree with him. I'm like, okay, maybe you're winning. You can have it. I forgot that my dad's Facebook page is not littered with, you know, urban radio people. Although his building he's in in Baton Rouge is him and a bunch of urban radio people. I'm like, dad, take it down. And he's like, I want it.

When my dad starts off a post with, look, I'm just saying like he's fucking OJ. I'm like, oh no, dad,'m like oh no dad this is no good this is no good dad let's not do this and then it leads to like but look tell me what like and then he like posts pictures of all the country singers and beyonce is like if you looked at this list and said which one of these people would have the best country i'm like dad you can't do that no dad like i want to like you know like when you spray like a kitty with a bottle of like a i want to spray him like down dad no don't do that that's bad

but then on the other hand i'm like oh fuck it say whatever the fuck you want dad who cares but like i don't think you truly give a shit that much about it that's why i'm not super worked up but there are certain things that are just clear and obvious like there was a zero percent chance that they were going to let somebody not like you when you think with those 13 000 grammy voters were in there they were all like deliberating and were like you know guys we could give this to these other people but beyonce is a black chick doing country and if we don't give it to her then that makes the whole like if morgan wallen were to win an award over beyonce morgan wall the guy that said the N word playing video games, do you think they're going to

give him an award over Beyonce? The fuck they are. Come on. Like some things are just obvious and it's fine. It's whatever. It doesn't impact my life at all. It's the Grammys. My life, I still have to get up and try to find a fucking job today.

Whether or not Beyonce goes out and wins for best fucking album or not. You know, I still have to try to find a job so my life isn't impacted but it is funny other things coco jones very sexy i was also hoping because now we're getting like crazy kanye back again like he's on twitter rampages and he showed up at the grammys now they're conflicting stories the initial story was he wasn't invited and they kicked him out because his chick was naked basically like fucking crazy Kanye is back like all is right with the world when crazy Kanye is doing crazy shit when we can get crazy Kanye killing it then we're crushing and crazy Kanye is back bow down to his greatness you sons of

bitches crazy Kanye and go listen to the song Bound 2. It's a great song. Anyway, so there's some Grammy talk for you. Hope you enjoyed it. Chapel Roan, she killed it. I think, dude, her album was fantastic. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess or whatever the fuck it was called.

Great fucking album. I don't know that she'll ever do anything again, but man, it was spectacular. That album was far more, a far better album than fucking Beyonce doing some some fake country ass music, but whatever. Anyway, more to come.